The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-05
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest From Diff
ferent Sections.

4 leIcut 0SCtluuo.
The four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs
Populesk of Winooski. while at play
in the house. backed into tub of boil.
ing hot water and was severely burned
about the body.
Miss Bessie Cline, a member of the
senior class of the West Rutland high
school was working at the town hall
saturday, putting up decorations when
she fell from stepladder, and struck
on a chair, which tipped over, throwing
her to the floor. She has been unable
to stand or take step since and it is
supposed she is injured internally.
The BODY of Arthur Baird, the 10
year-old son of Lorenzo Baird of High
| gate, who was drowned in the Missis-
ouoi river May %, was found in the
| lay at Jameson's point in Canada, Sun
| day fully 20 or 80 miles from where the
accident took place. Young Baird is
| the one who tried to see how near the
dam he could go and went over.
1t became necessary for the Troy sur
/ geons to remove the eye of Andrew
| Hummer, the son of George Hummer
of Bennington, who was recently in
jured by the explosion of a bottle of
| lime and water. During the first few
days following the injury, there were
hopes that the eye might be saved, but
the burning was too severe.
Ilaft 10 CT of ba
state agricultural school at Randolph
Center, has gone to Springfield, VT, to
take charge OF 300-acre farm as fore
man, at a salary of $50 per month.
This farm has lately been bought by
New York party. Mr.. Barrett has
been taking second year studies at the
state school, having had some experience
in the agricultural course at Burling-
ton.
The st. Adams grand list this year
shows real estate valued at S2,72l ,SlS;
personal property TO the amount of 81,
0Os,56s. There are l,67l poll taxes,
amounting to S33, 200 The grand list is
so GAS SO, being a good gain over last
year. Last year the valuation of real
estate was S2,6s9, s9l, personal property
1894 200 The grand list is S49645.
These results show an increase of 80
polls for the year.
The Rutland Railway, Light { Power
Co. will begin at once the construction
OF the dam at East Clarendon on Mill
river. for which some preparatory work
was done last year and which when com
pleted, will be so feet high and will
increase its storage capacity at least
900 horsepower. Ii will be the first
work of l. NJ. Frost, who has gone to
Rutland from Montpelier TO succeed Cen
eral Manager George S. Haley
A large oil painting in the public
reading room in the Akeley Memorial
building at Stowe is a gift to the build
ing from Miss Ellen +. Leonard, legatee
OF the Stowe property of the late Miss
Anna G. Bracket Of New York. The
painting is graphic deineation Of the
three saddle horses ridden by Miss
Bracket and her groom during many |
of the earlier years of her residence |
in Stowe, and were as well known TO
the residents as Miss Bracket herself
Frank Bullock, ll-year-old son of Mr.. |
an6 Mrs. c. j. Bullock Of Middlebury |
escaped drowning Saturday !
afternoon at railroad bridge over the |
Otter creek in that place. Several boys !
were playing and were nearly across the |
bridge when they heard train sp.
preaching. Young Bullock, in trying to
get out of the way, slipped through the
bridge into the water, distance OF |
about fifteen feet. 1t was some time
after he was rescued before he recov
cred consciousness. Neither he nor his
could swim.
A valuable COW belonging to r. D.
OF Winooski was discovered
in erevice between two lodges
IN his farm at Malletts bay. The COW
lsd been missing four days. The ledge
is about 100 yards from the barn and as
i showed that morning, the COW prob
IDLY slipped into the creviee, which is
lbout II feet deep and became fastened,
With no chance of getting out. The COW
vas raised with the aid Of tackle and
: is thought she will live. Mr. Batch
,lder valued the animal at $500.