Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-15
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

ii. G.. Bannister, a prominent lum-
Der dealer in Jay and Troy, was seri.
ously injured Dec. by falling dis.
lance OF fourteen feet in his barn,
striking on his head.
Frank Converse OF Proctor, q years
old, who by mistake took nearly halt
an ounce OF oil OF wintergreen Dec. 5,
is seriously i'll at the hospital in Proc
tor. Acute gastritis has developed.
Michael w. Dole died in Barre Dec.
9 from injuries received while at his
work at Mari q Gordon's shed on 0c-
tOber IL. lie was moving a stone
when it slipped and pinned him under
it, injuring him internally.
Asa III. Hubbard OF Whiting, ex-
Judge of probate for Addison county,
fell under the cars at Middlebury Dec.
10 in attempting TO alight from a NOV
ing train and his right arm was so
badly mangled between the hand and
the elbow that amputation was neces-
sary. Mr.. Hubbard is about 20 years
old.
John Bolger of Fair Haven died
Dec. from injuries received the 9Th
while at work in the Scotch Hill Slate
company's quarry He was at work
in the pit when a piece of stone fell
from the chain, hitting him in the
back, breaking his left leg and injur-
ing him internally.
James Stanley died Dec. at his
home in Burlington Of heart failure,
after an illness OF five weeks. About
seven weeks ago, while at work for
Mrs +. j. Phelps, Mr.. Stanley fell
from an apple tree and injured his left
side severely. IL was not until about
two weeks later that the injury caused
him any annoyance when il was found
that the muscles OF the heart had been
badly strained.
While coasting on the highway lead
ing from East Richford to West Jay
recently Lee Chaplin met with a seri-
Gus accident. The sleds were heavily
loaded and, reaching curve in the
road, went out OF the road and landed
in some double wagon wheels that
were near a blacksmith shop. The
boys right leg was broken in an
oblique manner, shortening il about
two inches. The left ankle We lady
hurt.
w. n. Hickok and three children,
Miss Louise Shilvock and Victor
Rhodes and his daughter, Lena, Of st.
Adams were poisoned recently at Mr..
Hickoks house by eating sausage
which had been allowed to stand in o
brass kettle over night. Mr.. Hickok
made the sausage and left the mixture
in the kettle, as darkness came on be-
fore he had finished the mixing. The
sausage was served for dinner the
next day. and at about 6 o'clock the
seven who partook of it became i'll at
the same time. The pois-
oning was undoubtedly due to sub
acetate of copper or verdigris from the
kettle in which the sausage stood.
Joseph Stewart, the 4-year-old son
of Isaac Stewart, a farmer of East
was injured with shot
gun by his brother, Herbert, aged
seven years, while the two were play
ing in the house. Joseph was sup
posed to be a deer and Herbert an
Indian. The Indian was to kill the
deer who was running on his hands
and knees. The older boy seized
shotgun which was in the room and
fired big charge of buckshot into the
little boys breast, neck and head.
The shot cut through the side of the
ear and barely missed the jugular vein,
inflicting a terrible wound. II the
boy should live he probably will lose
the use OF one arm and one eye.