The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01


his physical condition, as he was suffer
ing from cancer Of the tongue, which
had proved incurable
Timothy Healey, aged As years,
son of Mrs. jeremiah Healey Of Rut-
land and former resident there, was
killed near Utica, n u, Monday, when
he was mistaken for a deer. The bullet
was fred by Arthur Blanchard. an ex-
perienced guide, and Mr. Healey was
struck in the abdomen, living only 20
minutes after the fatal shot. He wore
a hunting suit Of ecru canvas, which
confused the huntsman.
Gold prospecting has been resumed in
Enosburg Falls, after several years
abandonment. Gold. bearing quartz was
found there on the j J. Benoit farm and
a shaft was sunk seventeen feet. While
the project was never a paying PROPOSE.
ton, encouraging signs of the metal
we're continually unearthed, but the work
was abruptly stopped Now the same
man who opened up the place at that
time has returned TO Enosburg and win
resume work upon the quartz.
a COW just purchased by r, A. Smith
OF Enosburg which he was leading TO
his home, was frightened when an auto
mobile came upon it quickly from around
q curve in the road and jumped directly
in the path of the machine, collision
resulting, in which the COW sustained a
broken leg and one of the front tires
Of the automobile was torn from the rim.
Although the automobilist was in no
way to blame for the accident, he set
tied for the COW, paying SO. The ami
NAL was at once killed.
Francis, the six year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs John Hannigan of Woodbury.,
narrowly escaped fatal injuries the first
Of the week, when he attempted to climb
into the rear of heavy lumber wagon,
filed with potatoes. The child slipped
and fell in such manner that one
wheel passed over his head. But for the
fact that the accident happened in Il
field, where the soil offered less resist
anee than in a road, the results must
have been fatal As it was, the child
was badly bruised and rendered uncon-
scious, but will recover.
Miss Harriet Matteson of Bennington
and John Elliott Of West Haven Beach,
Fla, who We're married eighteen years
ago al Schenectady, N. H., and after
three years were divorced. were remar-
ried at Charlestown, s. c. Sept. l6
After the divorce, Mrs Elliott returned
TO the home of her parents in Benning-
ton, where she followed her profession
of a trained nurse, SIR. Elliott spent
the summer just past in Bennington,
wooing and winning his wife for the
second time. They win live at West
Palm Beach. Fla, where Mr.. Elliott has
leased q hotel for three years
The Costello brothers have been and
are still. and viii be until snow flies.
engaged in the gathering and shipping Of
ferns IN Ludlow and vicinity At pres
ent they are working largely in Tyson.
where transportation is comparatively
easy They dispose of large number
OF the ferns during the season--no less
than some 100000 a week--which are
sent part Of the time directly to down.
country markets, and part OF the time
to cold storage, where they are held and
sold later for decorative purposes. These
ferns are gathered and tied in packages
of p, and the boxes m which they are
shipped each contain 10000. II takes
practice to enable one to gather them
properly and handle them in such mai.
ner that the edges are not curled or
mutilated in the packing
Gilbert J. Moyles Of st. Johnsbury
has recently come into the possession
Of some interesting curios, consisting
of hammer. chisel and tongs that were
made and used by Sir Thaddeus Fair
banks, the inventor Of the Fairbanks
scales The tools are primitive indeed,
compared with those of to-day, but they
are priceless from a collection stand
point They We're highly priced by the
inventor OF the Fairbanks scales and
we're given by him to his gardener, the
late William Ingram, Some years after
the death Of Sir Thaddeus, Mr. Ingram
removed to Brockton, Mass, and died
there about five years ago. ON his death
the tools We're given TO his son, William,
now of Manchester Ia. The latter gave
them TO Mr. Movies The interesting
set of hand wrought tools Mr. Moyles
intends to loan to the Fairbanks muse.
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