Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-18
WEST BRATTLEB0R0
Lewis J. Johnson Fatally Injured
by Falling Limb
Death Came Suddenly Yesterday Morn
Ine, Three Days After Accident-Fu-
neral VIII Be Held Sunday.


Injuries caused by a falling limb were
sustained by Lewis Joseph Johnson %"
Monday, which suddenly terminated Ia
tally about O'Clock yesterday morning
at his home on the Marlboro stage road
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nW bit ore iarpn limb was suspended
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bv on. of its own branches which stuck
into the ground. While Mr. johnson was
attcmpting to bring tine limb to the
ground about 9 O'Clock Monday morning
II fell over and struck him on the left
shoulder. knocking him down The limb
struck ON tom of the trunk SO that its
weight did not rest upon Mr.. johnson.
His son. Edwin. and Leon Powers. who
we're working a short distance away. Sc
cured a team and carried him to the
house. where it was found that his collar
bone was broken and that three or four
ribs were broken near the breast bone.
Although Mr. Johnson was conscious It
was known that me- was hurt seriously,
he would recover His death was some
what unexpected and it probably was
due TO internal injuries
Mr. johnson was born in Vernon April
%. 1872. and was Il son Of Hiram and
Esther (TyleD johnson. He was life
long farmer He married Eunice 4.
i"i'hes OF haIIlaN' dauEhter OF lIiaih
anu Ester uiasuhEsl Holmes. nov H.
iNo' III hratueboro. Up TO lhai ume ms
h"ihr nad peeh in vernon. Ihey spent
apout ihree years IN 'Tullioru ana iour
Ht'iS III rH'IpuIN' IIl' returning tIleH ~
vernon. "htr" ln'N IINed I'VE years
SlH'e Ihtn lheN nave HNtu AT me Wei
KNOWN Johnson pItce on lhe marlboro
/ I"'" TWO ana nan mites from thlS VII
I
wa "'S' known through lhr product Oh
nus P'N"W trout H''Ch'iN' he marketed
'"'H F'iI many HhhHS"hc trout ana S''u
,"rRr NUMBERS OF Try Tor stocking brooks
hIt'hIuE over I"."" .t1i season.
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Ned Taylor Of Orange, Mass. has been
calling on old friends in town the past
week
The annual school census or tho town
school district has been comDIetad The
figures show that the total n,mber nf
pupils I'm the district Is slightly less man
last wear There are 995 children NJ
school age in the district 100 Of them no.
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