The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-14
ABOUT THE STATE

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Mrs. r. c. Whtcomb Of Ludlow trip.
ped on rug recently and fell, break
ing her shoulder
4 A son Of Fremont Winship Of South
Wallingford was thrown from his sled
while coming down steep hill last week
Monday, breaking his collar bone.
MI and Mrs. Frank A. Wells Of Brat
| tleboro celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary last week BY taking the
same journey they took 30 years ago
on their wedding trip,
There are a pair Of duelling pistols in
Burlington which were once the prop
lerty Of Ethan Allen, and they now be
llcng to Mrs. T. u. Penniman, descend
liant Of his second wife.
Clement Ayerill Of Richmond while
sliding down hin one day last week, lost
control Of his sled and became entangled
in barbed wire fence, which cut his
head and face severely.
Mrs. r. N Carpenter Of East Enos-
burg slipped on The ice and fell Thursday
afternoon and suffered compacted frac-
! ture OF the hip bone Mrs Carpenter Is
in her SD year and is now helpless
/ Wells Cobb, who runs the big saw
at the box shop in Readsboro, slipped
on the ice last Wednesday morning and
fell fifteen feet into the canal cutting
long cash on his forehead, which neces-
STATED the taking Of several stitches.
John Bromley Of Hinesburqh. while
handling q wild colt, became entangled in
the long halter rope, tripped up and was
1 dragged over the frozen ground until
hc was unconscious. He has several frac-
tured ribs and his back is injured, but
he is expected to recover.
The Tieonderoga made her last regular
\ trip Of the season Saturday on Lake
4 Champaign 10 and from Platteburg, and
she has been taken 70 Shelburne harbor,
to be placed in winter quarters. The
season has been en- average one The
excursion business has been elightly bet
ter than usual but the through traffic
showed slight decrease.
An unoccupied house owned by Mrs
Robert Hill in bennington was burned
Friday might II IS not known how the
| fire started but stove had been in
use there during the day, az men we're
there making repairs, and spark from
I II may have caused the blaze. Besides
the house, quantity Of furniture was
burned. the loss amounting to between
81 800 and $1,000,
Morris 8. Finn a. Salisbury valley
took 90 dozen eggs to Bennington Fri
day, being the product for one week 81
hrs hock Of 100 Rhode Islnnd Reds. He
retailed the eggs there at 50 cents per
dozen While most people are short or
eggs at this season, Mr. Finn gets more
than enough to supply his regular cus-
toners
The alligator At the Billings CONSERVE
tories in Woodstock, sent north from
Florida By D. r. Gillinpham year and
half ago. has grown considerably, and
the question Is what will be done with
him, II be gets too large for rs small
ard shady pool The alligator. which
has begun BE winter fast. refusing al
food, Is now three feet or more in
length.
1 The financial report Of the Brattlehoro
Memorial hospital shows the gross ex
penditures for the past year to have
been $4,000, of which $4,000 was oh
tnined from the requests Of the Thomp-
son fund and the remainder from charges
at the hospital The number Of patients
received WAS 45l az against 301 the
previous year The report Of tho super
intendent contains a plea for a nurses
home.
Joe Lawrence and WIN Cclburn, en-
ployees 40 She shoddy mill in Ludlow,
were painfully injured recently BY car
boy 81 acid which they were handling
and which slipped and fell, striking one
Of them on the shins and the other on
the ankle No bones were broken, but
both men viii be laid mp for while
hv the strain and bruises resulting from
contact with so heavy IN object.
John Battles 81 West Rutland had
narrow escape from serious accident
Thursday morning He kindles the fires
In several Of the Vermont Marble com
panv's boilers in the quarries and goes
down the quarry ladders about 5
O'Clock In the morning. As he was MAX
ing the descent Thursday, he slipped on
some ice and In saving himself from a
fall che length Of the ladder he struck
his right elbow, fracturing IL.
1t Il expected That soon after the first
of January Tire matter Of erecting a
marker on the site Of The Old First
church on the green at bennington Cen
ter win take definite form, and an
organization be formed among the pro
motere or The idea. Tentative designs
Of d suitable marker are being prepared
and IL is the desire Of those interested
to procure, II possible, one Of the finest
pieces Of work Of its kind in New Eng
land.
The past year in Woodstock has been
very encouraging from a business point /
Of view. There have been no strikes or
labor troubles. and there has been much /
building and improvement in real estate
during the time. At least half dozen
new residences have been constructed, /
one Of Them being q cement house, built