The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-16
ABOUT THE STATE

The state board Of library commits
sioners reports l73 Vermont towns with
public library service and 70 without.
The Uniyersalist society ut ST. Johns
bury has received the gift Of slightly
lot from MIR. and Mrs. Is. ]. Staples 70 be
used for building a parsonage.
The Philharmonic society Of Burling.
ton has made arrangements for song
recital to be given al the Strong theatre
December q by David Bispham, the not.
ed opera singer.
The tallest man in Rhode Island Is a
native OF st. Johnsbury. He is Charles
s. Gregory, patrolman OF the Newport
police department, and stands six feet
five inches in his stocking feet. Gregory
was born In 1915 and weighs PSI pounds.
Ernest knight Of Ludlow, thinks he
has beaten the dandelion and rasp-
berry pckers who have been IN evi.
dence the past fall and winter by pick
ing, on nearby hill Thanksgiving day,
a cluster OF trailing arbutus that had
budded
In list Of undergraduates Of Harvard
university, Cambridge, Mass, entitled TO
scholarships on account Of marked ex-
cellence" are the names OF Harry Leander
Somers Of Passumpsic. class of 1911, and
ARENAS Cushman Townsend Of Roches-
ter, class OF 1911.
The cattle on the Bruce farm Of the
Vermont Marble Co, Proctor, were re.
Gently tested and only two out OF 90 cat
tie on the farm were found to be infected
with tuberculosis. This makes total
of rs head in the herds Of the company
that will have to be killed,
II Is believed that the man found
frozen 10 death in Townshend Thursday
is one Dow, OF Andover, or some other
nearby town IN Windsor county. lie
was last seen alive in South Londonderry
December 3, when he applied to the town
authorities for aid.
Collector c. II. Darling Of the customs
district of Vermont furnishes the follow
ing figures for the month of November;
Duties collected on imports, si4,s971l;
value of merchandise exported, 1898, ls5.
The duties collected during the month of
November, 1907, were S62,4l7s2.
James Doran's right hand was blown
to pieces by the explosion Of his gun this
week. Doren is the sixteen. year-old son
of Owen Doren, of West Castleton. and
was returning from hunting trip. on
the west shore Of Lake Bomoseen when
he slipped on the ice and his gun was
accidentally discharged.
The Brandon grade school, which was
to be closed next Friday for the noli.
day vacation, will be closed tomorrow
by order Of Health Officer Dr. c. w. |
feared. Between seventy and eighty |
pupils in the lower grades have been
exposed by one Of their number who at
tend school with well developed case
Of the disease.
The long continued droutb has just |
begun to seriously affect the water sup /
ply OF the Pittsford Aqueduct 90. The
water in the spring, which is not affected /
by ordinary dry spells, is now at the
lowest point in its history, only enough /
water to fill an inch pipe now being
available there. Preparations are being /
made to augment the supply from other /
sources, and II is thought there will soon
be enough for all purposes.
Lieut. Calvin P. Titus, who was
bugler In company B, lst Infantry, VT.
Vols, OF Bennington in the war with
Spain, has resigned from the army, and
The pEesident has accepted the resigna-
ion. %Titns was the boy who, as a pri
Fate, was the FIRST man Of all the allied
army OF the world to scale the walls of
Pekin. He was given medal Of honor
Tor his bravery, and when asked what
further reward he wished, he said he
wanted West Point education. So he
Eent through the academy on the Hud-
ion, and later into the Fourteenth in
'antry. Now he Is going into business