Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-06
STATE NEWS.


other evening when a shaft on a sleigh
occupied by young Verder Parkhurt. of
Castleton accidentally penetrated the
animals side.
Ransom Akley met with a very pain
full and peculiar accident in West Brattle
boro few days ago when he fell from a
load of logs and struck in such a way
that the toes on one foot were doubled
over backward. He had to call a physi-
clan to treat him.
Col. and Mrs. d. L. Morgan of Rut-
land who have been in Boston for the
past five months have gone to Atlantic
City, N. j., where they will pass short
time. They will also visit in Washing
ton, ID. c., before going south for the
remainder of the winter.
DIR. Charles W. Strobell, who has been
a practicing physician in Rutland for
some time, is making preparations to
leave for New York city, where he will
open an office at the corner of Madison
avenue and 3Sth street. Doctor Strobell
has been practicing medicine in Rutland
since 1890
Mrs Abbie Patterson Moran, SO years,
widow of Dennis j Moran of Brattleboro
committed suicide about one o'clock
trail street by hanging herself with a
short piece of clothes line extended from
the post of her bed. She had been in
poor health for nearly year and de-
spondent at one time, but her friends did
not anticipate such a rash act.
Mrs. Cora c. Bancroft, wife of Deputy
Sheriff a. p. Bancroft of Fairlee, shot a
Canadian lynx on the south side of Saw
70, OH tl,a,
home, on the extreme northwest corner
of their farm. 1t measured three feet
two inches from tip to tip and weighed
80 pounds. 1t is the only one of its
species known to have been killed in this
part of the state
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Cobb of Burlington
have cannon ball which was found six
feet. below the surface of the ground when
pipes were being laid in the yard. The
ball weighs six pounds and must be a
relic of the war of 1912.
A small deer was killed near the Fill.
more & Slade siding on the Bennington
branch railroad Friday morning. The
animal was frightened by the early
morning train and in attempting to go
over wire fence became entangled in
the strands and broke its neck.
Foster S. Whitaker, rs, an old soldier,
died in his home in Newfane at o'clock
Saturday morning. He served in Com.
pany l. 9Th Regiment, Vermont Volun.
teei. The funeral was held in the Con-
gregational church there at o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
Lewis M. Begor suffered painful acct
ednt recently while dressings hogs for
Hosea E. Langeway in Monkton. They
had four dressed and hung on the limb
of an apple tree, and as Mr.. Begor was
about to finish them the limb broke and
fell, striking the knife in such way
that it cut his left wrist serving the cord,
artery and cutting into the bone.
Frank Angelo, 81 years old, employed
in Brattleboro, was struck in the right
eye by a chain swinging from one of the
steam travelling cranes, and the lid of
the eye was cut through. The sight was
not injured.
AS Mrs. Harold Perkins, of Bethel, was
getting some light wood for fire about
noon the other day the woodpile fell up
on her and she was held an hour and a
half without the use of either hand, I'M
til her husband came from his work at
the bank She had carried her baby
downstairs and the child cried Justify
during part Of the mothers strange inn
prisonment.
Louis Aillo, 80, is at Memorial hospital
Brattleboro, with fractured skull and
numerous other injuries to his head that
make his condition critical. A rock fell
from the top of the Vernon street cut ard
struck him on the head knocking him
backwards and pinning him down. DR.
Harry p. Greene found it necessary to
take "a stitches in the back of his head,
nine on one cheek and 16 over the right
eye.
The new system of interstate express
rates on a scale of 16 per cent. lower
than those formerly prevailing became
effected Monday under orders issued by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
On the same basis of decrease of rates
the states of Maine, Vermont, Connecti-
cut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Vir-
gina, Kentucky. Ohio, New Jersey, Hi
nois and Louisiana put into force new
system of interstate express business
Charles l.. Browne, proprietor of
Brownies Rubber store of White River
Junction, had narrow escape from SER
ious injury while driving on Maple street
last week. The horse became frightened
at a New Hampshire automobile and es
Gaping from Mr.. Brownies driver, plung-
ed down the bank of White River upon
the ice, dragging the sleigh with him
Mr.. Browne and his driver decided to re-
main at the top and the robes and cush-
ions rolled out before reaching the water.
The total height of the bank above the
river is about 30 feet, but shelf half
way down broke the fall. The horse
was rescued without apparent harm.
The shafts We're broken and there were
other injuries to the sleigh.