Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-28
HAPPENINGS
IN VERMONT
Local Items of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake to
the Passumpsic, Along Otter
Greek and by the Shores
of White River.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBUR.Y.


William Goulett Of Cornv all, about 20
years OF age, while engaged in painting
the ceiling of the power station OF the
Vermont Marble company at Huntington
Falls Saturday morning came in contact
with a live wire and was thrown to the
floor below. distance of - or Is feet.
His head and shoulders were badly in
jured and 1t was feared that his spine
was injured. Physicians were summoned
as soon as possible, as was also Mr. Gou-
lett's wife. He was sent to the Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington for treat
ment on the first available train Besides
his wife Goulette has three small chill
dren. The physicians who saw him here
think that there Is a good chance for
recovery if his spine is not injured
Nyron II. Langworthy, a well known vet
eran of the Civil War, who was operated
upon at the Mary Fletcher hospital on
Wednesday for disease of the mouth,
came successfully through the operation
and was able to return to his home here
Friday evening. Charles e. Youtt accom-
panied him to Burlington and remained
with him until his rsturn to town.-Alec
Heighter. who has been on a two weeks
v.cation, has resumed his position as
rural mail carrier.--W. S. Huntley. who
was quite badly injured in n runaway at
Ripton the first Of last week. was able
TO be brought to his home n this village
on Saturday by automobile.
j. c. 5. Hamilton of Bridport arrived
Sunday morning after having spent
week at White River Junction at the
State fair. Mr. Hamilton took to the
fair bunch Of II merno sheep on which
he received II premiums including one
for the best ram of any age, one for the
best eve Il any age and special prize fer
the best recognized breed of sheep on
the grounds-Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert
Brown and two OF their nine children are
i'll with typhoid fever at their home on
College hill and the people in the vicinity
are making all possible efforts to
alleviate their deplorahle condition. Sub
scriptions are being taken up to assist
them through the emergency. The gem
| eral understanding is that the disease was
| contracted from an open sewer in the
| Immediate neighborhood.-Willi Graves
| went on Monday to visit friends at
| Malone, ~ Y, of which town he is a
| native and which he had not visited
| before except on couple of occasions
| for more than 40 years.-Mrs. F. Pettee
| has returned home to Brandon after an
| extended visit to her aunt. Mrs. Sydney
| G. Tisdale, Of East Mddlebury William
! G. FOote IS visiting his sister in Medfoed
| Mass, and expects to take a position in
the express business in or near Boston,
| Henry r. Hodges, a son of George II
! Hodges of East Middlebury has become
head clerk of the new Woodruff Hote
at Watertown, n. Y. after having served
four years in the same hotel as nigh
clerk and in other postions-The William
S Hamil CO. of Troy, n. Y. which I,
| building the new high school here, has
| been very short of skilled help for the
past two weeks but were able TO get eich
good brick layers on the job Monday
While going upstairs Sunday after
noon Alfred Bouvier. a we'll know
painter made a mlsstep and grabbed holt
of the railing with his left hand to save
himself from falling The result was 8
compound fracture of the left arm be
tween the wrist and the elbow .-Rober
Leggett returned Monday morning aftel
a two weeks vacation trip IN Canad.
and northern New York. Mr.. Legget
was in Canada on election day last WeeI
: and for some days previous thereto an
said that the excitement over the election
in the Dominion was enOrmous.-M Mortime
Wilcox. cashier and telegrapher in tn,
Marshall store has resumed his position
after a three weeks vacation. His sub
stitute. Miss j. r. Ryan of Ptttsburg
Mass. returned TO her home Monday
| William Goulette, who was taken TO
treatment to the Mary Fletcher hospta
in burlington Saturday morning in con
, sequence Of an accident while whit
t washing a ceiling In the power house o
the Vermont Marble Co, at Huntington
! Fails died AT the hospital from his in
r juries early Sunday morning, His father
e Louis Goulette of Cornwall went to Bur
lington on the paper train Sunday an
brought back the remains Sunday even
p ing-The cattle shipment from thl
/ section Monday, September 96, consisted q
4 three carloads Of COWS, calves and hog
70 for the New York and Boston markets
a Monday, market day, eggs brought
$ and % cents and butter % 26.-The funert
$ of Mrs Della Landon, wife Of Charles Lar
: don of case street who died Saturdaynig
AZ the age of 50 years, was held Monda
afternoon AT the house at three O'CLOCK
, The Rev. John Evans Bold Of this vtIlag
: otticiated and burial was In the famil
lot in the Case street cemetery. She
I survived by a husband and three SON
q Charles I.andon. Jr,, Theodore Landon {
8 Middlebury and DR. Edgar Landon
,. Stamford y. Y-Mrs, Charles NJ. Mea,
y who has been a guest at the Addison IA
# summer, has returned to her home
l. Hartford Conn,--Mrs. L. c. Russell an
Il son. George havereturned from Ashtabul
ohio. where they have been for the pa!
r month visiting relatives and friends.
=. Henry Abair, who has been in Ill heall
Y, for some time at his home on Seminar
At street. died Monday morning at the a.
a # 30 wears He is survived bN wi
p ana two Young children, father, mothe