The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-17


A two horse team owned by w. J.
Elliott, Of Lincoln, hauled into the vii
| lage of Bristol Saturday load of green
hard slab wood measuring four cords.
From seventy -four sheep w. B.
1 Guild, of Evansville, has raised eighty
nine lambs, all smart and ready TO
turn out and has lost only one lamb.
The fire drills in the public schools of
Burlington are being Kept up several
drills being held each week The pupils
show excellent training in this regard.
! The International Brotherhood OF
Papermakers at meeting held at Holy
oke, Mass, Saturday, elected John j..
OConner, of Bellows Falls, as treasurer.
A baby born to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Andrews of Bristol last Friday weighed
only one pound The little one is we'll
formed and appears healthy and all
right.
Ex-Gov z. j. Ormsbee, Of Brandon,
was recently male director of the
Vermont soldiers home at Bennington,
to Gil the vacancy caused by the death
Iof Ozro Meacham.
The Rev. r E. Topper has rendered
his resignation as pastor of the Con-
gregational church at North Craftsbury.
ii il understood that he will go to a
position in Kentucky in June.
j. Harry Estey Of Brattleboro, is on
/ a yacht cruise off the New England
coast with aptain Garter, a friend Of
the Esteys. Col j. Gray Estey win
leave in a few days for Europe upon
business trip which will keep him abroad
a month or more.
Il The Cooperative Creamery company
of Jericho and the Vermont Blackboard
company of Fairhaven have filed ar
Eticles of incorporation in the office of
the secretary of State. The capital of
the first named company is $1,000 and
OF The latter $4,000.
During the month Of April the CO.
Operative creamery of Randolph made
| "a, 200 pounds Of butter and paid for
29,650 pounds of butter fat The cash
Ireceived for butter amounted $1,000 and
patrons were paid 5000. The cost OF
making the butter was SOLO per pound.
Little Selah Pomeroy Of Island Pond
who underwent two operations at his
home for blood poisoning resulting from
a wound in one hand caused by the ac-
cidental discharge Of a revolver, was
finally take to hospital in Sherbrooke,
Que, to undergo third operation. His
condition nov is very satisfactory, and
it is thought that the hand can be
saved.
| Jeremiah M Deadly left Winooski
MONDAY for Portland, Oregon. where he
is to be employed at the Lewis & Clark
deposition during the summer months.
Mr. Deadly viii be in charge of one of
of the dairy exhibits, he having held the
same position at the st. Louis exposition
last summer. He was accompanied as
far as Chicago by Ford Packard also Of
this village.
Cross Bros, Of Mortified, have Just
completed a monument to be erected in
a private lot in the White Plains GEM
etery, New York, which has taken about
four months to complete. The monu-
ment Is thirty eight feet high with bot
tom base ten feet square with one foot
ten inches in rise. On the top Is a
statue of soldier ten feet high. The
cost of the monument is about $s,-
900.
: Humane Agent John Fuller OF Bur-
lington has taken six horses in charge
within a week, two of which have been
, killed. tt is likely that some Of the
Others win be killed. as nearly all are
: in a bad condition. Last Saturday he
ordered Frank Miller Of st. George and
, a man named Rockford of Aonkton to
take their horses off the road until they
recovered and he still has these cases
under his care.
A scheme is under way in Weston
to dam the reservoir brook about one
half mile from the village park and
: pipe the water to give power to run
the electric lights, for fire purposes, and
] power to the mills on the stream One
hundred and fifty feet head could be
had and rs horse power with the nat
ural stream every twenty hours OF
the day and much more with storing
capacity and high water. Moneyed men
/ are back Of it, and it probably viii be
pushed through
Frank Mcclure, structural engineer
for the Chicago Bridge and Iron com
panv viii erect regulator at the Chit
tenden Power company's new power
house, Mendon This regulator will be
an immense one, and it viii take until
midsummer to complete if. There will
be 10000 gallon tank, situated on the
I same laNnl ns the rpsarNnir and 90 nr.