Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-02-27


time and this is supposed to nave been
the cause of the deed. Nothing is
known about the relatives OF blanchard
nor is 1t known where he came from.
He was apparently a well educated
man. however and it is believed that he
has relatives somewhere 1t Is not be-
leved that Blanchard was lis real name.
As a result of the recent competitive
examination held in Proctor Senator
Proctor has appointed Bert Blaine Fay
lor of Middlebury midshlpman at An
napolis. with Oliver T. Gokav of Ben
nington as first alternate.
James Prize of Montpelier is the in
ventor of a machine which is expected
to revolutionze tool sharpening. 1t is
claimed that by his process one man will
do the work now performed by six.
Granite men who have seen the ma
chine are very enthusiastic over 1t.
\ boiler i'm the electric light station
at Brandon exploded Monday, and Will
bur Lawrence. the engineer, who was
- feet away, was thrown heavily against
the side of the building. y piece of iron
struck one foot and crushed it so badly
that 1t will be amputated.
William S. Spencer, now principal of
the American college at Pucbla, Mexico,
has been principal of Brigham aCademy
at Bakersfield to succeed c. H. Morrill,.
who resigned recently to become prin-
cipal of the Randolph Normal school. He
Is a graduate OF Boston University who
took a post graduate course at Colum-
bia. His father, the late Rev. II. a.
Spencer, was "a presiding elder in the
Methodist church in this state.
Mrs. Charles Everts OF SALISBURY gave
an exhibition of nerve one day last week.
She was Smelling corn and in p-t;ing a
cob of corn into the machine the fore
finger of her right hand was caught in
the cogs. The cogs hell her ncger so
tightly that the pressure soon became
very painful but she waited ana called
for help fully an hour. At last despair
ing of any relief and unahlc To- longer
endure the pressure Of the machine She
literally tore the finger off ct -hc seq
und joint and then walled calmly to the
village, a distance of half a. mic. tp lltt
the wound dressed.
L. NJ Goddard, librarian Of ;he Yer
mont Historical society. Montrolicr. has
recently received from Mrs 'icas NJ
Miller, of Oshkosh, Wis. wife % the son
of Col. Jonathan p. Miller. two French
pistols which We're carried bv frcnch
officer in the compaign again Russia
under Napoleon and afterward used IS
Col. J. L. Miller in the Greek war These
pistols are of the old flint lock. uul
/ dog patterns muzzle loading. and are
about eighteen inches in length. Mr.
Goddard has also received Information
/ that the sword carried by J. p Miller II
| the Greek war is soon to he sent to the
society.
/ Max Severance 25, son of Henry Sew
/ erance of Montpelier died recently from
/ typhoid fever in Mindanao, Philippine
/ Islands. lie graduated from Montpcie
/ seminary IN 1894, WAS a member of com
/ pany X, Bennington. at Chickamauga IL
/ 1855. worked ON the Barre Telegram. Bos
ton Advertiser and Boston Journa
/ STATS. and went to the Philippines will
| the 18th United States volunteers At
ter his term of service as a soldier h
worked on papers in Manila. He wen
! through the trying campaign in Sauna
| ana on several important expeditions a
! correspondent of the New York Sun
and was sent to Mindanao as a cor
respondent when the recent uprising o
| the Moros took place.
Fred Hill and Robert Hunt, who 1t /
| alleged have been connected with tn
gang that have been operating quite eN
tensively of late in Bennington an,
vicinity. robbing houses. her roosts. etc
| were captured near Palmer, Mass, las
week One of the gang was arreste'
! near Hoosick two weeks age, ard is nov
in Jail in Troy. The inforra ton lead
ing to their arrest was furnished hv ben
hard fight before the Officers took then
and in the squabble a woman Who Ia
been connected with the t,ang and hadl,
wanted. managed TO get away. The
We're finally captured and lodged in TN
Palmer jail. A large amount of proI
erty was found in a barn in Shaftsbur
last week most of which 1t Is pretty sar
the gang stole. Other property Wa
found in Searsburgh.
DIR. Harold J. Stevens has fed frol
Benson where he lived five years an
built up a large medical practice. II
married a daughter of an estimab
citizen of that town. bought a hon
which he fitted up partially as a san
tarium. He received his registration a
lowing him to practice from the Eclect
Medical society. 1t now appears tn;
his real name is G.. II. Towle and thi
the medical diploma which he presente
to the medical censors at Montpelie
was stolen from DIR. Hardin J. SteveT
in Red Oak. Iowa, in 1897. DR.. II.
Stevens had befriended him, but durir
his absence the young man took the d
ploma, several medical books and thr'
watches and fled. While in Red Ga