The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-04
VERMONT NEWS.

The canning kitchen at Hinesburg in
its three opening days has been a great
success. Three hundred and sixty jars of
vegetables have been canned. Peas, string
beans, Swiss chard, beet green's and beets !
have furnished the material. About rs |
different patrons from this and adjoining |
towns have contributed thus far, and the |
project looks now to be a great boon to |
the housewife and saving in living expens-
les
Miss Myrtle G.. Wallace of Cambridge |
Is the composer of many musical numbers,
l1nany of which have been played by ia
| nous bands and orchestras throughout
| the country, among them THE Yankee |
i division March, which was played at the |
parade of the 18th division in Boston For
her composition, The Empress of Ireland,
she received pass to England from the
! Canadian officials and Sousa has COM
mended her work.
John Bryant, an employe on the f. In
smith Go. quarry at Barre for the
| past six or seven years, died at his home
IN lower Graniteville Friday morning at
$50 from, injuries received at the quarry
| on Monday. Mr.. Bryant was unhitching
stone at a grout car when the chain
slipped and struck him in the head and
the back of the neck making him uncon-
scious. He was taken to his home and
failed rapidly from that time until his
death
Edmund p Hamilton of St Johnsbury
| has been made federal director of the
Vermont Z. S. employment service sue
ceeding R. w. Simonds who has resigned
MIR. Hamilton will make Montpelier his
headquarters. He expects a revival of the
| employment service i'll all parts of tt
state IN the near future. Owing to lack
of funds the various offices in the state
were closed recently Mr.. Hamilton
worked for IS years at the Fairbanks
Scale factory Ten months ago he left
to become travelling senior examiner for
the employment service.
The house and barn Of Edward Forest
situated about a mile north of New Ha-
ven junction were destroyed by fire at
| ll.45 O'Clock Saturday morning The loss
includes all of the furniture and clothing,
a pair of horses, scale calves and all the
| hay and farming tools The fire when
discovered was in the barn but it had
gained such Roadway that nothing could
be saved The property is a total loss
ana there was no insurance. Mr. Forest
was returning home from Burlington
with the body of his father, William For
est, who died at the Mary Fletcher hos
pltal, and as the train passed his home
he saw all of his buildings ablaze.
| Governor =. w Clement has issued II
parole pardons to persons from the house
OF correction, who are being employed
on the federal aid project in Sherburne
Governor Graham issued similar pardons
to the men who were used last wear on
the construction of roads and which
worked out very well so that the plan is
beng used again this season In addi-
ton to the employment of these men the
secretary of state has issued two chauf-
icur licenses to men IN order to operate
the motor trucks which it is expected
VIII be used in construction of the roads
1t Is expected that as the gangs increase
more parole pardons will be issued by
Governor Clement. OF. course, these ter
inmate with the completion of the Job.
A narrow escape from death under an
overturned automobile was the experi-
ence of Mr.. and Mrs James sBoland of
Danvllle when their automobile under the
unsteady hand of Mr. Boland, crossed
the Lyndonvile road near St .Johnsbury
and turned turtle at the side of the
street. Arthur Boand, a brother. was in
the car also but he was thrown clear OF
the machine
i 4 Massachusetts car came along soon
after the accident and after hard work
rescued Mr.. and Mrs Boland from under
meath the car The condition of Boland
and his brother caused the people in the
massachusetts, ear to report the matter
at once to Chief of Police Finley The
chief went to the scene and promptly
arrested the Boand brothers on the
charge of drunkenness Mrs Boland suf-
| fered seYernl, frnm a smashed thnn,h and