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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
WILMINGTON.
High School Graduating Exercises.

With decorations of green and white,
masses of maidenhair and daisies Me-
mortal hall was picture Thursday
evening when the graduating class of
the Wilmington High school received
their diplomas.
There were but six graduates, Miss
Hazel Johnson, the seventh member of
the class, being obliged to leave school
some weeks ago on account of i'll
health.
The program was opened by march
played by an orchestra consisting of
Mrs. Ethel Strawser, piano, Mrs How
ard Smith, violin, Mr.. Howard Smith,
cello, Miss Alice Courtemanche, man.
dolin, Mr.. Albert Buell., cornet. Dur
ing this march the graduates marched
to the stage, led by the marshal, Lyn-
don Colby, and followed by the other
members of the high school. The young
people took their places on the plat
form, where were seated the school
board, l.. w. Boyd, NJ. f. Barber and
d. o. Butterfield; the faculty, NJ. T.
Gorham, Miss Mary McCauley and
Philip Andrus, and Rev. J. w. Rafter,
Rev. F. NJ. Bissell and Rev. S. w.
Abraham.
Rev. Rafter gave the invocation
which was followed by song by the
school, Roses, Roses, Everywhere. Miss
Louise Bellows then gave the saluta-
tory, with an essay Opportunities Yer
mont Offers to Young People.
| Miss Harriette Alvord gave an essay
| Frances Willard and Her Work, and
Bernard Deane Mann an essay, vii
liam McKinley. After a selection by
the orchestra, A Perfect Day, the class
will was read by Miss Olive Milling
ton. It was very interesting especi
ally the gifts given to Lyndon Colby
as president of the junior class, Earle
Colby as president of the sophomore
class and Dexter Jones, president OF
the freshman class, in behalf of the
members of their classes. The elias.
prophecy was then given by Mis-,
Agnes Page. \ chorus rendered thu
song Voice Of the Woods. The val
edictory address and essay Values tina
Dollars do not Measure, by Emily Up
ton Bissell, was followed by the son.
by chorus Forget Me Not. The adj
dress of the evening, Children of Goo,
Fortune was given by Dr. Edwin D
} Collins, of Middlebury college,
/. w. Boyd presented the diploma
to Miss Bellows, Miss Page, Miss Mil
) lington, Miss Alvord, Miss Bissell an,
! | Mr.. Mann.
:, Rev. f. NJ. Bissell then pronounee
: the benediction andsthe commencement
: exercises of the class of 1915, Wi
. mington High school were finished.
At the clase of the graduation exel
cises reception by the alumni asst
citation, with dancing, for the graz
uating class and their friends, wa
. held Amang the many friends of til
class and members of the alumni frol
out of town who were present wer
! Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Bellows, Cliffor
and Mabel Stetson, Minerva Allel
Tracy Reed, Bertha Faulkner, L.
: ona Hager CT Jacksonville, Georg
Barre and Ethel Millington of Brattl,
boro, Maude Smith and Cara Bronso
! Shelburne Falls, Mass, Daphene Chas
! of Nottingham, Blanche Holland an
d / Morton Haynes of Dover and Mr.
Amy Smith of Walpole.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
MORTIFIED, MASS.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Diplomas Presented by Prof. E. L
Duley. Followed by Reception.

Mortified high school graduated one of
the best classes in its history Thursday
evening. The hall was crowded with the
friends of the graduates and citizens of
the town Lyn4an's orchestra rendered
several appropriate selections and the
high school students sang Morning Inyi-
tation and Bells of St. Mary. The pro-
gram as before announced was carried
out, the principal parts being taken as
follows: Naledietory, Semper Fidelis,
Emma Josephine Wright; salutatory,
Dawn Of New Era, Marion Irene Irish
class grafton, Woodrow Wilson-the Lead
er, Merrill Miles Moore; class essay, Single
Tax Theory, Carl Swanson; the other
graduates, all of whom had parts in the
exercises, were John Joseph Broderick,
AMY Allen, Gertrude Miriam Holton,
Hazel Maud Holton, Hazel Harriet Clapp,
Mildred Woollacott Coe, Bertha Muriel
Lyman. All the parts were exceptionally
well taken The Grafton by Mr. Moore
and class prophecy by Miss Coe were de
cidedly well done.
Prof F. L. Duley of the school board
made strong and concise speech as he
presented the diplomas to the graduates
w w. Coe pronounced the benediction.
Directly following these exercises a re
ception was given by the graduates, all il
the banquet hail which had been beauti
fully decorated with blue and white flow
ers and banners by the junior class. Mu
sic was furnished by the orchestra anC
ice cream and cake We're served.
Some of the graduates have decided OF
their future work Miss Amy Allen will
teach Miss Hazel Holton viii train fo
nurse in the Springfield hospital Mile
Moore will enter Amherst agriculture
college Miss Mildred Coe will atten,
| Mortified seminary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
board Of the Y. w. G. A. Of New

national board Of the u w. c. A. Of New
York city
The following are recent arrivals at the
Newfane Inn: w. H. Bullock and mother
of New York city. Miss Anna Van Fleet
and Miss Elizabeth Sullivan of New Ha-
ven, Conn.
Mrs. Maryann Fryer of Franklin,
Canada, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Wallace Persons. Mrs Persons also is
entertaining her brother, George Kinks
of Brooklyn.
The address delivered by Miss Es-
|telle Paddock in the Congregational
Church Sunday morning was both inter
esting and instructive. Miss Paddock
is woman of rare ability and wide
experience and as a foreign secretary
of the Y. w. c.. 4. has come in touch
with women of different nationalities
Her Book, Overtaking the Centuries
or Modern Women of Five Nations, is
one which must appeal to every Chris
tian woman who is interested in the
welfare of her sisters in this and other
lands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
PUTNEY.
DIPLOMAS GIVEN TO II.
Grammar School Graduation Attended
by Large Audience

by Large Audience.
The graduation exercises of the
grammar school took place Thursday
evening. There was large attendance.
There were II in the class. The stage
was decorated with the class flowers,
daisies and ferns, also other green and
white decorations. The class colors
also were conspicuous about the hall.
Miss Elizabeth G. Bralcy has been
the teacher this year and has brought
the school up to u high standard.
The program included songs and
recitations, prayer by r. f. Lands, the
class prophecy by Carroll Murch, re-
marks by Rev. r. b. Davis, presenta-
tion of diplomas by Supt. Bates E.
Slower.
Following is the class roll: Iva Bea-
triee Garland, Clifford marriott Harring-
ton, Wayne Henry Houghton, Maxine
Elizabeth Howard, Florence Clough
Martin, Carroll Raymond Murch, Mary
Elizabeth OtConnor, Hazel Annie Eliz-
azeth Townsend, Ada Viola Wheeler,
George David Wood, Mary Hester Wy
man.
The officers are: Pres, Carroll
Murch; vice pres, Clifford Harrington;
see, Hazel Townsend; treas, Wayne
Houghton. The class motto is Aim
High.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26

The spring term of court reopened
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs George Bush spent Sun
day in Montague, Mass.
Miss Agnes Kent, who has been i'll the
past week, is recovering.
/. Mrs. Eliza Wiswall, who has been
seriously i'll, is recovering.
Mrs w b. Hazelton visited her par
ents in Brattleboro last week.
Miss Mabel Hazelton is working for
Mrs. Myra Hobart of Townshend.
Mrs Howard Of Jamaica is visiting Mrs.
Lucy Hosley at the Spring farm, Brook
line.
Miss Amy Kent of Worcester, Mass,
has been visiting her brother, Raymond
Kent.
Mrs. Ed. Worden of Marlboro was a
guest recently of her daughter, Mrs. Eva
johnson
Miss Ruth Farnum accompanied her
parents to Greenfield, Mass, Monday
evening.
w. Hazelton recently sold his Buie k
automobile to Raymond Marsh of
Brookline.
Mrs. John Harris of Brattleboro has
been visiting her nephew, Samuel Wis
wall, the past week.
Miss Grace Magoen of Londonderry
and little niece are visiting her sister,
Mrs. Fred Smith.
| Mrs. Harrison Aldrich of South New
fame was guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w III.
Goodnow "Wednesday.
| Mrs. Isabel Low of Wardsboro is
spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. Wallace Persons.
Visiting relatives in New York three
weeks, returned home Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Goodnow of
Marlboro, N. H., have been guests of
their uncle, Rev. T. M. Wiswall.
Mrs. Lucy. Hosley, who had been
Visiting several weeks in South Lon
donderry, returned home Monday.
Mrs. John Whitaker is again serious
,ly i'll and has been taken to the home
fof her parents on Dummerston hill.
Mr.. and Mrs w. t. Bruce went on
la carriage drive over Putney mountain
Sunday, calling on their cousin, FranE
Burditt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lueius Convey, having
Ispent number of months in Hill, n
H., returned to Newfane recently and
flor the present viii live here.
Mrs. j. D. Pierce and grandchildren
lare spending the week in Brattleboro
Mr.. Pierce, who has been in the Me
Imoria1 hospital, is improving slowly. .
Miss Estelle Paddock and Miss Dora
Robinson went to Brattleboro Tuesday t.
visit the printing plant of Z. L. Hildreth
is CO., where the printing is done for the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
STATIONS RIVER.

A despatch from Maiden, Mass,
says: ''Frederick L. Woodlock, in
structor in manual training and me-
chanical drawing at Vermont acad-
envy, Saxtons River, is being eonsid-
cred with a number of other appli-
cants for a similar position at the
Maiden high school. Mr.. Woodlock
has been at Vermont academy for five
years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
JACKSONVILLE.

Mrs. G. P. Rawson is i'll.
Miss Ethel Stafford is working in
South Londonderry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Eddy of Wind
ham spent Sunday at w. L. Rawson s..
Zeron Cobb is home from his work
in Pawlet for a few days.
Mrs. Warren Williams of Pike s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
NEWFANE.
The Late Mrs. Charlotte Underwood.

The many friends of Mrs. Charlotte
II. Underwood, 70, were grieved to
hear of her sudden death, which oc-
Cured Sunday morning. Mrs. Under
wood had been an invalid several
years, but her death was unexpected, |
las she was feeling as well as usual |
when she retired Saturday evening.
Mrs. Underwood was born March 20,
l1840, i'll Westminster, daughter of |
Morgan and Lucy (Sanderson) Whit |
Eney, formerly of Putney, whose ances
tors were of old Colonial stock. |
Three brothers were in the battle of
Bunker Hill, the mother in hearing of
the battle. One of the brothers was
| in the war of 1912 and was taken pris-
oner by the British.
| She married George w. Underwood
in September, 1853, and in 1881 with
her husband moved to Newfane, where
Mr.. Underwood died in 1897. Mrs.
/ Underwood leaves seven children: Mrs.
E. c.. Benedict of New York city, A.
IS. Underwood of Fulton, n. Y, c. B.
Underwood of Austin, Pa, Mrs. w. E.
wheeler of Williamsville, James H.,
Miss Jennie i. and A. r. Underwood
Iof Newfane. She also leaves four
grandchildren: Mrs. William Sargent
lof Brattleboro, Richard and Ruth
wheeler of Williamsville and Mrs
Nellie Carter of Laquin, Pa, and one
Isister, Mrs. George Bishop of Spring
field, Mass.
Mrs. Underwood was interested in
lal good work, and the different
causes received such heartfelt sympa.
thy and practical support as she
Twas able to render. She was a
) member of the W. C. T. e. and
lduring her long residence in Newfane
in her quiet way rendered valuable SER
: vice in this society. Mrs. Underwood
! was a woman of pleasing personality
: Her genial manner and kind words
won the love of all with whom she
; came in contact. She was deeply at
) tached to her home and family and
5 devoted herself to them. She will be
Q greatly missed, not only in the home
circle, but by her many friends near
t and far. She possessed the grace of
hospitality and many former friends
, will recall with pleasure the happy
: hours spent with her in her home,
/ "Those friends of ours they are not
. Host; the several vessels of our fleet,
Though parted now and tempest tossed,
I shall safely in the Haven meet.
II The many beautiful floral tributes
4 testified to the esteem in which Mrs.
Underwood was held in the community
a land by her many friends.
+ The funeral services which was held
at the house Wednesday at II q. m,
twas conducted by Rev. C. w. Mock
;. and the burial took place in the fam
;, lily lot in Putney. Beside the imme-
/. diate members of the family those
: from out of town were Mr.. and Mrs
3 George R. Bishop of Springfield, Mrs
: /. R. Doane of Springfield (this state)
= Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Huntley of Brat
! itleboro, Mrs. W. W. Burnett of West
!, Dummerston and John Underwood OF
: lPutney.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26

The area of the province of Ontario,
407 ,262 square miles, is more than six
times that of all the New England states.
Vast tracts in the region known as New
Ontario have never been explored.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26

Gladys, the seven-year-old daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield James died yes
terday morning after a long illness with
organic heart trouble and complications
The funeral viii be held at the house
this afternoon and burial will take plac,
in the centre cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26

Bill Nye once inserted IN newspaper
a eow-for-sale" advertisement, from
which the following is an excerpt:
ssShe is one-fourth shorthorn and three
fourths hyena. l viii also throw in a
double barreled shotgun which goes
with her. In May she generally goes
away for a week o. two and returns
with tall red calf with wabbly legs.
Her name is Rose. l would rather sell
her to a nonresident
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
Plants For ale

Falls is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Pearl Rawson.
Mrs. Gertrude Bristol of Groton is
visiting at c. P. Rawson' s.
VIII Kingsbury and Addie Green
were at A. A. Kingsbury' IS recently
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
GuILFoRD.

Rev. Nelson Kellogg viii oficiate at
services in Christ s church Sunday af-
ternoon at $50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26

FOR SALE-NVill sell cheap grocery
and meat market, ideal location in the city
of Springfield Good trade with splendid
opportunities for increasing it. Buyer need
have but little knowledge Of meat. Reason
for selling partner who took active inter
est in the business has died. Come at once
and investigate The Worthy Market Co.,
Springfield, Mass Tel 1927. 1O0-101
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26

The Million Population club recently
gave to the city of st. Louis, Mo-, the larg-
est American flag extant 1t measures
$50 by 7S feet and weighs 400 pounds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26
USE SOME OF YOUR

capital to secure an assured income by
purchase of an annuity. No finer ser
vice for old age than that given by
an adequate income. Write for rates.
National Life ms. Co, of VT (Mutu-
all - EARLE S. KINSLEY, General
Agent, Rutland, VT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-26

FOR SALE-L. J. Whitney house, Il
Chestnut st; two Broom tenements, good
barn, slated; one share spring water, also
city water; gas for ranges; lot, 4 X 10
rods; fruit trees, grapes, etc. Good home
or investment. Quick sale; $3.50 buys 1t.
VIM. G. Horizons Agency, III Main St.
91-2-4-6-2t
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
cents line first Insertion IL line each subsequent
Advance Minimum Charge, 20
Wanted

VIII pay fare one way. Pavilion Hotel,
Montpelier, VT. 99-1O1
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

Myron Grover of Hit spent the
weekend visiting friends in the city.
sDook dance. Saturday night. Nat
atorium. so cents. 1t
Rev. Paul s. Bandy of Jacksonville
was visitor in the city several days
last week.
Mrs G. F. Nutting and Mrs. Don
Calvert Of Grants Pass visited friends
in the city Thursday.
Depot Hotel will pay IS cents a
pound, live weight, for large fat hens
H. H. Tower and Chesley G. Tower
of Worden Ore, were visitors in the
city last Saturday.
Mrs. Fred Owens was a guest at
the home of Mrs. Guy Harper in
Jacksonville last week.
Mrs. D. R. Mills has returned from
a months visit at the exposition and
with Victor Mills at Berkeley.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Snyder, who
were married in Grants Pass Thurs
day, returned to Ashland Friday.
Silver shirts at 81 and $1.25. New
and attractive patterns, soft cuffs or
stiff cuffs. Mitchell & Whittle.
Cort Hall was up from Medford
Friday. Mr.. Hall is the owner of the
Hall Taxi Cab service in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Root have re-
turned from a months sojourn with
relatives in the Willamette valley.
The Moore patent sleeve shirt at
soc is the very best yet for the mon
ey. All colors and sizes at Mitchell
G. Whittle's.
Misses Mildred and Hilda Sargent
left Sunday for Pawnee, Okla, where
they will visit their grandparents.
Gratz Barnhill returned last week
to Ashland after an absence of two
years spent mostly at Oakland, Cal.
Rev. c. E. Glazier and Rev. ]. F.
Oliver OF Grants Pass came up Friday
and remained over Sunday in the
city.
Mackinaws at s., $3.50, So and
$40. Mitchell G. Whittle.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

Walter Brown spent Sunday even
ing in Ashland (as usuaD.
Halloween spook dance at Nata-
torium Saturday night. 1t
G. ~ Kramer, wife and son Foss
returned Sunday from a visit at the
San Francisco exposition.
Mrs. Riley D. Henson represented
the Medford NJ. E. Sunday school at
the convention here last week.
Cattlemen of the valley are round
ing up their stock preparatory to a
fourth shipment of trainload.
A rumor that Mount Hood was in
eruption provided material for front
page stories in several Oregon papers
last week.
H. S. Stine was among the Med
ford church workers who attended
the Sunday school convention in this
city last week.
George Larder, a Southern Pacific
employe, leaves this evening for east
ern Oregon and Washington points,
on vacation.
George Mathes brought in three
nice bucks Sunday The recent rain
has brought gladness to the hearts
of the deer hunters.
The petit jury of the circuit court
was called at 10 o'clock this morn
ing at Medford. There are only four
cases on the docket.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simpson and
Miss Ethel Simpson of Hebron, Ind,
are visiting their uncle, J. X. Mccain,
on Morton street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Badger left
Sunday for San Francisco and the
exposition. Mr.. Badger intends to
locate in the vicinity of the Califor-
mia metropolis.
John Connor of Oakland and Mr..
Arlington of the same city left Fri
day afternoon in the formers auto
mobile for their California home. Mr..
Connor was proprietor of the Hotel
Oregon a number of years ago.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

Mrs. Dale Guiley of Sunnyside,
Wash, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hooper, in Ash
land.
Jack Peebler and family, who un-
til recently resided on a ranch on
Green Springs mountain, have moved
to Central Point.
Mrs. Gene Kidder, who has been
visiting Mrs. Ballinger at her home
on Allison street, left Saturday for
Newcastle, Cal.
Harry Van Dyke left Sunday for
Hit, Cal, where he has accepted the
position OF agent for the Southern
Pacific Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Butler left Sum
day on a two weeks trip through
California, during which they will
visit the exposition.
Misses Gertrude and Helene Biede
have returned from a two weeks
stay at the San Francisco exposition,
and report a delightful time.
o. Winter has been appointed
trustee of the Biegel hardware stock.
Mr.. Biegel recently filed bankruptcy.
Mr.. Winter is overseeing an invoice
of the stock.
Mrs. L. B. Applegate of Klamath
county is visiting her sisters, Mrs.
Dan Walker and Mrs. Henry Apple
gate, and other relatives residing in
Ashland and vicinity.
A gang of itinerant Holy Rollers
held forth in front of Curtis restau-
rant at the depot Sunday afternoon,
to the edification of a good sized
crowd which gathered.
Horace Reno, one of Ashland's
most promising young musicians and
for several months past member of
the Lyric orchestra, left Friday for
San Francisco, where he will con-
tinue the study OF the cello under one
of the best teachers in the United
States. He expects to be gone for
several weeks
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25

Miss Laura Fouts OF Medford was
among the out of town Sunday school
workers who attended the convention
last week.
Miss Myrtle Ainsworth, until re-
Gently a resident of Ashland, is now
visiting in klamath Falls and may
decide to remain in that city. Miss
Ainsworth is a trained nurse.
Shirley Keene, dancing. Memorial
hall. Phone 702-R. 43-tf
Miss Meta Heming and Miss Anna
Sundolf of Chicago are visiting at the
home of the formers uncle, H. F.
Pohland, in Ashland. They came
west by the Canadian Pacific railway
and after a visit in Ashland will go
to the San Francisco exposition and
home by the southern route.
The entrance to the New Lithia
park has been greatly improved by
the erection Of decent looking fence
around the property to the right of
the entrance of the drive The fence
posts are painted green and the sur
roundings of the entrance are much
improved in looks as a result.
Gray squirrel hunters are having
much better success than the quail
hunters of late. The squirrels, which
have been protected for number of
years, are numerous in several sec
tions near Ashland. A shotgun
makes short work of killing a squir-
rel, however, and no doubt the silver
grays will be as scarce as ever by the
end of the season.
Among the members of the Med
ford w. c. T. U. who met the White
Ribbon special in Ashland last week
were Mrs. T. A. Howell, Mrs. ]. C.
Wood, Mrs. l.. b. Goldove, Mrs. Riley
d. Henson, Mrs. w. ]. Scott, Mrs.
Fisher, Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. r. L.
Hague of Eagle Point, Rev. and Mrs.
Simmons, Mrs. Florey, Mrs. Painter
and mother of Rogue River, Mrs. NJ.
l.. Lozier.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-25
LOCAL And PERSONAL

n. Harrison OF this city is visiting
friends in Yreka.
d. Perozzi was a business visitor
TO Klamath Falls Friday.
Charles Haight is visiting relatives
in the Little Shasta Valley.
]. n. Derricks has gone to Weed,
Cal, for an indefinite stay.
Fred w. Mears of Medford was a
business visitor in the city Friday.
There are eleven cases of diphthe-
ria in Roseburg, all in a mild form.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-30
South Vernon Man Received
Shock of $500 Volts
in Windsor
LEAVES WIFE AND
FOUR CHILDREN
Fred Gassett Was Removing Trans
former for Windsor Electric Light
Co.-Suspended in Air 10 Minutes
Formerly of Greenfield
WINDSOR. Anil 30


Fred Gassett of South Vernon. an en-
ploye Of the Windsor Electric Light Com
pany, was eIectrocuted here this morn
ing by coming in contact with a live
Wire, The accident happened about $50
o'clock while Mr.. Gassett was engaged in
removing a transformer near the plant of
the Windsor Machine Company in the VII
lage
1t is not known Just how the accident
happened, but it IS supposed that Mr..
Gassett grasped the wire to save himself
from falling. About 100 volts Of cleo
tricity went through his body and his legs
became entangled IN the wires, causing Sc
yere burns. The current was shut off, but
Mr. Gassett's body was on the wires about
10 minutes before two other workmen
could remove it.
Mr., Gassett was 80 years old and was
born in Springfield, this state. His father
IS Walter Gassett of this place His wife
and four children live in South Vernon.
Mrs. Gassett was notified and came here
at once