The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-11

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Il; ABOUT THE STATE 1
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Albert Farmer 81 South Duxbury fell
oil the steps at his home Friday and
/ broke the same arm that was broken
last summer
Fred Fredette. who was run over by
the street car in West Rutland Sunday
afternoon, had one leg amputated in the
Rutland city hospital, Il is thought he
will recover.
Rev NJ a. Wood Of Essex junction
completed lis duties az pastor Of the
Baptist church Sunday morning, He
| win 10 TO Rumney, M III. where he will
have larger church.
A largely signed petition has been
presented to the 81. Johnsbny village
trustees, asking them to call special
/ village meeting TO see If the voters will
decide to purchase chemical fire engine
to be located in a central fire station
Fred Boron, aged is years, son Of Mr..
and Mrs Louis Boron OF Winoosk, was
killed Saturday by falling from and
being run over By train az Romulus,
IN He was on his way from Chicago
to attend the wedding 81 one Of his sis-
ters which was TO have taken place
| yesterday
John Patch OF Proctor, while working
on the heating system Of the new Yer
mont Marble company's Office building
few days ago, had his foot badly
crushed by the falling Of radiator
Mr.. Patch had the same accident to the
same foot a few months ago. while
working on the graded school building
in Proctor.
The barns on Frank Baisner's farm in
| Morrisville. with all their produce, were
| destroyed By fire Monday morning II
was caused BY the explosion OF a lantern,
while Mn. Baisner Was feeding his
horses The stock and nearly all the
| farming tools we're saved The doss is
estimated at $4,000, with 81 800 insur-
anee.
Rev, J. A. Dixon, pastor Of the Meth
odist church in Bardwick in order to
get acquainted with the laborers Of the
/ village and thereby be better enabled
to reach them from the pulpit, has
donned the apron Of a stone cutter and
with mallet and hammer Is learning the
4 trade OF granite cutter in the shops Of
the largest concern IN the village.
Cross Brothers Of Northhed are to
build 50 feet onto the north end Of their
main granite cutting shed. This is abso- |
lutely necessary, in order TO keep mp
with the increasing business of the COM
pany. The Arm started in a small way
and has built up a splendid plant, which |
/ has few equals. The plant contains
every modern facility for handling gran.
tie.
Paul Upper, an employee IN the Mis-
sisquoi Pulp eompamy's mill al Sheldon /
/ Springs, was injured Saturday night. /
/ His lett hand was caught in q press and /
damned 30 badly that II was necessary
To have three Of the fingers amputated |
Harry Martin, slso an employe at the /
rtilp mill by the giving away Of a rail /
ing near the mill, fell, cutting cash In
bis head.
Wallace Eastman Of Rutland, an en-
CINE inspector at The roundhouse Of the /
Rutland railroad, was quite seriously in I
iured while az work Monday afternoon /
Mr. Eastman was holding a drill, which I
helper was striking with sledge ham
mer. One Of tie blows missed the drill +
and struck Mr.. Eastman near the top
Of the head, knocking him over and !
inhicting a bad scalp wound. The man
will probably be laid up for several days /
with the injury.
The department Of agriculture at
Washington D. c. has recently published
bulletin entitled. THE prickly Pear
as a Farm Crop This bulletin gives
the results of experiments with pfieklv
pears and gives directions for their eulti-
vation Anyone who is interested may
obtain a copy of this bulletin By address
ing the department Of agriculture. Wash.
ingtan. D. G., and asking for Bureau Of
Plant Industry Bulletin No l24, THE
Prickly Pear AZ Farm Crop.
james b. Gooding once student in
Middlcbury college and later Method
ist minister in Ripton, has been sud
denly lost track Of in the state Of Wash
ington. where he went in 1907 Some
time ago Mr. Goodng wrote his father,
now in Hartford, n " that he was to
enter a hospital for minor operation
and would keep him informed, Since
then, nothing has been heard from him,
The father, Rev J. s. Goodng, was once
in charge Of the Methodist parish in
Middlebmy.
Tie immediate removal "a Charles