Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-02-03
CHANGES OVER THE STATE
A Few of the Incidents Marking a Week
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A bad accident occurred at the woollen
mill in Winooski Tuesday morning.
Patrick Fox, an aged man, was at work
on machine in the lower rooms and
through some carelessness or misunder-
standing another employe stopped the
machine; Mr.. Fox had his right arm in
the machine at the time and the result
was that he could not extricate himself.
The hand, wrist and forearm was held
with vice like grip and his elbow was
also caught. For over half hour the
arm was fastened while the sufferer un-
derwent intense agony. By taking the
machine apart he was finally freed and at
once carried to doctors office. 1t was
found that the injury was confined to the
right arm. The wrist was broken, the
elbow partially smashed and the skin
and flesh of nearly the entire arm badly
lacerated. He may lose his arm.
The body of Thomas Buchanan of
Bennington who left his home Saturday
morning, was found Tuesday afternoon
in lot about mile from the village and
Just at the base of Mt. Anthony. The
discovery was made by his son Thomas,
who lives in North Adams. The party
had been searching for him since early
morning and found tracks that they
thought were his, but had almost given
up when the son mounted a stone wall
and not far away saw the body. He
laid on his side with his arms partly
folded under him. The cap that he wore
away was gone and has not yet been
found. Appearances would indicate
that he had walked back and forth for
quite while as there, was hard beaten
path several rods in length. He had un-
doubtedly tried to make the woods, but
failed.
There will be meeting of the stock
holders of the Vermont Maple Sugar
Makers Market at Randolph Thursday,
Feb. 8, at 10 80 a. M, at Red Lion Inn,
for the purpose of electiug directors and
officers, to adopt regulations and by
laws for transacting business, and to
adopt trade mark or label to be used
upon goods sent out from this market.
All makers and dealers In maple sugar
in Vermont are invited to be present
come owners of stock in the corporation.
Shares of stock are placed at $40. each,
and will be for sale at the meeting. An
owner of stock will be entitled to vote in
all matters pertaining to the organza-
ton, and to life membership in the
market with the privilege of marketing
his maple goods through this agency.
The entire plant of 5. A.. Smith & Co.,
manufacturers of baby carriages and
toys at Brattleboro, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday afternoon. Among the
burned buildings were the large tive-story
factory, two small factories and several
lumber sheds and outbuildings. The ov-
erall factory of Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
was somewhat damaged, and the bottl-
ing establishment of G. n. Eddy was
flooded with water. Loss to S. A. Smith
& Co. and damage to other buildings,
over S75 200; insurance of $4,000 on the
Smith factory. Cause unknown.
Chauncey Warner, a resident of Cam
bridge, whose death has been announced,
in 1881 gave $4,000 to the women of st.
Albans upon condition that they would
raise So 900 and devote the $4,000 to a
childrens home. an idea now happily
realized in the Warner Home for Little
Wanderers. The next year he gave
S25, 900 to st. Albans for public hospi-
tai. Thus his philanthropy is commem-
GRATED among st. Albans people forever
by two noble institutions. Good works
are the pride of all lovers of their fell
lowmen.
Edward X. Hazard of st. Albans, re-
Gently cut down on the Hazard farm in
Sheldon a very old white pine tree which
meas ured about 40 feet from the ground
to the tip of its highest limb. The
diameter of the stump was four feet,
nine inches. From the tree were cut
ten good logs, each measuring II feet in
length. The tree was a landmark in
Sheldon and many years ago was used as