The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-04

Dallis Ledue. Tor 10 years Todu cOIn-
missioner of Orwell and representa-
tive in the last legislature, died at his
home very suddenly, of heart trouble,
Sunday.
William Walker, one of the four
veterans OF the Civil war remaining
in Johnson, died May 81 at the age OF
"a. Because of wound received in
the war, he had been in poor health
many years.
A. C. Thompson for 20 years with the
New York Central railroad system,
has been appointed assistant general
passenger agent of the Rutland rail-
road, in place of John G. Hackett, who
is incapacitated because of ill health.
Francis Flanagan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Flanagan OF st. Adams,
narrowly escaped drowning Memorial
day when he fell off wharf into st.
Adams bay. George LOOMS pulled the
young man out as he was going down
for the second time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre,
daughter and son-in-law of ex-Presl-
dent Wilson, with four friends, Ill
from Cambridge, Mass, spent Satur-
dav. Sunday and Memorial day at Ma
plehurst lodge in Halifax and climbed
Haystack mountain in Wilmington.
From the registration already made,
it il seen that the attendance at the
state summer school for teachers at
the University of Vermont, which
opens in Burlington July 5, will be
the largest in its history. 1t is like
ly that the attendance will exceed 100.
It will cost 81 900 to repair the
statue of Gen. Lafayette on the Uni
versity of Vermont campus, which was
damaged when George L. Lavalley ran
into it with his automobile. His car
Jumped the curb Thursday about mid
night and continued for 100 feet up the
main walk Of the campus, then swerv-
ing into the statue, breaking it in sew
eral places.
Elizabeth Cameron of Brandon has
brought suit for damages of $4,000
against Pasquale Cappabianca OF the
same town, claiming that she received
permanent injuries because OF an au-
tomobile accident in which they were
involved. She alleges that Cappabian-
ca invited her to ride in his car, but
that because he drove negligently and
had neglected to see that all parts OF
the car were in running order, one
wheel came off, the car was overturned
and she was pinned under it.
DIR. James PEBBLES, physician and au-
thor, who has just celebrated his 99th
birthday anniversary at his home In
Los Angeles, Cal, was born in Whit
inpham March %, 1922. He has trav-
eled around the earth five times and
has written a book on How to Live
a Century and Grow Old Gracefully"
DR.. PEBBLES ascribes his long life to
abstinence from meat eating. He be-
gan his abstinence from it when 80
years old, He walks erect, his sight
is good and his hearing as good as
ever, while his appetite and digestion
are excellent
During a severe electrical storm in
Underhill Tuesday afternoon, the horse
of V. H. Boyd was struck by light
ming and instantly killed and both
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd were paralyzed
temporarily, as ethey were unharness-
ing the animal. They had just driven
into the yard and stopped under a tree
20 unharness the horse when a bolt
of lightning came down the tree and
struck the animal, also tearing Mrs.
Bovd's shoes entirely to pieces, burn
ing her considerably, and then passed
off into the ground. Although Mr..
Boyd is getting over the shock, his
wifes condition is still serious.
Miss Grace Burditt, the 2lyear-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A.
Burditt of West Rutland, who knocked
her mother to the floor by strikinG
her over the head with a chair and
then threatened to commit suicide by
throwing herself into an abandoned
quarry, was taken to the BrattlebOro
retreat after she had been pronounced
insane by physicians. Miss Burditt
was saved from suicide by Earle
Moves. who stole up behind her as she
was about to leap into the quarry,
which was full Of water. Over 100 PEG.
ple had collected, following her act at
home and her threat TO end her life.
Her mother is recovering.
Five Vermont and one New Hamp-
shire bow are confined in the Brattle-