The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-19
VERMONT NEWS.

Harold Dale, 81, who says that he is
a fugitive from prison camp at Med
field, Mass, gave himself up to the pO-
lice of Rutland Wednesday and it was
communicate with the Massachusetts in
stitution to see what disposition would
be made of the man.
lightning which came in the course of
a rain storm at North Holland last Mon
day morning struck the barn of Alexan-
der LafOe, setting fire to the structure
and doing considerable damage before
the blaze was eXtinguished. The flash
tore off one end of the barn and then
set fire to the hay. Help was near at
hand and the flames were stamped out.
Harry w. MentIy of Bethel by mis-
take, gave his three-year-old son, Rich
ard. teaspOonful of vapO-cresolene, a
ChFbOlic acid compound, Wednesday eve
ming. thinking that he was giving him
medicine. the bottles standing side by
side on Il shelf When n physician ar
rived the chiId's throat was paralyzed
and the air passage congested. An emetic
and antidote were administered. and it
is thought that the child Will suffer no
serious results.
\ red fox stopped a fast Rutland rail
road train in Dandy Tuesday and the
Reynard was captured. As the train
sped along the fireman saw the animal in
its path. The fox seemed unable to es-
cape and having visions of the SO pelt
and not wishing to run the fox down
the man induced the engineer to stop
1t was found that the fox was fast in
a trap, a hook on the clog of which
had become fastened under d tie. The
captive was brought to Rutland alive.
Because they threw eggs and hit
American Legion boys and despatched
the flag on Armistice dav at Barre, four
men have been fined SO and costs in
Barre CITY court. The men are Mike
Atuoni, Loren Allen. Elcid Beaulieu and
Edgar Bea"liPu. \ Jail sentence of 80
days on all but Allen was suspended.
The Young men claimed no disrespect
to the Legion or the flag. but asserted
they were aiming at group of boys as
the parade went by. One young boy
was hit in the eye and somewhat in
iUred. The men said they did not OBJ
Ject II the celebration Of Armistice day.
Inspector Herbert A. Rice mt Derby
Line has for some time suspected that
liquor was being carried around them
at the border and transported through
-. J0hnSbUry and so coming down on
the night train was rewarded at Brad
ford when two men, having the appear
an't OF ofdlnHry commuters. boarded
and proved n be carrying cases contain
ing the forbidden beverage The liquor
was seized and tho men brought to st
I@hnslury and the bearing was held
Thursday morning. They gave their
names as David Sherman and Calvin
Sails. both of New York They were
held ON $1,000 bonds each.
The wind and sIeet storm which Wis
tied Rutland and vicinity Tuesday night
and early "Wednesday morning was the
most severe in point of damage done to
traffic and to wires of any in several
years. Whole sections of trolley and tel
cphonc poles went down in some sec
tons SO heavily were they laden with
ice. The Rut'an Railway. Light {.
Power Go. was almost put out of bust
ness during the earlier hours of the
day by reason Of trees falling on wires
end other causes Manufacturing which
depended upon electric power suffered
immensely. The Rutland-Poultney troll
ley cars ran no further west than West
Rutland -four mile@l until late Wedues-
day afternoon. The New England Tee-
phone < Telegraph Go. had $50 Rutland
telephones out of order and 12O wires.
including % on toll lines. We're down.
The Notre Dame eleven has declined an