The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-31
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
There are several cases Of diphtheria
in Essex Junction.
Danville is TO have a lecture course
OF Eve numbers the coming season.
Allen NJ. Fletcher, of Cavendish, will
be the speaker at the Bellows Falls
Board of Trade banquet to be held the
evening Of November 2.
Sheriff II. Ii. Peck, of Windsor, is
convalescing from the attack OF heart
trouble from which he has been suffer-
ing for some time, and is able to be
about the house.
Thirteen large ripe strawberries we're
picked from the vines in one OF Smiths
berry patches at Garfield October 16.
They picked enough for sauce for the
family supper the week previous and
have had them every week during the
fall.
Mrs. Charles johnson, of Burlington,
killed three skunks one night last week.
She was awakened in the night by a
noise near the hen coop and upon in
vestigating she found the animals busily
engaged trying to enter the hen yard.
She dispatched them with a club.
The American house at Vergennes
has been leased to A. n Johns, Of Hunt
ington, who will take possession Novem-
Der !. Beside repairing the hotel, the
new proprietor viii put the old race
track in good condition so that some in
teresting races may be held next sum-
mer. A livery win be run in connection
with the hotel.
Matthew Bresnahan, seventeen years
old, WAS located in Burlington Friday
and was taken Friday night to his home
in Quebec by his father, John Bresna-
han. Matthew left home about two
weeks ago and went to New York,
where he was employed in the Manhattan
hotel Becoming tired of New York he
went to Burlington and was employed
las waiter at Dorn's cafe.
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Whitney of
PutnamsvilIe, quietly celebrated the 50th
anniversary of their marriage on Octo-
Der 16. Owing to sickness in the house
no specia recognition of the event was
made. On October i6, 1855, Miss Mary
Putnam and George M. Whitney We're
married in Pntnamsyille and have al
ways made their home ID that town. A
son, Frank Whitney, and daughter,
Bell, who died a few years ago, were born
to them.
A strange find Of lost watch is re-
ported from Sutton. Lena Sanborn drove
home from the village recently. After
she reached home she missed her gold
watch. She aud her mother took the
team and vent back and examined the
road but found no watch. Then they
took up one of the horses feet and found
the watch inside the shoe imbedded into
the foot so tight that ii had not faIler
out. Aside from few scratches it was
mot injured
Leon Ford OF Roxbmry was taken e
Burlington Saturday on a cot and was
taken in the ambulance to the MARY
Fletcher hospital. Mr.. Ford is suffering
with compound fracture Of the skull
(which he received about year ago b.
failing down a high railroad embank
lment At that. time an operation was
performed but complications have arlser
making another operation necessary. Mr.
Ford was formerly q brakeman on th'
Burlington & I.amoille division of thu
Central Vermont railway.
The case against Napoleon MERCER
i 80 10 ,xfa *.
BATTERY street in Burlington by the sher
lifts department. was tried Saturday be
fore Justice ]. T. Stearns. The evidenc'
was submitted, but decision was re
served. NJ. G. Learv, grand juror, pro
secuted and j. J. Enright defended. Th'
testimony of the deputy sheriffs was t
the effect that they searched the place
which was MercieT's saloon when he has
a license, and found case Of beer, ;
lease Of ale and some whiskey. They als'
Testified that there were evidences of
lrecent sale. 1t was stated that SOM
of the stuff seized was tested and provel
Ito be lager. MERCER made a complet
denial Of the charge.
4 Thomas Judge. for fifty years sho
Idealer in Brattleboro, was arrested 0cto
Der rs for failure TO comply with de
Imands of the Brattleboro board 0
Health, made through its executive Of
hcer, DIR. Henry Tucker. He was sum
Imoned to appear in court but his coun
sci agreed that the trouble would b
adjusted if the respondent could hay
more time, so the case was continued t
November 20. Doctor Tucker visited
house owned by Mr.. Judge, also his stor
land sent him notice that both were i
an unsanitary condition. He pointe
Tout what was necessary to be done I
complT with the statutes and gave warn
ting that steps would be taken to en-