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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29

The grist mill of E. G. and A. w.
Norton was broken into Friday night.
The end of the money drawer was
broken and a small sum taken. Two
and a quarter sacks of flour were also
stolen. An entrance was effected through
a window at one side of the mill by
breaking a pane of glass. The same
night an unsuccessful attempt was made
to enter the store of w. A. and w. b.
Dalrymple through the cellar door at the
back of the store.
The girls of the Vergennes High school
gave a Halloween party to the boys and
faculty of the school Friday evening in
the assembly hall in the school build
ing. Halloween games were played and
refreshments served. The school orches-
ira furnished music.
The Vergennes Gun club held a shoot
on their grounds Friday afternoon, 10
members participating. DR. V. w.
Waterman, Howard Adams and Will
liam Lawrence were tied for first place
with a score OF l6, and l.. ii. Brown and
Harry Norton for second with a score
of II.
Cards have been received here an
nouncing the marriage of A. S. Haven
of the finn of A. S. Haven & Co. of this
city at Newport October 20 to Miss Mar
guerite Robinson. Mr.. and Mrs. Haven
will be at h mi after December /.
Attorney and Mrs. NJ. c. Taft, who
have been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II Taft. and her father, Amos
p. Needham, ave gone to Bristol,
where Mr. Taft will enter upon the
practice of law,
Benz ,min w. Fisher has gone to Will
mington, Del to resume his duties as
chemist in the laboratory of the Dupont
Powder company.
The funeral of Mrs Nancy s. Wright.
who died sud lenly Wednesday, October
20, at the Mary Fletcher hospital. was
held at the Me hodist church in Yer
gennes Friday afternoon at n o'clock,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
SEDGWICK PRESTON DEAD.

Sedgwick Preston, aged 20 years, a
veteran of the Civil War, died Saturday
evening at his home in F%errisburg after
a lingering illness. Mr.. Preston enlisted
at the American house, Vergennes,
December A, 1863, and was taken to
Bristol to join his company. He was
mustered into the United States service
as a private in Company E, 18th Regt.,
VT, Vol. He was promoted to corporal
and was in every engagement from
Winchester to the close of the war. Of
Co. K, Charles Porter, formerly of Fer
risburg, now Of Grinnell, Iowa becomes,
so far as known, the last surviving
member of the original company. Mr..
Preston is survived by his wife and two
children, William of Monkton, and Mrs.
Chester Hawkins of Ferrisburg, Mr..
Preston has been very successful as a
farmer, had a large apiary and had de-
voted much time to purchasing furs
from trappers and hunters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
SOLDIER BREAKS LEG,

A team from Fort Ethan Allen in
which were three soldiers ran into a
team Monday afternoon driven by
Charles Lacasse, taking a wheel off,
breaking an axle, a shaft, and the har-
ness. One of the soldiers in jumping
had his leg broken below the knee. The
accident occurred near the top of
Weston's hill, about 2:30 o'clock. When
nearing Lacasse's team two of the
soldi RS on seeing they could not avoid
a collision jumped and lett the third
soldier to stop the horses, which was
done at the foot of the hill. Mr..
Lacasse and his companion, N. E.
Clifford of Burlington, who sells acct
dent insurance, escaped with a severe
shaking up. The soldiers names could
not be learned.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
TRAVELLING MAN HELD UP.

George E. Closer, a travelling man
who lives in Vergennes, on his way
home by automobile, was held up on
the Shelburne road near the Pierson
farm shortly before l o'clock Saturday
morning by two men in another
car, who drew their machine directly in
front of the Closer car. Pointing a re-
volver at CLOSER, they told him to give
up his valuables. Glosser's o~vercoat
AM undercoat were taken from him,
and he was then told to disappear. The
victim got into his car again and came
to the police office. Officers were sent
back with him to the scene, and the two
coats were found. CLOSER said the
hold-up men had taken $72 from his
undercoat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
JITNEY DRIVER IN JAIL.

Jacob Aaron, a Montpelier jitney
driver, who was arrested last week for
negligent driving, as the result of
smashing into a milk team, driven by
Arthur Barber in Barre, injuring the
horse so that he had to be shot, was
committed to Jail Monday, having been
made the defendant in a $500 damage
suit brought by Barber. A body writ
was served on him and he was unable to
secure bail. The suit is returnable at
the March term of Washington County
court.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
ELECTRICIANS SUDDEN DEATH.

Charles c. Walker, aged 33 years, of
Rutland, a general electrician in the en-
ploy of the Burlington city electric light
department for the past ten weeks,
net a sudden and tragic death shortly
before noon Saturday in the city power
station on the lake front. Mr.. Walker
was engaged in testing one of the under
ground wires which run from the power
station under the railroad tracks, and
had the wire in his hands, when his
shoulder came in contact with the large
station switchboard near which he was
working, thus forming a circuit through
which 2, 300 volts of electricity shot.
The noise made by his l~ifeless body
crashing to the floor attracted his fell
low workmen, who Immediately shut
off the electric current and dragged
him from his dangerous position.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29

Mrs. Wright was born in F~errisburg
February 3, 1888. Her first husband was
DR., Whitefield Day, who died in 1877.
In 1889 she was married to Samuel S.
Wright of New Haven, whose death
occurred in 1912.
Seth Warner Chapter, Daughters Of
the American Revolution, will meet Sat.
urday afternoon with Mrs. II. G.. Her
rick and Mrs. NJ. T. Bristol.
j. C.. Ryan has returned to HYDE
Manor after a visit to his sister, Mrs.
Robert Hudson, and his daughter, Miss
llene Ryan.
The Vergennes schools closed Wednes-
day afternoon for the rest of the week in
order that the teachers could attend the
annual convention of the Vermont State
Teachers association at Rutland.
Thomas CAVITY of Rutland visited j. F.
BARLEY Monday.
The members of Vermont Grange
went Tuesday evening to Bridport to
attend Neighbors' Night given by Bird
port Grange. The visiting Grange fur
nished the entertainment and the local
Grange furnished refreshments.
E. F. Haviland. of the Haviland Shade
Roller company, who has been inspect.
ing the company's plant on the falls,
has returned to New York.
The condition of Mrs. Sedgwick Pres
ton, who has been ill, is improved.
Mrs. Sherblno of .Bridport is visiting
her sister, Mrs. l.. NJ. Avery.
Miss Hattie Winslow, who has been
spending the season at her summer
home on Maple street, left Wednesday
for San Antonio, Texas, where she will
spend the winter. She was accompanied
by her nephew, Ray Allen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
Rheumatism and Allied Pains They
Must Go!

The congestion of the blood in it's flow
causes painI Sioan's Llniment pene-
trates To the congestion and starts the
blood to flow freely. The body warmth
is renewed; the pain is gone. The man
or woman who has rheumatism. neu-
ralgia, or other pain and fails to keep
Sloan's Liniment in their home is like a
drowning man refusing a rope" Why
suffer Get n bottle of Sloan'S. 25c
ana SOC $l.OO bottle hold six times as
much as 25c. size.--adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
FINGER SHOT OFF.

Clyde Mari, aged %. of Montgomery
Center lost the third finger of his right
hand and had two others badly mangled
Sunday afternoon when a gun he was
carrying by the muz zle exploded. The
man was taken by automobile to the
office of DR.. w. A. Young in West
field, and the third finger was ampu-
tated and the others dressed. Mari is
a cook in the Hazen Notch road gang.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
TURNS AUTO INFO AMBULANCE.

TURNS AUTO INTO AMBULANCE.
Bishop Joseph j. Rice of Burlington
turned his automobile into a temporary
ambulance in Rutland, Friday and per-
formed an act of humanity when he
witnessed an accident on South Main
street in which Henry Harris, a tuition
pupil in the ninth grade of the Dana
school building, was thrown from a
bicycle and badly injured. The bishop
was just arriving in the city, his car
passing down South Main street, when
he saw the boy, who was on a bicycle
run into "a little girl. The girl was
knocked down but not seriously hurt.
The bicyclist was thrown so that his
head came in contact with the concrete
pavement and he was rendered uncon-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
KILLED ON RAILROAD CROSSING

O4N isThihiNOHD INO0OllNN
Wallace Blackwood, about 70 years
old, of East Wallingford was probably
instantly killed about 6 O'Clock Tuesday
evening when his team was struck by a
Rutland railroad light engine on the Pratt
crossing about a mile north of Cut
tingsville. His body was thrown per-
haps so feet and he struck a cattle guard
inf1icting a bad cut on his head. Mr..
Blackwood was dead when the engine
crew reached him. The engine which
was running north was going at a good
rate of speed and it is believed that Mr..
Blackwood must have been asleep. He
wore a heavy fur coat and was mufied
about the ears with the high collar
which may have prevented HIM from
hearing the approach of the locomotive.
He was returning home from Rutland
with a load of goods. The wagon was
demolished and the contents strewed
over a large area. One of the horses
was slightly injured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
CHILD ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.

Funeral services for Sarah, the four
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Angel
LAWN of East Barre, who died Sunday
afternoon from a gun shot wound in the
abdomen, were held Monday afternoon.
The child was accidentally shot by her
seven-year-old brother, Abilino, at
their home in East Barre. The child's
father did not know the gun contained
a cartridge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
Get Rid of Those Poisons in Your
System

You will find DIR. Kings New Life
Pills a most satisfactory laxative in Ie-
leasing the poisons from your system.
Accumulated waste aud poisons cause
manifold ailments unless released. Dir
illness, spots before the eyes, blackness
and a miserable feeling generally are
indications that you need DIR Kings
New Life Pills Take "a dose tonight and
you will experience grateful relief by
morning. 25c.-adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
DIES IN

Theodore Vanbuskirk, aged about SO,
a farmer of Manchester, dropped dead
Saturday afternoon while returning
from a business trip to South Walling-
ford by automobile.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
PELLAGRA DEATH IN RUTLAND.

Mrs. Flora Shorkey Patnode, widow
of George Patnode, who about two
months ago developed a case of pellagra,
a rare disease in the North, died at 4:30
o'clock Sunday morning at the Rutland
hospital, having been confined at that
institution since last July. This is said
to be the first case of pellagra ever
seen in Rutland and one of six in the
State. 1t is a skin disease and is almost
always fatal. A peculiar rash breaks
out on the face, elbows and hands and a
persistent bowel trouble is also one of
the symptoms. 1t was originally
supposed to result from eating diseased
corn, but this theory has been exploded,
and the manner of infection is unknown.
1t is non-contagious and non-hereditary.
Mrs. Patnode was 50 years old and for
several years was a resident of Whiting,
coming to Rutland about two years ago.
At the time of her illness she was living
with a sister at West Rutland.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29

scious, bleeding profusely from the
mouth. The bishop Immediately took
the lad into his car and rushed him to
the Rutland hospital. 1t is not expected
that the serious bruises which the boy
suffered will result in any permanent
injury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
VERMONT NEWS.
DELIVERS SERMON AT ss.

Rev. Mr.. Leonard, aged SO years,
preached at the Baptist church in Addi-
son Sunday. Mr.. Leonard, although of
such advanced years, is very active and
iuns his W automobile.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-10-29
FINED FOR KILLING MUSKRAT

County Game Warden Hayward of
Rutland came to Brandon Monday and
went to the home of Tim Lonergan,
west of the village, and found 80 musk
rat pelts. Lonergan pleaded guilty to
four offences and was fined 500 and
costs, the penalty for this offence being
S. for every muskrat caught. Attorney
Buttles acted as counsel for Mr..
Lonergan.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
SANITARY FLOORS
IN DAIRY STABLE
Concrete Is Best and Should
Be Used When Building Is
Being Erected.

Brick or concrete are the only
floors one can safely say are sanitary.
Brick should be laid upon a good sub
base. and II this is not . good firm
foundation It should be well tamped
before laying the brick.
The brick floor having been COM
pleted the cracks should be filled with
a mixture Of cement and sand. The
proportion which will best ali the re-
quirements. is one part cement to one
and one-half parts Of good. clean sand.
This should be mixed thin enough
to spread easily and then swept into
the cracks with q heavy barn broom
or steel brush. Such . floor win be
found very sanitary and not so slip
perry as concrete.
Concrete Is the best and most sani
tary door that can be used In dairy
barn. and effort should be made to
have such floors installed whenever {
barn is being constructed. When stable
floors become dangerous. making II
necessary to replace them, concrete
should always be used il the floors resi-
upon the ground.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
Eulonx on the Bod N hIte.

The following is the eulogy on the
Bob White, by William T. Hornaday.
once director of the New York zoologi-
cal park:
To my friend the epioure: The
next time you regale good appe-
tite with bluepoints, terrapin stew,
filet of sole and saddle Of mutton,
touched up here and there with the
high lights of rare old sherry, rich
claret and dry monopole, Pause as the
dead quail is laid before you on q
funeral pyre of toast and consider
this:
Here lie the charred remains OF
the farmers ally and friend, poor
Bob White. In life he devoured 145
different kinds OF bad insects and the
seeds Of 129 noxious weeds. For the
smaller pests Of the farm he was the
most marvellous engine Of destruction
that God ever put together Of flesh
and blood. He was good, beautiful
and true; and his small life was
blameless. And here he lies dead
snatched away from his Geld Of labor
and destroyed, in order that may be
tempted to dine three minutes longer
after have already eaten to safety
Then 60 on and finish Bob White.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12

suits OF the woman folks an thiA
stuff is cut out by the dozen ut one
time with q big knife literally sawed
out. The making is done in the same
manner. II you could only ses the
dirt and filth Of these foreign slaves
who cut and sew the garments sold
you would shudder with horror 81 the
prospect of placing the garments on
your back.
Your own tailor or dressmakeF,
right in your home town, will make
you a suit or a coat much better than
the sweatshop workers and you can
be sure that you are not going to
catch any disease from it. You will
find that 1t is sewed better, that II
won't rip, that the buttons won't fall
on, and that your pockets won't turn
into gaping holes. Again you will find
that the material is better and depend
able, that the style is better, etc. In
every way It will be more desirable.
1t will be the same way with your
hats and shirts and shoes. In fact
you will discover that with everything
/ sold there win be something lack
ing.
1t may look good for the first few
times. Then it will fade, the rain
will pull 1t out of shape, the seams
will rip wherever there is an ordinary
strain, and you will find out that 1t
looks cheap and shoddy. 1t is.
Buy at home. Get the things that
are dependable and worth having.
Buy from your local dealers. It's
cheapest for you in the long run, and
you are not sending your money out
Of town. Be patriotic and spend your
money at home. It's a good invest
ment for you. It will advance your
own interests.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
MOTHER LOOK At
CHILD'S TONGUE
II cross, feverish, constipated,
give California Syrup
of Fius"

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged UP with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, motherl If coat
ed, or your child is listIess, cross, few
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full VII cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give q
teaspoonful OF California Syrup of
Figs" then don't worry, because 1t is
perfectly harmless, and in few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a well. playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing" is ofttimes all
that is necessary. It should be the
flrst treatment given In any sickness.
Beware OF counterfeit fig syrups
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle OF
california Syrup Of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children Of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
ALFALFA AND OATS
FOR DRAFT COLTS
Greedy, Mature Horses Often
Eat Too Much and Suffer
From lmpaCtion.

Growing draft colts have seldom, II
ever. been injured by eating too much
alfalfa and oats. Mature horses of
greedy disposition, If allowed to run
TO alfalfa racks at will, may eat too
much and suffer attacks OF impaction
Draft mares heavy In foal, and taking
but little exercise, not infrequently
suffer from attacks OF this nature. An
alfalfa pasture Is 3 splendid place to
develop draft colts with q maximum
of bone and muscle.
Some complaint comes from the
humid regions to the effect that mares
on alfalfa pasture during the breeding
season are hard to get In foal. This
trouble seems to be more or less local
and can be prevented by temporarily
keeping the mares in other pastures.
An alfalfa patch forms a splendid
night pasture for work horses. provid.
ing they are used to 1t and are turned
out regularly.
Good, well-colored alfalfa is of prac.
tically the same composition as wheat
bran, and is OF equal value to II in the
horse ration.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
Eor HomeaIekuss a.

At $3.50 the city salesman wanted TO
60 home, but his friend insisted on
staying around lower Broadway till
six o'clock.
Until the big wholesale houses
close for the night" he explained, $50
/ can hear the roar Of those iron shut
tiers coming down."
The city salesman seemed really
alarmed.
Heavens, man." he gasped. cant
you find noise enough In other parts
of the town without waiting for that p
II can get noise enough, but 1t isn't
the right kind. The clanking Of these
shutters just fills the bill. It reminds
me of home. was brought up In q
tropical country where | was rocked to
sleep every few nights by an earth
quake. Since coming to New York I've
been homesick for It. When l get
inconsistencies good and bad, all have
to do is to stand here In the evening
and listen to that delectable noise, and
l feel better right away. New York
Evening Post.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
WOODS or VARIOUS STRENGTH
INVESTIGATION Has Shown rhat Pres-
enee or Absence Of TyIose Makes
q Great Difference.

The reason why one kind of wood
is more durable than another is owing
to the fact that one contains the sub
stance known as tylose in more gener-
GUS quantities. Tylose is the material
which fills the pores Of the wood and
resists the entrance or action Of de-
cay. For instance, white oak is we'll
suited and much used for barrel slaves,
where barrels are to contain liquid,
while, ON the other hand, red oak,
which is apparently Of the same struc'
ture, is not at all suited for the pur
pose.
A close examination of the white
oak reveals the presence of the tylose
which seals all the little pores Of the
wood. Red oak has none Of the ty'
lose. For this reason a fence post OF
white oak will last much longer in
service than one Of red. Timber en-
gineers who inject creosote and other
substances into wood to retArd decay
long ago made lists Of species that
we're hard to treat, and others which
were easy.
The preservative fluids, we are told
penetrate certain woods to a consider
able depths when moderate pressure IL
applied; while others are almost i'm
pervious, no matter how great the
pressure. Those hardest to penetrate
by preservative fluids ere those best
supplied with tylose.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Lock Years NOunoerl Try orandma's
Recipe Of Sage and Sulphur ard
Nobody VIII Know.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded. etreaked
or gray; also ends dandruff. itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make It at home, which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for sWyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" You will get q
large bottle for about SO cents. Every.
body uses this old, famous recipe, be-
cause no one can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair, as it does 1t
50 naturally and evenly. You dampen
q sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time; by morn
ing the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, youI
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger
Adv.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-02-12
Served His Country wei.

Alfred Sully, soldier, was distin-
guished son of a distinguished sire,
born at Philadelphia, January 2, 1921.
His father was Thomas Sully, the ia.
nous portrait painter, pupil of Ben1a-
min West, painter Of many of the
great men Of his day and ranking sec
ond only to Gilbert Stuart. The son,
however, had ambition for the life
military, was graduated from West
Point in 1841 and was Immediately ap.
pointed a second lieutenant in the
Second infantry. He campaigned
against the Seminoles In Florida, was
In the Mexican war, and for conspicu-
GUS services at the siege OF Vera Cruz
was promoted to first lieutenant and
captain. At the outbreak OF the Civil
war he was appointed colonel of the
First Minnesota volunteers, was lit
tie later given command of brigade,
distinguished himself at Fair Oaks and
Malvern Hill, was promoted to briga.
der general OF volunteers and led his
command with conspicuous gallantry
at South Charlottesville. After the
war he was engaged In Indian cam.
paigns in which there was savage
lighting. He was breYetted brigadier
general in the regular army and
major general OF volunteers.