The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-13

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Burlington. 1t was voted to hold the
next convention at Bennington.
VERMONT NEWS.
George, the l6-months-oll daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Fred ROBIN of Island Pond
is dead as the result of peanut getting
lodged in her throat. An operation
failed to save her.
The six-months-old baby of Lynn Ho-
bart of South Cabot was severely burned
tea onto himself The child was in its
mothers lap at the dinner table.
Onorio Ruotolo, artist. has been in
Barre for six weeks completing a bust of
Dante. 1t is to be made into bronze and
presented to the New York Public IL
brary during the Dante celebration earlyI
in the coming year.
At Child's crossing in Brandon Thurs
day evening a passenger train and the |
automobile of Arthur Dawson collided |
There were SIX occupants in the car and |
10y jumping all escaped without injuries
except Mrs. Foster, who received bruises
on one shoulder.
James McClnchey, AIldlebury's street
commissioner, and John Kenworth were
HlatN III Niet&i Nitu thrown from the Tor
mers automobile when ii hit a big tour |
, ing car near William Counters on Chip-I
man hill. Mr. McClinchey was en- route
TO Alddlebury and something went wrong
with the steering gear. 1t hit the side
OF the touring ear, which was somewhat
/ damaged.
q H. A. Dunbar of Barre, narrowly es-I
capped a serious automobile accident Sun
| day aftoInooaJ,H Ascending a hill near Coli
chester Mr.. Dunbar came up to a truck
load of furniture just as he got directly
back of the truck a wheel of the truck
broke, letting the truck back on the Dun
4 bar car, which was showed to one side Of
the road and within a foot of the edge of
the bridge. A mudguard and a running
, board on the Dunbar car was smashed.
/ With Mr. Dunbar were his wife and
] daughter, Mrs. Sidney Weaver.
Customs Collector II. D. Marshall
seized a truck loaded with lduor near
Canaan late Friday evening. The truck.
I he said, was going about As miles an hour
/ aud he had to pass in order to stop it.
rs George Caswell Of Manchester. \. II.
/ The truck was a new one and it Is es-
timated that the outfit together with the
contraband will set Mr.. Caswell back
bout 5000, The liquor was brought to
st. Adams because it was the nearest
customs headquarters.
First Lieut. Robert W. Price has re-
/ ceived his discharge from the army at
Fort Ethan Allen, after 80 years in the
service, including the double time which
was allowed for foreign service. Lieuten-
ant Price was with the Third Cavalry
which came to Fort Ethan Allen in the
early days of the Post. He served with
General Pershing in the Philippines and
has been in most of the troubles in which
81, hoe -
past quarter Of a century, including the
punitive expedition into Mexico.
To have load of corn fodder afre for
| a distance of nearly two miles and not
notice it was the plight of Charles Gil
ley the other day in Barre. CHANGING
around he was astOnished to see flames
shooting high in the air, the load being
| ill ablaze. He quickly unhitched the
horses and attaching q chain to the wa
con, dumped it over, thus saving it from
! damage The contents were comnIetelv
| consumed. It il thought that when Mr.
! CiIley boarded the load from the rear be-
fore. starting, y spark from his pine
| smOuldered in the dry corn stalks and
gradually broke out into flames.
Benjamin WAY Marshall, for more than
80 years Superintendent Of Evergreen
/ cemetery in Rutland. died Sunday He
was a deacon in the Rutland Baptist
church for nearly 80 years and was at
the time of his death senior deacon. He
! had held nearly every office within the
gift of the church, but his principal work
was in connection with the North Clar-
endon mission. which he organized in
1870. 1t was through his efforts that the
) chapel was built, and during the entire
80 years he was Superintendent of the
mission. Mr. Marshall was a Mason and
! ut the time Of his death had the distnc-
ton of being the oldest past master in
the state. He was 81 years old.
H. T, Johnson of Montpelier. adiutant
General has returned from a trim visiting
1.-THE different aImories IN the state He
was accompanied by Colonel Shearer OF
the northeastern department whose head
charters are at Boston, and Col. T.. w.
Gibson inspector-nstructor for Vermont
They commenced at Brattleboro and
worked north through Rutlaad, Burlinq-
Etop. st Albums then to Newport and
lendinq with St Johnsbury 1t was Colo
| mel Shearer's first trim to Vermont and
he came with the purpose of seeing the
location of the different armories and
companies. hoy the officers keep their
continent and thea visited some Of the
places where there are prospects of more
,,annanias. He was nrsch pleased with
Vermont scenery and fro1uentlv re-
marked that he had travne7 the world
ova~. but had never con th~ beauty that
I, Ia saw last week To f1liaee was inst
T right. giving an excellent touch to the
usual beauty.
Two women's clubs conducted "a rod