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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
SEVERANCE GETS 500
IN SUIT FOR $500
County Court Has Now Reached
Divorce Docket

After a session of seventeen hours
beginning Tuesday afternoon and pro-
longed through the night until We'd
nesday forenoon jury awarded Frank
Severance of Mddlebury a verdict of
$50 in his suit against c. NJ Lambert
Of Johnson for damages resulting to
his team of gray horses in a collision
with the defendants automobile. The
process of law had been instituted to
recover $500 exemplary damages. Late
Tuesday evening the jury returned
and reported a disagreement but the
court sent them back with instructions
10 bring in a verdict.
The accident happened on the Poor
Farm bridge early in the afternoon of
August 81 The team was driven by
Geo. Dragon who on the stand testi-
fed that he drove upon the bridge al
though he could see the automobile
approaching faster than ever he saw
car travel before" He said that he
had sufficient time to turn out and let
the auto pass him before he entered
the bridge but felt that ne had as
much claim as the defendant to the
right of way. He did not however,
keep to the right extreme of the drive
way when on the bridge. Lambert s
car drove on the bridge from the
south and crashed into the team OF
horses. Only one was injured however,
&though the suit was brought to re-
cover for damages from the deprecia-
ton of the pairs value due to the
injury of the one The defense endea-
vored to prove that it was imprudent
to enter the bridge with an automobile
so near and that even after going upon
the bridge Dragon should have kept
to the right side of the driveway. N.
S. Foote as witness testified from mea-
surements. that the bridge was wide
enough for two vehicles to pass al
though necessitating the keeping to
the extreme right The bridge is l3
feet 2 inches wide at the north and ?
inches wider at the south entrance.
In the court Thursday Mrs Min
ME Hill was granted a divorce from
Charles NJ. Hill. Attorney Allen R.
Sturtevant appeared for Mrs. Hill.
The divorce was granted on the
grounds of intolerable severity. No
decision was handed down in the di-
vorce case of Maude E. Perry of Rip
ton against Eugene H. Perry of St.
Tohnsbury, brought on the s m e
grounds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
Jury AWARDS EMERSON $50;
THRUSTS HORSE UPON MOODY
Horse Trade Fell Through When jury
Was Asked to Decide

A verdict of $50 and costs was
awarded Z. P. Emerson in his civil
suit against John F. Moody, both OF
Lincoln, for the recovery of damages
resulting from a horse deal. For day
and a half, Thursday and Friday the
case had occupied the attention OF the
County Court. A host of witnesses
were all heard for both sides. The
Jury, also declared that the horse
in question was rightfully the proper
tv of the defendant, thus abrogating
any contract OF sale.
Moody tried to prove that the horse
he had sold to Emerson was all right
at the time of sale and that subse-
uuent lameness had developed as the
result Of improper handling.
L. c. Russell appeared for Emerson
and Allen R. Sturtevant represented
Moody
Wednesday morning Attorney Allen
r. Sturtevant entered a motion to sci
aside the verdict on the ground thai
the verdict was contrary to the evi
dence in the case and also to the in
struction contained i'll the judge
charge. Mr.. Sturtevant argued hi
motion at some length and Attorney
Leroy c. Russell. for Mr. Emerson, re
sponded. The court has-the matte
under advisement.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
FAMOUS GEN. GATES
DIES IN WEYBRIDGE
One of Foremost Morgan SireS for
a Quarter Century

General Gates. 666 A. NJ R., the
registered Morgan stallion which for a
number of years headed the stud at
the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm in Wey-
bridge, died early Tuesday morning OF
acute indigestion.
The General. who was nearly
twenty-seven years old at the time of
his DEATH was bred by the late JOS
eph Battell and kept by him for a
number of years at his Bread Loaf
Stock Farm. He was purchased by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture in 1907 to head their Morgan stud
at Weybridge and has been kept at the
Farm since that time.
This stallion was well and favorably
known by horsemen throughout the
State, having sired a great many ex-
cellent horses in this vicinity. Two of
his best sons. Scotland, 600, and Ben
nington, 5693. are still at the Morgan
Horse Farm.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
JUST 6 1Dp.
DAYS LEFT1y
TO0HOO GXA&
READ THE ADS 4S&aD'@*
EHp,aUSlCi%
NASH AND BUICK CRASH
IN FRIDAYS SLEET STORM
DR.. P. L. Dorey and Miss Mildred Hum
Come Together at Monument

In the sleet barrage on last Friday
afternoon a Nash touring car driven by
Miss Mildred Hunt collided with DR.
P L. Dorey's Buick roadster at the
intersection of Pleasant street and
Merchants Row. The doctors car
was badly smashed. It's running board
was ripped off. the transmission case
torn out, spring was broken, and the
rear wheel so twisted that it punctured
the gasoline tank The Hunt car es-
capped with only a crushed mud guard
and a dent in the side frame.
The accident happened about four
o'clock in the afternoon. The doctor
was mounting the hill and had reached
the monument when the car driven by
Miss Hunt approached from North
Pleasant street. Miss Hunt said that
she had not seen the other machine on
account of the binding sleet that ac-
cumulated on the windshield. The doc
tor could not avoid the accident for
the reason that the monument was on
his extreme right and the other auto
was on his left. Neither driver was in
iuted in the crash and the affair has
been amicably settled.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
j. A. JAMES KILLED
BY FALLING TREE
Prominent Weybridge Farmer Died
Tuesday from Injuries

On Monday a fatal accident oc-
Cured to John A. James, one of the
most prominent citizens of Weybridge
and of Addison County, resulting in
his death the next morning. He was
telling trees on his farm at about half
past eleven in the morning in COM
pany with Edgar Beane. One had fall
en- satisfactorily but a second one took
an unexpected direction, and though
Mr. Beane warned him. he was struck
by limb upon the head and rendered
unconscious They were not far from
George McHugh's residence, from
which help was secured and telephone
connection made with his own house.
DR.. Stanton Eddy was summoned and
came out with his father DR.. H. Eddy.
and recognizing the critical condition
of the case sent for Dr. McSweeney of
Burlington and a nurse, who arrived on
the late afternoon train. An operation
was performed but it was fruitless. Mr..
James was apparently unconscious
from the time he was struck until he
passed away at about half past six
Tuesday morning.
John A. James was born in Wey-
bridge April 7, 1853, the oldest son of
Samuel and Susan Paine James, and
has been lifelong resident Of the town.
He married on April l5, 1874, Orpha L.
Tewett, daughter of Philo and Eliza L.
Tewett. He has held many offices. He
was on the board OF selectmen in 1884,
and has served on it continuously since
1912, represented the town in the Legis-
lature in 1890 and the county in the
Continued on page four)
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
Woodmen Elect

The annual meeting and election OF
officers of Camp No. 1924, Modern
Woodmen of America, was held in the
old bank building Thursday evening.
The following officers were elected;
V. c., Avery Call; adviser, Eli Fortier; /;
banker, James McNulla; clerk, Earl
A. Frost watchman. Arthur Gaines;
sentry, James Mulligan; trustee for
three years, Napoleon Desjadon, The
installation of officers will take place
the first Thursday in January. Follow
ing the election of officers the Camp
degree was conferred on one candidate
after which banquet was served.
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The first and second Grange de
grees will be conferred on class OF
candidates Monday evening
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND
OVERSUBSCRIBED BY 5000
Local Canvass for 1928 Met With In
slant Success

Middlebury once more dem0nstra-
ted its charitable interest in a worthy
cause when last week it oversubscrib-
ed its quota of S22S in the drive for
the Vermont Children's Aid Society. A
total of S250O0 was realized in the cam
paign made by the Woman's Club in
cooperation with Mrs. J. E. Weeks,
chairman of the local committee. On
Wednesday and Thursday the ladies
canvassed the town thoroughly and ex-
planned their mission. They met with
little hesitancy and few deuials. The
majority gave at least a mite with
the gratifying result that long before
some other towns got started in earnest
in the campaign Middlebury's check
had reached state headquarters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
EGYPTIAN PRESS CHRONICLES
ITINERARY OF LOCAL FRIAR
Rev. Antony Bruya's Trip to Palestine
Noted in Alexandria Newspaper

The Egyptian Gazette, published at
Alexandria. Egypt, under date of Oc-
tober u, contained the following item
of interest locally.
"The Rev. Brother Antony Bruya,
O. F. NJ. has been nominated by the
Holy See as companion to Doctor Pas
chal Robinson of London in his mis-
sion as Apostolic Visitor to Palestine.
Brother Antony will accompany him
on the journey to France, Italy, Egypt
and Asia Minor. Brother Antony is
we'll known as the editor of various
publications issued by the Franciscan
Monastery in Washington"
Brother Antony will be remembered
as the son of Mr.. and Mrs. E H.
Bruya of Middlebury with whom he
spent a short vacation in July previous
to his departure for Europe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
FATHER GREETS DAUGHTER
AFTER II YEAR SEPARATION
Tom Ellis Welcomes to America
Daughter He Had Last Seen as a Babe

Miss Teresa Ellis, daughter of
Thomas Ellis. proprietor of the General
Store on Seymour street. landed from
France in New York a few days ago.
She is at present confined by illness to
the home of relatives in Burlington.
Her father had not seen her since she
was less than two years of age al
though she is now nineteen. He recog-
nized her by means of her photograph,
a series of which he had received from
time to time. She will come to Middle
bury when she RECEIVERS from her sick
ness and act as housekeeper for her
father.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
Forestdale Girl Accidentally Shot

Miss Ruby Gould Of Forestdale was
a victim of accidental shooting Satur-
day. She was the guest OF her sister
Mrs. Harold Bishop in Benson. Some
one leaned a shot gun against the out
side of the house, the gun fell down
and was discharged. the charge going
through the side Of the house and
striking Miss Gould in the back. The
shot was removed by physician and
Miss Gould is as comfortable as could
be expected.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
November Library Report

The circulation of books at the East
Middlebury branch was ll3. at the Ii
brary 1913; of magazines 56 making a
total of l7l2, daily average Of II. OF
the book circulation So per cent was
fiction. 10 per cent non-fction, "a per
cent juvenile of which more than one
fourth was not stories.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
IN LOCAL CHURCHES
Pastors Plan Special Sermons and
Music

The usual services will be held this
year at St. Mary's Church in honor
of the Nativity of our Lord and Sa-
viour Jesus Christ Confessions will be
heard Friday morning, afternoon and
evening The first Christmas Mass
will be at midnight, and the morning
Masses will be at $50 and 10 o'clock.
The choir will render special music at
the midnight Mass, and the children
will sing the Christmas hymns at the
$3.50 Mass Christmas morning.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17

Mr.. Wilcox is well known in Addison
County. especially in Bridport where
he was born. He is brother of Mrs.
Charles Z. Crane, wife of the editor of
The Register He graduated from Mid
dlebury College in the class of 1902 and
was admitted to the Vermont bar in
1908. He has for many years been
identified with the clerical work Of the
state house in Montpelier, having been
official reporter of the Senate n 1905
and assistant clerk of the House OF
Representatives in 1908. from which
time he has been clerk of the same
body until his recent resignation to ac-
cept the greater responsibility conided
to him by the Governor elect.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17

AT the Congregational Church the
Christmas program will be postponed
until Sunday following the feast. At
the morning service the pastor Rev.
Henry c. Newell will preach. The
musical program will be made appro-
pirate to the occasion. In the evening
of the same dav a special communit"
service will be held in the church al.~
a program of entertainment given to
swell the local contribution to the
Near East Relief Fund
On Wednesday evening the senior
Sunday School will hold their Christ
mas entertainment in the church YES
try. A play "Their Christmas Party
with a cast of twenty or more will be
given. A tree and other entertainment
are included in the program. On
Thursday afternoon the junior Sunday
School will have their own particular
program in the vestry, with tree and
appropriate entertainment, Parents
and friends are invited to both parties.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17

At the Memorial Baptist Church the
special Christmas program began last
evening when an illustrated history of
the life of Christ was thrown upon the
stereoptcon screen. On Sunday next
the regular Christmas services will be
held. A Christmas sermon by the pas
tor Rev. II. L, Howard will be supple
mented by a special chorist choir un-
der the direction of Mr.. Cooley. The
pastor will use the theme "The Birth
of the Wonderful" in the morning ser
mon and "The Faith for the Times
at the evening Union service.
Next Thursday a Christmas Com
munity Sing will be held in the church
with hymns and stereopticon illustra-
tionS.
On Sunday, December 26, the Sun
day School will join in the pageant at
the Congregational Church for the
benefit of the Near East Relief Fund
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-12-17
HARTNEss APPOINTS WILCOX
Will Be His Secretary of Civil and Mil
itary Affairs-H. T. Lefin to Be
the Executive Clerk

Montpelier, Dec 15.-James Hart
ness, governor-elect was in the city to-
day comforting with julius A. Wilcox,
who. he announced, would be his sec
retary of civil and military affairs in
the coming regime He was accompan-
led by H. T. Leffin of Springfield, who
will be the executive clerk They con-
ferred last evening and this morning
on different matters. Later in the day,
they met the heads of some of the de-
partments.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-21

Derry was then given to the cor
poratlOn Of London, which tackled on
the prefix London. Three years later
the Irish society 10 which London
derry and much Of the surrounding
country had been given, pledged Itself
to enclose Derry within walls. and
these walls, wide enough for coach
and four, are excellently preserved
today, perhaps to the Inconvenience
OF the inhabitants, but certainly In
accordance with their sentiments and
wishes. Any one who expressed o
desire that they be taken down would
be treated as traitor. Long ago
they grew too small to encompass all
the inhabitants Of the hustllng port.
but they stand like stiff belt around
the waistline of the hill on which
the city Is built. The most incon-
venient thing about them Is that,
though they are more than a mile In
circumference, there are only seven
gates leading through them. Because
the walls defended the city In the
siege begun by James II. busy man
must make quite jaunt out Of his
way TO find a passageway through
them, but, true to Irish sentiment,
he does II without a murmur. On one
OF the bastIons of the wall an old
gun. nfrectlonately known as "Roarlng
Meg" points her nose over the city.
Here, too, on the hill In the center
of crowded old graveyard stands
the quaint, squat cathedral with It's
queer plnnacled tower. II is called
after st. COLUMBIA, although It Is not
on the site Of the old abbey built by
the saint fourteen centuries ago.
On a high. inaccessible hill in the
distance, looms the stronghold Of the
lords of Tyrone. II Is said that st.
Patrick came to the fort to baptlze
Owen, who first set himself up to rule
over the province OF Tyrone, and st.
COLUMBIA visited It before his exile.
Here, too, captive Danes who had
threatened the peace Of the city were
dragged In triumph.
Though every trace OF the old cas-
tie has been obllterated, the massive
stone wall fourteen feet thick and
eighteen feet high. resembling the han
diwork Of cyclone, has stood oct
grimly against the centuries. A small
iron gate hangs across a two-foot door
way, the only entrance to its huge
amphltheater-like interior, which re-
veals further devices designed for the
protection of the inmates.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-21
MINSK: AN INCUBATOR OF
BOLSHEVISM

One Of the least interesting among
Russian cities In It's physical aspects
Mlnsk has an economic history that
helps In understanding how bolshevism
spread so readily among the Russian
people.
The Industrial history OF Minsk
where the Poles and the bolsheviks
met to discuss pence terms. is espe-
clally significant In view OF present
conditions In Russia. II was one OF
the centers where ideas long germi.
mated which blOssomed forth so sud.
denly into bolshevlsm under the hot.
house influences OF war distress.
There. in the early ninetles OF the last
century. group Of dilettantes formed
a Working Mans union, later more
accurately termed the Union for
Struggle. PRONUNCIATION OF literature,
struggled into the country or printed
In secret. was major activity OF this
group In Mlnsk. Few worklngmen be-
longed 10 II.
In the course OF Ave years these
groups, working In Moscow, 81. Pc
tersburg and Mlnsk, had accumulated
n number Of followers, few Of whom
agreed. They gave wide publicity 10
the doctrines Of Marx. mixed lhdls.
crimlnately with every variety OF rad.
icalsm. native and imported. with
such n diversity OF aims little was
accomplished. and II was with the
hope of formulating definite pro-
gram that the Union for Struggle and
n committee OF the Jewish bund held
their notable convention at Mlnsk in
1893. From that meeting arose the
Social Democratic Working Mems
party.
Mnsk is built upon the Svislotck
river. nearly 500 miles southwest Of
by rail, and has a population
OF 100000, fully half OF whom are |
Jews. II was the capital OF the old
Russian government Of Mlnsk. which
included some OF the least fertile ana
least developed regions Of the fallen
empire.
The annual fair, held In March. fur.
nished the chief event in the towns
life. It's trade, mainly in corn. INN.
Der and leather, gained perceptlbly
when It became the intersection polnt
OF the railway from Moscow 10 War.
saw ana that from Libau to Kharkov
Formerly II maintained munlclpal
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-21
WILL ALAND ISLANDS BE-
COME A BALTIC FIUME7

Caught In the swirl Of the minor
durrles that disturb Europe are the
remote Aland Islands, where Swedes
and Firms clashed in a manner sug-
gestlve OF the dispute between Jugo-
Slavs and the Italians along the Adri-
attic, according TO newspaper dis
patches.
For more than 200 years the Aland
Islands. which are situated like cork
in the wide mouth Of the Gulf Of
BOthnia, have been sort Of Alsace-
Lorraine question between the Swedes
and the Russians. After having passed
back and forth several times, they
were finally coded TO Russia I'm 1909.
During the reign OF Nicholas | they
were strongly fortified, move most
dlstastefu TO Sweden. because the
Islands occupy a strong strategic post
tlon with respect to Stockholm, the
Swedish capital, which Is less than
100 miles TO the southwest from 30
marsund, the chief fertilization OF the
Islands.
These Notifications were short.
lived. In 1854, during the Crimenn
war, a Franco-Brltlsh feet. under Slr
Charles Napier and Baraguay dHi.
Hers, destroyed the works. and after
that time the islands we're left un.
fortified, In accordance with an inter.
national agreement.
The Aland group, which Is separated
from the Swedish mainland by Aland
bay (Aland Haaf) and from the Finn
ish mainland by Sklftet sound, is
composed OF some 300 islands and
rocky islets, the total area Of which
Is not more than $50 square miles.
The largest island. Aland. name sig
nifying "land OF streams" Is almost as
large as all the others combined. hay-
Ing an area OF 247 square miles. about
twice the size OF Martha's Vineyard.
Cattle rnising and fishing are the
chief occupations OF the $1,000 people
who live on the Islands, Some cereals
Charley and oats) are grown on the
thin soil, and there are a few forests
OF birch, spruce and fir.
Finnish troops recently were re.
ported marching through the streets
OF Marlehamm. This attractive little
bathing resort is the chief town OF
the Islands, having a population OF
l,4OO. In times OF peace n daily
steamer service is maintained between
this port and Abo, the oldest and
historically the most interesting city
In Finland. The voyage from Abo TO
Marlehamm takes about 10 hours.
II was In the water adjacent TO the
Aland Islands that Peter the Greats
navy won Its FIRST important victory.
defeating the swedes In lT17.
Only about 90 OF the 300 islands are
Inhabited. and the fsherfolk, I'm the
main. are OF Swedish descent.
Sweden's desire TO hold the islands
arises in part from the fact that they
control the entrance to the Gulf of
Bothnia, through which most OF that
kingdoms Internal trade Is carried on.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-21

lhe largest FIJI canoes are 100 feet
long.
Engineers In Denmark have found a
way to drive Diesel engines with peat
gas.
a new rheostat for dimlmng automo-
pie headlights can be clamped TO n
steering post.
machinery has been invented for
iorcible feeding OF chickens to I'm.
crease their weight.
The young king OF Siam speaks
English French ana German, ana has
written books In all these languages,
as well as in Siamese.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-10-21
P0STSCRlPTS

For railroad conductors a punch has
been invented that registers the num-
Der of tickets perforated.
A novel incubator matches eggs that
are placed within glass bell with an
electric lamp to supply heat.
Australian flax growing experiments
have succeeded and the government
win encourage the new Industry
There are records Of snufr having
peen used In the West Indies aud else
where before the Introduction of to-
5acc0 20 Europe.