The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-29

Sugar is coming into Burlington more
plentifully than for several months, all ,
the wholesalers receiving carload lots.
The three year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Philo Powers of Bloomington was
badly injured on Friday by horse kick
ing her, badly fracturing one hip.
Rev. w c. Carroll was ordained to the
Congregational ministry in East Charles
ton the first of the week by the Orleans
council of Congregational churches. Rev.
c. c. Merrill of Burlington preached the
ordination sermon.
Winooski was the scene of another
fire Friday evening, when the barn owned
by j. c. Flint, superintendent of the Wi
nooski water department was destroyed. |
This is the fourth fire recently, thought ,
to be of incendiary origin.
Chief Forester Hastings has discharged
the fire wardens which he has employed
during the summer in his department.
The recent rains, it is considered, will
take care of the prevention of fire so
that the expense of the wardens can be
eliminated.
John Brooks, working ~on the state
road in Coventry, got his automobile into
rut while on his way to work one day
recently, and in trying to get out of the
| car tipped over Mr. Brooks was caught
beneath the car and had two ribs and
his collar bone broken, his elbow put out
of joint and his head and hip bruised
| The car was practically demolished.
Both the Hotel Vermont and the Van
Ness House at Burlington will be kept
open this winter. After Nov. the Hotel
Vermont will be run on the European
plan exclusively and the Hotel Van
Ness will be kept open during the winter
for rooms only No meals will be served
in that hotel. The keeping of both hotels
open will help the housing problem ma
terially.
The city council of Burlington has
adopted resolution permitting the trac-
ton company to raise fares on all its
lines to seven cents with free transfers,
the same to be operative if indorsed by
the company 10 days after the mayor
signs the resolution The company has
already agreed to raise the mems wages
L
As cents an hour, according to length of
| service.
Elizabeth ). Hunt, a native of Derby
. well known throughout New England as
an active pioneer exponent of woman's
suffrage. died at her home in Manchester
n. H.. at the age of IS years She studied
I at Derby academy. at Morrisville acad-
/ envy. Vt. and at the well known school
| of bio Lewis at Lexington, Mass. In
| lS6G-67 she was associated with Elizabeth
l Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony il
| the woman's suffrage movement, travel
| ing and lecturing in Kansas while it was
| still pioneer state.
| Bernard James Daley, Is, son of Mr.
| and Mrs NJ. J. Daley of Burlington, a
| musician employed during the summer al
| Lake Placid, n Y, together with his
\ chum, Arthur Bulger of Malone, n Y.
: rescued Daniel Bailey and Lucille Pelouze
from drowning in the waters of Mirror
lake last week when their canoe over
turned about $50 yards from the shore
Miss PelouZe is a resident of New York
city and is reported to be worth severa
millions in her own name and Mr.. Bailey
! is a student at the University of Michi
gan and resides in Grand Rapids.
Elroy L. Barnard of Ludlow who wa
|. at Middlebury last year, was shot in tn
hip by his brother, Harold, at their Lud
low home last week while the two wer
fooling with revolvers. Each had a gul
= and they were experimenting to see VIII
:, could draw his weapon first in case o
i emergency. The revolver which Harol
Il had proved to be loaded, unknown t
Ii him, and was discharged The bulle