Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-16
STATE NEWS

Work has been begun on new hotel
for Barnet, to take the place of the one
destroyed by fire about year ago.
Beulah Norton, the four. year-old
daughter and the youngest child of Mr..
and Mrs. Forrest Norton of Huntington,
died of infantile paralysis after a four
weeks Illness.
The French government has placed an
order in this country for 80 900 dozen of
go per cent wool shirts, of which big
order the Cooper Manufacturing COM
pany of Bennington received portion.
According to the conditions of the order,
it must be filled within GO days.
From the extra heavy foliage of the
trees and the plentifulness of nuts. far
mers deduce the fact that the winter be-
fore us will be long and cold. Corn
husks are also said to be very thick and
heavy, which is reported to be- another
sign OF a severe winter. In the vicinity
of Fair Haven, it is said butternuts were
never known to be SO plentiful as now.
The war relief fund which is being
raised 10y the Vermont Chapter Of the
Red Cross for the relief of suffering
caused by the war in Europe, is fast
reaching large proportions, 81, 09l 66
having already been sent from this
State OF this amount 1901 66 has been
! forwarded through H. 5. Howard of
I Burlington, treasurer of the Vermont
chapter.
Davis and Davis, Washington patent
attorneys, report the grant. to citizens of
this State the following patents: George
O Gridey of Windsor, driving mechan-
ism multispindle machines; c. c. Paquin,
Springfield, heating stove Frank Pierce
of Rutland, swinging jack journal for
grang-saws; Leader Evaporator Co.,
Burlington, trade mark for evaporating
and sugarlng-oH pans.
The annual convention of the Yer
mont State Suffrage association will be
held in Burlington November ) and 6,
the .sessions being held in the city hall.
There will be good speakers and music.
All of the meetings will be open to the
public. This is the first time that the
State convention has been held in Bur
lington.
The Rutland county grand jury which
was recalled to consider the charge of
the State against John Siska of South
Poultney Monday afternoon returned
true bill against the man, who is charged
with assault with intent to kill while
armed with dangerous weapon. The
term of Rutland county court. John
Brannick, another South Poultney
Polander was nearly killed early this
month, when he was attached with
large knife and wounded in four places,
the knife penetrating the left lung.
Brannick, who is at the Rutland hosp-
tai, will recover.
William F. Collins, son of the Rev.
William Ii. Collins, who for % years
was rector of St. Michaes church at
BrattlebOro, has been sent TO Europe
by the Newark On. JO, Evening News,
on whose staff he has been for Il years.
the literary editor. He was a graduate
of Trinity College and was on the Hart.
| ford Comm, Courant, the Springfield,
(Mass.), Republican and the Worcester,
Alass.), Gazette before going to the
Newark News. He left for the war zone
the middle of August and has sent back
highly interesting articles. Mr.. Collins
has made four trips to continental Eu-
rope, visiting nearly all of the countries,
and has given lectures of his trips. He
speaks French, German and Danish.
In the towns and villages around Brat
tleboTo the water famine has become a
serious matter. Springs that have never
been known to fail before have dried up.
In Westminster West there is just one
spring upon which the entire village is
depending for its water supply for drink
ing and cooking purposes. In Putney
the fentire town is being supplied from
two springs and these are getting low
Newfane. the Windham county seat,