The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-15
VERMONT NEWS.

MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Buckley observed
the 63d anniversary of their marriage at
their home in Middlebury July g. Mr..
Buckley is in his Goth year and Mrs Buck.
ley is 50 years old
Bellows Falls has given up for the pres
ent, all hope for company i'll the new
national guard. An effort has been made to
interest the necessary 6J men but less than
40 have shown a willingness to enlist. 1t
IS expected that second campaign for a
local company viii be started this fall
Private Edward C. Wells, Burlington
who returned from overseas recently, visit.
cd his parents few hours and then mys
teriously disappeared, has been located at
Fort Dodge la. This was the post to
which he had been assigned after he re.
enlisted. His relatives have received no
further notice of why he left them 50
quickly.
The shavings and sawdust storage shed
at the j. r. Booth lumber mill at Burling
ton was the scene of q stubborn fire sun
day night 1t started shortly after Il
o clock, probably from an internal hot
air explosion and it was nearly / o'clock
Monday morning before the blaze was
out. The fire created dense smoke and
five firemen were overcome. Capt. 2. C.
Ashline is in serious condition All the
men, however, were revived The loss
was small.
At an infantile paralysis clinic held at
a Cat, rlo
tents were examined by DR.. Robert W
Lovett of Boston and recommendation fol
methods of treatment to be followed were
made DR. Lovett was assisted by DR..
j. j. Morton and Miss w. G.. Wright OF
Boston and DR. W. L. Aycock and Miss
Bertha +. Weisbrog of Burlington. Less
surgical treatment was recommended for
the patients there than at the clinic held
in Rutland or Burlington.
States Attorney Campbell Of st. Johns.
bury was able to recover two BICYCLES
stolen from Hardwick which were found
in the farm house of Mr.. Palmer Ollie
Palmer, the son, confessed to stealing
both of the bicycles and was brought to
trial before Judge Morse of Hardwick
He was fined S25 and costs which he
PAID and was sentenced to a term oil
imprisonment of not less than four
months. The prison sentence was suspend
ed and he has been placed on probation
Senator johnson held an informal re
ccption at the Hotel Vermont at Burling
ton Friday night following his speech
in that city. He answered some interest
ing questions and inspired the Republican
leaders with optimism by his report o
conditions political throughout the coun
try. He is certain that Wilson is all don,
in the South and while expressing ne
positive opinion on the outlook for 1921
he was unable to hide the elation tha
filled him owing to his great reception il
New England.
A scven-passenger Cadillac car, run b,
Mr.. Higbee of Proctor, went over tn
bank on the right hand side of the roa,
on Capitol Hill road Friday night. Tn
driver, who was the only one in the car
escaped uniniured The car broke tele
nhOne pole off in two places The car wa
| badly damned in the front only. Satur
b day night a car owned and run by Ralpl
| Prier of Castleton Corners, went over tn
| hank at the same place and was badl
damaged, blhaking a front wheel off
breaking the top and badly jamming tn
| body. The driver and one passenger es
capped without being injured. In bot
cases the rear ends skidded and wen
down the five-foot bank. This makes fou
cars which have gone over the bank a
this point this year.
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