Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-11-26
State Items

Some of the State prisoners at Wind
sor are now in Sherburne doing road
work as last year.
George r Wales has been elected
president of the board of the Rocking
ham hospital, Bellows Falls,
The coal situation in St. Johnsbury
is said to be acute. with dealers supply
ing families with 800 pound lots,
The Handy Gamers club of West
Rutland has put up over 1000 jars of
fruits. vegetables, and meat the past
year
Harold, son of the Rev and Mrs. c.
A. Simmons of Washington, is dead
after having adenoids and tonsils and
also eight teeth removed.
The Rev. A. J. Bowser of Pennsyl-
vania. who once held a pastorate at
Readsboro, has begun his new pas
tOrate at Windsors Baptist church,
Capt. Frederick E. NOR, who died
suddenly recently at Fort Ethan Allen,
went to Springfield, VT, at the begin
ming Of the present year to be its first
paid Chamber of Commerce secretary,
a position he resigned in nine months
to take up the army again.
Take Movies of Granite Belt
Motion pictures in an education ser
les were taken last week by film cor
poration of the quarries of the Bout
well. Milne & Varnum Co OF Barre.
Finish Armory by February
The new Armory in Rutland is ex-
pected to be completed by February,
and will be opened with military
ball The interior decorations Of the
Armory are being decided upon now.
Eyes on Marshal Job
Frank II. Chapman, for many years
in charge of the Office of the United
States marshal at Rutland, will seek
the appointment for the district. He
has been in the Office for 20 years.
Fire on Train
Fire was discovered in the ceiling of
a railway passenger train of the st.
Johnsbury & Lake Champlain com
pany last week, caused by an oil lamp.
A hole cut i'll the ceiling and a ire ex-
tlngulSner soon SelIltu IT,
Granite Men Optimistic
More than 100 granite manufacturers
at a meeting in Barre expressed conf
dence in improved business conditions
in 1921 Firms of Barre, Montpelier,
Waterbury, West Berlin, Barre town
and Williamstown were represented.
Mother of IL Dies
Mrs. Alfred Desrochers of ST. Johns
bury, who on October . gave birth to
triolets. all boys, is dead of heart weak
ness. She was the mother of II chill
dren. She herself was one of y chill
dren
Ide to 90 to California
Ex-Gov. Henry c Ide of St. Johns
bury leaves this week for Santa Bar
bara. Calf, where he will spend the
winter with Congressman-eleCt W..
Bourke Cochran and Mrs, Cochran,
the latter being his daughter
Fears Business Depression
Business depression in the granite in
dustry of Montpelier and Barre threat
ems suspension of work in some OF the
shops unless orders come in. Some OF
the sheds have orders to keep them
running until December /, while others
will be cleaned up January !.
Steering Gear Broke
Robert Ferguson of East Braintree
was badly injured when the steering
GEAR of his automobile broke. The car
was demolished. Mr. Ferguson suffer
ed injuries to his head, one eye was
hurt, and one shoulder sprained. HIS
brother escaped unhurt.
Not Scared by Living Cost
Arthur E. Crowel of Windsor has a
pair of Belgian hares and reports a fast
growing family. The female OF the
species recently gave birth to nine
Dummies and two weeks later nine more
arrived to gladden. their mother The
H. c. of L. has no terrors for Mr.. and
Mrs. Belgian Hare.
No Trace of Missing Prisoners
Louis Chambo and Henry Murray,
four-year men at Windsor, who escap-
ed October 81, are still at liberty. They
were TRUSTEES and were working in the
kitchen. 1t is still a mystery how they
managed to scale the high walls.
Chambo, IS, was in for burglary, and
Murray, 30, was in for larceny
Catch Alleged Booze Runners
David Sherman and Calvin Sails,
both Of New York. were captured with
50 quarts of booze, alleged to have
been Struggled in from Canada, by
United States Collector Rice of Derby
Line as they boarded a train at Brad
ford. They are held in $1,000 each for
district court at Windsor next month.
Wind Blew Down Smokestack
A high wind the other day blew over
the large smokestack of the Gaysville
Light & Power company at Bethel, the
stack falling directly acrorss the lines
of the company, holding up for a time
work in the granite. leather and shoe
industries Rust is believed to have
injured the stack so that it fell an
easy victim to wind.
Harding Coolidge His Name
Harding Coolidge. a singularly happy
and appropriate combination OF name:
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