The Vermont Phoenix, Brattleboro, Friday, April 17, 1908 State news 300 ate Maple sugar More than 300 people, members and their friends, enjoyed the annual sugar eat of the Springfield, Mass., association of Sons and Daughters of Vermont April 8, the gathering being held in Odd Fellows' hall. H. E. STREETER and C. E. BULLIS had charge of the sugar-making, J. J. CLARK looked after the snow, C. E. BUTLER presided over the check-room, C. E. BIGELOW was vendor of the sugar, and Mrs. O. M. DOUDLEDAY had general oversight of the dining-room. Etan ALLEN was chairman of the general committee of arrangements, Miss Grace CONNOR was chairman of the reception committee and C. J. WESTON was floor manager for the dancing. Those who assisted in the serving in the dining-room included the following: Mrs. A. F. PRATT, Miss May FROST, Mrs. E. S. POWERS, Mrs. A. J. RICHMOND, Miss A. R. STOUGHTON, Miss Grace HERRICK, Miss Pauline WINKLER, Clark O. DOUBLEDAY, Mr. and Mrs. John TICKNOR, Mrs. A. T. ABBOT, Mrs. Lulu MORRILL, Mrs. C. A TARLTON, Mrs. Frank CORDON , Miss Mildred ALLEN, Miss Cora HAYES , Mrs. Etta VESPER, Mrs. Julius STEWART, Mrs. A. S. WILDES, Mrs. W. F. FAIRMAN, Miss Corinne FAIRMAN, Mrs. J. J. CLARK, Miss Mabel GEATH, Mr. and Mrs. Robert CASE, Mrs. Alice TAYLOR, Mrs. Charles BURT, Miss CROSBY, F. A. MASSEY, Mr. and Mrs. George EDWARDS, Mrs.George BLISS, Miss BUTLER, Miss Bertha PULSIFER, Mrs. F. W. DOUBLEDAY, Mrs. Ella LOCKWOOD, Herbert N. CROSS. The matrons who assisted Mrs. DOUBLEDAY were Mrs. P. B. DeWOLF and Mrs. H. E. STREETER. Rollin BROWN, 50, a farmhand on the farm in Enosburg owned by Dr. W. S. STEVENS of St. Albans, was frightfully injured Wednesday by an explosin which demolished the sugar house in which he was at work. It is thought that dynamite was placed with criminal intent under the evaporator and that it exploded when BROWN started the fire. Joseph HASKINS, 70, without warning shot his wife three time with a revolver in their home in Bristol, Vt., Tuesday night. Mrs. HASKINS was wounded in the hand, side and neck. Her condition is serious. HASKINS has always been a respected citizen and no reason for the shooting is known, although it is reported that he may have been deranged. He left the house after firing the shots but returned in the morning, was arrested and held under $5000 bonds. He is father of the postmaster in Bristol. Fire in E. J. ALEXANDER's drug store in the Lewis building on Main street in St. Albans April 9 caused $12,000 damage. The loss on the building is estimated at $3000, on Mr. ALEXANDER's stock $3000, and on the stock of W. T. DONOVAN, tobacco dealer, $6000. Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT