The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-08-29
VERMONT WIS.

rylHB 10 make lTlenuS VIII tue All
nal when suddenly without warn
hg Of any kind it jumped for his
throat. Though t. ken by surprise.
Mr.. Lull had the presence of mind
TO swerve to one side, thus avoiding
the full impact of the blow, but the
frenzied animal sunk his teeth into
his nostrils, inficting severe wound
and causing considerable pain. Mr.
Lull drove to Montpelier immedi-
ately and o. doctor was called who
thoroughly cauterized and dressed
the wound. 1t was a narrow escape
but if nothing new develops will
probably cause no further trouble.
There recently died in Califor
mia a native Vermonter who WAS no
believer in the race suicide theory:
William knight, who was born in
kyegate, left rs children by two
wives, and 8S grabdehildreh. of
the 1OS direct descendants the only
death in the family up to Mr..
Knights demise was that of his first
wife.
John III. Moore, ST. Johnsbury
letter carrier, has been appointed
band leader of the Iudian school ,
Haskell Institute), at Lawrence,
Kans
j. M. Bushee of Rutland is suf-
fering from a badly mangled arm
caused by the bursting of an emery
wheel at which he was working in
the Howe scale works.
Two hundred and fifty dogs, from
all over New England aid even far
Their away, have been entered for the
Rutland Kennel Clubs dog show.
Some of the caDInes are valued as
high as $4,000 each.
While trying to make a trolley
car tow him through Merchant
Row, Rutland, an italian was
thrown from his bicycle and slid
several feet on his face. His fea-
lures were all mixed up and one
shoulder badly injured.
At a meeting of the directors OF
the Citizens Telephone company
held in ST. Johnsbury, Elisha STE.
ley of Boston was elected to the
presidency to succeed the late g.
W. Buzzell, who was electrocuted
while repairing wire August r.
Miss Lena Buzzell, daughter of the
dead president, was elected secre-
tary treasurer.
Charles Def. Bancroft of Mont
pelier has completed the history of
Company I, 18th Vermont regi-
ment, and has been so successful.
that he has been engaged to per-
form like service for all the other
companies in the regiment. There
were lob men in Company 1 and
Mr.. Bancroft secured the pictures
of ali but ten, also the war pictures
of 35 All this has been accom-
plished since May II. Sixty one
members are dead and tie survivors
are scattered all over the country.
The Crop Reporter published by
of the secretary of agri-
culture, shows the condition of the
leading crops in Vermont August ]
TO be as follows: Com, 81 per cent
wheat, 81; oats, 81; barley, so; buck
wheat, SO; tob"cc :, SO; pastures, 90;
timothy and clover, 95; pota oes, SO;
beans, 81; apples, rs.
Ira Smith, of Passumpsic, who is
81 years old, has just taken a con-
tract to saw thirty cords of wood in
wo months
Vincent, the 13-year-old son of
Louis Elkley of Rutland, was
burned about the face and hands
and may lose sight of both eyes as
result OF a peculiar explosion last
week. Young Elkley with two COM
panions was playing at the city
lump when without warning there
came loud explosion aud piles of
,efuse were thrown high in the air.
EIkley happened to be in just the
light spot to get the full force of
The explosion. His companions,
who stood few feet away, were not
INJURED. The accident is believed
to have been due TO spontaneous
combustion.
Friction from the wagon wheels
gnited load of hay at West Rut
and The first thing the driver
Knew his whole cargo was on fire
md he made a high dive between
he horses for his life. He was bad
y bruised. The animals were burn
ID severely.
For the second time this summer
he quarantine has been removed
rom all the ht uses in West Berlin
and Mortified Falls which have
,een quartiued for smallpox and the
epidemic is again declared at an
md In West Berlin alone during
he two stages OF the epidemic there