Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-08-17
NEWS m BRIEF

Governor Graham has received from
many prisoners throughout the state
requests that they may be permitted to
enlist in the army or navy, and he Is I'M
yestigating the adyisability Of allowing
some Of them to do so,
The ll-yesr-oId son Of George Griggs
of North Troy lost his left foot in a
moving machine last week, He was
asked to prod the team which jumped,
and the cutter bar caught him before
he could escape,
Leslie Flint Of Newport is in danger
of losing the sight of one eye ms result
Of injuries which resulted when he was
hit in the face by stream Of water
from a hose, He Is in a ST., Johnsbury
hospital for treatment
The Green Mountain house in West
Wardsboro narrowly escaped burning
Sunday evening when hanging lamp
in one Of the bathrooms fared up and
set fire to the woodwork Miss Ethel
Eddy who conducts the house, had her
hands badly burned,
The two-yeQr old son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
Everett Hood of Montpelier was killed
Saturday evening by a Central Vermont
passenger train between Montpelier and
Barre. The child had wandered onto
the track a few rods from the house and
was not seen by the engineer because
of a curve in the track. The front part
Of the left foot was cut of and the body
bruised in general.
The barns and house owned by eX.
Judge Frank h, Barber of Brattlehoro
burned Tuesday with most of their con-
tents, A valuable bull, pure bred
Holsten, hefer calf and horses were
rescued, Only small part of the
household effects was saved. The fire
started in the hay barn, supposedly
from spontaneous combustion. The
loss is between SIS, 600 and $50, 600, par.
italy covered by insurance,
The auditing department Of the New
England TeleJhone company in Mont
pelier has been moved to Rutland, This
Office is.the last to be transferred, all
the others having been changed before,
Franklin, January /, and the Pasumpsic
and Champain Valley, June ]. Rut-
land is the central office for the entire
State, The monthly bills will be sent
out from Rutland and payments made
at the local Office,
The grist mill owned by c. II. Steams
& Son in Johnson burned late Friday
night together with quantity of grain
and feed. The creamery connected
caught fire but was saved Aid was
summoned by telephone from Hyde
Park. The loss is largely covered by
insurance, The fire broke out in the
upper story next to the chimney. This
fire removed one of the ancient land
marks Of the village.
Gov. Graham, who has been receiv-
ing requests from persons serving time
in different penal institutions, asking
for parole that they may enlist in the
army or navy is asking such persons to
furnish their registration card as evil
dence that they were ready to serve
their country when the registration took
place. In case that they do not have
such cards that information will prob
ably be turned over to the federal au.
thorities and the men will be given an
opportunity to enlist if the government
wants them.
Charles Critchlow, rs, of Burlington
shot and killed himself Saturday. The
act was committed in bed room at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. o. +. Bar
Der, where the aged man resided. The
man used a shotgun of small bore and
the charge entered his mouth, some of
the shot coming out at the back Of his
head. Critchow was hunter of con-
siderable reputation and the fact that
this was the first year he had been
unable to take his yearly trips into the
woods in search of game is believed to
have affected his mind which was al
ready weakened by severe attack Of
grip.
The cavalrymen at Fort Ethan Allen
are growing fat on some material which
they have just discovered That is,
that the infantrymen are obliged to be
at camp at 10 O'Clock every night eX-
cepting Saturday night, unless they
have pass. The cavalrymen, on the
other hand, answer retreat and they
may get in any time before reveille in
the morning. 1t is now with great de-
light that lit,e cavalrymen stand by and
advise the big infantry men as to the
exact time during the evening and then
tell them to go home and to bed.
There is a doubt of the recovery of
Ernest C. Baker, a West Glover farm
err, who was attacked by bull a few
days ago. The animal was driven off
by the mans son and his dog but not
not until Mr.. Baker had been thrown
high in the air landing on his shoulders
in such way that his spine is injured
and the entire lower part of his body is
paralyzed. He. is at Brightlook hospi-
tai in st. Johnsbury and his recovery
is not expected.
Albert j. Massey, living at Hardwick
Center, was taken in custody recently
by United States secret service man
and taken to st. Johnsbury, where he
was registered in the selective draft.
He failed to register June 5, having left
Greensboro, his home, few days before
that date and since that time having
been staying at various places in the
state He asserted that he had been in
the woods and did not know of the regis
tration proceedings.
Fred Gokey, a l4-year-od Newport
boy, has war garden which not only is
doing finely but which took considerable
work before it was planted at all. The
land sloped toward the lake and was too
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