The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-26
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interest From Dill
ferent Sections.

Il Happenings Of Interest From Diff
ferent Sections.
One hundred and fifty cases of whoop
ing cough have been reported during thu
recent epidemic in Springfield.
Last Friday was the 2lst anniversary
OF the big fire which swept Middlebury
and destroyed every building on two
streets.
Anthony Basaiow, who represented
Lincoln in the legislature of 1906, diec
suddenly Of heart failure Tuesday morn
ing while eating breakfast. He was @
veteran of the Civil war and had resided
in Lincoln all his life.
Martin, the young son Of Martin Mad
igan OF Bennington, who one day last
week was accidentally shot in the eye by
an air rifle while playing in the woods
with number of other boys, nearly
lost his sight thereby, though it is prob
able it can be saved.
After heating two cans of tar on the
kitchen stove, Robert Ware of Whining
ton started to carry them TO the barn,
when both cans, which were too hot,
exploded. Nearly everything in the kit.
chen was ruined. Mr.. Wares hands and
face were slightly burned and his eyes
We're more severely burned, but he will
recover with no permanent injury to his
sight.
While driving along the highway in
Woodstock one OF the first days of the
open season on deer, Fred G. Richmond
Of that place spied buck in the lot
above his house. He had his gun and
tried to fire it, but it proved to be un-
loaded. Putting in cartridge and fir
ing again. the report frightened his
horse. which ran, Mr.. Richmond was
thrown from the wagon, and the deer
escaped.
Melvin 7. Edwards, Bellows Falls
farmer, aged AZ, attempted suicide near
the police station in that place Wednes
day by shooting. One shot missed his
head and the other lodged in his abdo-
men. 1t was removed aud he is ont of
danger Edwards had had much trouble
with his wife and she had been arrested
Wednesday morning on a serious charge
at his instigation. His daughter was in
the police station and became hysterical.
Mrs. Edwards refused TO converse with
her husband before or after the shoot
ing. She was released in $500 bail.
DIR. Arlington Pond former Rutland
boy. is now located in Cebu, in the Phil
ippine islands. and is at the head of the
largest eye clinic in the world He is
treating l66 children every Auesday and
Friday for traehoma, a disease of the
eyelids. He has been active in reducing
contagious diseases in the Philippines. |
and has botten together over 1000 lepers
and had a new home constructed for I
them. DIR. Pond went to the Philippines !
fifteen years ago as a surgeon in the /
regular army, but resigned to take
position as president of the board of |
health in Cebu. He il son OF Mrs. |
Norman Seaver of Rutland.
Navigation on the Champlain canal is
tied up by the sinking OF the canal boat
Richard Retallick, Capt. Edmund Fish,
about 40 rods from the upper locks at
Fort Ann. The boat is loaded with an
thracite coal for Quebec. The boat was
in tow of the James X Averill and was
in the middle of the tow, and when
a bend swung against a bridge
lbntment and stove hole in her bow,
sinking in about an hour. The George
D. Cooley, NJ. +. Biglow, Mollie b. Stan
ey, f. Averill, and Laura Callahan, load
"a with coal and lumber for Canada. are
he boats tied up behind the sunken
BOAT. All boats are through the canal
hat were allowed to go with the eN-
'eption of the above named. Naviga
ion will wind up when these are passed.
The Oldest couple in Burlington is Mr..
md Mrs. Oliver Martin. Mr.. Martin will
10 Of next March and Mrs. Martin viii
Ne % next May. They were married ,
n Canada 50 years ago. Both We're
,orn in the Province of Quebec and have !
ived in Burlington for 40 years. Al
hough living in the states so long, they
ontinue to speak the French language
nd can say but few words in English. !
ir Martin has worked in the Crane ,
lumber yards and until four years ago |
drs. Martin woye rag carpets on loom :
he brought from her Canadian home,
pinning the yarn for fine blankets, etc,
n spinning wheel, which she now has.
ir. Martin is in rather poor health,
hough able to be about the house. and
irs. Martins eyesight has begun to
all. ,
II is possible that Vermont may be
nriched to the amount of $50 ,476.30 by q
he finding of documents in the office of !,
diutant General Lee S. Tillotson, show a
he amount Vermont paid out in the v
efence Of the country during the war of D
sl2. For some time there has been Il
lovement on foot at Washington to re- h
nburse state governments for the y
mount expended in the war and state b
ffieials have been searching the archives '
,r documents that would show Yer +
lont's part in these expenses. II had a