The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-14
About the State

James G. Hodgdon Of Walden, farm.
err has filed a petition IN bankruptcy
with Clerk f. S. Platt of the United
States court His liabilities are $455.l0
and he has assets Of $2s3.50 Of which
$50 is exempt.
Mrs. ]. c. Derby met with peculiar
accident recently at her home in john
son. While sitting with the heel of her
shoe on the stove, the leather caught
fire and before her shoe could be I'M
laced, her foot was badly burned
Mrs. William Schillhammer OF Jericho
was badly bruised recently when at
tackled by yearling heifer. She caught
the animal by the horns and called loud
" for help, and escaped serious injuries.
The heifer had knocked her down, and
she was quite badly famed.
David Williams met with quite Sc
rious accident Tuesday at Poultney.
While operating slate trimming ma
chine at the Eureka quarry, all his
fingers were broken and the palm of his
hand was cut through. 1t is thought
his hand can be saved, unless blood
poisoning should set in
There is in Fairfax little girl, the
daughter of w. i. Barkyoumb, who has
the following own relatives living: A
reat-great grandmother, a great-grand-
mother, two great-grandfathers, two
two great great great uneles, two great
two greatgreat- great-uncles, two great
great-aunts, three great-great-uncles,
four great.aunts, nine great.uncles,
eight aunts, and three uneles.
George f. Rand met with terrible
accident Monday in Cavendish, when the
sleeve OF his coat was caught on set
screw and he was drawn into the shaft.
When found, he was sitting by the
gasoline engine, all his clothing gone
but his stockings and oyershoes, his
clothes hanging in shreds from hori-
zontal shaft nearby. Upon examination
by physicians, il was found that four
ribswere broken from the back bone and
as many more crushed in front, one
knee was out of joint and his head was
badly bruised. There is chance for
his recovery unless the exposure to the
cold should cause complications.
The Bellows Falls Woman's club has
just placed on sale a cook book, made
up by the women of the club. The pro-
ceeds of the sale OF these books will
be placed in a fund for the establish
ment Of hospital For many years
the need OF hospital has been APP
parent, but no effort has been made
heretofore to locate such an institution
there. Accidents on the railroad and
in the mills result in the removal of
sufferers TO Keene, Rutland or Brattle
boro hospitals. The sale of the cook
book is meeting with great success and
IL is expected that several thousand
dollars viii be netted for the fund.
C. T. Holmes, the Charlotte apple
grower, who is spending the winter in
Burlington with his family, is waiting
to hear from 5000 barrels of fancy
Rhode Island greetings, which he re-
VtHttt ShiPPcA " biit NV Auih Ahat
ket and upon which he expects to real
lie top prices. Fancy greetings are
quoted at So barrel there. His APP
pies are sold on commission. Mr.
Holmes has purchased number Of car
loads OF fertilizer from Montreal stock
yards with which he expects To. fer
tilize his orchards this winter The
stuff comes 80 tons in a car loose and
is shipped direct to him at Charlotte,
There IS no duty on it, He thinks it
IL cheaper and more satisfactory than
commercial fertilizers Mr. Holmes set
out several hundred additional apple
trees last spring and is preparing to ex-
pand still further the coming year The
for a record crop at apples from
bis orchards next season is excellent.