The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-02

THE BARRE DAILY
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.
Tie Bellows Falls Universalist par
ISL viii celebrate its Tooth anniversary
May ?.
The directors Of the Burlington Base
Ball association have decided to hold a
carnival this year for the benefit Of the
team.
President H. H. Buckham Of the Uni.
yersity of Vermont, Burlington, at
tended the funeral of Ii. H. Goodell,
president of the Massachusetts, Agricul-
tural College, at Amherst, Mass, Thurs
day.
Jeremy Pearl prominent citizen of
Lyndouville, died Sunday morning. lie
would have been u wears old Tuesday.
He had held many town offices, notably
oycrseer of the poor from which he re-
tired when nearly IS years old
Dir. +. G. Wilkinson, of Bellows Falls,
says that several dogs about town have
died Of eerebro- spinal meningitis and
that this disease is as communicable
from dogs to the human kind as from
man to mar.
/
News was received in Burlington of
the death of Mrs. Ann w. Durham of
East Montpelier. She was 81 years of
age and is survived by four children, l..
G. Burnham, G. A. Bnrnham, and Mrs.
IN. Il. Perkins of that city, and w. Ill.
Durham of East Montpelier.
The Rev. Jewett Carr Of Woodbury.
died Thursday evening at seven o'clock
of heart disease. Mr.. Carr was born in
Woodbury. 20 years ago and had always
kept his home in that place He was for
many years a Seventh Day Adventist
minister and had preached in Woodbury.,
Cfaftsbury, Elmore, Newport and other
lplaees.
The war drama, "Under the Ameri-
can Flag, the scene of which is in
Manila bay, will be presented at the
Rutland opera house on the night OF
Memorial day, May 20, under the ais
pices Of Post Roberts, Grand Army Of
the Republic, and the Wonan's Relief
corps Tie play will be presented by
home talent under the direction Of an
touchdown man who viii furnish eos.
tunes and scenery.
at i meeting 81 the Fair Haven pub
lie Library committee Friday, il was de-
cidad to buy the Il. e. Maynard lot on
Main street rs site for the Carnegie
library building. instead of the Alonson
Allen lot ON South Park place. The
price Of the Maynard lot is $4,000, and
| in the opinion of a majority OF the peo-
| pie interested it will be more suitable
site than any other.
Sparks from the engine Of the south
bound flyer started fire in the woods
on the John II. Thorp and Charles w.
Root farms in Charlotte Friday after
noon. Owing 10 the dry condition Of
the leaves and the strong wind the
fire spread SO rapidly that the buildings
were soon in danger. A crowd Of men
Responded to the alarm and by plowing
and trenching they checked the fire af-
ter it had burned over an area of sixteen
acres and destroyed about one hundred
land fifty rods Of fence.
A historic building IN Rutland, cree
tied in 1902, and which was the first
hank in Vermont, was sold Saturday
lby John g Temple to Samuel Bowles, a
wealthy Lyndon banker. who was at
ltraeted to Vermont BY the facilities for
ia school Of modelling, for which he pro-
poses to ntilize the old ediiice He win
set aside several thousand dollars to
educate American children in seulptr-
ing, to do away with the hiring of for
eigners entirely in this branch of Ver-
mont's marble industry.
| The international railway congress,
the highest tribunal for the technical
discussion of railroad matters, which
opens in Washington, d. O., on Thurs
| day of this week, viii be well repre-
scented by Vermonters, including Vice
President f. H. Fitzhugh of ST.. Adams,
representing the Grand Trunk railway,
4 attN VI ~ QpiitNt ~
lam F. Mullins, superintendent of trans
portation. Archibald Buchanan, Jr., SUI
lperintendent Of motive power and car
department, and Joseph NJ. Morrison,
chief engineer of the Central Vermont
railway, who leave on Tuesday for
Washington.
Mrs. Susan Smith, SIS, widow OF An
son Smith, died Saturday morning at
the home Of her daughter Mrs. w. w.
Cook, on Western avenue at Brattle-
boro, with whom she had made her
lhome many years. Mrs. Smith was
born in Bridgeport, CT Her parents
died when she was quite young and
while they lived in Newtown, CT. Mrs
Smith taught school in Brookfeld, CT,
where she was married. OF her four
children, three are living. Henry Smith,
a dry goods merchant in New York, An
son. physician there, and Mrs. Cook.