The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-08

Sdlu 10 De the largest orchard IN the state,
was taken to Woodstock recently. The
apple measured u inches one way and
12h the other, and weighs just a pound.
Armistice day, Nov. II, will be cele-
brated in st. Johnsbury with a big par
ade, a sensational military demonstra-
ton" a fast football game, grand ball at
the Armory and a notable patriotic meet
ing at the Colonial theatre with speak
ers of national prominence.
Bellows Falls police have notified the
local authorities of Keene, n. H, to keep
a watch for a 17-year-old boy who is
missing from that town. No name is
given, the description stating that the
lad wore a blue suit with only one button
on the coat and a pair of laced shoes.
The farmhouse of Mrs. Anna Wal
bridge was destroyed by fire early Fri
day morning. The family was awakened
by hearing the cracking of flames and
on arising discovered that the house,
next to the wOodshed, was all afire. The
cause is unknown. They We're able to
save very little from the house and no
clothing except what they hurriedIy put
on, Mrs. Walbridge carried a small in
s~urance.
Sidney II. Katz. a chemist of the
United States bureau of mines at Pitts
burgh. Pa. is in Barre, and as soon as
possible viii begin a scientific study in an
endeavor TO determine how much dust
exists in the air in various sections of
Barre and how much exists in the stone
sheds. where the granite cutters are con-
tinuallv working. Really, it is another
part of the research work for the elimi-
nation of tuberculosis.
At the irst afternoon of the sale of
DR.. Pleasant Hunter collection at New
York, three Remington flint enamel lions
from the old Bennington pottery each
about 10 inches in length and Z inches
in height were sold for the highest price
of the afternoon to w. w. Nolan. For
two of these pieces without base, Mr..
Nolan paid S46O. He paid $40 for
the other which was in very good condi-
ton and stood on a base of flint enamel.
Harry Pruce, the 14-year-old boy from
New York city who was found in the au-
tomobile of Frank Soulia of Pittsford,
near Mill village early in the week, was
given over to the custody of his mother,
Saturday morning, who had come from
New York to get him. The boys mother
paid for the damage done to the car and
was extremely grateful to the officials
here for their care of her son. She said
that. had the same thing happened in
New York, the boy would not have gotten
off so well.
An explosion of chemicals in the lab
oratory of histology on the main floor
of the college of medicine building Uni
versity of Vermont, Burlington, shortly
before four o'clock Friday afternoon
started a lively fire which caused con-
siderable excitement for a few minutes.
In the process of putting out the blaze.
Alfonso Garcia, a senior medic, who
comes from San Juan, p. r., was over
come with gas thought to be carbon mon
oxide or the results of emptying Pyrene
~extinguishers to put out the blaze. Karl
G. MaAlahOn, a junior medic, of that
city, suffered somewhat from the gas but
was not overcome.
William Corliss, a farmer living about
a mile from Moretown village and four
miles from Waterbury. received injuries
Thursday which caused him to be taken
to the Fanny Allen hospital in Winooski
for treatment. Mr.. Corliss was chop
ping in the woods when a falling limb
pinned him to the ground, breaking his
right leg in two places below the knee,
the bone protruding through the flesh.
Although shouting continuously, no one
heard him. but his wife, calling him to
dinner and receiving no response, invest
igated and found his condition. He was
about three-quarters of q mile from the
house.
II. H. Simpson, employed as a clerk
in the j. S. Weeks general store at st.
.JohnSbury and a friend, Miss Lillian
Cutting of Laconia, n. H, had a mirac-
ulous escape from death when the buggy
in which they were driving was side
swiped by a Chevrolet automobile, owned
and operated by Fred c. Bullock of st.
Johnsbury. about 7.30 O'Clock Friday
evening. The accident occurred on Port
land street near the Maple Cabin. Miss
Cutting is suffering from an injured leg
a sprained arm. bruises on her head and
body and possible internal injuries while
Simpson escaped with a sprained hip
and minor bruises.
A fire in a barn located at the rear of
the American house at Richford early
Saturday morning, burned the building
to the ground. 1t was only by the hard
est kind of work that the firemen saved
the hotel from destruction. Nine horses
were burned and the loss on the building
is estimated at $4,000. Charles Cum
mings, the hotel proprietor, was awak-
ened about midnight by the stamping of
horses. Seeing the barn ablaze, he sum-
moned the fire department, but it was
impossible to save any of the livestock.
insurance on the building was very
small. The fire started in an Office in the
barn.
Two ShiaII boys, reward champagne,
aged ten, and John Fairwell of Burling
who is under six years of age, got
into trouble Friday morning when they
borrowed the horse and buggy of Pat
d. Mills of the Williston road from
front of the residence of Judge H.. b
Howe on Main street and drove to Shell
1urne. The young offenders were brought
nefore Judge Jed =. Ladd in City court.
The Champagne boy is an old offender,
having been in court a couple of times
before on the charge of stealing. He
sentenced to the Industrial school
It Vergennes for the remainder of his
The Fairwell boy was 50
roung that he was given another chance.
case was continued until December
pending his behavior.
Why Eye Shades Are Used.
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