The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-15

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state laboratory Of hygiene, Burlington,
the analysis of water samples from the
Fairbanks tap and the village tap. Both
were pronounced suspicious.
The Coulman & Westcott Co. OF Fair
Haven has filed articles of incorporation
in the Office of the secretary of state at
Montpelier. The company is capitalized
at $4,000 and is to quarry, manufae-
ture, and deal in slate and its products.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeremiah Curtin have
returned to Bristol from European
\ trip. As already told in The Messenger
Mr. Curtin is acting as interpreter at
the peace conference at Portsmouth, n
H., between the Russian and the Japan
csc peace plenipotentiaries.
Vernon NJ. Houghton, son of Dr. and
Mrs. A. S. Houghton, OF st. Adams is
The designer OF the Ethan Allen Memoir
ial tower which has been erected on
Indian Rock, which is situated on a
farm once owned BY Ethan Allen about
two miles north Of Burlington.
The Hon. r. G. Dillingham;, consul
general at New Zealand, arrived in
Waterbury Friday from San Francisco.
His family came with him and they will
pass few weeks III the town Of his
birth. They are staying at the Water
bury hotel. Mr.. Dillingham; Is a brother
Of Senator William P. Dillingham;
Rumors are rife OF the sale Of the
Cutter Marble Co.'S quarry in the north
east part Of AIiddlebury, and close to
the New Haven line, for big figures.
The rmors are probably somewhat pre-
mature but it is certain that negotia
/ tions have been in progress for several
weeks ard that the price is a large one.
! There were thirteen marriages in
Mortified for six months, ending July
!. Is the month OF July there were
three marriages. During the first six
months Of the present year, to July 1,
there We're thirty-nine births and TWEEN
/ ty-four deaths. There were no deaths
of residents of the town during the
months of June and July.
The members of the Burlington An.
Gent Order OF HibeInians are preparing
for a base bali game with members of
the Barre and Montpelier orders. This
game viii be played in Burlington in
September. The local order Is trying to
Iarrange the game for Friday afternoon
SO that a reception can be rendered to
the visiting PLAYERS in the evening.
Word was received in Burlington Sat
urday that Vice President, Fairbanks,
.r.4r ,.4,ll datt.-s,. Ana AL, F;o,, /. : Aha Al
ication Of the Ethan Allen tower We'd
lnesday afternoon, accompanied by Mrs.
Fairbanks, will reach Burlington at FIVE
o'clock this afternoon The party will
come to this city from Bar Harbor,
Me-, in the private car Of pr. M. Seward
Webb.
A Circular so, issued from the war de-
partment is as follows: a letter from
the acting secretary Of the treasury
is published, stating that the Merchants
National Bank of Burlington, VT, has
furnished additional security for public
] deposits in the amount OF $4,000 United
States bonds, making in all 100000
United States bonds now held BY the
treasurer Of the United States for said
purpose
The third game Of a series Of golf
matches was played Saturday between
the Old Pine club and the Mountain View
club, the Old Pine club winning by the
score of % to IS. In the first game
Of the series Mountain View won by
points and the second game resulted
in tie. The record of the course was
made by f. Snyder, who made is holes
in 50 strokes.
Mrs. Jason Duclaw Of Aliddlebury, who
has been ailing for some time and who
was operated upon last Thursday by
Or. Tinkham, died Friday evening It
was thought at the time she would sur
viye but she failed rapidly until the
end. She is survived by husband and
a father ana mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Doner Of Weybridge. The funeral was
held from st. Mary's Catholic church
Sunday and the burial was in the Catho-
| lie cemetery.
Charles n. Phelps IL Brandon has
sold his hardware store to @. a. Cutler
business Saturday The store was locat-
so ~ q bl0ch owned bN ~ =. 1laHoFut
who sold the block to Nh, Cutler, the
price paid being $4,000 Mr.. Phelps
has been connected with the business for
about 50 years and was obliged to retire
on account Of poor health. Dana Mich
ols, who has been employed as clerk in
the store for many years, viii remain
J with Mr.. Cutler.
In the town Of Pownal there lives
family consisting Of father, mother, and
six children, and in the house in which
they live there is but one room. The
entire family pass practically all their
time in this one room, eating, sleeping.
cooking, and doing whatever work is
II necnssarY " kaan The Mace ct for hab-