The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-06

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D. W. squier OF North Clarendon has
q freak Of nature in bis apple orchard
On one tree there are several apples as
large as walnuts and one branch Is all
ia BLOSSOM
Scion Maynard. IT, crushed his left
hand and foot by dropping a heavy slate
slab on them while at work IN the
Fair Haven company's slate mill Thurs.
day afternoon.
Louis Beaupre severely injured his leg
while at work IN the mill at Winoosh.
| He IS employed in the carbonizinR plant
and was struck By moving machinery
below the hip, cutting a large cash.
George Fassctt had narrow escape
from serious injury Friday. A brick
fell two stories from the Battell block
being bu't in Middlebuy. striking him
on the head and cutting an ugly three
cornered cash.
The annual baby parade was held in
| 3ratteboro Saturday. One hundred and
Atty ranging from five months up were
In line led by the twin sons Of Mr..
and Mrs. @ A. Boyden. There were
three pairs Of twins in the procession.
James Lamb was found dead Monday
morning in a gully by the railroad near
the Walingford station, his face buried
in d thick cap, and death was probably
caused by smothering. A bottle con-
tanning liquor was found nearby. There
were no bruises on bis body or any indi-
cation Of foul play. He was about s.
years old.
Three barns. with their contents, be.
longing 10 Henry Kerby and situated in
Middlehury, were destroyed by fire Sat.
urday night set presumably hy light
ming. The loss is estimated az $1,000, (
About 20 tons Of hay. several pieces Of
farm machinery. two sleighs and two
wagons we're destroyed. Mr. kerby's
house and a neighboring house and barn
were saved with difficulty.
william Teyyaw had narrow es-
cape from violent death Friday at the
tub factory Of the J. @ Hutchins es.
tate IN Montgomery. While removing
waste from the carrier, which had be-
come clogged, his clothing caught 10 a
set screw, causing him 10 make several
revolutions with the shaft and only /
releasing him when his clothing was all 4
removed from his body While badly
bruised, the physician can find no brok
en- bones and thinks it probable that /
re will recover.
Lightning struck the barn on the A. +
A. Ellington farm in Charlotte Sunday I
morning The bolt struck the cupola and 4
ran down the support rod to the cow
stable, splintering the hangers. The 4
cows had been MIXED and turned out /
to pasture and were all saved in eonse-
quence. The hired man was ii the house
eating breakfast at the time The tele-
phone wire in the house warued him that 4
the Lightning mad struck nesr the spot,
and he rushed out and saw the damage
No FIRE followed the lightning
A few days ago several boys were
at the site Of the old house at the
town farm in West Rutland, which was
burned several months ago. and upon
digging IN the ruins came across a smal
piece Of eharred bone and upon exam
lining II more thoroughly It was found
to Be- a joint This piece Of bone was
shown to one Of the physicians in the
town who pronounced it to be shou
der point and IN an probability one Of
the charred bones Of the remains Of
Michael Moylan. who was supposed to
have lost his life at the time of the
FIRE.
Ray Albee, II years old, had a mar.
row escape from drowning Ia what is
known as the Cram dam at Chester Fri
day The boy was sitting on the edge
Of the ia mwatehing several other boys
who were in the water, when he slipped
or fell in. Not until he was going down
the third time did Guy Atwood succeed
in catching hold Of his clothes. Young
Atwood climbed upon log and held the
drowning boys head above water until
help could be summoned Young Albee
was carried To nearby house where he
soon revived. The water into which the
boy fell Is IS feet deep.
The Burlington weather bureau re-
port for June showed that the average
temperature was co. Since 1854, when
department reports began, no June 50
cold has been recorded. There were on
ly two clear days, the poets month
showing ii cloudy and IL partly cloudy
days. The warmest day was the 22nd
with the mereury at IS and the cold
est was the 9Th when il registered 81.
The 5th also witnessed the largest range
Of temperature, the Thermometer dropped
from Ga 70 "a The rainfall for June was
normal There were thunderstorms the
9th, 18th, Pend, and 9th and heavy
frosts the 4th and 9th.
By the win Of Harriet McEwen, a
lifelong resident Of Bennington, the
following bequests are made. House on
Pleasant street known as Fern cot
tage,n Ia the Bennington Baptist church;
$500 to the Bennington Kings Daugh-
ters; $500 to the Vermont Baptist
state convention for support Of needy
Baptist churches in the state; $1,000 Il
to the Bessie MoEwen memorial fund q
of the Baptist church Of Bennington
81 coo in equal portions to the Amer
lean Baptist Woman's Home Missionary I
society and the American Baptist Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary societey; resi-
due 81 the estate to the McEwen me
mortal fund before mentioned.
DR.. Edward S. Cowles, VINO gained J
notoFiety recently in the Boston naval