The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-16
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items OF Interest Cleaned From ouI
Exchanges.


Exchanges.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Michael Tierneg Of
Lincoln have the kind Of q family that
President Roosevelt approves They
have ~ children ranging from son a
few days old TO 10 years. There are
seven daughters and five sons. All arc
at home, happy family.
After considerable heated discussion,
the village Of Bellows Falls has granted
d franchise to the Bellows Fails Gas
company. Work will be commenced at
once on a $4,000 plant. The first price
asked will be S1.75 per 1000 cubic
feet but this rate will be gradually re-
duced.
Harley, The two year-old son Of H.
". Kicker Of Barton, tipped the cover
off a spring, six feet deep and tumbled
iii head first. There were three and
one half feet of water in the box and
the youngster was pretty thoroughly
soaked before pulled out by Charles
Dunmore, who heard his cries.
The total registration in the Rutland
public schools Of this city at present Is
1852, an increase Of 80 over last year.
The entering class in the high school
numbers $50, the largest ever admitted
The high school is crowded beyond its
real capacity and bids for the erection
Of an addition to cost $4,000 have
been advertised for.
DIR. j. II. Blodgett, of Saxtons River
graduate OF tie university of Yer
mont, Burlington, in 1895, Of the medi
cal college IN 1897, and from the Boston
city hospital 1899, will open an Office in
Burlington November T. Aside from
his professional work, Doctor Blodgett
has been honored by the citizens OF
Rockingham with civil Offices and has
been connected with the various medi-
cal societies Of that vicinity.
I4yndonyiIle has a "Peeping Tom A
burly man weighing about two hundred
pounds has been seen around tine village
for over week, looking into windows
and creeping arnlnd corners of houses.
In one instance when caught looking
into d window on Main street the man
dropped to the ground and crawled out
oil the yard on his hands and knees. Mem
have patrolled the streets several
nights on the watch for the offender.
The attendance at the Burlington
public schools has increased during the
first week until the enrolment in the
high school is the largest for the first
week Of any year in the history Of the
school. The corrected report 81 the en-
rollment was received BY Superinten-
dent Wheeler Friday and is as follows;
High school, 1853; Adams school, 2ss;
Lawrence Barnes, PA; Converse, 327
pomeroy, 35s; Ira Allen, 159; Thsyer,
34; Lakeside, III; Archibald street,
$40; Chase street kindergarten, 70.
total e,533.
In the slate belt Of southern Yer
mont and eastern New York where a
large percentage Of the population is
Welsh, the annual eisteddfod, or music
festival, is a great event. At one Of
these gatherings Professor Hrotherce,
recently returned from Wales, told the
following from an old Welshman he
met on his trip; y had funny dream
a few nights ago that is causing me
some trouble. as | am afraid there will
be- no rest for me when / cross the
river l dreamed that / was in heaven
and Gabriel was leading the choir There
were millions Of sopranos, more than
you could see; there was an army Of
altos, they reached for miles, they would
cover the Atlantic ocean; / couldn't be-
lieye there was so many tenors in the
world since creation. The funny part
Of it was that was the only bass,
Hard No that was funnier still.
After we mad sung the first two or
three bars OF the Hallelujah chorus
Gabriel stopped the choir and looking
at me said, Mr.. Jones, not so much bass,
pleased"