Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-11-26


Lyman Crossman of Shrewsbury
pleading guilty in Rutland city court
to not returning a livery horse and
buggy was sentenced from one to two
years at the State prison at Windsor
He was caught at Springfield, Mass,
the horse and rig having been sold
and re-sold twice. The outfit was
finally discovered and returned to the
Commit livery in Rutland.
Several Cattle Burned
One person narrowly ESCAPED death
by suffocation, another was BADLY in
jured when kicked by horse, and sew
eral horses and COWS were burned to
death in fire that destroyed the barn
on the Mum brothers place at Lun-
enburg. Mrs. Arthur Billodeau, wife
of the manager of the farm, worked
frantically to save the animals but was
overcome by dense smoke and had to
be carried out to save her life.
Sustain Brigham Will
The will of the late Angie BRIGHAM
was sustained in Essex County Court
the other day. Mrs Brigham was IS
years old and left all her property to
Mrs Emma West of Concord. Mrs.
Brigham had left the home of Mabel
True of Concord, where she had been
for many years, because she imagined,
it was said. that the Trues had become
unfriendly to her. Witnesses testified
to the mental alertness of the aged
lady. Fifty witnesses were heard.
Town Helps Crippled Child
Little Alberta Eldred of Waterbury
whose feet were severed during the
summer by moving machine will be
educated by the charity of sympa-
thizers all over the state, In her home
town $1,000 was pledged in a canvass
last Friday In spite of her crippled
condition it is expected that she will
recover sufficiently to be self-support-
ing
Gave Baby Poison
Harry w. Mently, of Bethel by
mistake gave his three-Year-ol1 son,
Richard, a teaspoonful of vapoCreso-
lene, a Carbolic acid compound the
other evening thinking he was giving
the child medicine, the bottles standing
side by side. When a physician reach
ed the house the childs throat was par
alyzed and the air passages congested
An emetic and antidote were admins
tered, and it is thought the child will
suffer no i'll effects.
Page the Forty Thieves
Last week there were 10 night rob
berries in St Tohnsbury, mostly OF
stores in the busiest street in the vii
lage. The local and State authorities
have as vet no clue to the thieves.
Entrance in most places has been made
by breaking the glass in a window
and then unfastening the door or win
dow. The heaviest loser is Asheton
Bros store, where much clothing was
taken
Former Mayor Dies
Albert S. Drew, a former mayor of
Burlington died in that city Sunday
after a long illness For many years
he was known to the people of that
section of Vermont and New Yori;
state as a travelling salesman for a
shoe house He served one term of
two years as mayor and several terms
as alderman He was one of the origi
nal members of the Ethan Allen Hose
Co.. which was later the foundation OF
the Ethan Allen club. Mr. Drew was
born in St. Adams, November 26, 1913.
Cut Wood for Churches
George c. Cary, who has been cut
ting timber in East Barnet offered
to give the Congregational Churches
at Barnet and East Barnet a winters
supply of wood if the men in the par
ish would cut the wood The offer was
accepted, and the men had a chopping
bee in the woods and got their win
ter's supply for both churches. Dry
wood is selling in the village around
$50 a cord, the highest price ever
known, and is hard to get even at
that figure
School Supervisors to Meet
c. H. Dempsey, commissioner of edu-
cation. is arranging a conference OF
the supervisors of schools to take place
in Montpelier December s, 9 and TO-
The place has not been named, Jut
very likely it will be in the Represel-
tatlves' hall
There are &c supervisors who are ex-
pected to be present He is also ar
ranging for a conference to be held
in Burlington December 10, IL and Is,
at which the teachers of the tram ng
courses will attend. There are @6 OF
these teachers Speakers of prominence
will also attend these conferences.
First Sled Fatality
Harry A. Black Secretary Of State,
has received from Clinton o. Gibson
of West Windsor the report of the fatal
accident that occurred at Brownsville
when Oneta Hammond, small grl
was killed. having been run Yer by
the auto truck that Gibson was dr.v-
ing for H. D. Dunn. The report states
that the girl was sliding down a hill,
that Gibson did not see her, but felt
a wheel go over something and stopped
his automobile. He went back and
found the child dead. He carried her
her mother at the house The moth
er said that she had told the child not
to slide into the road An investigl-
ton of the accident will be made.
Tried TO Saw Their Bars