The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-26
ABOUT VERMONT.


Attorney J. w. Erwin of Derby |
fractured his right knee by falling on |
sidewalk at Burlington, Thursday |
He was taken to the Mary Fletcher
hospital and the fracture reduced.
DR.. "Arlie" Pond. formerly one
OF the pitchers for the crack baseball
team of the University of Vermont
and later one of the star twirlers of
the National League. is now coaching
a team in Manila along with attend
ing to his duties as physician.
j. Blanchard, farm laborer, who
has worked in Rutland county for sew.
eral years. committed suicide late Sat-
urday evening at the house of man
| for whom he had recently worked in
a remote locality in the western part
of Mount Holly, by taking paris green.
Dependency is supposed to have led
to the act. Nothing is known of
| lOloulNOo ultbOuEh ~ 10
believed that he has some. He was
we'll educated man and it is believed
that Blanchard was an assumed name.
w. 9. Brigham, special agent of
rural delivery routes, was in Yer
gennes recently inspecting the rural
delivery routes from that city. While
there he gave the following iDforma-
ton for patrons of rural free delivery
routes: An erroneous statement wide
ly disseminated in western newspa-
pers that the post office department
has decided to furnish free boxes for
the rural free delivery service is
causing much embarrassment in the
establishment of new rural free deliv
cry routes. The fact is that, though
numerous suggestions have been made
by the department and in Congress for
the furnishing of rural boxes by the
government at cost, no action OF this
kind indicated has boon either author
lied or taken. The patrons of rural
free delivery service are required, as
heretofore, to supply their own boxes
from lists approved by the department.
their boxes then falling under the pro-
lection of the United States statutes i'll
regard to the safe delivery of mails.
At the home of Mrs. George Spear
in Randolph on Friday morning there
was quite serious explosion. The
water in the pipes of the hot water
system became frozen during the
night and when the fire was started
it caused an explosion in the water
front of the stove. Pieces of the stove
were driven through the side walls
r and ceiling and it is wonder that nc
one was hurt. Miss Evelyn Manney
had Just at that moment left the
room.
Rev. David Marvin of Alburgh
! eighty mine, a retired clergyman O
the Methodist church, died at tn,
, home of his daughter, Mrs. f. j
3 Ranslow, in Swanton on Friday Thu
funeral was held at Swanton on Sun
, | day and the burial occurred at AL
S burgh on Monday Rev. Mr.. Marvin
was married fifty-seven years ago ant
his wife survives him. He has TO
many years owned farm in Alburgh
: which was first run by his grand
father, Benjamin Marvin, who was
captain during the Revolutionary War
David Marvin's father was Thoma
Marvin, also Methodist minister
who livd in Alburgh SO years and die
there in 1869.
- Nineteen COWS, the property O
= Henry Merrill of Fairfield, wer
II slaughtered on Thursday and Frida
J by order of the cattle commissioners
y The entire lot were all more or les
IS affected with tuberculosis.
J. Darwin Rider, senior proprietor Q
!. the Hotel Windham, at Bellows Falls
was seriously injured Friday. |
d operating the hotel elevator he becam
,, entangled in some way and was draw
=. up one story between the elevator Gag
s and wall and on the elevator stoppin
was wedged against the flooring s
~ tightly that the woodwork had to