Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-06-27
STATE NEWS.


were boys, received diplomas at the seth
animal commencement exercises of the
Rutland high school Friday. Thirty
four took the college preparatory course
The new Boston and Maine line be.
tween Brattleboro and South Vernon
was opened Monday, when the summer
schedule went into effect. The fare be.
tween the two places is the same on both
lines.
Miss Penelope Mcleod has been en-
gagged as instructor at the Bellows Falls
playground during July and August and
the board of village trustees has bought
sand-boxes, horizontal bars, swings,
seats, se-saws and other equipment.
William King, son of MIR. and Mrs j.
N. King of Montpelier, suffered pain
full injury the other day when splinter
of wood two inches long and one-fourth
of an inch penetrated the thumb nearly
to the palm of his hand. Boys pushed
him against fence and he threw out his
hand to save himself from falling.
G. P. Smith, treasurer, has purchased
for the University of Vermont the part
of the A. E. Richardson property front.
ing the college green on Prospect street,
Burlington, between homes of Mrs. Ben
a
frontage of about 275 feet, and includes
a double house. The purpose of the pur
chase is to control the property for the
interests of the university.
A petition is being circulated to be
presented to the public service commits
sion in regard to the proposed advance
in the price of electricity in st. Adams
July l. The petition asks that some
Dntf hn fnl- -
thought that certain of the changes
made by the Vermont Power and Manu-
featuring company will make the rates
exorbitant and unreasonable and in
other cases unequal and discriminatory
James p Rock of Lyndonvile, one of
the state inspectors of bees, has been in
Swanton III his official capacity and re-
ports finding several apiaries throughout
ease called foul brood. This is said to
be the worst foe with which bee keepers
have to contend and which requires the
united and systematic efforts of both in.
spector and owner to eradicate. James
E. Crane of Aliddlebury, who has been
inspector in the western part of the
state for the past two years is combining
his efforts this year to his own county
zen of Nergennes, died suddenly Thurs
day afternoon at his home on Green
street. He had been in his usual good
health until Thursday morning, when he
was taken i'll at the Office of the l.. F.
Benton Co., of which he was president.
Mr.. Benton was born in Waltham and
had resided in this section the greater
part of his life. He was for number of
years principal of the Bristol school and
also teacher and head of the schools of
Nergennes. He is survived by wife
and two sons, Alderman Cecil r. Benton
of Vergennes and Leicester Benton of
Willimantio, Conn.
Homer II. Lawrence, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Truman Lawrence of st. Adams,
has recently received notice from Davis
& Davis of Washington. patent attor-
neys, of the grant of patent on life
guards for railway trucks. The purpose
of this device is to provide the trucks
with simple means of preventing such
consequences as are the results of being
run over by the wheels. That which
prompted Mr.. Lawrence in this idea was
the fate of H. b Bolton. Central Yer
mont railway detective, year ago last
winter when he lost both legs. At that
time Mr.. Lawrence was at the station
and as the unfortunate man was being
carried on stretcher the nucleus of his
invention occurred to him.
John Mcclure, 40, a spinner employed
at the Tiffany underwear mill at Ben
nington died at midnight Monday in the
chapel at Walloomsac. n. Y, of Injuries
sustained when he was run over by
trolley car about an hour previous to his
death. The accident happened at point
a short distance east of the village of
Walloomsac where the track of the Ben
nington and Hoosic Falls electric road is
shaded by high hedge. Mcclure was
lying upon the roadbed with one of his
legs across a rail. The fender caught
the man and threw him under the car
so that his body was badly mangled.
One leg was cut off close to the BODY
and the other was crushed below the
knee. There was also big cut on his
forhead and probable fracture of the
skull. Mcclure was a native of Ireland
but had passed the larger part of his life
in Bennington. He leaves a widow and
five daughters, the oldest 10 years of
age.
Sheriff James H. Allen and Deputy
Sheriff Frank f. Lord of South Bur
lington got busy Sunday and. combin
ing pleasure and business in an automo-
bile ride. swooped down on two
resorts suspected of having housed
beneath their roofs wet goods, for
sale illegally. The first place visited was
that conducted by Willis Atherton at
Thompson's Point, near Colchester. A
good supply of beer and other beverages
was found and a man named George
Huard claimed the stuff. He was ac-
cordingly invited into the sheriff's auto
mobile and brought to Jail, charged with
having liquor in his possession Illegally
The officers then went out to the famous
Vermont inn at Mallett's bay, where
they located large amount of stuff. 1t
was in bags, bottles, jugs, etc. The
proprietor Louis Nichols was not
arrested but will be summoned when
wanted
Walter Weinle of Rutland, telegraph
lineman employed by the Rutland Rail.
way, Light and Power company, mar.
rowly escaped death Thursday of last
week when he received 2300 volts of
electricity while at work on pole near
the Rutlanh Mannfaofuripn r0Iao.