Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-04-17
STATE NEWS

Mrs. L. D. Wheeler of White River
junction narrowly escaped injury re-
rently when bullet passed through the
kitchen window, barely missing her
Mrs. George Lewis of Pittsford has a
lemon tree bearing Is large punches of
buds and blossoms, four lemons of diff
ferent sizes, and one large lemon nearly
ripe, measuring II by III inches in cir
conference.
Senator Page has had $50 quarts of
maple syrup sent to him by E. B. Colline
of Hyde Park for distribution among his
Washington friends. A half ton of maple
sugar in two ounce cakes from Mr.. Wal
bridge of Cabot is also to be sent there
for the same purpose.
The state of Vermont has received
from fire insurance companies since Jan
uary l of this year the sum of $50, 99734,
covering the losses by fire on the indus
trial school at Vergennes, the Burlington
armory building and small school house
used as a library at Topsham.
A gallon of syrup, sent by parcel post,
found its way into mail bag sent out
from Bratteboro, with the result that
the mail clerks had rather unpleasant
job, inasmuch as the cover was not
tight and everything in the bag was
pastered with the sticky substance.
AS passenger train No. IA on the Cen
trail Vermont railroad was pulling south
at 6 :25 o'clock Sunday evening it side
swiped roof which had been torn from
a freight car by the high wind. The
freight car stood on siding adjacent to
the main line. No one was injured and
after short delay the train proceeded.
James Hoyt observed his Goth birthday
anniversary April l at his home in
Sharon. Mr.. Hoyt both mentally and
physically, is wonderfully well preserv
ed His is a clear and active mind that
keeps him in touch with the life of to-
day. He reads without the aid of glass.
es and is comparatively clear of speech
Mrs. Eliza j. Ranney recently celebrated
her Goth anniversary at her home in
Westminster West
DIR. T. E. Larner of Rutland lost a
valuable driving horse by death in
somewhat peculiar manner Monday
morning. DR.. Larner had sold the horse
to New York man for $500 and was
leading it with halter to the railroad
yard for shipment. Some cattle, also
headed toward the railroad yard, rushed
about at the corner of Madison street
and Strongs avenue and frightened the
horse so that it reared onto its hind feet
and fell dead.
Six hundred pounds of maple sugar,
ten barrels of snow, tierce of cider
and l, 500 doughnuts were required for
the annual ''sugaring off" party of the
Vermont association of Boston, held in
horticultural hall last Saturday evening.
Nearly ever one of the 700 men and
women present came from Vermont, and
ha tn no lorn lxr
attended affair of the kind ever held by
the association.
The body of Theodore Buker, the con-
ductor, killed on the Panama railroad,
will be brought back to Vermont about
May and the burial will take place at
Jacksonville, where his parents reside.
His wife before her marriage was Belle
Drinkwater, of Montpelier. Mr.. Buker,
who was formerly employed on the
Central Vermont system, was killed
while getting of his train to give signal.
A rod broke, letting him fall under the |
train. which ran over his body, breaking |
his skull in three places and cutting off |
one leg.
An attempt was made Friday night to
derail Central Vermont train No. 3, |
bound for Montreal, at point about
mile south of Highgate Springs. Ties had
been put across the track and 80 placed
as to make the engine run up on them
and then topple over. The train was in
charge of engineer Thomas Coleman and |
conductor j. z. Maun. Engineer Coleman,
who was running engine cid, reported
that he saw something on his side of the |
track that looked like piece of paper.
Looking again he saw that it extended
across the track and put on his brakes.
He was running at about 40 miles an
hour, but had slowed up very much when
the pilot of the engine struck the ties. This
was at 1895 o'clock. There was some
slight damage done to the engine. No
trace of those who put the ties on the
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