The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-21
VERMONT NEWS.

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Elmer C. Goodrich, a strawberry grow
er living on the road from Hardwick to
Greensboro, estimates his income so far
this season from that berry at $1,000
The water in streams in Enosburg Falls
has been so low that the first Of the week
farmers could not get enough power to
run their milking machines and had to
uesort to the old-fashioned system of milk
ing.
Miss Bessie May Otis, one Of Rutlands
ablest and oldest, in point of service, pub
lie school teachers, died Saturday at the
home of her sister, Mrs Tully d. Shaw of
Rutland
The Hall, Hartwell & Co underwear
factory in Rutland opened last week,
| employing % women and girls and ex-
poets to be employing 100 before Aug l.
The company manufactures mems athlet
ic underwear
! w. f. Leno of Montpelier, who is in
camp at Joe's pond, was severely burned
| Thursday night The man was attempting
| to light a gasoline IRON. The gasoline ex-
ploded and his right hand and arm were
! horribly burned He was brought to st.
Johnsbury to have the injury attended
! to.
Clinton George Paquin, an employe of
! the Barre street department died at the
| City hospital Saturday morning from in
iuries received Friday afternoon when he
was whirled about the machinery of the
stonc-crushng plant The man sustained
double fracture of the skull and never
regained consciousness.
Three members of the French mission
of the Ministry of Reconstruction of
| France spent day last week visiting the
quarries and mills of the Vermont Marble
company at West Rutland. Proctor and
! Florence. The members of the mission
are studying the subject of building ma
terals in this country.
| Frederic Edwards, teacher of history
and director of athletics in Montpelier
| high school from l9l2-l9l5 and principal
! IRON l9l5-19l9, has rendered his resigna-
| ton to superintendent Hutchinson and
the board of school commissioners to ac-
tept newly created position as director
| Of the Massachusetts tuberculosis league
Kenneth SpOoner and John s. Merrill
North Sheldon boys, who noticed a wash
out on the railroad June 49, by quick work
managed to warn an incoming train il
time to save 1t from serious consequences
! The railway company, realizing the i'm
portance of their act. has rewarded them
in a substantial manner.
n Reginald Burns met with a peculiar ac
j cldent while in bathing at Newport a few
J days ago A motor launch backed from
one Of the stalls, hitting him on the hant
I, and head, cutting gashes and bruisine
! one eye badly. Stunned by the blow. he
went under and was caught by the pro
! pelIor OF the boat, which inflicted lon:
cash on his back.
The Richford Packing Co. has recently
bought a tract of land and will erect
building thereon, to be used as a factor,
'or evaporating and packing apples. TIL,
building will be two stories high. on,
| hundred and forty feet long, and fort,
feet wide. Work will be begun at once
putting up the building so as to have i
ready for tbs falls crop of fruit.
| Edward Wood Of Castleton, a linema
/ for the Rutland Railway, Light & Powe
/ Accompany, suffered serious injuries Sunda
lmorning when he fell from the top Of
Il pole near Whipple Hollow about 80 fee
II to the trolley track, striking on a tie or
i rail. The bones broken include the lei
Il shoulder, several ribs on the left side an
II the left pelvis and there are numerou
/ bruises and contusions
II Work on the International Paper con
: panys pulp log pile on the North Wa
:, pole bank of the Connecticut river is DR.
I crossing rapidly and during the comm
I week will be extended by the addition
1 three conveyors at the neck of the boon
I Five conveyors operated by over 100 me
\ have been at work for the last two week
\ During the past week between 500 and 81
I cords Of logs a day have been hauled fro
! the river and a record was established c
Friday of GA cords
= The threeyear-old son of Mr.. and Mr.
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