Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-30
STATE NEWS


40 per cent of the young pine and spruce
trees at the nursery in Townsend. The
white ash appears to be entirely free
from the trouble.
Mrs. Hetty Bartlett recently picked a
peck of lettuce from the garden at Cliff
dale. tairlee, which was planted the first
week in September. The lettuce was
very crisp and well headed up.
H. Waite & Son, of Morrisvlle,
who are among the largest wholesale
dealers in that section of Vermont, have
recently received an order from Southern
Pines, n. c., fW 1900 bushels of pota-
toes two tons of squashes and large
order of carrots, turnips and onions.
Adelaide Carter, 10-year old daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. George Carter of Berk-
shire, died Thursday of infantile
paralysis. The health officer of Berk
shire has ordered the school at the Center
CLOSED for two weeks and the discontin
uance of the church services.
A three-day old baby was left upon the
piazza at the home of Charles Petrie in
Island Pond. The child was poorly
dressed and wrapped in an old horse
blanket The authorities found no clue to
the identity of the child, for which Mr..
and Mrs. Hazen BlOdgett are caring.
partridge flew so hard Saturday
against a window in the house of w
+. Goddard in Brattleboro that it broke
the window and fell exhausted The
partridge was picked up and after rest
ing was allowed to 60. It flew away APP
parently not seriously hurt.
Two cases of infantile paralysis have
developed in Plainfield. One case is that
of Francis. son of Mr.. and Mrs William
Mansfield, and the other is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wheeler. Both
are mild cases, that of the girl develop
ing Monday while the boys case APP
peared or Saturday.
Lawrence p Leach of st. Johnsbury
and Karl o Bech of Lunenburg have
purchased $50 acres of farm lands on the
west side of Meals lake in Lunenburg
and are fitting it up for a girls camp.
The camp il located an altitude of l.
800 feet and affords magnificent view
of the entire White mountain range. 1t
will lie ready for opening by the first of
July, 1915.
w A. Page has harvested three and
two-fifth tons of alfalfa from one acre
of ground in Putney, the crop having
been sown Sept. 26, 1918 The first cut
ting was made June % and $500 pounds
were harvested. The second cutting was
August II, with yield of 2,l00 pounds,
and on Sept. %, third cutting was
made which yielded 1000 pounds, max
ing u total of $500 pounds.
Two automobiles came together in
Barre Thursday night and three women
were removed to the Drown pharmacy
and physician was called Both autos
were loaded with passengers but all
managed to retain their seats with the
the exception of two women, who were
pitched into the street. One of the party
is said to have been on the verge of
hysteria. theirs received superficial
bruises and cuts
Apples ale so plentiful in Windham
county that large percentage will not
be picked and marketed. Even the
cider mill are congested with the fruit
and the price paid is not thought by the
farmers to warrant picking. Potatoes in
the country are selling for 80 cents a
bushel and are being held back, waiting
for higher prices during the winter. Hay
is high owing to the long drouth.
The steamer Ticonderoga so far this
season mas conveyed about -, 600 barrels
of apples from the island ports to Platts-
burgh, y. y for shipment by train to
New York city. There are several thou
sand barrels yet to be loaded before hey
are all delivered. Besides apples ship
ped by train quantity are placed
aboard canal boats and conveyed to
New York by water.
Because their father, Walter Hosford,
was working in his potato field in East
Haven, his two little daughters, Frances
and Rena, aged respe ctlvely two and
three years, begged to be allowed to help
him and when night came and Mr..
Hooford put the tubers into his cellar,
he found that the older child had picked
up six bushels and the younger four
bushels
Hearing a noise among her chickens
at her home in Bloomington Center a
few nights ago, Mrs. E. \. Emerson
went out to investigate and discovered
a large owl in the act of carrying off a
chicken. She captured it alive and with
bare hands. 1t Is quite rare bird, being
white with brown spots on the tips of
the feathers and measuring "a inches
from tip to tip.
Sidney R. Jacobs. proprietor of the
Speciality Shop in Burlington, who had
been under arrest since Thursday night
on the charge of arson, was taken before
the county clerk Monday and furnished
bail in the sum of $4,000, Thomas
Reeves becoming his surety. The case
may be tried at the present term of
county court when the unfinished bust
ness of the term is taken up on Novem.
Der A.
Francis Graham, the nine.year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene j. Graham of
Bennington, was considerably bruised
earlier in the week when he attempted
10 climb upon truck wagon loaded with
oil barrels. Making misstep, his leg
was caught by one of the spokes of the
rear wheel and was drawn forward until
he hung, head down, under the wagon.
When his predicament was noticed, it
was impossible to draw his foot out and
the wagon wheel had to be removed be
fore he could be released.
The finding of body of man in an
abandoned slaughter house on the out
SIX irts Of Mammalian Sunday afternoon