Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-01-17
STATE NEWS.

court at montpelier. % cases we're con
sidered and of this number 80 candi
dates were successful The cases of "a
were continued and five were dismissed.
Elk Gov. and Mrs. U. A. Woodbury. Of
Burlington have gone to New York,
where they will be joined by Mrs. j w
May and the party will proceed to Day
tona, Fla, to remain the rest of the
winter.
Mrs. John w. Vogel, wife of the min.
strel man. went to the Mary Fletcher
hospital, Burlington. Monday for treat
ment. 1t is said that she has not been
well since railroad accident last spring
when Hays, the end man, and Kelley,
the interlocut0r, Of the show were
killed,
Miss Hattie A. Hildreth, aged 30 years
old, died Of apoplexy while on the way
from her home to the Woman's Club
meeting in Bellows Falls. Miss Hill.
dreth for several years taught school at
Brockway's Mills and for some time was
assistant librarian of the Rockingham
library.
The Sons and Daughters of Vermont
IN Nashua, n. H., have organized with
the choice of the following officers:
President, Charles Sanders; vice presi-
dents, Frank Newton, Warner Hall and
H. G. Keith; secretary, Valentine Web
ster; treasurer, Warren G. Howe.
Charles Austin was made unconscious
by escaping gas while working over his
automobile in his garage in Lyndonville
and it took physician two hours to
revive him, An acquaintance dropped
in to see how the work was progressing
and found the man unconscious.
The annual meeting of the First Ma
tional bank of Orwell was held here
Tuesday afternoon. Directors were elect
ed as follows: George NJ. Wright, f. T.
Young, c. NJ. North, w. b. French and
d. l.. Wells. George NJ. Wright was
reelected president, E. E. Young, vice
president, ID. l.. Wells, cashier and
r. S. Young, teller.
Maletts bay is frozen over solidly and
at places the ice has been found to be
three inches in thickness. Inside the
breakwater, however, the water will
need to drop several degrees before
freezing as the temperature yesterday
was up to 80 degrees.
A rare instance of longevity is found
in the family of which Mrs. Eliza Morse
Of West Bratteboro is the last surviving
member The father of the family,
James Nichols, died at the age Of 90
years and nine months His wife, Roxy
Sargent, was So years old at her death
Mrs. Morse is SO years old. Her sisters
and brothers died at the following ages:
Sophia, 95 George, "a; Sophronia, 80:
Annie, 80. The aggregate of these ages
is 651 years.
P. B. b, Northrop has returned to his
| in, IL
meeting of maple sugar makers, which
he addressed, and the dairymen's con-
vention Few members of either asst =
citation have record of attendance thu
equals Mr.. Northrop's He has not
missed a convention for nearly 20 years,
and since the first banquet was held in
st. JOhnsbury. he has attended every
one consecutively for IA years.
A. Cormi of ST. Paul street, Burlng
ton, is ill with light case of smallpox
and the house is under a strict quaran-
tine Mr.. Cormi returned from North
field. where there are several cases of
smallpox and where he had been quar-.
antned in house in which there was a
case of the disease, without being
vaccinated. Mr. Cormi was taken i'll
Sunday and Health Officer Nolan prompt
~ vaccnated Mrs. Cormi and the four
children ana quarantined the premises
Mr. Cormis case is Light one and he is
not confined to the bed
The funeral of Mis-. Sarah HYDE.
Oldest native resident of Montpelier,
was held Sunday afternoon at the home
of her granddaughter Mrs II NJ. Cut
Ter. Mrs. Hyde was born in Montpelier
! December 10, 1877, in the house now
used as the Unitarian church parsonage
She was the daughter of Jacob Dodge
and in 1871 became the wife of Richard
| w. Hyde, whose death occurred AZ
years ago OF five children only one
survives, Mrs Sarah Harbaugh of Seat
ii, Wash.
David lombard of Burlington was
killed by an electric car in Montreal and
his son. Charles, was injured, though
not seriously The two Bombards were
walking on the car tracks and stepped
from one to another to avoid being
struck by car approaching in the rear.
| but Just in time to meet one coming
upon them in front. David Bombard
and his wife recently left burlington for
Montreal to live with their married son.
AT the annual meeting of the Gale
DOMAIN Fair Ground association held at
st. JOhnsbury the reports of Secretary
j. NJ. Cady and Treasurer Charles W.
Ruiter showed successful year. The
| 1913 fair will be held September 8, 10,
| | and - The following directors were
elected; DR.. T. r Stiles, a. j. Higgins,
Herbert A. Stanley, j. ID. Stevens. J. NJ.
Cady, George G. Carey, NJ. A. Kicker,
| Charles W. Ruitcr, st. JOhnsbuiy. Elmer
A. Darlin. T, n. Vail ana W. Il. Hub
bard, Lyndonville
A gang of men from the Fairbanks
Scale shops in st. Johnsbury aided ty
Sheriff w. IL. Worth and the police de-
partment are searching for Samuel
tiske, 70 years old, an employe of tie
scale factory. Mr. Fiske left his work
at the usual hour Monday night and has
not been seen since. When he did not
appear az the home of his son, Robert
FIske, with whom he lived, inquiries
were started, but no trace could be
found of him. Grave fears are felt for
him if he were exposed to the severe
weather. lie wore no overcoat and was
| i'm no VyaV fitted IN stand pNnaSIrp m tba