The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-10

Henry d. Davenport, Civil war vet
eran chopped a cord of wood the other
day in three and half hours and then
topped off the day by working on the
farm till nighttime.
While milking few nights ago, T. T.
Dewey of Weybridge was kicked in the
stomach by a COW and then in the side,
the latter blow throwing him nnder an
other COW breaking one arm
Rutland is said to desire the 1921 Amer
lean Legion state convention 1t is felt I
there that with their new armory COM
pleted the city would be an ideal place
for the gathering. This years eonvention
was scheduled for Barre in August, but
the dates are said to conflict with the
National Guard training period.
Prof VIII S. Monroe, father of the
"Sky Line Trail" in Vermont, expects |
to put into the trail this season about
81 600, of which 5000 was appropriated
by the New York section of the Green
Mountain club, the other $500 being his
own money During the past two weeks
Professor Monroe has had a group of men
working on the trail from Middlebury
Gap to Mount Wilson.
A seaplane is expected to arrive inl
Burlington this week and it is the in
tention of the owners to make Burlington
their headquarters this summer The
management plans to take long trlps
The hydroplane seats two people besides
the pilot and the prices charged for trips
will average about dollar a minute Tor,
the time spent IN the air.
Harry A. Black has issued an edict that
all persons who are driving automobiles
when a pedestrian is run into by their
automobile will lose their operators IL
cense until such time as the driver of the
car has been exonerated from being the
, cause of the accident. He finds this IS
the only successful way in which to give
| persons walking along the streets the
lights they are entitled to.
! Arthur Willarr Of Morrisville received
quite bad injuries recently while trying
to prove to a group of admlrlng TRENDS
i that he could lift a l50-pound grindstone
/ He lifted it, but the weight became too
much and he lost his balance, landing
with erindstone on top of him. His face
| and head were considerably crushed and
| bruised and he was in hospital for
several days for treatment.
yincentv Korsek of Springfield was
showing Tony Hejna, his roommate how
/ n 80 Colt automatic operates when the
revolver unexpectedly went off and sent
| a bullet through Hejna's head, which 1t
entered at the right side OF the nose and
/ came out back of the right ear. Happily
| the bullet took a safe course, passing be
i low the brain, and Mr.. Hejna IS gaining
rapidly at the Springfield hospital.
A Dodge automobile owned and driven
bv Nvlo Moore, jr, and a team consisting
NJ n horse and a two seated surrey owned
and driven by George Sheldon of Sails
bury met in collision on what is known
fas the town farm bridge winch spans
i Middlebury river Friday afternoon. Inc
bridge is quite narrow and in trying to
mass the car struck the surrey demollsh-
Il ng it. The occupants of the surrey es-
capped injury.
! The seven-months' old son of Mr.. and
; Mrs. A. C. Eaton Of st. tAlbans, suffered
severe burns on one leg and one arm
Yesterday morning when he pulled dish
: of hot fat upon himself His mother
l was cooking on a gas stove and stepped
aside for a brief time. During her alb
sence the baby grabbed the handle O
the dish, pulling it over into the carriage
| where he was seated The flesh on one
leg was burned to the bone.
Vermont rural life conference is t
be held in Randolph Center July $3.50
conducted by the Vermont state schoo
q of agriculture. The purpose OF the con
Il AlaaS 11f
II profitable and attractive and satisfying II
i the rural districts of Vermont. Sunda!
Il school workers. teachers, grangers
II farmers and home-makers are especial!
II invited. 1t is open to the public and al
II who are interested will be welcome.
II James Roosevelt, father of Franklin u
II Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for tn
II vice-presidency. was for several year
II president of the Champlain Transports
II ton Co and was we'll known in Burling
H ton He was president from 1895 unit
II his death in 1901 He succeeded Golone
II lie G.. B. Cannon, as head of the company
i 1t was his custom to come to. Burlington
: several times during the summer ant
bring his son, Franklin, along with him.
The water commissioners of Bennington
have decided to offer a reward OF slU
: for information that will lead to the de
lection and apprehension of the persons
responsible for the damage recent,
created on the water department propert!
at Lake Hancock. Entrance into tn,
cabin and boat house at the lake was at
ected by the destruction of the padlocl
IN the building The lock was literal!
shot to pieces with bullets from 30 cal
bre rifle or revolver. After destroying
the lock the vandals entered and tool
away steel rowboat which can not nov
be found.
! The Ormsbee House, Inc. is the name
Of new philanthropic institution founded
Nv. the members of the Proctor family a
Proctor, Vermont. The organization Il
4 LII artorod fn,. the rlrr,nnse of CONDUCTING