Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-01-01
STATE NEWS.


the State prison at Windsor August Ia,
has been returned to the prison from
New Hampshire.
A turnip weighing Is pounds and
measuring % inches one way and 30
the other was raised by c. W. Stoddard
of Wolcott.
The members of the Burlington fire
department were remembered with
cigars at Christmas time from the
Chrystal Confectionery company, C. l..
Soule & Co., Merchants National Bank
and George LaFrance.
L. p Titus has just transplanted
good sized maple tree in his yard in
Hardwick Although it is an unusual
season for such Improvements, Mr.. Ii
tus claims that it is just the time for
successful transplanting of large trees.
Prof. G.. X. Cherrie of South New
fame, who accompanied Theodore
Roosevelt and others on their South
American trip, leaving again next Sat
urday with another party for Peru for
scientific purposes. They will go to
Colon, through the Isthmus of Panama,
and expect to be gone about five
months.
Last Sunday Samuel Wright began
his 35th year as crossing tender in
Pownal. The bill providing a fagman
for this crossing passed the Legislature
in 1880 and Mr.. Wright was appointed
to fill the position and has continued to
do so ever since, beginning his duties
December 20 of that year.
The death of Julian Willard, colored,
occurred recently at his home in Cam
bridgeport. Mr.. Willard was well
known as blind musician, being able
to play number of different kinds of
instruments. His services were ex
tended into other towns, where he often
took part in entertainments.
Nearly 1900 people attended the mid
night mass at the Cathedral of the I'm
maculate Conception in Burlington
Christmas eve. A slightly larger num-
Der attended the masses on Christmas
morning, making a total attendance of
about 1000.
Newsboys in Burlington to the num-
Der of So were dinner guests of j. B.
Henderson in the main dining room of
the New Sherwood house at Burlington
Christmas eve. Following the carols at
the municipal Christmas tree the boys
assembled at the city hall and trooped
up Church street to the hotel where
Christmas feast the like of which a
large portion of them had probably
never seen, was served. At the close
the boys gave dozen cheers in appre-
citation of Mr.. Henderson kindness
when their leader asked for but three.
John T. Sullivan, undertaken in Stn
Adams, was painfully injured Sunday
afternooniwhen the hearse on which he
was riding overturned, throwing him
underneath. In the hearse were the
remains of Cornelius Mccarthy of Fair
Held, which were being brought to ST.
Adams for burial in Holy Cross ceme-
terry The hearse was overturned by a
large snow drift, and Mr. Sullivan and
w. D. Head, who was driving, were
thrown off. Mr.. Head was uninjured.
DR.. w. j. Upton, who was returning
from a.call at the home of William Gun
ningham, took Mr.. Sullivan to his home
on South Main street, where it was
found that he was suffering from a
severe shaking up and strained back.
No bones We're broken. The glass in
one side of the hearse and in the top of
the casket were broken and the handles
of the casket We're detached, but the
remains were not disturbed and after
being transferred to another casket
were buried.