Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-06-13


ly burned with its contents. The origin
OF the fire is unknown
One Of the young sons of Elmer George
of East Calais, met with quite a serious
accident recently. In some way while
hunting he shot himself in the leg, the
bullet entering the leg just below the
knee and lodging just above the ankle.
Secretary of State Harry A. Black has
suspended the operators license held by
| Ernest Monette of Bellows Falls, because
| the youth is only Is years of age, and the
law does not permit the issuance of n Ii
cense to person under 10 years of age
Because of the shortage of water il
Greensboro all use of house hose this sum
mer has been forbidden. A new spring
has recently been purchased which vii
be added to the water system, but owing
to the high cost Of piping this will no
be done until next'spring.
John Spargo, the lecturer, who was in
iured in Wednesdays railroad wreck al
Royalton, is still confined to the sanatori
UNI in Bethel, and Mrs. Spargo has gone
| from Bennington to join him there. HI'
| injuries are not serious, but consist o.
bruises and strained back.
Joe Ruscoe of Florence, while crossing
the street at Rutland Saturday evening
was struck by an automobile owned by
DR.. w. L. Silcocks of Green Island, n
Y Dr. Silcocks took the man in his cal
to the Rutland hospital where it was
found he had suffered broken rib and
a few scratches about the face.
George Lackey suffered severe burns
on his right hand, arm and wrist Satur-
day night while working with the receiv-
ing gang at the creamery of H. p. Hood
& Sons at st. Adams. He was putting
sugar in vat of milk, and fellow work
man was stirring the milk with a paddle
when the hot milk splashed on Lackey's
arm.
A. L. Bragg, well known contractor
| and builder of st. Johnsbury, had close
call in his automobile Sunday afternoon
| in attempting to cross the Maine Contra
railroad about two miles east of thai
village in front of freight train. TIL,
engine struck the rear end of his car bu
Mr.. Bragg who was alone in the auto
mobile escaped without injury. He wa
considerably shaken up and came bacl
to St. Johnsbury in the freight train.
A large crop of wool has been clipped
in Middlebury from the sheep on tn
Morgan horse farm of the department o
agriculture. Seventeen yearling Southdowl
rams sheared on an average of eight ant
| three quarters pounds of wool each ant
% yearling ewes of the same breed sheare'
on an average of eight and half pound
each. This, specialists say, is good per
Torrance for this breed About 200 sheep
so of them pure breds, are maintained Oh
the Middlebury farm for experimental
purposes
Cleo May, the l5-months-old daughte
of Mr. and Mrs. John Bromley of Hines
burg, ate strychnine tablets tina
were intended for sick hors
Sunday afternoon and died fe,
hours later. The veterinary ha
left the tablets to be given the horse
Mrs. Bromley put two tablets in an apro
pocket, went to the barn to give them t
the horse, but being told the horse wa
better did not take them from her pocR
ct. Later, they were missing, and is
supposed the baby got hold of them i
some way.
The new law enacted by the legislator
relative to the second trial of a perso
charged with a capital crime was put int
effect in the case of the state agans
Anna Felch Dexter. The case was Gale
up in Orange county court and attorney
for the respondent moved for judgmen
on her plea of former acquittal whic
was made and filed following the passag
of the act by the present legislature Tn
motion was granted without objection o
the part of the state and it was ordere
that the respondent be discharged an
released which closes the case in whic
the respondent was charged with havin
murdered her husband, Joseph Felch,
April, 1915.
The annual meeting Of the executiy
committee of the state Y. NJ. c. A. wi
be he'd in Burlington June 20, when abol
80 delegates, representative of bushes
and professional life throughout the stat
e will convene. Plans will be made for wor
: that was interrupted by the war. Report
of the year will be received and man
plans made for the ensuing year. Amor
Y the important matters to be discussed
the resumption of the annual boys col
, ference which will take place in JanuaI
= of next year. More than 900 boys atten
: ed the last conference and it is planne
o to make the approaching meeting Il
y largest gathering of its kind ever held
4 Vermont. Plans for rural work will
e worked out and additional county y.
Il G. AS established. They are now