The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-13
ABOUT The STATE
Items Of Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges.


Rxehanges.
Cattle belonging to Joseph Morrill,,
West Derby farmer we're tested IT,
eentiy and Of .foily three head only
four could Re saved.
Dewey Dunhem, who died recently
at his home Ia ellnnlnVton. had been
a deacon Of the Baptist church Ia that
town fer q quarter 81 century.
Midshipmau Leigh Noyes. L. 4. NJ 81
81. johushury boy, j. en- the gunboai
Helen, 1000 miles up the Yang Tee river
This L BE third tup up the great va
ierway Of China.
Troy Conference academy. pouliney,
which has been closed for the past few
days. a. precautionary Measure, one
q tie students being IN Of diphthefia,
viii be opened Wednesday
Principal r. A. bishop 81 Montpelier
seminary, has been reelected president
~ the association Of principals Of Meth.
odist keminarles IN New England, the
annual meeting II which was held lat
week Ia Boston.
The population Of Polish immigrants
70 Barton Landing seems increasing
rapidly during the past year A year
ago but eighteen or twenty were there,
get now Il Il estimated that atty have
elected that part Of the country for a
bone,
The Island Pond business Mems a.
ISOLATION haa appointed a committee 20
confer with the advertising afent Of
tnc Grand Trunk Railway Co. and carry
out proposed plans relative 20 acting IN
conjunction with each other IN advertis.
ING Island Pond a. summer resort.
Mrs. Alvira Davis 81 Garfield. who a
~ years old. recently completed a taAk
which would look rather large TO the
younger generation. Besides assisting
h the household work, sewing. etc, sne
has. since August 81, spun. doubled, and
twisted 1876 knots Of yarn and knit forty
o. them.
Chicken thieves took forty.eigns fowls
from the ben house Of George Lucier In
jaw one dark night last week Mr..
Lueier was aroused By the connection
In his hennefy and going % the door
with a rife fred three timca in the di.
rection o. the noisc, causing the thieves
to drop one bag q their booty.
Being confined in the lookup AZ Bel
lows Falls IN default Of not paying 8
50 fine for letting his hens run al large,
John Angelo. a fruit poddier. tried TO
commit suicide BY hanging himself TO
a steampipe With a towel A yell Of
alarm from another prisoner brought
the turnkey, who cut Angelo down just
ia time.
Fifty.ave persons visited the Rutland
free library Sunday afternoon. So popu-
lar Is the new regime Of opening the
reading rooms on the Sabbath becoming
that, the librarian states. il VIII be
necessary TO furnish more chairs than
the library now aiFords. Among the pa.
irons Of the institution last Sunday
were a few persons who said they had
never been in the library before.
A case somewhat out Of tho ordinary,
Orleans Trust Co, W. Lsbonnty, was
tried in municipal court at Newfans
last week. A short time ago Labounty
drew some money from the bank and
was overpaid SIS BY mistake. The figures
on the bank slip showing the transaction
had a wrong Computation. II was In
ferrod that the money was paid him.
Iabointy contested the claim. The
court decided in favor Of the bank and
rendered Judgment TO It.
William Fennell, who Joined the Unit
ed States navy eight months ago, Is at
his home IN Burlington for a ten days
furlough, previous to leaving on the feet
on December 10 for the Pacific coast.
Fenneli enlisted as coal passer on the
Minnesota and has been promoted 70
mess cook of his division since He
thinks the naval service is good train
ing for young man, and IL pleased
with the prospect Of the long trip around
Cape Horn to the Pacific coast.
One Of the most active grocery clerks
in Rutland il also the oldest. He Is $.
Harvey Lewis, who trips lightly about
despite his rs years, and is always
ready and eager to show goods just as
any man 50 year younger. He celehrat-
cd his golden wedding three years ago
in Felchville and has two daughters, nine
grandchildren and eight great grandchil-
dren living. Mr. Lewis has been farm
or and conducted a mercantile business
in Pittsfeld and Bridgewater from 1857
to 1875. He uses neither tobacco nor
Intoxicating liquor, retires at eight
o'clock. rises at FIVE and gets to the
store an hour later.
The inspection Of two carloads Of
stock brought into Rutland over the D.
n ri. from New York points revealed
three cows dead from lack Of attention
ana another all but dying. Humane OFF
Ger w. w. Tower ordered the stock I'm
loaded a. it was evident that Il had
been on the road long time without
nroner care. The cattle were consigned