Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-07-17
STATE NEWS

dents of the town of Dummerston and
her ancestors were the founders of the
town.
Gus Bergstrom, formerly of Rutland,
but now of Bedford, Ind, found a pearl
in a mussel in that place for which he
has refused $500. 1t is said to be the
largest pearl ever found in that vicinity.
AS her sister, with whom she was fish
ing in Brattleboro, cast her line, the
hook caught in Alma Selberg's eyelid,
but fortunately did not penetrate the
eyeball, and 80 did not injure the sight.
The hook had to be cut out.
AS James Gogan of Keene, N. H., was
watching the molders in the Howe Scale
works in Rutland pour off the molten
iron at the foundry his left foot was
spattered and some of the liquid ran into
his shoe. He was very badly burned.
DIR. Henry Tucker, health officer for
B~rattleboro, says there has been no other
season during his incumbency of the
office when there has been so little in the
way of contagious diseases reported to
him as in the past six months. He has
held the Office nearly 10 years. There
were but five or six cases to quarantine
in June and there have been none thus
far this month.
John r. Wilson of Montpelier has re-
ceived an interesting testimonial of
thanks from the school children of Ho-
lualoa, Hawaii, for sending them a
sketch and memorial of the Civil War.
1t is signed by 30 children, made VI of
japanese, Portuguese, Koreans, Chinese,
and Hawaiians, whom the teacher,
Nettie l.. Scott, is striving to make
American citizens, the sketch being
used in connection " it'll their study of
American history. Mr.. Wilson's niece is
first assistant in the school. Mr.. Wilson
is secretary II treasurer of the Wash
ington County Veterans association.
One quarter acre of land in the south
east section of the Valley Fair grounds
at Brattleboro is being prepared for the
planting of alfalfa, which it is expected
Will be in condition at the time of the
annual fair of the Valley Fair association
for demonstration purposes. One-half
of the plot will be treated with one kind
of fertilizer and the other half with
another brand, in order that "A comparison
OF the merits of the two may be made.
This will be done under the direction of
A. w Sweeton, of Brattleboro, county
agricultural agent.
A. |. Burr Of Ludlow was seriously
injured in an automobile accident at
Proctorsville village Sunday, while his
companion, III. Fullam, also of Ludlow,
escaped uninjured. Mr.. Burr, owner of
the car, was driving at a high rate of
speed, when evidently something went
wrong with the steering gear, and the
car left the road and brought up with
great force against a large tree. Both
men were thrown some distance, BUR-
striking a stone wall. One of his arms
was broken, several ribs were fractured,
and he was otherwise bruised. ri @
injured man was attended by DR.. G.. D..
Buxton of Proctorsville, and was taken
later to his home. The car was badly
wrecked.
Parts of the town of Bethel were Wis.
tied by a fierce storm of wind, rain and
lightning Friday afternoon. Only a few
drops Of rain fell at the village and there
was little wind. At the quarries rain
has seldom been known to fall 80 fast.
Nearer the village in the same direction
trees of considerable size were blown
over, in some cases across the road.
Leon Barnes and his sister were driving
on the Camp brook road when lightning
struck a tree, scattering leaves and
branches upon them and their horse,
which jumped, throwing out the girl,
but neither were injured.
Tony Burlak, a Pole, employed in the
Albertson quarry of the Vermont Marble
company at West Rutland. received
quite serious injuries Saturday morning
when part of a block of marble weighing
nearly 1000 pounds, broke from a block
which was being raised out of a part of
the quarry and struck on his right ankle.
He was taken to the Proctor hospital
and it was later found necessary to am
putate his foot. Burlsk was employed as
a foreman in the quarry and realizing
the danger had warned the 9th 4r work.
men away. 1t was a test block and was
slightly cracked and when raised from
the ground, the large piece broke off.
d. P. Wright is the first in Vermont to
take up overhead irrigation, which he
is trying at his farm in Westmin-
ster on two acres of onions. The water is
is in a ravine below, where a dam
has been built and a five horsepower
gasoline engine installed. The water is
forced into the pipes or the hill at the
rate of Al gallons per acre per minute.
equal in SIX hours to a rainfall of one.
half inch. The pipes are run across the
top Of ~seven-foot posts set at regular in
tervals and those on each acre have 200
n~ozzles, which have to be turned to diff.
ferent angles by hand. 1t requires six
positions of the nozzles to cover all the
ground. The water will be used mostly
during July when the onions are bot,
toming. Overhead irrigation is prac.
ticed a little in Massachusetts,, but Mr.,
Wright is the pioneer in Vermont. His
experiment is being watched by his
neighbors with keen interest. The cost
of installing the system is about $3.50.