The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-29
About the State

HDoNb TIE OtAtc
Parties returning from Mount Mans
field Monday report snow in abundance
il the crevices there and that one Of
Che entertainments enjoyed was snow
ball battle.
r. T. Barrows, while operating the
elevator at the Morrisvillc Messenger
Office Saturday, lost control Of ID and
was struck on the hand, breaking his
thumb, ard received d blow on the head
which inflicted bad cut.
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Charles Ward Of Pownal was found IN
a dying condition Monday afternoon IN
an open field near The Morgan sandpit
on The North Adams and Bennington
trolley line. He expired without re-
covering consciousness, death being due
70 alcoholism.
Miss Emily Martin met with PEI
euliar accident recently at her home in
Windham. A. she was about to shoot
ab mark, her attention was called in
another direction and changing the POI
sition Of her gun, the bullet went into
the calf Of her leg.
The FIRST arrest in Bennington ooun-
IN for violation of the six.ineh trout
law this season was made In Readsb0ro
Friday, when Alfred d. sprague Of
Heartwellgille was found with y trout
IN his basket, nOb one Of which was
six inches long. He was 6ned 81 apiece
for each of the trout, with costs OF
S3s5. The 1885 was paid BE- John
s. Carrier, sprague's employer, and tho
fisherman was released.
A fire Of unknown origin completely
destroyed L. p. squirey steam saw mill
in Gulford during the night Tuesday,
June a. Samuel Boyden, who Lives
nearly opposite the mill, knew nothing
Of the fire Until he arose In the morn
ing when all that was left was smoul.
dering ruins. II Is great loss to M.
Squires at this time, as a large guam
tity Of lumber was waiting to be sawed.
The saws, betting aud other machinery
viii have to be replaced but II Is thought
che boiler Is not damaged.
Mrs. Alma J. Goodonough, aged rs
years, was operated upon last week at
her home in Brattleboro for the removal
az part Of needle from her right foot
During the last month, Mrs. Goodenough
had experienced q priaSiug sensation 10
her foot at frequent intervals, but had
no. guessed the cause. Ihe piece re
moved was nearly three.fourths Of All
inch in length and was the pointed end
81 q carpet needle. Mira. Go0denough. !
after the operation, recalled the facl
that she broke such needle, while sew
ing, but did not know when she got
Il into her foot.
John chymack Of West Rutland was
painfully injured Saturday at the al
bertson quarry, when a large electric
cutting machine was run back upon
his hand iufioting an ugly wound. re
put hla hand On the track on which
the machine runs when another man
reversed ihe machine and did not no,
tiee Mr.. Chvlnack's hand until it WIS
700 late 70 prevent the accident The I
ilange Of the wheel split the hand be
tween tie third and little finger nearly /
the whole length Of the palm. and TIE
little finger was iammed X badly that |
The may lose part 81 all Of il.
A thunder storm ID Townshend. June I
~, played queer pranks III tile hous /
of " II. Morse, entering the kitchen
where ID broke TIE Gladstone sink, jugs
after Miss Laura Ware had stepped sway 4
from III The current then passed into /
the sitting foom whore Il ran over
the wire picture coris. which IL melted z
throwing The pictures down, ard then I
entering the telephone, burnd cut the I
batteries Tho cupoia Of the barn at 4
ihe same place was struck, smashing (
several of the shutters and knocking 4
oH quantity 81 slate MT. Ware and 4
his men stood ia the barn door and 1
felt the shock n a minor degree, their I
clothes probably keeping
them from worse fate.
A Bellows Falls contractor In excayat.
ing for q wall came upon an old arched /
stone oven built 20 feet or more back
into a bank, the entrance to which had 4
become covered and most people had
forgotten its existence IT. was built
about 1850 By Jabez Hills, an eccentric
miser, who died II 1877 and 10 his filthy
room was found a number 81 hundred
dollars IN gold iii d tea pot end &c
curitles amounting p many thousands
at the time 81 his death he owned all
the real estate between the Bellows
Falls Trust company's building ana
School street and some valuable water
powers. n was said he slept nights in
the oven for years in order to keep
warm without the expense of a fire
and TO be free from tormenting boys.