The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-03
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.


i William Richardson Of Cavendish has
a curiosity IN the shape OF an ear Of corn
composed Of forty small ears in one. The
lcorn was planted beside a cauliAower, the
small ears looking like corn and also re
sembling the caaliaower
owen Boutwell, Of Gaysville killed
few days ago a pure white hedgehog
1t IS he first Of the Kind seen there
6aysvile Is probably the banner hedge
hog town in the state. bounties on 100
being paid nj the town clerks Office dur
ing the first year Of bounty
At a special meeting in Bethel sat
luTday Guy Wilson was elected town
clerk by vote Of 1868 to S. for lie,
Cady. This election was held to fiji
the vacancy caused py the resignation
Of Harry Adams who Is to move Il
Boston. The office Of town clerk hat
been IN the Adams family for ovei
thirty five years.
Jesse Bentley, the noted Sunderland
trapper, had on exhibition at the Man
chester fair several squirrels, lynxes,
foxes, eoons, and fox squirrels. He has
exhibited them also at other fairs in
this states Mr.. Bentley has probably
trapped more furs than any other man
in Vermont of his age. His house in
nearly at the top Of Equinox mountain.
Cox. elect G. J. Bell Of Walden has
made arrangements through the citi-
zens committee to take his meals at
the Lenox hotel during the coming sesl
sion Of the legislature at Montpelier
The governor has rented portion OF
the 5. G. Shurtleff house and most 81
his family will be in Montpelier OIL and
on during the session. The house il
some distance from the state house.
Some one in st.Johnsbury broke into a
room under the granite She'd Of j. Il.
Walker and stole about % hens out Of a
flock Of 100 belonging to Hiram ChesIey.
George Caldbeck had three there and
they were also taken. Ciraus tances
show that the thieves came in boat for
they could row to within several feet Of
thebuilding. There were foot marks in
the mud near the building and feathers
We're suewed around rather promiscu0us,
ly and q new stake driven il the ground
where the boat was tied
A canvass by the Boston journal Of
the incoming legislature, which alone has
the power to commute the sentence Of
Mary A. Rogers, under sentence of death
at Windsor for numbering her husband
by chloroforming him and throwing him
into the river, shows majority in favor
81 allowing the law 60 take its course.
OF the Legislators Intercepted by The
journal "a per cent firmly advocated
hanging the woman, % per cent were
undecided, while only 10 per cent favored
committing her sentence to life imprison-
ment. In other words those who win de-
mand capital punishment IN Mrs. Rogers
case outnumbered those opposed to it
about three to one, with the III per cent
age OF members remaining an uncertain
factor.
Oliver Iamora Of Burlington, who Off
eiated as one Of the city's truant officers
for several years, met two young women
on the street last week who stated that
they wished to thank him. He naturally
inquired what for and they replied it was
because he had them sent to the Indus
trial school several years ago for being
truants. They stated that their going
there did them good, and when they came
out they attended school regularly They
said they had decidedly objected to going
down at the time, but they now saw that
the officers judgment was better than
their own. This experience Of Mr.. La
mora's IS BY no means novel one,
large number Of grown mp young men
and women having sought him out to say
that they bear him no i'll will for sending
them TO Nergeunes, but On the contrary
they are glad he did.
Last Sunday night the peace and
quiet Of that section Of Hardwick
known as Marshallville and inhabited
largely BY Italians, was rudely disturb
ed BY Luigi Frabrizio Luigi emptied
the contents Of two gums at the in
mates Of the house where he was call
ing, without however hitting anybody
III anything il particular Brabrizio
was arrested, and Tuesday he was tai
ken before Justice of Peace Norcross.
Taylor q Dutton appeared for the de
PENDANT and B. +. Bullard for the state.
A number of witnesses were examined.
and from the evidence presented, JUS
lice NoTcross was convinced that no
selions criminal offense was Or could
be proven against Frabrizio, and there
lore took jurisdiction in the case and
imposed a fine of $40 on him. The de-
fendant cheerfully paid this sum and
,osts.