Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-05-14
STATE NEWS

Miss Laura Burback, a stenographer
with Simonds and Searles of St Johns
bury, is to be clerk of tn new industrial
accident board Of which Robert w.
Simonds is chairman. The Office carries
with it a substantial salary.
Burlington's rest room had 20, 500
patrons last year, the average daily
attendance being &c. The room is
furnished by the city and the matron's
salary, lighting, heating and water
rent are paid from the municipal funds.
Other incidentals are paid from the ac-
cumulations in mite box, which is
maintained in the room.
Whether the small child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie Sargent, who was badly
burned April 81 at her home in St
Johnsbury by taking small quantity
of I've into her mouth, while at play,
will recover is not yet certain, though
there seems to be some signs of i'm
provement. Her mouth and throat are
terribly burned
A magnolia tree, something of
novelty in this northern climate. is in
blossom at the home of d. M. McKirryher
is another tree of the kind in bloom so
! far north. In Rutland may also be found
a tulip tree and cucumber tree, both
natives of the South. The magnolia
,1rao frot,, hr.vtr
Some of the fruits of the present
school law have been realized in the
town of Lowell, where two families
have been fined SIT so each for not
sending their children to school. In
turn, the families sued the town for
the transportation of the pupils and
won the case. The lowest bid for
carrying the children is ST a week, for
eight children That amount would
nearly maintain a school.
Slipping from partially submerged
rock while he was attempting to pick a
small piece of wood out of the Otter
Creek at Center Rutland, Wtabystan
Subotka, three year-od son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Subotka of Center Rutland,
was drowned Sunday, and despite the
efforts Of doctors the child could not be
resuscitated. 1t is supposed that the
little chap had seen his father gather
firewood which hoated down the stream
and he attempted to repeat the trick
during a moment when his parents
were otherwise engaged.
The cottage, house and barn, with
their contents, on the farm owned by
Prof Wright of Yale university and
situated north Of East Mortified, just
over the line in Hinsdale, were burned
early Sunday morning, the barn being
struck by lightning. The place was
occupied by William s. Hammond and
Family. The loss wiz be about 81, 900.
There was no insurance on the house
prevailed at the time of the fire. The
flames We're discovered between $50
and O. clock by Mr. Hammond, but not
until they had reached the house, to
which the barn was joined.
The house occupied by H. A. McCul-
Tough and family on his farm in Towns
bend was burned to the ground with all
its contents Monday morning, the occu-
pants only escaping with their lives.
Mr. Mccullough was awakened by the
smell of smoke at about 80 and
aroused Mrs. Mccullough and their -four
children, the oldest being nine years of
age and the youngest year old baby,
telling her to dress the children. The
work of dressing them had to be finished
outdoors Mrs. Mccullough ran with
the children to me nearest neighbor
Rockwell Davis, for help, but when the
men reached the house only the frame
work was standing. The fire is sup
posed to have caught around the chin
ney and the fire was under way before
Mr.. Mccullough awakened.
The biggest landslide at WilloughbS
lake for many years occurred about II
days ago. Many tons of big rocks anC
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