The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-09-21
VOLUME Ii.
IN VERMONT

tist church Ia burlington SUNDAY
morning
II ls now expected thar the new
Congregational church at Hyde Park
will be dedicated early in October.
Rev. w. +. Baker ef Morrisvillc viii
pr,aeh the dcdlcatory sermon,
GOV. Mead has engaged quarters
for himself and staff AZ Hotel Ver-
mont for Monday. September 2s,Uoy-
crnor's day at the state cncampmcnt
lie win occupy the state suite ON
the seventh floor,
Mrs. II w. Sanders OF Barre was
knocked down recently by an auto
mobile aud dragged 10 feet She
received bruises on the head aud
body and one ear was partly torn
off II Is expected that she viii re-
cover.
II has been decided by the author
titles who Investigated the death Of
George Prentice Mt the Bull Run dis
trict near Northfield last Monday,
that death was caused by an aooiden
though how II occurred was not de-
termined. II was originally given out
that Mr.. Prentice committed suicide,
George Houston of stowe, about
-InfuI kloIsAss SUM 'esu 10 sIeeA Il
ed In the shoulder and back by a
log which he was helping to hit The
log slipped and struck him while
working for Charles st Jock, who
is numbering for =. y. Pike and son
on Worcester mountain.
Apples are an extremely short
crop at Swanton Center this season,
many orchards bearing no fruit.
Grapes are generally reported abund
ant. The first frost OF the season Wis
tied that locality Thursday morning,
killing tomato and cucumber vines.
The mercury dropped to 20 degrees
above zero.
Charles Darling OF South Ryegnte.
who was attending the Caledonia
county fair at ST. Johnsbury Friday,
suddenly yelled out at the station
that he was being robbed. The man
whose name is not known, was pur-
sued and caught under car, aud
was taken TO Wells River where an
officer took him in charge and os
corted him back to St Johnsbury
Frederick M. Sears met with ser
ious injuries at his home on West
Branch in stowe. Saturday morning,
A horse which he was hltchlng up
ran back into the barn and when MI
Sears entered the stall beside II
the horse began kicking Mr., Sears
was bit in the face, his upper jaw
was broken aud the face badly cut.
lie Is about II and his condition ~
serious.
The 18th annual conference for
aht Vermont ID, A, r. will be held
with Ann Story Chapter at Rutland,
October 18th and goth. Mrs. r. G.
Cleaver, SO Chestnut Ave, Mrs Il. A
Burditt, 63 Chestnut Ave, and Miss
Gary, "a Grove St, ,iall Of Rutland,
Information Committee, will answer
all inquiries as to rooms, rates.
trains, etc. All Daughters" cordial
ly invited.
During the month Of August In
Burlington the deaths exceeded the
number of births by three. a record
considered quite rare. The total
number of deaths was i3 and the
number of births 40. or the births
81 were boys and 10 were girls. vi
the deaths - were males aud "a
were females. The youngest moth
Ars, there were two OF them, were
II years, and the oldest was AZ. or
the deaths Ia babies died under one
year, this being the age at which
mortality was greatest. There were
two deaths between the ages OF 50
and 90 and five deaths between the
ages OF 10 and 80.
Michael Barrett, who has been
known In 81. Johnsbnry for year
or two past, Is In the county jail
awaiting the sitting OF the federal
grand Jury at Rutland In October.
lie was arrested September IA by
Deputy United States Marshal u, u.
Miles OF Newport, on warrant is-
sued by District Attorney Alexander
Dunnett. lie was taken before Unit
ed States Commissioner Harry Blod-
gett aud bail fixed at $1,000 which
he was unable 10 furnish and he was
placed In jail. The charge against
him Is that be attempted to de-
fraud the government by securing
pension.
A horse employed by men working
on George Rayolin's lumber job Ia
smugglers' Notch was struck by
stick tearing hole 10 the abdominal
walls. IL was thought best 70 kill
The animal and Mr. RayelIn and his
men began 20 prepare a grave when
hey noticed the horse had begun 10
,rop the grass aud was not paying
much attention to the jagged hole
hat revealed ita Internal anatomy.
A veterinary was called who. sewed
~ the cash, bandaged II and assuf-
ID Mr. Rayeiln the horse would bo
ible 10 work In about two weeks
Too Lsts.