The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-20
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
one week OF school has gone by and
the official enrolment Of the scholars in
the Burlington schools shows a gain of
81 over last year. Tie opening week
was very favorable and points to a
most successful year. But four schools
have fewer scholars this year than last
and the remainder show an average gain
Of $ scholars.
\ recent Manila, P. l., paper contains
a lengthy account of the ascent of a
party Of Americans to the crater OF the
wonderful Canlaon volcano, which is the
lnighest mountain Of the Nisayan group,
The leader Of the party was q, w Eel
ton, an Enosburg boy, graduate OF ST
lJohnsbury Academy, OF the University
OF Vermont, Burlington, and for the past
three years an educational worker at IL
oilo. The Canlaon volcano is 5000 feet
above sea level. The party was Of course
Obliged to make the trip on foot and
this was accomplished in three days and
three hours. The account Of the climb,
(which il most graphic and interesting,
was written by Nh. FELTON, for the Ma
Mia Times.
In letter to his parents in Vergennes
f. b Kingsland, who is with the engi-
neering corps stationed at Christobal,
Panama, writes that he is enjoying good
health now, after 4 few days sickness
but IS not in love with the country. He
states that the streets of Colon are dirty
beyond description and that the sanitary
condition is very bad The necessities of
life are extremely high, milk quoting at
i30 cents per quart. Cows are worth 5000
in gold or over $500 in native or mon
key money" as it is called. The pay Of
the negroes il 70 cents in gold He de-
seribes the natives as a lazy, shiftless set
and very immoral.
A cool head and firm hand in the
possession Of George Hubbard prevent
ed, in all probability, serious runaway
accident on the return trip from the
corn roast at Medburyyille Monday
night Just at the wrong point in the
road something happened to the har-
ness and the horses bolted. A runaway
on the Searsburg road is a perilous af-
fair. When an opening came he pulled
the horses heads in by sheer strength
and ran them into an orchard. IL was
rough going, but the runaways slowed
Iup enough for the girls in the wagon to
jump. This they accomplished in com
parative safety, though Miss Medbury
landed on her head and was considera-
bly, shaken up. Then the horses were
stopped among the trees, the harness
1 patched with bit of rope and the par
| ty proceeded on their way
The following are the Vermont dele
gates to the national Congregational
council, Des Moines, Ia, October IS to
20: General convention, the Rev. G..
Glenn Atkins, the Rev. William S. Haz-
EN-, J. Henry Jackson; Addison confer
enee, the Rev. Benjamin Swift; Benning
ton conference, the Rev. Charles III Peck !;
Caledonia conference, the Rev. George 1T.
/ Cummings, Frank Ii Brooks; Chitten-
den conference, the Rev. T. j. Harris,
I Gen. @. O. Howard; Franklin and Grand
( Isle conference, the Rev. John +. Sewall;
| Lamoille conference, the Rev. Henry G.
! Howard; Orange conference, the Rev
Henry j KiIbourn, the Rev. George IT,
Ladd: Orleans conference. the Rev. "A. Il.
McGregor, Deacon Foster; Washington
conference, the Rev. Z. B. Kellogg, o. G..
Stiekney; Windham conference, the Rev.
4. NJ. keneston, S. B. Emerson; Wind
sor conference, Gilbert a. Davis, the Rev.
jonathan X. Fuller.
James Il. Hooker of Brattleboro has
been obliged to wear q last seasons hat
/ since last Monday, while somewhere be-
| tween here and the Canadian border is
a hobo happy in the possession OF new
Knox derby. Early Monday afternoon
Mrs. Hooker heard the front door bell
ring and upon looking into the hall
was surprised to see 4 tramp standing
I there When asked what he wanted
the man replied he was in need Of Is
Ieents to buy something to eat Mrs,
Hooker ordered the man out of the hall
| Immediately, sending him around TO
the kitchen for some food Later in
the afternoon She noticed the tramp en-
ter the yard and leave it soon afte.
! ward, but she thought nothing Of the
I1natter until Mr. Hooker came home at
dinner time. On the couch in the front
| hall, in place Of his new and nobby
Knox he found the most disreputable
Specimen Of lid that ever covered a
/ bald spot. Nh, Hooker has had the hat
properly disinfected and viii keep ii az
q remembrance Of SIS given to charity.
Hon Rufus Holt Of pittsheld called at
the treasurer's Office of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance company in Mont
Ipelier Saturday morning and closed his
account after iifty-fye years Of continu-
Gus service as agent for the company.
Mr.. Holt was born in Pittsfeld eighty
three years ago last April and has az
ways lived there. For sixteen years he
was sheriff and for over fifty years he
has been q justice Of the peace Six
4 months after the company was formed
lin 1928, his father took policy that
has been in force continuously ever since.
AS Mr. Holt said, II have paid the COM
lpany enough money to buy the best
farm in PittsfeldR Only one fire, and
that q slight one last winter, has visited
him in all that time. He was on his way
to st. Johnsbury to Join his daughter,
Mrs. George Ramsey. They viii leave
on Monday, win st, Louis, for AIinneaolis.
where she win reside. Mi Holt will ID
on to Fort Worth, Texas, where another
daughter, Mrs. Ida Z. Smith, lives. He
will spend the winter at Fort Worth and
return to Vermont in the spring.
WILL BE CAREFULLY GUARDED.
Benjamin Williams, Charged With Muir