The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-18
ABOUTTHE STATE
Hsppezings Of Interess from
Different SectisnA

A spark from the Morse dressing mlll
in Morrisville is thought TO nave SCI
FIRE to the barn of G. H, Slocum, On
the farm occupied by Peter Sears. Only
Ahe framework of the barn was saved
The loss, is covered by insurance
Two passengers in the airplane wnlef
made public flights in Fairfax a rev
davs apo were over so years old Wnen
sllanding. the plane ran into the crowd
and in a rush for safety mrs Z, =
Marvin fell. one wheel OF the plane
running over her foot, injtiring y quite
badly, but breaking mo bones. A's
Mvron Dense, two-and- half year
did son of Hayden Dense OF Westneid
vas drowned By falling into the brook
Mat runs near the house afcw DAYS
ago. He was playing with other emf
dren and when he was, missed Ine
Others ran to tell his hcther. ! ~
,hodv was found several rods below
where he fell in.
4 Electric storms Of great violence pre-,
vailed in the western part Of the state
"Wednesday afternoon, and When Hight
ming struck a telephone pole IN Man,
chester Center the pole took fire and
.tbe power had to be shut off At PROCTOR
40 that the place was without lights
All the evening Such strong north
west wind blew that many of the crops
in that section were completely Ade'
.stroyed.
Clifford Archambault and Wesley
Butk. inmates of the house of correcI
,tion 1t. Windsor, escaped from. the road
building camp in West Bridgewater on
Monday and Tuesday nights, respec'
lively. and have not been located yet
Archambault was sentenced from Rut'
land for assault with intent to commit
robbery, having pleaded guilty 70 at
lacking q Rutland woman and steal,
ing her purse. Buck was sentenced
from Franklin county.
Using tiny trout hook, light silk
line ana a 4featherweighta fly rod az his
tackle. Charles Pierce of Chester landed
a six-pound pike while fishing in, VIII
Hams river "wednesday. The fish was
"a inches long While this species OF
fish grows much larger in somes local
titles, this is by far the largest pike
ever caught in the vicinity of Chester
1t was necessary for companion Of
pierce to wade into the water and-tow
the fish ashore after the angler had
played it until all fight had left H..
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur b. Taber cele.
brated their golden wedding anniver-
*ary at their home in yergennes Tues
day. The only other person living
who attended the wedding, Mrs. Sarah
Z. DYER. sister of Mrs. Taber, was
present at the anniversary. Mr.. Taber
Is one of the oldest business men in
ycrgcnnes, having conducted a paint
and paper hanging business there Tor
SO years. He has served as chief OF
the fire department, justice OF the peace
and represented Vergennes in the leg
islature in the last session.
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Margaret Agan, l4-year-old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Della Agan Of White River
junction, IL at the Hanover, n. H.,
hospital receiving treatment for bull
let wound in the. thigh infected acct
dentally Monday by l0-year old An
thony O'Brien. The bullet lodged in
the fleshy part ofthe thigh and did not
touch the bone The child was
taking care of neighbours hens anc
took several of the children of thu
neiQhborhood with her when she wen
to feed them. The O'Brien boy fount
a rusty revolver in the barn and, moi
eupposing it to be loaded, pointed thu
i weapon towards the floor and pulled
the trigger. When the revolver went
of it kicked sufficiently TO raise !
enough to wound the girl. who wa'
standing near. ~ r. ~ mn n
Three prominent Brattleborp. men
John r. Ryder, cashier OF the People
National bank; John B. ManIey, hea'
sof the Manley Bros garage, and Thorn
as T. Britain, insurance man, were II
an automobile accident Wednesda.
while coming from Spofford lake. The,
were IN Mr.. Manley's' touring car
(which left the road, crashed into tele
phone pole, broke it off and knocked
over a mail box pole. Mr.. Ryder wa
badly cut about one knee, the liga
ments were torn and he was cut on tn
head. He was taken home and has I
nurse to care for him Mr.. Britain
sustained an injury to the lower par
If HE SHINE and a cllf on one leg Mr.