Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-01-02
STATE NEWS.

merry.
Harry Liberty of st. Johnsbury has
been bound over to Caledonia county
Jail in the sum of $500, charged with
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
The joint annual meeting of the YER
mont Botanical club and the Vermont
Bird club will be held at the Williams
Science hall, Burlington, Friday and Sat
urday, January 30 and 81.
L. A. Ellis of Salisbury has in his
possession an apple, perfect and well
preserved in every way, which was
grown in 1912, and kept in the Ellis
cellar until removed from its IA months
quarters on December 10, 1913 1t was a
Ben Davis.
Charles w. Wilcox on Wednesday
completed 40 years service in the Brat
tleboro postoffice, 80 years of which he
was assistant postmaster During the
time he has served under seven post
masters.
The Gilett creamery in Bristol, was
burned to the ground Thursday morning
about clock. The main building was
destroyed with nearly all its contents.
The loss and insurance, if any, have not
been estimated.
OlduuluB near Jne JTdCh az Jho ANOI bn
Bennington station Mrs. Alice Carr was
hit on the arm by freight train but es-
capped serious injury. She was thrown
against the station, the muscles of her
right arm being badly wrenched.
John Colson went to bed at the Hotel
Buzzell in Barre the other night smoking
a cigarette He went to sleep before the
cigarette was out and awoke shortly
after to find the bed ablaze. Help ar
rived in time to prevent serious
damage.
Morris, son of Mark Eastman of Wa
terbury, was badly hurt Friday while on
the team driven by his father. In some
way the horses started and the little fell
low was pressed against the shute down
in which the turned work at the fac Glory
of the Demertt & Palmer Packing com
pany comes 1t was feared he was in
iured internally. His condition Saturday
seemed more favorable.
A small picture that hangs on the wall
of w. Z. Halls drug store on Pearl st.
Burlington, is of unusual interest. The
name of the picture is "Christmas on the
Rappahannock-1S62 The picture is a
copy of a painting supposed to have beer
painted from memory As years later aud
description in a letter in the back
names each of the Union soldiers and
= tells of their occupations after the close
OF the war.
The municipal Christmas tree inaugu
, rated by the newly organized city mis-
sion at St John, bury, attracted hun
dreds of admirng visitors Christmas
eve The tree was brilliantly lighted
with 100 electric lights from darkness
IL til dawn. In the early evening the
city missionaries conducted religious
service and at o'clock the boy chorus
from the various churches sang CHRIST
mas carols. thursday the city mlssl0I
gave Christmas dinners 10 ~ 1alhllles
Albert Orlando Humphrey, one o
9 Rurliugtons best koown business mer
of h Older generation. died Saturday
after an hlness of two weeks He woul'
have been 70 Years Old had hr lived un i
f. bruary II next He WAS ii native @
J,rlcho He located in Burin. ton in 49,!
and was for many years "A partner IN tht
wholes le firm of Stafford x Humphrey
s He Was also managing partner of h
Corporation store, Humphrey q h II
S nedy in NlnooSkl.
George c. Dixon. who has owned ant
= published the Deertield Valley Tins. ii
weekly newspaper in Wilmington, sine,
4 1907, has sold it to w. ID. Policy. The
latter was formerly editorial writer an'
political reporter on the Springfi field
Homestead. worked as reporter in Mass
achusetts for the Boston Globe, and man
aged printing company which issued {
t weekly newspaper in Springfield, Mass
He has worked as compositor in thu
I Times Office the past four months. Hi
wife, who was Miss Marion Stone, Is {
: daughter of Mrs. Fred +. Holbrook o.
Jacksonville.
e Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond H. Bristol O.
Waltham made Christmas day an occs
d. sion for a merry family reunion. FL
the first time in eight years the entir,
T.. family of Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton d. Bristo
Joined hands, and this time at the OLE
t Bristol homestead in Waltham. The hous'
had been very attractively decorated 70