St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-08-27
VERMONT NEWS
Prominent Resident of Hartford A
Victim of InfantiIe Paralysis.

appeared in Hartford, resulting fnthe
death early Thursday morning, of
Charles Dana Hazen, Jr., a promi-
nent young farmer of that town. Mr..
Hazen had been i'll since Monday.
he was 81 years of age and the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Hazen.
the former having been a farmer
and we'll known business man of
that place, now retired from active
work. The deceased leaves besides
MS parents, a wife, four children
and number of brothers and sisters.
A brother, Allen Hazen, was one of
the Taft commissioners visiting Pan
anna in the spring of 1909. Mr.. Ha-
zen was much interested in the bet
ter farming movement and active in
agricultural and dairymen's associa-
ton work. His sudden death from
THIS dread disease comes with a
shock to that community in which he
was well known and respected
Doulthen st. John, IL years old,
was drowned while swimming in the
Connecticut river about a mile and
half below White River Junction,
Monday afternoon. The body was
recovered about six o'clock that
night.
Mrs. Robert Thompson of North
field Falls was struck by a locomo-
! tive on the Central Vermont r. r.
August 19 and was instantly killed.
She was returning from a shopping
trip to Mortified and walking on
the track. Being quite deaf she
probably did not hear the train.
Frank Gill of Duxbury was thrown
from his team, August goth, and bad
ly injured. He was driving on the riv-
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an auto he was frightened and drop
ped the reins.
Rev Walter r. Davenport, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church of
Springfield was married August 10th
to Mrs. Emma L. Putnam of Bellows
Falls. Mr.. Davenport was formerly
of Barre, where he was well known
for much helpful work. Mrs. Daven-
port has been prominent in the work
of the Methodist church in Bellows
Falls
Kuzna Protach was injured quite
seriously while working on the new
dam under construction at Winooski
Gorge. A bod weighing 500 pounds
was let down on him. His back and
shoulders were badly bruised, his
head cut in places, and possibly
some ribs we're broken. He was TAX
en- to the Fanny Allen Hospital and
is expected to recover.
The fifth annual convention of the
New England Section of the Nation
al Electric Light Association is to be
held at the Hotel Vermont in Bur-
lington, Vermont, on September IT,
Is and 10. Papers on electrical sub
jects of national interest will be
presented by some of the best au-
thorities in New England.
A Polish christening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Greek, in
Bellows Falls caused a great deal
of disturbance last Monday evening
The neighbors annoyed by the hilar-
ity summoned the police. Officer
McKinnon who went in answer to
this summons, was attacked by a
roomful of Polish people and had
about all he could handle when
Chief of Police, w. S. Severance ar
rived. Greek was taken outside |
where the fighting continued, while |
Mrs. Greek attacked the police |
with a carving knife. Greek was
fined $25 and costs of 1884; Mrs. |
Greek will appear in court later to |
answer to a charge similar to that |
for which her husband was fined.
About one O'Clock Tuesday after
noon Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilkie |
and two children of Bath, N. H, |
were driving down East Hill, the |
road that leads from Craftsbury to |
Eden, when a holdback strap broke
and the horse ran away. On reach
ing Will Richards place about
a mile north of the Mills all were
thrown out. The man struck his
head on a stone, crushing his skull
and receiving other injuries, the
woman had four ribs broken, the
youngest child, age four, had the
frontal bone of her skull broken,
while the other child received only
q slight cut on the lip. The woman
was taken into Mr.. Richards house
and her husband and little girl were
hurried to the Fanny Allen hospital,
where the man died in about half
an hour. Several pieces of bone
we're taken from the child's head
and the doctors think her chances
for recovery are about even.
Harold Whitehead, son of George
Whitehead of Richford, took hold
Of a live wire last Monday. He
vas playing on the roof and thought
essly took hold of a wire running
between the two buildings. The in
,ulation had worn off and Harold
vas getting quite a shock when
William Greene, who had heard his
,ries, hit the wire with a pole jar
ing it from his hand. Meanwhile
4. ]. Livingston had telephoned to
nave the current shut off. This
eall was mistaken in some way and
he fire alarm rang instead. The
BOY was not seriously injured and
was out playing again in the after
noon.
The 45th Annual Convention of
the Vermont Sunday School Asso-
citation will be held at Vergennes,
October 10, IA, and Is. DR.. H. M.
of Nashville, Tenn, DIR.
Franklin McElfresh, of Chicago,
Superintendent of the
Department, Mrs. Mary
Foster Bryner, of Chicago, Inter
national Superintendent of the Ele-
mentary Department, will take part |
in this convention. A most helpful |
and interesting series of meetings |
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