The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-02
About the State

4 About the State
4 i. o. spaulding who fell from a
ladder while painting house III Spring.
field, was obliged to have one foot am
putated. as Il was badly crushed By the
falling ladder.
/ AS Mrs Nelson ODER Of North West
minister was riding on motor cycle
with her husband recently, her foot be-
lcame caught in the gearing iniuring IL
badly. No bones were broken, but the
injury viii lay her up for some time
|
William S. Brink lost two fingers and
had the other two on his left hand Sc.
verely cut by coming into contact with
a dove failing saw, which be was adj
Ijusting at II =. Shaw's butter package
factory in Stove Thursday.
w. Lyman Allen Of South Royalton
suffered eoncusson Of the brain i few
days ago, being thrown from his wagon
when the horse he was driving became
frightened at an approaching automobile
The horse was considered perfectly safe
and not afraid Of autos
4. NJ. Rowley Of Reading had one rib
broken in a runaway accident Tuesday
A bolt dropped out Of the wagon, letting
one side drop down, frightening the two
horses. When the animals ran, the wag-
on was badly demolished. as il eollided
with the iron bridge and the hotel piazza.
The Woodbury. Granite company has
/ Just received a contract to furnish the
/ finished stone for the new Idaho state
capitol. The contract viii amount TO
about $4,000, out OF Woodbury. gray
granite. This makes the fifth state cap
itol the company has furnish a part Or
a whole OF the stone for.
John, son Of Chas, Derby, met with
lquite d serious accident last Monday
while in the woods Ia Andoyer A pair
of oxen hitched to a spruce tree turned.
laud q stub ran into the fieshy part Of
/ his leg above the knee, breaking OF and
leaving about two and half inches in
I the flesh, requiring the services of
lphysician to remove il.
While Wayne Humphrey. q young man
az years Of age, living near Hardwick
WAS out in the early morning hours
Tuesday with 30.calihre rifle 10 shoot
crows, he accidentally discharged the
weapon ia a manner which caused the
bali % pass through his left foot, max
ling a serious wound The middle 81
the metatarsai bone was destroyed.
Harris Packers house in Newark was
burned to the ground with nearly an Of
its contents last week Tuesday The FIRE
caught on the roof from sparks Mr.
Packer was away from home at the time.
but returned III season 10 get ii and
get his vest with $50 In money in Il and
his papers. The rest Of the buildings
were saved BY hard fighting on the part
Of the neighbors and min crew from
East haven, who we're summoned by
telephone.
tn the thunder shower last Monday
afternoon, lightning struck s. W. Owens
house in East Hardwick, entering
through the pantry window and break
ing out all four panes Of glass bat not
injuring the sash. Nearly everything
IN the pantry was knocked down aud
hole torn IN the ceiling Of the kitchen
near the pantry Mr. Owen was sitting
in that part Of the kitchen. and the bali
|of lightning seemed to explode within
a foot Of his chair, but he was not rem.
dered unconscious Nothing caught fire
but a window curtain.
A peculiar mixup between an auto
and D team occurred IN Vergennes re.
Gently. Henry Bodette was driving
team. when he met N. "a Daniels IN
his automobile Mr. Bodette's horse was
frightened and Mr. Daniels steered lis
ear into the ditch to give Mr. Bodette
all the road, when the horse became I'M
manageable, reared and struck the wind
shields af the auto with his forefeet
breaking it and badly cutting and bruis-
ing Mrs. Daniels. who was on tne front
seat with her husband Mr.. Daniels wns
also cut on the hand and arm and the
machine was badly damaged Mr. Bo-
aettes horse was cut about the legs.