Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-07-22
STATE NEWS
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Adams by coming in contact with q
live wire while working on q pole In
front of the st. Adams house. When
he started to come down he touched
the live wire carrying the electric
light current and fell across cross ]
arm like q dead man. Chief of Po-
lice Mahoney saw the accident and
telephoned the power house to shut
OF the power, which was Immediately
done. A rope was then placed
around the unfortunate mans body
and he was lowered to the ground.
He was taken to the hotel where four
doctors gave him heroic treatment
for Is minutes, when the nearly dead
man began to show signs Of life. He
was horribly burned 40 the wires
carried q voltage of 24oo. The physi-
clans hold out hope that he will re-
cover.
Johnsoa Summer School
The juvenile depart ment OF the
state normal school at johnson 10 In
session Al a summer school. The at
tendance ID large, % reported, and
the enthusiasm IL great. In add - e
to the children's classes and work tAs
regular students, who failed In their
examinations to pass the required
standards, will pursue their work and
be given credit. Many, including To-
cal residents. are taking short courses
in basket work, clay modelling, draw
ing, music, etc. All who register will
be granted certificates as having re-
ceived normal school instruction. It
is rare opportunity to secure honors
and for the improvement of ones
talents in any direction. A brilliant
reception was rendered the students
at the opening of the school on July
| 9th at which DIR. and Mrs. Collins sang,
much to the delight of the select
audience. Entertainments of this
kind may be expected from time to
time. instruction is furnished by the
state and is free. Diplomas will be
good in the state but not elsewhere.
The school will be in operation four
weeks.
| Sentenced for Incest.
The case of Charles E. Barrie, the
Vermont man who was arrested in
Manchester, N. H., February 20, after
taking dead infant in an extension
bag to st. Joseph's infant asylum, has
been settled through the respondent
pleading guilty to charge of incest
and receiving sentence of not less
than two and one-half years or more
than three years in the Vermont state
prison at Windsor. The granddaughter
case against him was dropped upor
his pleading guilty to the Other
charge. The child which Barrie tooE
to Manchester was his own, and its
mother was Barrels niece. The CIR
was 25 years old and Barrie was SO
Both were single, but they we're Sc
related that marriage was an impossi
bility under the law. When the chile
was born the couple decided to place
it in an infant asylum, and by tellin,
plausible story Barrie succeeded il
arranging for it's care at the st. 10
seph's asylum in Manchester. HI
was taking it there when it died OF
the road. In order to avoid attention
: Barrie placed the baby in a canva
r extension bag which he carried a
hand baggage. A small hole was Gu
| in the bag to give the child littl
air, but it was not sufficient to ALLOW
it to breathe properly, and Bsrri
took still further chances by admins
tering heavy doses of some sleepin
h preparation to prevent it's crying an
attracting the attention of the passen
r gers on the train. Barrie left Well
d River with the baby in the bag on
Y midnight train on the night of Feb
d ruary 10, and arrived in Mancheste
the Goth. Occasionally on the way b
0 would put his hand into the bag to sc
> if the baby was breathing, and he sal
that he felt the child's body Will
passing through Enfield and found
still warm. There was some questio
b afterward as to whether the child die
st before reaching the New Hampshil
le line or afterward, question whic
:, would affect the jurisdiction of tt
- courts in settling the case. 1t W.
ir this which made the Vermont author
1t ties the more willing to drop I'll
IL charge of manslaughter when Barr
Is pleaded guilty to the other charg
IS Barrie was greatly alarmed upe
u reaching Manchester to find the bal
6 unconscious and its body cold, but
could not realize that it was dead, al
went to the asylum with it. The
he the sisters noted the child's conditi,