Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-04-24
STATE NEWS.

John Cotton, the Rutland railroad
brakeman, who was recently injured by
falling from the top of a freight train, is
improving at the Mary Fletcher hospital,
where he was taken after the accident
which occurred at the Colchester siding
His foot will not have to be amputated
as first thought.
Sitting bolt upright in a chair in the
cemetery, with part of his head blown
off, the body of Cornelius F. Crowley, go,
well known laborer of Putney, was
found Friday afternoon by George John
son, who had begun a search for Mr..
Crowley, being iii an uneasy state of
mind because of report that the latter
intended to put himself out of the way.
The gun with which death had been
accomplished stood beside the body, and
life had been extinct several hours.
Sometime during the night Saturday
the home of DR.. Grace Sherwood at St.
Adams was entered and ransacked, the
thief evidently being in search of money.
About So in money and silver valued at
$50 was taken. DR.. Sherwood was alb
sent from home during the night, being
detained at her private sanltarium near
by Her mother, Mrs Ralph Sherwood
who is deaf, and a nephew, Sherwood
Williams, a schooltOy, occupied the
Sherwood home but were not aroused by
the marauder.
Cornelius Mahoney, the two year.old
son of Justin S. Mahoney of Burlington
was the victim of severe scalding
accident Sunday morning. His mother
had Just prepared a pail of boiling water
with which to mop the floor when the
little boy in some manner slipped and
sat down in the pail. His legs and the
lower part of his body were scalded so
badly that the skin dropped off Dr. s.
l.. Morrison was summoned and he
ordered the boy taken to the Mary
Fletcher hospital 1t is not thought that
the accident will result fatally as the
scalds are not very deep.
The barn owned by Lizum Parizo of
Winooski, situated about quarter of
mile from Fort Ethan Allen on the
branch road leading north, was bnrned
Sunday evening, together with farm
tools, sleighs, wagons, and some hay and
straw. Erroneous information that the
Griffiths house was the scene of the fire
was given Sunday night. The cause
of the fire is not known. 1t was dis
covered by A. Rompray, who lives
nearly opposite and who, extinguish-
ing his light for the night, was
astonished to discover his room ilumi
mated by the reflection of the blaze. He
rushed to the barn, but was unable to
gain entrance to save anything. Insur-
ance of $500 was carried on the building
but nothing on the tools.
Bert j. Lyon, chief mechanic at the
plant of the Burlington Rendering COM
pany, was the victim Of a severe accident
Monday morning which will mean the
loss OF his right arm. Mr.. Lyon was
engaged in oiling the machinery when
his right coat sleeve became wound
around the main shaft which is about
three inches in diameter. Before the
sleeve gave way the arm was drawn into
the machinery, pulled from the socket
and broken twice. The police ambulance
injured man was in Mary Fletcher hos.
pital. An examination showed that the
arm had been crushed as well as broken
1t was decided that amputation at the
shoulder was necessary. Mr.. Lyon has
been with the Rendering company fol-
three years.
Eeazer Larrabee, who for the past
few years has been resident of Will
Jamestown, has decided that he does not
want to live in Vermont and has moved
his house over the line into Massachus-
sets. When he built the house he sup
posed he was building in Massachusetts,
and paid taxes in that State for number
of years. A survey of the line was made
a short time ago and he found to his
surprise and chagrin that he was living
in Pownal, VT. Thereupon he put rollers
under his house and had it moved over
into Massachusetts. Further, he says
that he will move his house every time
the line changes, as he is determined to
spend the rest of his life in Massachu-
sets.
Miss Edna Earle, who was terribly
burned Wednesday when a hot coal
dropped on some infammable material,
with which her brother had been expert
menting, died the next day. The material
was to be used by her brother in engi-
neering and he had placed it in box by
the kitchen stove to dry, warning the
family not to go near it. Miss Earle
started to replenish the fire and coal
dropped into the box. The material ex-
ploded, setting fire to the young
woman's clothing and also the house,
Her mother and the rest of the family
rushed to the kitchen. but were unable
to enter because of the flames. The
mother broke window and through it
Miss Earle wac taken out. All of the
family were more or less burned about
the face and hands in putting out the