Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-18

HIS Buttles, was accidentally shot
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock while
cleaning out a drawer in his fathers
store. He hit revolver which dis
charged 80 calibre bullet through
his left side. Mr.. Buttles is about q
years old and has wife and one child.
1t is thought that he will recover.
Horse Show and Fair at Rutland.
After months of discussion it was
decided at meeting of the committees
of the Rutland County Agricultural
society and the Rutland County Horse
Show and Breeders association May
6 to hold the horse show of 1908
jointly with the Rutland county fair in
September. The plan mapped out is
to give the horse show people entire
charge of the horse department of the
fair. They are to take none of the
proceeds nor are they to bear any of
the expense. The classes will be fewer
than at last years horse show.
Death of DR.. E.. A. Field.
DR.. A. E. Field, the oldest living
physician in Barre, and one of the old
est living graduates of Dartmouth
! college. died Saturday, May 9, at the
home of DR.. H. w. Worthen. his SON.
in-laW, aged 88 years. Up to year
ago, when DIR. Field received a shock
of paralysis, he had been in excellent
health. He was born in Berlin, VT,
and after graduating from Dartmouth
college in 1916 practiced in Orange and
Washington for many years. In the
civil war DR.. Field was one of the ex-
aiming surgeons of Orange county, and
later served on the board of pension
examiners. He had resided in Barre
since 1871.
Aged Woman's Handiwork
Mrs. Phila A: Spear, who passed
her 83rd birthday last March, has on
exhibition her latest piece of work in
the shape of variety quilt, containing
1897 distinct pieces, some of which
are hardly larger than silver quarter
Mrs. Spear has never used glasses
and her fine specimens of needlework,
consisting of embroidery, drawn work
and hemstitching show exquisite TASTE
She also has a large number of choice
rugs and quilts in many fanciful de.
signs. For number of years Mrs.
Spear has lived with her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Belden of Moretown, ano
during the summer much of hel
time is spent among the flowers.
Hanged Himself.
Leroy Hazen, Of Swanton Center
committed suicide by hanging early
Thursday Worning. He had been act
; ing somewhat strangely all winter
} and his mental trouble of late hat
become more marked. Certain bust
ness matters had weighed upon hin
and he had been acting strangely TO-
several months. In the morning h,
,, went out to his work, as usual, ant
not returning at the accustomed time
3 Mrs. Hazen went to look for him AM
found that he had hanged himself witt
!. rope in the barn. When found tn
body was cold. A peculiar circum
stance, showing the condition of Mr.
t Hazen's mind, was the fact that h
had killed his COW, and the body O
the animal was found dead in the bar
with him. DR.. c. E. Allen and tn
town authorities were notified an
v examined the body. Mr.. Hazen wa
:, about IS years old and is survived b
wife and four small children.
Fairbanks Company's Growth.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of E. & T. Fairbanks 4 Co.
n ST. Johnsbury, the old board of diree
n tors was elected as follows: Samuel n
l. Brown, of Boston, William S. Well.
/, Of New York, Charles H. Morse, G
~ Chicago, Henry Fairbanks. H. N. Tu
t. ner, John c. Clark, Frank H. Brooks
g all of St. Johnsbury. The director
le organized by electing the old board
officers as follows: President, Samu
81 N. Brown vice president, Henry Fai
~ banks secretary and treasurer, Jof
m c. Clark general manager, H. N. tn
ner. In giving general report of tt
es years business. Mr.. Turner spoke
,;s the establishment of the new corpor
er ton at Sherbrooke, Que, the E. &
MS Fairbanks & Co., Ltd, to handle t.
e. Canadian trade. An up-to-date facto
:" is now being erected there for t
ng manufacture of scales and it is expes
he ed it will be completed in the ear
fall.