The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-12
ABOUT The STATE.
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Exchanges.
Northern Spy apples have been sold
for IS barrel in South Hero this
winter.
Fred L. Brigham, Of Norwich, has
sixty,five healthy chickens Matched the
FIRST day Of March from seventyfye
eggs.
The baseball team Of the university
Of Vermont, Burlington, has game
scheduled with Amherst, (Mass.,) col.
lege for May 22.
G. M. Hazen, principal of the Bristol
graded school, has resigned, his resig-
nation to take effect at the end of the
winter term, March ~
Gerald King, Bellows Falls boy, is
making a name for himself in the
theatrical world, having done good work
With Blanche Bates company in "Ihe
Darling Of the Gods" also in sam
Houston"
The mill at Bolton which was built by
AFR. Woodward of Waterbury belonging
To Fiddock Bros, few months since
and used for saving humber for dur
kee & Bryan, was burned with its con.
tents, and sawed lumber amounting to
SIS Friday morning. The cause OF the
fire is unknown The total loss is cs-
timated at $4,000
u
i Edward Dragon, VINO was severely
injured on phe Bipton road some ten
days ago, by having few heavy logs
roll over him, ia getting along finely.
Mr.. Dragon, although still compare.
lively young man, has family Of child
rem larg enough to make President
Roosevelt smile. In his younger days
Dragon was an enthusiastic baseball
player and last year he had baseball
team made up oil nine Of his own boys
with enough left over for umpire, scorer
and substitutes.
William 4. Middlebrook, of Vergen-
mes, recently suffered an injury to his
right hand in peculiar manner which
viii prevent the use Of the hand for
some time. in trying to open some
sliding doors, the doors stuck and he
gave the glass knob a quick turn which
shattered It. The palm of his hand was
filed with broken glass and the tendon
OF the index finger severed He in now
at the Mary Fletcher hospital, Burling
ton. The hand il in a plaster cast.
4 The new wage scale Of the Boston &
Maine Railroad Co.. will be benefit
to many Vermont railroad men, as-
pecially in Bellows Falls. Trainmen
are to be paid on mileage basis, the
ten per cent. raise affecting 5000 EN-,
ployes. The rates viii be: Passenger
seryice--eonductor $500 for one hun.
bred miles; baggage masters, $3.50;
hrakemen. S2.t0. Freight service--con
\ ductors, $3.50; brakemen, $2.55. Fully
500 regulars and from $50 10 200 ex.
ira men on The Passumpsic division win
be benefited.
| Allen Brown, the 1e.year.old son Of
the Rev. and Mrs. A. q Brown and
Raymond, the seven. vear-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs William Place, were con-
siderably shaken up and quite badly
bruised by being thrown from wagon
Saturday afternoon at Essex junction.
Mr.. Brown had taken one of Mr. Places
horses and an express wagon with which
to bring a load Of household goods from
the freight depot. While returning Mr.
Brown let his son drive and be walked
back of the load. When near the Park
street railroad crossing the horse be-.
came frightened and commenced to run,
The boys we're thrown from the wagon
to the frozen ground. Raymond was
the most severely injured receiving two
bad cuts on the left side Of bis face and
one on his shoulder. He was uncon.
scious some time. Allen received
slight bruises. The boxes of goods and
the wagon seat were thrown out and