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

molten metal fieW up and struck him IN
the eye, probably destroying the sight.
Alexander Tuscany Of ST. Adams and
Herbert Donaldson of Swanton III one
day took 48 piclSerel from Charcoal
creek, Swanton, averaging five pounds In
weight.
Ira Carpenter, Of Lunenburg, left
town August ri unknown I'd his family
and his whereabouts are still unknown.
He il farmer and we'll and faYorably
known ii town.
Eames r. Hopkins Of Rutland has
been appointed district deputy grand ex
allied ruler Of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks for the district
Of Vermont to succeed h. q Bowers III
Montpelier.
The Rev. Alvin NJ. Smith, pastor N
the Universalist church at Plainfield.
will go To Hiram, MA, 10 succeed the
Rev. II. II. H0yt, who has been elected
state president and secretary of the
Universalist churches of Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Silver, Of Derby.
celebrated the fftieth anniversary of
their marriage Wednesday, August 2s.
AIr. and Mrs silver assisted BIZ Mr..
and Afrs. Badger who attended them
fifty years ago. received their friends
from I until 8 o'clock
Richford Ii to hold i village meeting
September III to discuss general public
improvements, Al new building for The
fire department, widening Main street,
the purchase of the old grist mill and
saw min property and street lighting
are matters To ba taken Up At that
time.
Ex-Gov. q. j. Bell, who has been in
Ohio attending the Grange field meet
imgs, will finish his work in that state
Saturday, at 0berlin, at which time Id
will have appeared In fifteen different
counties. Governor Bell expected to at
tend the state fair Wednesday and
Thursday and he expects TO speak at
Clinton, N, X, fair September a..
Mitch Blay, of Barton, Just discharged
from prison, where he has been doing
time for horse stealing lost no time IN
reeuming his old habits. He borrowed
SIS from his father and went to barn
Of Wilbur Moult0n. lighted a lantern,
and harnessed the horse. Mr., Moulton
found the lighted lantern next morning
but no trace Of the rig can be discovered.
One Of the features OF the coming
G. a. r. encampment at Saratoga will
be the giant guard OF 45 veterans Ev-
cry man must be at least six feet in
height and OF proportionate beam.
George w. Bridgeman Of Hardwiek has
been chosen to represent Vermont He
IS fully up to the standard physically
with a correspondingiy good military
record
Three Italians, arrested at Whitehall.
", u, for the stabbing Of Robert Met
calf of Hydeville, have been discharged
because Of insufficient evidence. A party
Of Fair Haven men and the Italians got
into discussion at the station, and
Metealf was slashed IN the hip. It was
not possible to positively identify the
man who did the deed. The wound was
not a dangerous one.
The heavy rains filed The pew lake
quicker than was expected would be the
case and at 1855 Thursday morning the
first water tYiekied over tho dam. When
Ii became known that Lake Wabun"
in Morrisville wassa reality, many yisi.
tors walked and rode down to see it,
incidentally. its sudden filling relieved
W. s. Cheney of the trouble Of digging
quite piece Of potatoes which are well
under water,
w. r, Curtis, writing from RutlaRd to
The Chicago Record Herald tells Of
young lady in that locality who Il suf
fering from most peculiar nervous NAL
adv She sees and writes in reversed
order. To read she Is obliged to use a
mirror, and other people in reading her
letters have 10 employ the same means
In Oh other respects She is normal. She
has Just returned from an European
trip during which she enjoyed the sights
the same as any other intelligent person,
except that everything that passed be-
fore her eyes was reversed.
Lightning struck the spire Of st.
Joseph's church iu Burlington Thursday
evening during the severe electric
storm, doing considerable damage. The
clap of thunder accompanying the bolt
was not particularly heavy but people
who live IN the vicinity were somewhat
startled BY shower Of broken boards
which came down on Che housetopa aud
into the street. The bolt disarranged
the wood work IN both supolas and The
apparatus which rings the bells. The
fire alarm bell was rung once. also. The
alarm system was put out of commission
for the time being but was soon put
back into shape by Chief Niles aud as
sistants.
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