Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-08-25
Vermont News
Brief Items Of Interest From
Ar0und The State


Damage from the storm of Friday
IN vicinity of Hardwick included the
barns on the Lecour farm with the
seasons hay, "a head of cattle and
farming tools, and Perley Thurston's
barn and contents.
The barhs on ]. 4. Boudreau's farm
in Williamstown burned down early
Sunday msrning. The contents of the
buildings including the years hay, 200
bushels OF barley, five horses, four cows,
a bull and many farm implements. The
loss IS partly covered by insurance
The general committee of fuel adj
ministration met with H. J. NJ Jones,
state fuel administrator, in the state
house Friday and adopted a resolution
calling on all local. administration com
mittees to start functioning. The sit
uatlon in Vermont is thought to be
graver than at any time during the war
owing to the fact that mining has
practically ceased
Rollin n. Benson, who was injured in
a spectacular fall from a swing stag
ing at the Hotel Vermont, Burlington,
I,alnite, r., ulgu at rne Mary TIetche'
q. f4o4 uIsuay ne man leH ABOUT
attempting to take out of a window
BROKE He was saved from instant
death by an awning on a window be
low from which he fell to the side
"a,N' d u!op Vi % Iee''
n ot an ILL., hop e. VINO was employ
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slioLtue' g. Piaug 'ttp SLNG'G n'u'SeS as d
+tat r, ". 'je'',s l.IilN'I ny 'ui' p'i
ti''. -. IA ~ iaII r'iu'y 1t Is l'l'oS''D'e
~ .'.. ieli'ei I''te' iIil injuries navy
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alI ,,'5 ,li uCh MN StTe'a! ur'e' ara
'oI-'u '''''' 'o' = co'i9lueI1oIe Instance
during a severe thunder shower early
FRIDAY morning the lightning struck
one OF the tower, OF Robinson hall, the
latest "a OIL the girls dormltorleS on the
N I,,,,l properly OF 'he hIVer'ity
81 e. 'tto'''. i" ne .'o', 'o.e On d mum,
n0 " lie 1'''c 9'.''ISIg'' many IlPpe,
"a my ~ 'te 'o'' No'ouy was ad''
nu. many u. 'He 'luucIi' III inc sum
.t'o' S1.IooI Ne'c 80 '9uIy 'c'Ieo .ni'
si0oP M'' i"ip'7'i ir, ''I inc remand
(. u. l"G 'Ils"l' "e'e towers are sur
t.ou..'Iu 'y copper PoIe "iliC4 Is ho'
- ouHucu, ana P"NIuV' 'PIeIidIu Ne
u '0'Io'' '"I HsHIlll1s'
Lawrence Flanders working as a car
cleaner IN the Delaware & Hudson rail
road yard at Rutland is at the Rutland
hospital suffering from a ,eriou, cut in
his head and possibly fractured skull
as a result OF being assaulted while GO
i,'S ABOUT MS uulle' al CLOCK sun
u'y 'olIIIIIS' ne was stepping from
Hi'e N1' 10 dIloInGI "Hen lie was struck
- o'l' pNi''Du WIN d large stone pelIlS
'L.'uE: 'u unconscious. Wo deputy
IN Wei vi suAIu oul happened 10
ne q '[" hundred leet away at the
I'M Iiii 40 arrest mas YET hgcn made
! iali,le'a - d veteran OIL the World war
SCI wing overseas Two years
During a severe thunder shower Fri
day night, lightning struck and set
fire to farm buildings owned by Rob
ert Allen of West Ferrisbu:g, five
miles from Nergennes. A large barn
hIIed with this years crop of hay a
large granary, also filled, and hen
house were burned to the ground With
the buildings persisted a large number
OF hens and chickens and milking ma
chimes, wagons farm implements, .
Nlelghs were burned Mr. Aliens house
was struck by lightning just two years