Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-01-16
STATE NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. l. Clark observed their
fiftythird wedding anniversary New
Years evening at their home in Addison.
A two headed calf was born recently
at the James Brock farm in Newbury.
1t did not live, but the two perfectly
formed heads came from neck but
slightly larger than that usually found
on normally formed calves.
Dorothy and Harold Farr drove from
Randolph Center to Rochester to pass
Christmas and during the night the
floor of the barn at George Greeley's,
where they were visiting, gave way and
the horse was found in the morning 30
badly injured it had to be killed.
Col. Samuel S. Mcclure of New York
city, owner and publisher of McClure's
Magazine, will be the speaker at the
mems meeting in the Young Mems
Christian Association hall at Burlington
next Sunday afternoon.
An increase of 81 ,534 ,429 in the bust.
ness of the National Life Insurance
company of Montpelier has been made
over the business of the preceding year
In 1918 business amounted to S21,-
9l9 $50
The Windham County Agricultural as
sociatiOn has started prize contest for
school boys and girls of the county, the
winners to be those who bring in the
largest number of tent cater2illars egg
MASSES before April 10.
Bellows Falls was remarkably free
from fires during 1913 and there was no
bell alarm since July s The greatest
loss at any fire was 81 600 when lunch
room was Quilted
The business of the Brattleboro post
office continues to show material in
creases in all departments, its gross re-
ceipts during 1913 being $50, 03702.
Much work has been done by the State
around Putney in destroying the nests
of the brown tail moths. In the spring
the federal employees and those of Yer
mont will combine in the work of eNter
mlnating both the brown tail and gypsy
moths.
At the annual meeting of the Mont
pelirr National and First National banks
of Montpelier both banks voted to ION
the reserve association under the new
currency law The directors and officers
were reelected ur both banks
The uustee- off the Barre City hos-
pua have adopted resolution Of
thanks tn Ira O.. CHlcf Of Washington
for his offer of $4,000 towards the build
my una providing enough is raised to
bring mp "a total Of $4,000. An organ
lied campaign is to be- started.
BY the will of Mrs Henrietta S.
Lewis, late of Vergennes, $500 is given
to the Burlington Humane society. Mrs
Lewis was great lover of animals and
was much interested in their care and
protection. Mrs. Lewis bequeathed a
somewhat larger sum to st. Pauls Epis-
copal church at Vergennes.
The Pittsford Power company, one of a
series of hydraulic power Developments
in Vermont, owned by the Rutland Rail-
way Light q Power company, has been
formed with John f. Moore of Boston
as president. The company will invest
largely in new power house near Slab
City, in Chittenden and in pipe lines.
The water power of Chittenden reservoir
will be further developed Work is TO be
started at once on the new station at
Chittenden,
Frederick Plat of Rutland died at the
Rutland hospital Saturday night of
pulmonary thrombosis-plugging OF IA
blood vessel in the lung--as result Of an
accident exactly week before, when "A
shotgun accidentally discharged drove
several shots ana gold watch into his
thigh. Until SATURDAY the young mans
recovery had been looked upon as Ger
tain Plat was accidentally Shot week
ago Saturday 10y gun in the hands of
Wilfred Brane, son Of A. +. Became of
Crescent street, during rabbit hunt ia
Mcndon. Frederick 5. Platt ir, was
born in Poutney % years ago, and had
wit ltil Nit