Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-08-13
Vermont Items

A pair of shoes made by a Barre cob
bier are displayed in a window and
claim much attention The new shoes
are size II, and measure approximate
ly six inches across.
Adit Gen, II, T Johnson, has desig-
mated August 10 as governors day at
Camp Devens, Mass, on which day
the review of the Vermont National
Guard will take place.
In falling from a hammock and
striking her head on cement, Marie
Brown daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Viii
lis Brown of Jericho Center, cracked
her skull An operation was performed
and she is resting COMFORTABLY.
Mrs. Ellen Bragg of Castleton is
seeking to recover $4,000 from Frank
A. Wallace of the same village, the
suit involving the collection of rent.
Mrs. Bragg claims Wallace has ""id
her no rent since 1905, and she now
claims interest too.
Wasps are making matters lively for
the pedestrians who travel over a por-
ton of Hillside avenue in Montpelier.
They have hived under one end of a
plank which forms a part of the side
walk. Those who have become ac-
quanted with the army detour for
safety.
Linus Leavens, fish and game com
missioner, expects to close the head
waters of the White river in Pittsfeld
on what is known as the south and
west branches of the living river for
the purpose of aiding propagation OF
trout. The main course of this river
will be open to fishing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caleb Paris of Wal
lingford narrowly escaped serious in
jury when their car, in which they
were being towed, went over a bank
and dropped 40 feet the result of one
wheel getting caught in the tow rope.
They were taken from under the car,
suffering from cuts and bruises.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Orzelle OF
Poultney have been bound over to the
September term of Rutland county
court on the charge of impeding Off
GERS, the case growing out of an at
tempt by deputy fish and game ward
ems to search the premises of the
Orzelles in quest of furbearing animals
alleged to be concealed in the place.
So far as can be learned at present,
the shutdown of the American Wooden
company's mills at Winooski will be
of considerable duration. Since the
mills closed, the receipts of merchants
in Burlington and Winooski have been
greatly curtailed and the effect is felt
in nearly all of the stores as the
monthly payroll averaged S250OO0
T. w Quincy of Burlington was
elected president of the Vermont Fun
eral Directors and Embalmers' asso-
citation at Rutland last week. Other
officers are. First vice president, J. c.
Hennessey of Bellows Falls second,
Ray Z. Frye of Burlington; secretary,
c. R. Caldewood of St Johnsbury;
treasurer, p w. Barnard of Pittsford.
] Judge Harrie B Chase has given
his decision in the case in the town Of
Orange against the city of Barre. This
suit was for the collection of $1,000 in
taxes on the reservoir of the Barre
water works, which is located in
Orange. The case will 60 to Supreme
court on exceptions, taken by the city
of Barre, Judge Chase having decided
in favor of Orange.
Linus Leavens, fish and game com
missioner, has placed his order with the
different hatcheries outside the State
for the supplying of 100000 brook
trout. He received notice Saturday if
any more were wanted the ordering
would have to be quickly done, but
he has the supply needed for Vermont
These trout will arrive at the Vermont
hatcheries in December.
Several persons were injured in
Southington, Conn, Friday, one ser
iously, when Buick automobile driven
by Clayton Bundy of st. Johnsbury
collided with Hudson car driven by
Frank M. Davis of Hartford Two
girls in the Davis car suffered injuries
One girls leg was fractured and the
other was badly cut about the throat
arms and legs Both cars were
/ wrecked.
The office of Charles Ponzi in Bur
lington has been closed and the men
who were in charge have left the city
Two of them left a week ago. and those
who remained packed up their goods
| Monday and departed The office was
kept open last week to allow those
who wished their money returned an
opportunity to obtain it According
to Ponzis agents very few applied for
their cash
The peculiar position of man sit
ting at the window of a block in Bur
lington attracted the attention OF some
children who were playing in the vicin-
ity. An investigation revealed the fact
that the man was dead. He was
! Charles H. Wyatt, Colored man, who
earned his living by cleaning houses
He was unmarried and lived alone and
it is thought he had been dead at
least &c hours.
Samuel Romano of Rutland, mem
Der of Company A, tried to balance
his chair on the railing of the balcony
at the Arn0ry above the Baxter bank
and read a newspaper at the same time
Saturday morning. The result was
| disastrous as Private Romano who IS
now in the Rutland City hospital can
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