Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-05-28
STATE NEWS

Charles Barclay, a Graniteville quarry
man, aged Sc years, was brought to the
Barry City Hospital suffering from
burns received Friday by an explosion
of powder at the Wetmore e Morse
quarry, most of the injury being con-
fined to his face and arms.
While riding with a demonstrators
near Malletts Bay, DR.. Henry Parizo of
Winooski was thrown into barbed-
wire fence and severely injured Be-
sides getting many scratches about the
body the doctor had his left hand badly
torn, 10 stitches being necessary to close
the wound.
Ebert Colburn, son of Edgar Colburn
of Montpelier has sued Game Warden
Charles Keith of Barre tor damages of
$50. The plaintiff was arrested last
fall while hunting with a companion.
Keith apprehende1 Colburn, a high
school student, on the charge of hunting
without a license, but Grand Juror
w. N. Therlaut refused to prosecute.
Charles McIntire of Granville, aged
II. was seriously injured recently by
being thrown from his buggy when a
colt he was driving became frightened
by an automobile owned and driven by
P. w. Green of Stockbridge. The acct
dent happened near Hancock village and
Mr.. Mcintyre was badly injured about
the head and one arm was broken just
below the shoulder
William Perkins, aged So lost the
sight of one eye and his face was
severely cut by flying rocks in an eX-
plosion of dynamite while at work on
new road over Hubbard hill in Water
ford Friday forenoon. A charge failed
to go off and he went to investigate the
cause when the explosion occurred. He
was blown about 20 feet. DR.. w. B.
Fitch ordered his removal to Brightlook
hospital. He will recover
Miss J. Frances Hamilton of Richford
has been notified she has been selected
as the Vermont girl to be sent to the
California exposition by the Boston
Herald and Traveller in their "prettiest
girl contest She will leave next
Sunday evening and will have her ex-
penses all paid The Vermont judges
were Governor c. w. Gates of Frank
lin, Mrs c. H. Smile and Rev Homer
A. Flint of Montpelier The Boston
newspapers offered free trips to five
New England girls who should be de-
clared the prettiest in their States.
Selectman w. E. Spellman of Brattle
boro was run over Saturday afternoon
by his own automobile in Putney. He
was severely bruised and his head was
cut, but he was able to run his machine
home and except for general lame
ness and soreness he expects to be all
right in week. Mr.. Spellman had been
doing some work in the paper mill and
forgot to throw off the clutch when he
left his car When he cranked it the
car jumped and run over him The car
continued in the road a short distance
and ran against tree which prevented
the machine from going down bank.
The car was somewhat damaged
A small deer or fawn passed through
residential portion of Montpelier
Friday afternoon entering the city by
way of Seminary hill, crossing to Lib
erty and Franklin street and disap-
pearing in the direction of North street.
1t did not appear in the least afraid.
The deer crossed into East street
about 4 O. clock from the hill, passed be-
tween the school house and the Winslow
house and thence to Liberty street 1t
meandered around lawns, tried once or
twice to 20 down Liberty street but
was frightened back by teams but it
persisted and finally made its way to
Franklin street and from there dis
appeared in the direction of the hill
beyond
Harold, l5-year-od son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Wright of Burlington,
died at the Mary Fletcher hospital Sun
day morning from injuries received in
an automobile accident in that city
Saturday evening shortly before seven
O'Clock. Young Wright was riding a
bicycle, when he collided with an auto
mobile driven by Douglass Hunter of
Burlington, aged II years, and which
also contained Max johnson and Matt
land Hunter The motorists were upon
him before they had chance to stop
the car, which knocked him down and
the two outer wheels passed over his
body. When taken into a nearby store
young Wright was able to stand, but it
soon became apparent that he was in
ternally injured, and after being taken
to the hospital he sank until his death,
which occurred at one o'clock Sunday
morning.