The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-07-26
VERMONT NEWS.


at the James Albee farm, Bellows
Falls, was badly mangled by NOW
ing machine last week. In moving
field the knives became clogged
with grass and, stepping from his
seat, Brinu started to move the ac-
emulation, when his team, a pair
of young horses, started and the
moving knives caught him about
both legs. His right leg was
.gashed clear to the bone, and the
left leg was severely cut. 1t is not
thought that amputation will be
necessary.
A novel method of breaking up a
wasps' nest was used recently by a
Pittsford farmer. The nest, which
was on the end of barn and was a
large one, could not be burned for
fear of setting the barn afre so, at
night, ladder was procured and a
cloth saturated with chlorofoI m
stuffed in the entrance. After a
few hours the nest was taken down,
the wasps being in stupor, and de-
stroyed.
John Sequip, of Burlington, is
critically i'll of blood poisoning.
The blood poisoning was contracted
some time ago while Mr.. Sequin
was cleaning a harness, the original
injury being under the finger nails.
His whole body is now affected.
Charles J. Peck of st. Johns
bury, aged GO, committed suicide
Friday morning by blowing bis
head off with shot gun. He lived
on farm of his son-in-law about
two miles, from the village and
leaves three adult elldien. About
% years ago he attempted suicide
by shooting himself with a revolver
but the bullet lodged in the back of
his head and has never been re
moved. Three times since he has
tried to commit suicide by hanging
but was found in each instance in
time to save his life.
B. E. Merriam, superin end, nj
# schools in Bellows Falls. and
L. Alger, =. principal of Vermont
Academy, Saxtons Rive51o.,wer'
elected vice presidents of the Amer
lean Institute of instruction forthe
state of Vermont at the recent
meeting held in New Haven, Conn.
\. E futile, principal of the Bel
ows Falls high school presided
over the department of athletics in
he schools. He was chosen assist
INT treasurer.
George Huntington of Randolph
Center, Vermont Uniyer sity = stu
lcnt, had his right leg. cut off by a
freight car running into him Mon
day evening while riding his wheel
in Springfield. Harrington had cen
selling books about that village for
ten days.
Justice, Wendell p. Stafford, of
Washington, D c., has joined his
family in st. Johnsbury
Felix Trovalind, an italian en-.
ployed as a laborer at the mill of the
Columbian Marble company in Rut-
land, was struck by falling slab of
marble Friday afternoon, his skull
being fractured and his nose broken.
He was working under travelling
crane when large slab of marble
which was being transported from
one part of the yard to another, fell
striking him a glancing blow in the
face. The injured man was remov-
ed to the Rutland City hospital.
He will probably die
John Plizdia of Center Rutland,
who threw glass tumbfer at Carl
Anderson a few days ago, nearly
souging out one of the latter's eyes,
has been released from jail, it hav-
ing been found that the attack was
was brought on by Anderson, who
demanded liquor.
In the match for. the Vermont
state individual trophy at the tour
nament beld ,hy the st. Albans
q un Club at its r nge ON Adds st.
Saturday afternoon ma. s.. Head
won over DIR. G. II. Burr, of Mon'-
pelier, by<a,score Of IS to Is out of
100 targets each, and Mr.. Head
will keep the trophy which he won
some months ago. until challenged |