Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-02-28

John H. Mead & Son of West Rutland
have bought a nine months old Hostein
bull in Pennsylvania for which they
paid 81 800 His mother was the famous
Inka Princess Mutual DeKols, with a
record of Is pounds of milk a day and
of 334 pounds of butter in seven days.
Benjamin r. Brown, who was arrested
few days ago at Brandon on the charge
of uttering forged check for about $S7,
which he presented to the Brandon
National bank for payment, the alleged
fraud being discovered by Treasurer
Walter F. Scott, was arraigned before
City Judge +. q. SwiDnerton in Rutland
and he pleaded not guilty to the charge,
waving examination. Judge Swimmer
ton bound the respondent over to the
March term of Rutland county court
under $4,000 bail. He went to Jail in
default of surety. George w. Plat was
counsel for Brown!
Ernest Sprague, the Barre milkman
who saved the life of Mrs. F. w. Jack
SOD by throwing the contents of one of
the milk cans over her as her clothes
were being consumed by fire. therel y
extinguishing the flames, has been
granted life saving badge Of merit by
the Boy Scouts of America. This is the
highest merit badge which the order can
confer. The award comes through the
national council of the scouts. Mr.
Sprague is Brookfield boy and there
was a large attendance of scouts and
campfire girls at the meeting Saturday
evening in the Brookfield Congregational
church, when the vote was taken to
award him the badge.
Many of the Burlington flremen are
still feeling the results of the exposure
and injuries suffered at the fire of the
Shepard & Morse Lumber company. The
condition of Captain ProulX remains
most serious, He is still delirious and
the physicians are puzzled by the symp-
toms of the case. Captain Lynch is
limping around with a broken toe. w.
Brown is suffering from injuries to his
knee. Chief Niles, himself, is famed up
to considerable extent and Joseph
Baker. a call man, is wearing a bandage
around his head, on sore spot where IA
runaway pipe struck him and cut to the
bone. Other men are more or less famed
up by the hours spent in the water, and
few of them are in really good condition.
The funeral of Jay A. Clark, we'll
known farmer OF East Charlotte, who
died Thursday night of injuries sus-
tanned when he WAS attacked and gored
by bull, was held Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Clark died without regaining con.
seriousness and the details of the accident
can not therefore be learned. He was Ga
years of age, is survived by his wife,
daughter and two sons. Mr.. Clark was
injured while leading a two year-old
Holstein bull to water Wednesday. The
animal was not inclined to follow and
hAn L..
down, goring him in the head. His
skull was fractured. He was found
shortly afterward unconscious in pool
of blood. An operation was performed
Thursday afternoon by DIR. j. b. Wheeler
of Burlington but Mr.. Clark did not
rally and died without regaining con-
seriousness.
Ex.Gov. j. l.. Barstow of Shelburne
was 81 years old Friday, and one of the
fluctuations received was from the local
Methodist church which, on Wednesday
adopted the following resolutions unanl-
mously: Whereas, on Friday of this
week, the Hon. j. l.. BarstOw, ex COVER
nor of the state of Vermont reaches his
Slst birthday, be it resolved, that we
the officials and members of the church
and congregation of the Shelburne
Methodist Episcopal church now assem-
bied on the 10Th day of February, 1913,
extend our heartfelt greetings TO the
Hon. j. l. Barstow on reaching his
S1st birthday. Thanking God for the
conspicuous political position which he
SO conscientiously and ably filled ; for his
keen interest in all things pertaining to
the welfare of the community, for his
long and exemplary life and for his
beneficent presence among us at so ripe
an age"