The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-03
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings n Interest from
Different Sectiena

Ed Follansbee Of Lincoln found six
live grasshoppers Sunday, March 70. !
Charles Fl. Williamson, 10, Civil
war veteran and lifelong resident cf
Middlebury, died March rs at his home.
DR.. William Ford, who has accepted
there yesterday. He came from Al
shurch in Burlington, began his duties
there yesterday He come from Al
bion, N. Y.
Leslie Davis of Bennington broke
one leg and badly strained the cords
in one hip one day recently when his
motorcycle skidded on the slippery
pavement and threw him.
The large barn on Giles Places farm
in Hinesburg was completely destroyed
by fire Wednesday, together with the
contents, hay, grain, farming tools, 100
hens, Is cows and one horse. Fire
started from a gasoline engine.
Reynolds Fenwick, less than Is
wears old, was arrested last week,
charged with taking sum of money
from cash drawer at the Bennington
graded school. He was convicted and
taken to the industrial school for the
remainder of his minority.
Winooski has called special city
meeting for April IL to see whether
the voters will authorize the purchase
Of the Congregational church proper
", to be remodeled into a city hall.
The sum of $4,000 would be needed
for the purchase and repairs.
Two prominent Addison county men
have announced their candidacy for the
Senate. They are w. H. Dyer of Sails
bury and c. S. James of Weybridge.
The former represented Salisbury in
1919, and was reelected in 1921. Mr.. |
James represented Weybridge in the
legislature of 1908.
Fraklin s. Brown, South Ver-
non man, cut his left foot badly on
Thursday while in the woods peeling |
ties. His axe caught on branch of |
tree, which caused it to defect from |
its course and it went completely |
through his foot, severing the muscles,
blood vessels and one of the bones. He
had to be taken to a hospital.
Mrs. Carrie Leonard, wife of Deputy
Sheriff A A. Leonard of Wallingford,
was seriously injured Friday by
horse. She suffered broken left arm
and serious cuts and bruises ON her
head and legs. About 40 stitches were re
quired to close cuts and punctures.
How her injuries were received is not
exactly known, as she has not been
able to give connected account of
what happened.
Graduation honors at st. Johnsbury
academy for next June were announced
last Friday. Leading class Of So,
Miss Katherine b. Conant of st. Johns
bury was named as valedictorian, while
Miss Harriet Elliott of Barnet won
second place and is satultatorian of the
class of 1922. The two other honor
parts were awarded to Miss Emma
Roman of st. Johnsbury and Miss Mil
bred Albisser of Danville.
Oscar Leach of Berkshire. was badly
injured Thursday during a double run
away accident, which occurred in Enos-
burg Falls. The horses on cream
team driven by Fred Machia of Frank
lin became frightened while in yard
in the rear of one of the Enosburg
Falls stores and ran away, upsetting ,
a two-horse team that stood nearby ,
and then dashing out into the main
highway, where it overlook Mr.. Leach's ,
loaded team. One wheel was complete
Iy torn from the Leach wagon and this
caused the horses on that rig to also ,
run away. Mr.. Leach was thrown from ;
MS seat and landed headfirst between
The horses, his right foot catching I'M
Ter a whiffletree and tangling in the
Jugs, so that he was dragged 20 feet,
wrenching the foot badly. He was ,
,lso hit severe blow in the chest ,
near the collarbone, but no bones were
broken. The Machia team ran two
niles, but the other eircled round
block and came back to the starting !
,oint.