Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-01-14
State Items

Two S5O0 gifts Tor the Hoover Relief
Fund have been made in Rutland
Out of $50 cows tested under State
and federal supervision at Barre, only
IA were condemned.
Mrs. Mitchell Menard of Montpelier
fell while hanging out some clothes,
breaking one wrist and being badly
bruised
Coaster Breaks Teachers Leg
Miss Flora !. Coutts Barre teach
err. suffered the fracture of one leg
when hit by traverse Friday evening
while climbing Beckley hill.
Fines Pool Room Proprietor
Joseph Colodonto, 26, proprietor of a
pool room at Rutland, was fined $40
and costs and given advice" by Judge
Goddard for running punch boards.
The maximum fine for the oifense may
be $500.
Cheer 41O People
The Community House at Barre
brought holiday cheer of one sort or
another to 4l0 people in need through
illness, misfortune, or present working
conditions.
Trolley Hits Aged Man
Daniel Potter one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Bennington, suffered a com.
pound fracture of one leg and a num-
Der of scalp wounds, when hit by a
trolley car Friday. That he was not
instantly killed is considered remark
able.
Caught With Booze
Mike Olhefski recently returned to
Springfield from Boston with some
booze and while going to his home by
a back route unfortunately encounter
ed an officer The result was a fine
of 500.
Set Orleans Fair Dates
The Orleans county fair dates for
1901 are September g. and 8. F. s.
Whitcher has been elected president;
A. P. Bean, first vice president; F. J.
Parlin, second vice president; and H.
r. Barron, secretary and treasurer.
Awakes to Find Home Ablaze
The home of Newell Burnham on the
shore of Crystal Lake, Barton, was
destroyed by fire, the owner awaking
in time barely to escape with his life.
AS it was, he suffered burns on his
head. Nothing in the house was saved.
Foils Burglar
Plans of a firststory burglar evil
IDENTIFY operating alone went astray at
the home Of H. w. Congdon in Rut-
land when the owner returned home
Unexpectedly, the intruder making his
exit by the rear door as Mr. Congdon
came in the front.
Barre Store Robbed
Fifteen cents and a strip of bacon
were apparently the only rewards a
thief got who broke into the HoughtOn
& Robin meat and grocery store in
Barre AS in the manv other breaks in
Barre in the past year or more the in
truder left no clue.
Rolling Stone Injuries Three
An overhanging stone weighing two
tons became dislodged at the Wetmore
& Morse Granite company's quarry at
Barre Friday and rolled among a group
of quarrymen. Three men were in-
iured, one so badly that his right
foot and part of the leg had to be am
putated.
Rob St. Monica's Shrine
The shrine of the Blessed Virgin in
St Monicas Church at Barre was
robbed recently, of just how much is
not known, bu. probably about SIS.
Someone familiar with the church must
have committed the theft, for few
other people would have known of the
shrine's purpose.
Youngster a Shoplifter
Domenic Jennings, a Rutland young
ster, pleaded guilty in juvenile court to
stealing articles from the store Of
George A. Bucklin. He was given
another chance to be good, but if he
does not behave he will 90 to the In
dustrial School for the remainder of
his minority
Vermont Woman Shoots Lion
Word has been received by her St
Tohnsbury relatives that Mrs Lucy
Webber Mcmillan has just shot her
second lion near her home in Narobi
British East Africa She was a for
mer student at St. Tohnsbury Acad-
envy and the donor of the Charlotte
Fairbanks Cottage, the girls dormi-
tory at that institution.
Mother of Eight Convicted
Mrs Florence LaMott, mother OF
eight children. was convicted of grand
larceny in Orange county court but
her sentence of six months to two years
at the State prison was suspended. The
father was given a similar sentence for
another offense. but the court exer-
cised clemency for the benefit of the
children. the Youngest being four weeks
old.
Trees Formed Cross
Walter H Preston of Bethel has
cut two young beech trees which had
grown together a few feet from the
ground so as to form a perfect rectan-
gular cross as firmly put together as ii
securely glued OF bolted Apparently