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

The Vermont sheriff's association will
have their sixth annual meeting and out
ing at Burlington August IL and IA.
During the Rutland fair it has been de-
cded to have childrens day. The pros
gram will include parade in costume and
many athletic events.
For lack Of funds, repairs on a piece oil
road a quarter of mile long In Salisbury
has been discontinued for this year. This
makes the second year on this small length
of road and the work is still unfinished.
Frank Newman, age IL years, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Newman of Wind
sor, VT, suffered a compound fracture of
the leg Monday caused by the explosion of
a small cannon which he was discharging.
A young son of Mr. and Mrs George
Guyette, of Hyde Park, chewed coal tar
the other day, with the result that he
was poisoned. But with the use of a
stomach pump, the doctors saved the boy s
life.
The Baker seed house business in Rut-
land has been sold by Sidney A. Baker to
his brother, George H. Baker. The seed
house is one of the most modern of its
kind in Vermont and has been in opera
ton 81 years. The farm comprises II
acres.
]. H. Orvis. rs years old, one of the
oldest travelling men IN Vermont, died
| Saturday morning at his home in Bris-
| toll from hardening of the arteries. Mr..
Orvis represented the Hunt, Howe &
Ferris company of Illinois.
A Ford coupe taxi driven by Augustus
| Lawrence of Bennington was hit by a
westbound train over the Chatham divi-
sion of the Rutland raildoad at the Old
| Bennington crossing early this afternoon.
| Neither the driver or his woman passenger
was injured but the coupe was consider
| bly, wrecked.
Fighty-six years old and working hard
| daily is the record Of Charles S. Cook of
| Rutland He thinks nothing Of doing a
! hard days work every day at the Rutland
| Manufacturing Co.'S plant, where he works
| at Grating counters. He looks to be about
| so. He served three years in the Civil
war, and was wounded
| Both Henry Rock of Washington and
/ Peter Jondro Of Barre pleaded guilty to
charge of operating an auto while intox-
| icated, when brought into Barre city court
| yesterday morning. These young men
| were arrested Saturday evening after the
ear which they were driving dashed over
2O0-foot embankment and halted in a
small swamp against tree. Neither oe.
| eupant was seriously hurt.
Il
f, A. Isham of Burlington and II. A
| Booth, of Yergennes, state game wardens
have returned from a trip through the
trout streams of Belvidere and Montgom
cry where they arrested five offenders for
catching undersized trout. In every case
a conviction was scured and fines paid
The fish and game wardens are keeping
strict lookout for violators of the fish
ing laws this season.
Lightning some times strikes more than
once in the same place. The barns OF
James Achilles, of Barnet, were first
struck last week and then the house. 1t
truck the barn at milking time and the
electricity followed the milking machine,
and in its trip through the two barns
/ killed eight cows and bull, killing alter
nate twos as Il went Then the house was
| struck and the cat killed. Neither bolt
set fire to the buildings, nor were any of
l he persons in the building injured.
| John O'Grady of Roxbury, a member of
| the house of representatives 1912 and 1913,
| committed suicide Monday morning while
working on the highway about four miles
i from the village. He used his jackknife
| and succeeded in cutting his throat and
| making two stabs IN his heart He has
been acting peculiarly since the death of
| his daughter year ago. A physician was
| called Immediately. but Mr.. O'Grady died
| from the effects of his wounds. He is sur
vived by his wife and a son.
| That Fred N Bradley, who left Barre,
| in December, 1918 for the West, lost his
l life in Portland, Ore, seems certain from
| discoveries made when nature lovers wan
| dering the deepwoods Of one of the city's
parks found two fruit jars crammed with
| all his personal papers, two watches, nose
| glasses, will, correspondence etc. His body
| has not been found He left $1,000 to
| his housekeeper, Miss Belle johnson of
| He was last heard from by Barre friends
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