The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-02
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
Miss Agnes Farrell, Of Newport, has
received an appointment as stenogapher
in the patent office in Washington and
VIII enter upon her duties September /.
S. Adds Miller Of St. Adams has re-
fused to accept his election as second
lieutenant of Co. b, 1st Inf, " n. G., /
and Capt Lee S. Tillotson has called a I
special election to be held at s o'clock /
Wednesday evening to fill the vacancy. /
H. r. Bolles, Montpelies Y NJ. G. A. |
secretary, went Monday to Silver bay /
Lake George, where he is to take a |
course Of instruction to qualify him as
a physical director. He expects to be
absent five or six weeks. Mrs. Bolles
went to her former home in Burlington.
A party Of Sc people, who are on the
l1,600-mile tour through the Thousand
Islands and the Adirondack mountains,
conducted by the Detroit Evening News,
passed through Burlington Monday on
The steamer Vermont The trip is per
sonally conducted by +, II. Harvey Of
the Evening News staff.
Among the visitors at the dedication
of the Ann Story memorial at Sails
bury Thursday was John Johnson, of
Brandon, who is 02 years old but APP
lpears Ike q man OF 20. Another aged
man OF Brandon is Mr.. Dolph, a veteran
/ and member of Post G. j. Ormsbee, who
will be 100 years old August 20.
Mrs. C. G. Johnson, of Burlington, had
an experience with three skunks recent
| ". She saw three in her garden, and
attacked them with a hoe. The first
blow stunned them but did not kill them
and several blows were necessary. Mrs.
johnson did not know that they were
skunks until she had killed them.
The members Of the Vermont Com
mereial Mems club held an outing at
4 Sewport Saturday. In the forenoon the
company repaired to the Memphrema-
cog Driving park, where a ball game,
races. and athletic tests were held. In
the afternoon the party, accompanied
by invited guests. went on an excursion
through Lake Memphremagog.
John Gray, aged 20, was drowned in
lrassumpsic river at Passumpsic, Sun
day morning at ten o'clock. He and a
lcompani0n were in swimming and Gray
Ipot beyond his depth and could not be
reseued. The body was recovered soon
after the accident. He was unmarried
and had been working on a farm through
the summer. He leaves a mother in
Lyndon.
Ralph Hallock Of South Burlington
came near meeting with a serious acct.
dent Saturday. Just as he turned of
from the main road to drive to tire farm
! house occupied BY Walter Aldrich, one
horse stumbled and broke the neck YOKE
letting the pole drop TO the ground. Ihs
horses started TO run, but were guided
into the corner OF the barnyard fence
where they were stopped. Bat very lit
tie damage was done.
Two Young men who were in Ran
dolph last week doing a wholesale buss
ness in the line of extracting teeth
without PAIN, left here rather uncere
Enormously but Just in time TO avoid be
ing arrested Saturday. The papers wtr
! in the hands of the officers but the par
ties escaped. tt is claimed that tires
lgentlemen may have a right to extrac
teeth but none but licensed dentists o
doctors can use drugs and in a humble
lof cases where they operated quite seri
lous trouble has resulted. The sam
parties were driven out Of Betheland til
officers up and down the line have bee
notified TO be on the lookout foT sal
parties.