The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-30
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.

Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.
sleighs were out in Stowe Tuesday and
Wednesday, ten inches Of snow having
fallen
The widow Of Martin Lyford Of South
Woodbury. hsa secured pension Of SIP
per month under act of March 3, 1901, for
the restoration Of widows pensions.
J. NJ. Robb has sold his mill at Samson
vile, in the town OF Enosburg, and all APP
| purtenances to Harvey & Domino of East
Berkshire The consideration was 81
100.
Sherman p. Allen Of Essex Junction
will leave tonight for Washington, ID. C,,
to continue his duties as private sec
rotary to Congressman d. J. Foster Of
Burlington. Mrs. Allen went to Washing
ton several days ago.
It will be of interest to Times readers
to learn that, aside from wklskey, there is
no intoxicating drink sold in this state
that has any legal standard Of purity. The
present liquor law simply refers to the
| United States pharmacopoeia as stand
ard for intoxicating liquors and this places
no standard upon anything except whis-
| key.
The Randolph State Normal School and
the training school at Randolph Center are
closed for two weeks vacation on ae-
count Of an epidemic Of whooping cough
Charles II Morrill,, principal Of the Nor
ma school, and many OF the teachers Of
j the school have gone to st. Johnsbury to
J attend the meeting of the Vermont Teach
ers' association.
NJ. Napoleon, who claims to be I07 years
old and halls from Canada, visited recent
liy at George Hicks in Hyde Park. He
travels entirely on foot, as he was once In
{ wreck at Montreal, aud now gives the
cars the go by. He walked one day from
Bakersfield to johnson. From Hyde Park
he journeyed along to Morrsville. He is
in good health and looks as If he had
many more years TO his allotment
II G Thomas, fish and game eommiss-
Toner II Stowe, arrived 10 Montpelier We'd
j nesday night for the purpose of calling to
the attention Of the grand jury now 10 SEES
sion here two cases OF alleged killing Of
does in Washington county. Commits
sioner Thomas has received notification Of
I about 40 does that have been shot in
the state during the open season, report
Of seven having come in yesterday.
Lieut.. Col. WI. b. Munson died at his
home In Colchester Center Wednesday af-
ter an Illness Of several weeks which cul-
minated in sOftening Of the brain Lieut..
Col. William ID. Munson enlisted Sept. @,
1862, as the captain Of Co. d. 18th VT
NJ ID 80, %, Lee
the same regiment May II, 1868, was
wounded at the battle o. Gettysburg, July
/ 8. 1858, and mustered out of service July
%, 1868.
It is rumored ia railway circles that @.
/ B. Hubbard, who has resigned bis position
as general passenger agent of the Rutland
railroad 10 take over the general manage
faeut Of the Quebec Southern, ID to be sue
ceeded by O. A. Nimmo, at present West
ern passenger agent of the Boston and
Maine Railway at Troy, NY Nimmo
was formerly connected with the passen-
ger department of the Fitchburg road, and
is a very popular official.
The Rev w. p. Stanley, former pas
tor in Vermont, who held pastorates at
johnson, Swanton and West Berkshire,
but now Is senior In Garrett Biblical In
stitute, Evanston, H., was recently hon
ored by his classmates electing him pTesi-
dent of the senior class. AT the last SEES
sion Of the Rock River Conference, which
recently closed its session at Aurora, Ill,
he was appointed pastor of the first Meth
/ odiat Episcopal church, Melrose Park one
Of Chioagos growing suburbs.
i A report from Professor Fernald of
Amherst college shows that Mrs. Harriet
a. Gibson Of Brattleboro, who was bitten
Il py yenomous bug three weeks ago, was
victim Of the affections Of a kissing bug
} otherwise known ais the cannibal bug or
masked bedbug hunter The kissing bug
originated In Europe, where it enters
houses V hunt for bedbugs. Professor
keTnald says the presence Of the bug III
MIS- 1losons clothing was purely acct
dental az ltrarely enters houses il this
country,
The residents on the east side Of North
field village have been greatly anoyed for
long time BY young man peering into
the windows about the time Of retiring for
| the night Last Thursday night he was
holder than ever and was caught looking
In the windows at the homes Of Mr.. Bull
lock and George e. Davis. The men
chased him but he escaped, not however.
/ il Is said, until he was Identified. The
matter Is In official hands and further per
formance of the kind Is likely to result in
serious trouble for the young man In ques-
ton.