Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-12-18
STATE NEWS

The condition of Roy Parker, whose
skull was fractured when his automo-
bile turned turtle near Vergennes a
week ago, and who is at the Mary
Fletcher hospital, Burlington, is i'm
proving.
DR.. E. l.. Washburn of East Berk-
shire, aged so years, was found dead in
his carriage in the barn at his home
Monday afternoon about $50 o'clock.
Mrs Washburn heard her husband drive
into the barn on his return from North
Enosburgh where he had been to visit a
patient. After about 10 minutes as the
doctor did not come to the house, Mrs.
Washburn went to the barn and found
him dead. DR.. Washburn is survived
by his wife. He had been in fairly good
health recently.
Leon Fairbank, son of h. N. Fair
bank of Guilford, narrowly escaped
death while leading bull to tn brook
to drink. The animal suddenly attacked
Mr.. Farbank, knocking him down many
times The man called for help and
defended himself until neighbor came
to the rescue with a pitchfork, beat
ing the bull off. Mr. Fairbanks left
shoulder was dislocated and he was
otherwise bruised and could hardly get
to the house The bull had no horns or
Mr.. Farbank probably would have
| been killed.
Leslie Rider, aged II years, died at
the Memorial hospital at Brattleboro
from lockjaw with which he had been
suffering for several days. While at
work two weeks ago flaying a dead
horse in the pasture where several
hedgehogs had been killed, a quill be-
came mbedded in the young man s
knee, and although he paid little atten-
ton to it at the time, the injury gradu-
ally grew worse. He is survived by his
mother His father suffered a sun
stroke while haying some time ago.
DR.. Robert w. Lovett, the eminent
orthopedic surgeon of Boston, who has
been obtained by the Vermont State
board of health to take charge of the
crippled cases resulting from the recent
epidemic of poliomyelitis in this State,
in connection with the investigation of
the disease which they will carry on,
will make his first visit to Burlington
Saturday. He will be at the Mary
Fletcher hospital in the morning and
will see any patients brought there by a
physician and whose cases resulted from
the disease.
Plans are being made by Mrs. Z. l.
Hall and Mrs. Nj. E. Wheeler of Rut-
land, and their associates, for the an
nual entertainment of the children of
the mountains in the vicinity. Sometime
between Christmas and New Years
these little guests will again be ban
quoted and clothed and sent home with
their arms crowded with good things to
eat, toys for amusement, and new and
partially new clothing to keep them
warm for the next few months. The fes-
tivities will Include dinner of turkey,
chicken-pie, mashed potatoes, buttered
rolls, coffee, chocolate and ice cream
and cake. There will be a Christmas
tree laden with fruit, nuts, toys and
candy and a special entertainment will
be provided for the children. The plan
of assisting these children of the noun
tain districts and for "a hours at least
Frightening their lives was originated
with Mrs. Hall in 1899, when she enter
tanned % children at her home. The
next year the number grew and the
event was held in the Y. Nj. G. A.
rooms with 55 present, while the next
year, this figure jumped to 100 and the
fourth year the number swelled to 300
and this has been about the number il
attendance at each succeeding event.
In several instances it has developed
that those receiving aid at this time are
now ALE to give assistance in making
the event success.