Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-03-19
STATE NEWS.

them.
No doubt the oldest horse in the
State was shot on the S. j. Bohannon
farm in West Swanton recently. The
first owner of the horse was Captain
Hawley of Swanton, and his age can be
traced back 40 years.
The Rev G.. w. Peck, Of Camden,
N. Y, has accepted a call to the pas
torate of the Baptist church in Rutland
and will enter upon his new work about
April %. He will also preach in the
church Easter day.
If Mrs. Harriet G. Abel lives until
March % she will pass her Tooth birth
day anniversary at her home in Enos
burg Falls. 1t is planned by the Meth
odist church of that place to observe
the day in some appropriate manner.
If Mrs. Abel is in her usual health at
that time, she will recite poem.
So scarce have tenements become in
Windsor that the board of trade has
appointed committee to engineer a
plan for cooperative building, whereby
the citizens may contribute, according
to their means, in the erection of homes
for the employees of the machine shops
and others who are adopting Windsor
as their place of residence.
William Hughes, quarryman, was
instantly killed and Thomas Burns, a
fellow worker, was terribly injured in
the premature explosion of a blast
Thursday of last week in the quarry of
the Eureka Slate Co. at North Poult
ney. Burns was blown % feet into the
pit of the quarry and may die.
A deer running through the streets of
Bellows Falls caused considerable in.
terest. When followed by crowd of
youngsters, the deer struck out for the
woods, jumping pile of wood, a fence,
and other obstacles, but when it came
to a stone wall it did not clear it, and
the contact of its head with the wall
caused its death instantly.
A farm deal of some proportion was
that of the Come Again" fam in
White River Junction, which was sold
recently by N. P. Wheeler, one of the
Junction house proprietors, to c. D.
Blanchard and Elias C. Lyman of
Chester Mass, for $780, 600, Included
in the purchase are $50 acres of land,
100 head of stock and all the other
personal property connected with the
farm.
Mrs. Matilda Doan celebrated the
Goth anniversary Of her birth at the
home of her son, John Doan, in Bakers
field, Monday, March g. Many friends
and neighbors called to congratulate
her. Mrs. Doan, who is somewhat deaf
and has partially lost her eyesight,
retains her mental faculties in "a won.
| derful degree. She can give the dates
of many important events in towr
which occurred many years ago, as wei
as more recent ones, and rarely forget.
names.
f At the annual meeting of the director.
of the Bay State Artesian Well com
pany, Inc of Warner and Woodsvile
N. H.. held Wednesday, March 10, al
the Woodsvile National bank, Woods
vile, n. H., the following We're elected
for the ensuing year: +. J. H. Trasl
of Warner, N. H., president and gene
D raj manager; H. b. Knight of Woods
Vile, N. H., treasurer; c. J. Trask o
+ Warner N. H., secretary; and NJ. c
Knight of Newbury, Vt, director.
Only three times in th4 last 1O
= years, according to the record prepare,
by Charles E. Allen, has Lake Chan
r plain frozen over in the month o
March as it has done recently. In ISL
h the date was March attn. The making
of the ice bridge this year is much lik
that of the years 1890 and 1891. In bot
of these years the lake closed over twic
q only to be broken up again by the wind
the last dates of closing being March
y and s. Five days after the last closing
It in 1890 the ice disappeared for the sea
son, while in 1891 it remained unit
Is April I'd.
John II. Senter, jr., Montpelier al
If torney who was admitted to the Ven
t mont State bar last fall and who was
r candidate for the office of grand juro
y at the March election, has enliste
t. with a Montreal infantry regiment, az
n cording to the statement of Montpelie
d young man who went in the Canada
At city with Mr.. Senter last week and VIII
D. has returned home Information of MI
Senter's enlistment has not reache
u the city in the form of a letter, br
p seems to be an assured fact and ha
at caused much surprise in MontpeliC
Ne among his many acquaintance.
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