The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-23

i DAILY TIMES. SEPT.
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.
a cane over 100 years old is owned by
n. b. Davenport Of Chelsea II was
brought from Palestine by his great
uncle who obtained it on the Mount Of
Olives.
The drowning il reported Of George
NJ. Phetteptaee of Vernon in the Con-
nectieut river yesterday near the Hins-
dale ferry He was 40 years old and it
is supposed that be started to row
across instead of waiting for the regI
lar ferryman 1t is said that he had
been drinking heavily the past week.
Henry Wyman Of Manchester, when
driving nome at night from Dorset,
guided his horse off the edge of a bridge
and the animal and buggy landed legs
and wheels up in the brook. Mfr, Wyman
and companion escaped injury but con
siderable difficulty was experienced in
getting the horse back into the
thoroughfare.
Smoke pouring from the tenement oc-
cupied BY MIR. and Mrs, Corsiglia over
their store in Bennington caused som
one to ring in fire alarm. The ser
vice of the department were not need
ed, however, as the smoke came from'
a frying pan, neglected when Mrs. Cor
siglia went t, thee store to wait on a
customer.
Two officers were called at the hons
of Mrs. Limoges in Montpelier yester
day morning to drive away couple of
burglars said to he trying the windows.
T be cops failed to find the house
breakers, but found che lady Of the
house armed with revolver ready to
blaze away at the first man that showed
his head.
Sheriff Allen yesterday made settle
Aent with Assistant Judge Lyon and
Barber in the matter of the labor per
formed thus far by prisoners confined in
the Chittenden county Jail The total
amount earned was 705.44 The expenses
involved were for clothing, $3.50; for
tobacco $3.50; for guards, S27, making
the net earnings $6724
A peculiar accideSb ba'elI the six
months old child Of Mr. and Mrs SAT
ford guests at Echo Lake hotel in Ty.
SON. The youngster fell while being
Flayfully tossed by its mother and
struck against the side OF tie bed In
the attempt to save the chill nsp fan
ing further the mother cauelt il by
the leg ami the body tufgta over IN
such manner as to bota dislocate
end break the leg The injury was not,
discovered for two days after the acct
dent
The largest pair Of oxen in the world
were exhibited at the st. Johnsbury
fair this week A. s. Rand & Son If
Stetson, Me-, own them. The beasts
are eight years old; weight, $500 and
5000 pounds respectively; girths, 10
feet, inches, and 10 feet inches
They were sired by full blood Hol-
stein bull out OF two full blooded Dur
ham COWS, full blooded cross the like
Of which is not known They took
first jrize in Madison Square garden,
New York.
The Troy Conference Missionary in
stitute, EpwoFth league convention aud
preachers meeting of the Burlington
district will be held at the Methodist
church in Rutland Monday ana Tues
day. October II and To- The following
clergymen will take part in the pro.
gram: The Revs. Milford Smith, +. II.
Wright, H. a. Duriee, Robert Forbes, W.
+. Doughty. (N. W, George A. Cook,
Robert L. Thompson, r. L. Dow, = L
Atwcll The business session OF the
Epworth league will be conducted by
Noble L. Ball, district president
State Auditor Horace F. Graham has
honored request from the jamestown
exposition commission for $1,000, the
unexpended balance Of the $4,000 APP
propriated by the legislature Of 1906,
and the money has been paid to the
commission BY the state treasurer. Toe
expense Of getting the Vermont exhibits
back after the exposition closes must
be paid out Of the money now in the
hands Of the commission The act APP
propriating $4,000 for Nermont's par.
ticipation in the exposition provides
that tne commission will file with the
state auditor an itemized account OF eX.
pcuses, and this will be done when the
exposition closes The law provides that
any unexpended balance shah revert
to the treasury but it II not probable
any such balance will remain.
Acting on the advice of Attorney Gen.
eral C. c. Fits, State Auditor Graham
has allowed the bill Of DIR b. II. Stone
OF Burlington for $50 for nire Of an
automobile to take him to Bolton T..
perform an autopsy three months or
more ago. The auditor held this bill
up, thinking It might establish pre-.
cedent whereby other states could press
automobiles into service in the perform.
ance of their duties. The train service
on the Central Vermont railway was
such that DIR. Stone could not get to
Potion and return the same afternoon
he was called there 60 perform this
autopsy, and be hired an automobile.