The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-05-09
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.


Items Of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.
The young people Of the Bellows Falls
Universal parish have Just added about
500 to the parish house fund from the
presentation of the play Uncle Josh. ?
The Brighton liquor license commits
sioners have granted a second class Ii
cense to Ora G. Stevens, fee 81 900;
and a fifth class license to John w.
Thurston, fee $25.
Mrs. Sally Randall, who lives near
North Danvilie, was 95 years old April
2S. Mrs. Randall is in possession OF all
her faculties and is as smart as many
people twenty years younger. Her
hearing is somewhat impaired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chamcey Carpenter, OF
Brookfed, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary Tuesday, April 25.
Several of the members of Freeman
Post, No. 9s, G. A. r., and the Woinan's
Relief Corps paid them a Surprise visit.
Lemuel Richmond, of Randolph, who
has served in the capacity of water COM
missioner for the past Is years, tender
ed his resignation last week to the viii
lage trustees. However, the trustees
would not allow his resignation and he
has consented to serve another year.
The semi-annual meeting of the Bel
lows Falls Board Of Trade will be held
next Tuesday evening, The Hon. kit
tredge Haskins, Of Brattleboro, will be
the principal speaker. The meeting will
be in the nature of smoke talk. The
topic for the evening will be What Can
the Bellows Falls Board of Trade Do?"
George Mallory, night watchman at
the Robert T. Lincoln place in Man.
chester, claims that he saw a bear in
the smamp not far from the house one
evening recently. As bears are killed
every year on the east mountain and
one was killed last year on the west
mountain it is not unlikely that one
made short stay in the place mem
toned
Four cows owned BY o. VI. Howard
Of Benson, were killed May 2 by the
falling of the barn floor The animals
were locked up in the stanchions, of
vertical bars of their stalls, and when
the floor dropped, they were hanged.
When discovered by Mr.. Howard, three
of the COWS were dead, one dying later.
Mr. Howard suffered heavy loss last
fall, when fifty of his sheep were struck
and killed by lightning.
William Shiland at one time ono Of
the most widely known business men
about Essex Junction, died at HIS home
in that place Sunday after lingering
illness covering several years. For the
past two or three years he had been con-
fined to the house. Mr.. Shiland was
born March 13, 1888 in Cambridge, IN.
Y, where his caller life was spent on
his fathers farm He came of sturdy
Scotch ancestry, who were rigid Pres
byterians and men of sterling character.
Hanson Laraway, a man with d fam
ily. il in the Chittenden county jail
awaiting hearing on charge Of not
supporting his wife and children He
was brought to Burlington Saturday by
Deputy Sheriff Alfred, who arrested him
at st. Adams on warrant. Laraway
was former resident Of Burlington
but some time ago left and has recently
been working for the Central Vermont
Railway company in st. Adams. His
family remained in Burlington and have
been in need. They applied for aid and
an investigation was made as to the