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VERMONT NEWS
TENS Of Interest from Fourteen coun-
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ties Of State
Fire destroyed the house OF Frank
sherman in Hydeyille Sunday with
q barn and ice house. The cause Of
The fire is unknown
The quarterly meeting Of the Yer.
mont state board OF pharmacy will
be held in MONTPELIER at the State
House Tuesday, July II, at 10 a. m,
for examinations Of candidates and
other business.
Nearly 200 school children Of Rut-
land have been vaccinated in a few
days following the smallpox scare
caused by the illness of Mrs. Rowell
Rollins SO far only one case has
been reported. Day and night an of.
ficer is on duty in the street TO see
that quarantine regulations are res
pected
The Robnhood Ammunition com
pany Of Swanton has just placed a
large advertising contract with the
Hays Advertising Agency of Burling
ton, and copy will begin appearing in
the July publications to be used. Out
ing magazines will be used extensive
ly, trade papers quite generally and
over 1000 weekles. The Robin Hood
company's product has grown in pop
ularity to an extent beyond the
dreams of the management
The fifth annual summer session of
the Johnson normal school will be-
Sin July and extend three weeks
This is distinct among the summer
schools of the state II Is especially
for the elementary school teachers
OF the state. to whom no tuition is
charged 1t is held in the same
place on successive years and the
full equipment of the school is avail
able This year the school is plan
ned for practically private instruc-
ton in school management, rural
work, music, drawing and manual
arts, English and subjects in which
teachers seem most generally to
want help.
The Stevens Valley Electric COM
pany has filed articles OF incorpora-
ton with the secretary OF state to
do business in Barnet, Peacham. Rye
gate. Caledonia county and surround
ing towns. The capital is $4,000
and the signers are. Wilbur Nelson,
| IL. A. McLaren, f. l.. Judkins, NJ. S.
McLaren, Barnet; NJ. a. Roy, West
Barnet; +. A. Somers, c. S Carter,
Barnet; G. A. Shoate, l.. H. Thornton
/ Shaw A. W. Hastle, South Peacnam;
West Barnet; II. E. Farrow, f. G.
j. G.. Morrison, West Barnet; A. ].
MacKay. Peacham II. J Brock Bar
net; J. +. Smith, West Barnet; Geo.
G. Nutter, r. H. Somers, Barnet; ].
J H. Goodrich, McIndoes Falls; Don L,
Judkns, L. j. Roy and James l.. Al
len, Barnet.
A young buck deer was found alive
in the water at Gould's Mills in
Springfield a few days ago. The
| game warden succeeded in getting
| the animal out and took il TO the vii
lage, where it was examined by a doc
tor who found that one hip was bro
ken. 1t had been injured earlier in
the spring, evidently, and had lost the
use of its leg in such a way that il
was obliged to walk on the Bonded
| foreleg, so that it was practically
three legged The deer was in poor
condition. showing that foragiug in
| the woods had not been very good
this spring. When it was found that
the leg was in such a bad condition,
and that it was suffering from a bro.
ken hip. the deer was killed and the
carcass buried in accordance with
the orders Of the game warden.
Morristown sent 172 men to the Civ.
il war a score of whom received com
missions. Thirteen of the entire
number died either in battle or from
wounds received under fire making
the ratio of deaths due directly to
active service rs to the 1000 The
record for the entire Union army is
less than half this ratio, being 1851
in each 1000 OF the 172 men 80 died
from all causes, this being Sc to the
1000, against the record for the en-,
tire northern army of 1912 deaths
to each 1000 men from all causes
While 40 men returned to Morris
town at the close of the war, diseas
es arising from exposure or from ex
periences in the prison pens of the
/ South caused the untimely deaths OF
many who saw service in different
engagements. There were few bat
ties in which Morristown volunteers
did not see service.
Mrs. Emery Brown OF ST. Adams
was seriously injured Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock when the automo
bile, in which she, her husband and
their young son and daughter were
driving to .Swanton to visit hel
mother, turned turtle about two
miles from st. Adams at Branch's
corner Approaching a horse thai
was frightened at the machine
which has a heavy top Mr. Brown
turned too far out OF the road, anC
the car skidded in the mud and turn
ed turtle All except Mrs Brown es
capped injury. She sustained baC
fractures of both arms and a severe
injury to her spine. She was
brought TO her home on North MAR
street. Mr. Brown is employed b!
the Atwood Suspender company o
Schenectady, N. Y, and il was tn,
companys automobile in which the!
were riding 1t is practically tn,
first accident of anV seriOusness II