Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-25
STATE NE VS..

Water is 80 low in White River
Junction that all the reservoirs are
nearly empty and in some places the
flow has entirely stopped. One man
has arranged to su ply spring water for
drinking purposes to those who need it.
Fred Gage of Ferrisburg, who was
chopping wood for Daniel Wilkins
Thursday broke his ankle by falling
tree and had to crawl on his hands and
knees about mile to summon help. He
was taken to the Mary Fletcher hospi-
tai, accompanied by DR.. d. j. Carroll
Finding something had killed duck
belonging to her, Mrs. Lucius Lund
set trap at her Barton home to catch
molesting animals and the next morn
ing found in it large horned owl
which had a smaller trap on its other
foot, which it had apparently been car
rying for some time.
Mrs. Winifred Foss Humphrey of
Mortified, who recently took the
state examination in optometry at Rut-
land, has the honor of being the first
and only woman in the state who has
successfully passed this board and has
been granted a license to practice
optometry.
No further effort was made to re-
cover the body of Enos Crowningshield,
who committed suicide in Burlington by
jumping from the steamer Ticonderoga
as she made the dock at the foot of
King street Tuesday afternoon, Deem
Der Is. None of the relatives appeared
at the office of the Champain Trans
portation company and nothing further
was done.
While Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of
Essex Junction were eating their sup
per Saturday evening they heard a
noise which they at first thought to be
the cat at the front door, but as it con-
tinued louder they investigated and
found baby on the rug in front of the
door. The child was a boy, evidently
three or four weeks old, Immediately
dressed and pinned up in warm
/ fleeced blanket. Where the child came
from remains mystery.
The ordination of the Rev William J.
Raymond as deacon took place Tuesday
morning at eight o'clock at st. Mary's
cathedral, Burlington, the Rt. Rev
Joseph J. Rice officiating. The Rev. ].
/ NJ. Kennedy was the master of cere-
MONIES and the bishop was assisted by
the Rev. }. f. ellis, the Rev. w. H.
/ Cassidy and the Rev. f. Hendee. Father
Raymond was ordained priest at eight
o clock Wednesday morning. Sometime
/ in January he is to be assigned to a
parish in the Burlington diocese
The school directors of the town of
Hardwick have placed in the Center
school-house a one-year deferential
clock which runs 400 days with one
winding. The clock is a present from
DR.. John c. French and was given to
mark the location of church on the
present site of the Center school
house. The former Westinghouse was
built by Samuel French, End, an early
settler of the town of Hardwick, in 1920.
The donor, Doctor French, was at one
time a resident of East Hardwick, now
o Saltwater, Okla.
Omar Wheelock, a farmer residing in
Worcester, was killed Saturday morn
ing while chopping in the woods, when
tree falling the wrong way pinned
him to the ground. 1t is believed that
death came almost instantly as his son
reached him within few seconds and
found him dead. He was 65 years of
age and besides his wife leaves 13 chill
dren, nearly all residing in this vicinity.
The funeral was held Mondoy after
noon.
DR.. F. H. Godfrey of Chelsea, who
was operated upon week ago at Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington for re-
moval of his tongue, is doing well and
it is expected he will shor .ly return
home. He has practiced medicine in
Chelsea for many years and of late had
developed some trouble which, when
investigated, showed a cancerous
growth His case is watched with
good deal of interest by the members of
the medical profession in this vicinity.
DR.. Godfrey has been a rather heavy
smoker, but is apparently making a
good recovery from his operation.