The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-25
ABOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From Our
Exchanges.


Exchanges
island Pond is to have a lecture and
entertainment course of six numbers
the coming winter
Lawrence QmIlinan, Of Jericho, rel
Gently dug hill Of potatoes which
yielded thirty-seren potatoes of mar
ketable size.
Robert Barr, Of Peacham, was re.
lieved of his pocketbook and its con-
tents Thursday night while boarding a
train at St Johnsbury,
John Sweet, Of Middlebury, who cele-
brated his one htmdreth birthday anni-
tersary September II, the following day
attended the Lancaster, n H., fair.
Judge Wendell P. Stafford of the
supreme court of the District of Column
bia, who is now in st. Johnsbury, will
return to his work the latter part Of
this week
Three thousand dollars will be ex-'
pended the coming year in permanent
roads in Bellows Falls; 5000 is also 10
be spent by the town Of Rockingham
outside the village in the same per.
manent work.
Hayes Bigelow recently found in his
corn field in West Bratteboro mush.
room growth, commonly known as a
puff ball, eight inches wide, ana weigh,
al two pounds and eight ounces. FIe will
exhibit the specimen at the Valley fair
iris week.
Humane Officer John Fuller has ten
dered his resignation as humane officer
20 the Burlington Humane society, and
has gone to Tray, N. r. where he has
position as day Waterman in large
pulp mill Mr., Fuller has held his Bur
lington position for seven years.
When Miss Mary Ready Of Rutland
ewoke Saturday night she found that
she could not close her mouth A doctoi
hurridly summoned, found the jaw dis.
located. The unusual oceurranee is at
tributed to an unconscious spasmodic
action Of the muscles Of the jaw.
G, A. Adams has arrived in st. Johns
bury from Montreal and begun bis
labors as general secretary for the n
NJ G. A. The alterations on the asso-
citation building, made possible by the
$4,000 campaign fund, have been be.
gun and viii be pushed to completion.
The Crop Reporter published by an.
thority Of the secretary Of agriculture
gives the condition of leading crops in
Vermont September 1, as followsi Corn,
81 per cent; spring wheat, 90; oats, 90
barley ss; bucswheat, so; tobacco, 20;
potatoes, s5; beans, S5j onions, SO;
apples, 60.
J. w. Clark and B. F. Avery. two
New London men, started down the Con-
necticut from Brattleboro in a canoe.
lynen trying to shoot Che rapids below
Turner's Falls their boat upset, spiiling
out the camping outfit aud a sum Of
money, but the water was 90 shallow
they had no difficulty in getting ashore.
Three holes We're pounded in the bot.
tom OF the canoe.
Humane Officer W. W. Tower Of Rut.
land found a case Of extreme cruelty
in shipment of stock from Malone 10
boston, wnich halted in that CITY.
Twenty three two year.old bulls and AZ
calves were crowded into double deck
car Seven Of the calves had been
tTamped TO death ana the ceiling was
50 low that some of the larger animals
could not stand up.
The Brattleboro board Of trade have
induced the Boston Maine and Maine
Central 10 put ON an extra train be-
tween Springfield and White River
Junction when the winter schedules goes
into effect, October o. II win arrive at
Brattleboro northbound al nine O'Clock
ia the morning and will pass THROUGH
that place on the return trip at s:41
in the evening.
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