Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-07-21
CALEDONIA COUNTY

Five Republicans are contestino for
the two Caledonia county Senatorial
places in Legislature at the coming
primaries in September: J. Rolf
Searles, Charles A. Shields and DIR. J
u. Bachand of st. Johnsbury. w. P.
Russell of Kirby and Frank TAYLOR
of Hardwick.
A limousine car driven by HI. E..
bennett OF Illinois and containing
Mrs. Bennett and daughter and Mrs.
montgomery was overturned near the
top OF Dale hill in Danville recently.
lnJuring three of the occupants SO
they were taken to the hospital for
treatment. In shifting gears thew
tailed to match and the car backed in
60 the ditch narrowly escaping going
over a high embankment.
While E. A. Woodland of st. Johns
bury, was driving from North Dan
vile to st. Johnsbury one night last
week, he was held up and shot at by
man, who jumped from concealment
beside the road. The horse ran. pro-
baby saving Mr.. Woodlands life, as
i've bullets penetrated the carriage
top. Woodland says he has no enc
mics, so far as he knows, and thinks
the holdup was for the purpose of get
ting money. He had only about $40
with him.
Miss Jessie Williams of Concord
and Orville Plat of st. Johnsbury
were married on Shadow lake in Con-
cord recently. The bridal party, in
Guiding the bride, her mother, broth
er and grandparents, were in one boat
and the minister, Rev. George S.
Smith of the Methodist church, was
rowed out to meet them by Henry
Pooler. The two boats were then
fastened together, the bride and
groom then stepped into the one con-
tanning the officiating clergyman and
the ceremony was performed.
Charles Wormwood, who was in
! jured at Roy's Mills in East Barnet
died at the Brightlook hospital in St.
| Johnsbury Friday night. He was
born in Groton in 1851 and lived there
throughout mis- boyhood. About 1865
he moved to East Barnet where he
was farmer until the last few years
of his life. Lately he had been en-
ployed in Roy's Mills in which the ia
tai injury occurred. He is survived
by his daughter, Mrs. Carl Collins
of St. Johnsbury.
Jack O'Brien, victim of denatured
alcohol escaped from Brightlook hos
pital, St.. Johnsbury, where it was at
first feared he would die as he had
drunk nearly pint of the poison dur
ing the day. O'Brien had been work
| ing for firm of contractors at Mcln-
does and bought his drink in ST.
Johnsbury drug store. He found a
companion is st. Johnsbury, who had
recently come there from Concord to
spend the day, and induced him to
take drink, telling him it was Cana
dian high wine. The Concord man
left town Immediately afterwards ap-
parently not having been poisoned as
O'Brien had been.
Harry A. Black, secretary of state
, has appointed Charles l.. Pierce OF
: Hardwick special Inspector in the
automobile department. -Mr. Plerct
/. was assigned to duty in West Burke
/, and during two days stopped I'll
: automobiles that were passing
; through that village. He discovered
various violations of the laws of tn
, state. chief of which were speeding
: license when asked to do so. He al
; SO found some cars that had not bee1
licensed. 1t is expected that Their
, will he some prosecutions, as well a
: some suspension of licenses. as tn
result of the investigation. One ma
was particularly offensive IN his con
= varsation to the inspector.