Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-11-20
STATE NEWS

OudIleS FRANK WINE CnOppinB WOOO
Saturday afternoon at Bristol Notch was
$ ruck by falling tree and his back
broken. He is in precarious condition
He had cut one end of the tree when il
fell, striking him in the breast and knock
ing him to the ground.
The Palmer, Nutting and Fuller cot
tages and the boarding house at River
side camp near Enosburg Falls were
were cooked and much damage was done
to an oil stove in the Fuller cottage.
Evidently the beds in the Parmelee cot
tage were occupied
Brattleboro, Nov. 16-A barn owned
by X. N. Fairbank on the Bernardston
road, seven miles south of Brattleboro
and near the house of Herbert Andrews,
was burned to the ground with its CON
tents about eleven o'clock Sunday night.
1t is believed the fire was started acct
IDENTIFY by man or men who had gone
in there to escape the storm. The barn
loss is partially covered by insurance
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Peddricls
were surprised at their home on Spruce
street Sunday evening by members of
their family. 1t was their golden we'd
ding anniversary. Mr.. and Mrs Ped
drick are both natives of Philadelphia
and have lived in Brattleboro about two
years and half
Robert A. Coates, from Fort Ethan
Allen, the soldier who took dose of BIZ
chloride of mercury last Friday night, is
reported by the physicians at the Mary
Fletcher hospital as in good condition
and the outlook for his recovery is favor
able. He seemed considerably better
Monday than the day before. 1t is not
possible to tell as yet to what extent the
poison has entered his system.
According to the report of Barrels
health officer, DR.. j. w. Stewart, the
month of October was prolific of a large
number of births and fewer deaths than
the average month. There were %
births and six deaths Seventeen cases
of contagious diseases were reported.
Barking Ct two puppies in the base.
ment of their home warned the mem
bers of the hous hold of DIR. w. +. Haz
elton that there was a blaze in the eel
lar. 1t is thought that the puppies got
hold of some matches and while playing
with them ignited them. The blaze was
put out without much difficulty.
Albert Ladue, aged 10. was Instantly
killed at the Boston & Maine railroad re-
pair shops Monday morning when whirl-
ed around the shafting. The young man
was engaged in oiling pulley when he
was drawn into the shafting The speed
of the shafting was 400 revolutions a
minute and Ladue's clothing was entire
ly torn from his body, His home was in
Newport.
Rutland charitable organizations and
the city officials are busying themselves
as the cold weather approaches in car
ing for the many cases of restitution
within the city. More restitution than
ever before Is the testimony of the in
vestigators who nave canvassed the city
looking for people who should be helped
A high west wind Monday prevented
any work on the Triton, the tug boat
which is resting on the reef at Quaker
Smiths point, on Lake Champlain,
where it was blown during the gale of
Friday night. The Robert Cook went
to the reef Monday and stood by the
wreck for time but it was soon evident
that with the waves pounding the tug
nothing could be done towards floating
her.
Several towns in Vermont have re-
Gently joined the ranks of those who are
making an organized effort to raise
money and make articles for the suffer
CHS HUN lle WAT III Europe. OTRdnlZa-
tons have been started in LyndonvilIe,
Brandon, Lyndon and Swanton. The
work of organizing societies for work is
under way in Vergennes and ShOreham
Ii. 5. Howard, treasurer of the Vermont
branch of the American Red Cross, will
go to Island Pond Thursday and in the
evening will speak at an entertainment,
proceeds from which will be added to
the Vermont fund that lie being raised for
relief in the war stricken countries. His
subject will be "Vermont's Relation to
the Red Cross"
Brattleboro, Nov. 16-The discovery of
a case of infantile paralysis in West
lownshend has resulted in the school,
the church, the store and the homes of
81 families who had children in the
school being closed upon orders of the
health officer The patient is Roy
Capen, seven years of age, a son of Mrs. |
Osceola Capen. The little patients right
arm is paralyzed. The boy attended
school Wednesday, but complained of
not feeling well. DR.. George T. Gale
was called and DIR. o. V. Hetflon of
Wardsboro was called in consultation
and they agreed upon the diagnosis of
the case. Orders were at once given to |
close the church, the store and the school
and all houses in which pupils of the
school had their homes were placed I'M
der strict quarantine.