The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-28

Bnjamin Myott Of East Sheldon
slipped and fell Friday, striking on his
face, and his nose was split open and
he was otherwise injured, Several
stitches we're required to close the CASH
Truman Elithorp of Bridport met with
a peculiar accident Friday. While mount
ing a wagon seat, his foot slipped on
the wheel and he fell on the spout OF
an oil can, which penetrated his side
over two inches, in a slanting direction.
Mrs Elizabeth Jones of Poultney is
suffering from a peculiar disease and is
| in serious condition. She had a slight
illness, which left her totally bind in
one eye and partially blind in the other.
She is in a hospital in Albany, N. Y,
for treatment.
Henry Prescott Butler, the prominent
New York lawyer, whose sudden death
was announced in the papers Tuesday,
was well known in Vermont, especially
in Burlington, where he was visitor
last year during Tercentenary week,
when he addressed the veterans.
A. r. Cuttings house. one mile north
of South Londonderry, and all the out
buildings, including all the farm prod
ucts, were destroyed by fire Tuesday.
The loss was about $1,000 and was par
TALLY insured. The fire caught in one
of the barns, but the cause is unknown.
The stock and household furniture were
saved
o. s. Rixford has Just shipped from
his large apple orchard in East High
gate five carloads of the fruit or about
5000 bushels, They were shipped TO
Il, d. Gale Of Buffalo, N. Y, who has
contracted for the entire output of the
orchard for a number of years. The |
crops was considerably smaller than
usual. G. T. Holmes of Charlotte has
flushed harvesting his apples and has
shipped 400 barrels, a thousand bar /
rels more than last year.
p f. Grady Of Burlington is working
on model for non-refllable bottle !
and will shortly apply for patent. The
bottle, Mr.. Grady says, cannot be refilled |
even under tbs. highest pressure, and il |
will be Of no value whatever as soon as .
the contents are gone. A few years ago 1
several firms who were making standard 4
brands of goods offered large sums for
bottles which could not be filed with \
goods that purported to be theirs Mr..
Grady thinks he has solved the problem
and, although he will not divulge the
secret, il Is understood that the bottle
is destroyed when the contents are gone.
A. e. Kingsley, who, with Mrs. Kings.
ley. was badly injured Monday IN a
accident in Brandon. died on
as a result. The horse which
Mr.. Kingsley was driving became fright
ened at an automobile and both he and
his wife were thrown from the wagon.
Mrs, Kingsley had one arm broken, but
Mr.. Kingsley's arm was broken, his hip
and he suffered internal in
iuries, which caused his death lie had
lived in Brandon for 40 years and for
some time was engaged in the grocery
business. He was member of the
Methodist church and had served on the
official board over 80 years Their 5lst
wedding anniversary occurred Tuesday.
Romeo King, aged II years, and Ward
Badger, aged 5 years, were arrested Tues
lay in Morrisville for robbing the money
lrawer of the Morrisville Foundry com :
,any and taking its contents. Sl00s. !
Both were sentenced to spend the re-
nainder Of their minority III the reform .
chool at Vergennes, and the King boy
las been taken there, while the Badger
10Y was placed in the hands of proba-
ion officer They entered the shop short
y before closing time and hid under a
ack Of pipe and shafting. When the
men had gone, Young King went to the !
'fiice, turned on the lights, pried open a
he money drawer with screw driver !
nd took the contents.
II may not be generally known that !
sbestos was first discovered in the q
United States in the year 1889 on Belvi.
ere mountain in Orleans county, Yer :
nont, on tract of land embracing about ,
900 acres. This discovery was purely 3
occidental and was made by French a
anadian woodsman, who was conduct
" a lumber camp there Later Pro-
essor Dresser Of McGil university,
lontreal Canada, a recognized author.
y on asbestos, made an exhaustive ex
aud decided that the serpen. :
me belt found at Thetford in the prov.
ice of Quebec. was continued over the =
oundary line into Vermont, and that IL I
,rminated at Belvidere mountain The =
DWELL Lumber 4 Asbestos company, :,
hich now operates a modern flberizing p
liant there. sends its product even to =
Europe.
John Mattison, son of Representative
orman Mattison of Glastonbury, was :
Re victim of a serious accident Monday,
hen he ran the tine of a hay fork q
implicitly through the calf of one leg. 81
e went to the barn about daylight to II
ed the cattle. To climb into one OF the =
ows, he drove his fork into the solid
all Of hay. for a foot rest, but his
eight was too much and the fork pulled W
1t. the middle tine penetrating his leg II