The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-08
MONTPELIER
Pleasant Greeting Given a Former
Townsman Last Night.

IOWuSman Last Night.
The cash prizes' for the junior prize
speaking held Thursday evening at
Montpelier seminary, will not he award
fd until commencement time in June
Misses Martha Bailey and Florence
Strong we're awarded first and second
prizes for girls; i. d. Bancroft and d
y. Snithers for boys.
The thawing machine purchased last
fall By the city has been III use this
week and has made goods an its manu-
faeturers claimed for it. BY running
the steam into the ground through an
iron pipe, this machine win easily do
the work Of half dozen or more men
n excavating in frozen grounds for de-
fectiye sewer or water pipes.
Harry Hall, a we'll known farmer Of
Worcester, died Thursday night after an
illness of week with pneumonia, aged
~ years. Mr.. Hall was loyal sup.
porter OF the Methodist church in Wor-
cestef. and had heid the offices OF road
commissioner. school director and select
man. lie i survived b~ wife and
Eve children His funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon
The suit for alienation OF the affec.
tiuns of his wife. ii which damages oi
$4,000 Il sought. brought BY Philander
H. Chase IT Naitsheld against Frank
Hcekford of that town, il returnahle At
the March term 81 Washington county
court MI Chase II well known farm
81 in the Mad River valley. Papers
were served Thursday night on Beck
ford and he was brought 10 Montpelier
to have bail fixed. Beckford aud Mrs.
Chase arr each 30 years old, Mr.. Chase
is much older.
The Central Labor union Of Montpelier
has elected "a D. Jones a. 4 delegate
To the next meeting Of the Ministers
Monday club. to discuss with the clergy
men ct that club some of the labor
problems that Just now are receiving
much attention The oiiicers Of the
union elected at the annual meeting
Thursday night are: president. Fred
C0nnofs; vice president. John Dpeherty;
secretary. George Mclean; financial sec.
rotary, Earl Sargent; treasurer, John
Anderson; sergeant at-arnss, Charles A.
stone
The friends and Old neighbors Of Fred
efiek VI Bancroft 81 Boston gathered
81 large numbers At tbs Kellogg Hub
bard library ball last evening 10 listen
to his lecture recital on Shakespeare
HI Song The lecture Was under the
auspices 81 the Ladies' Aid society Of
Trinity Methodist church. and Mr.. Ban
croft was pleasantly introduced by the
Rev. A. ]. Huugh For more than an
hour MI. Bancroft entertained his aud.
ence and at tie close of the lecture
sang hy request several Irish and ital
ian songs The welcome Mr. Bancroft
received from his Old home town was
cordial and sincere, and was evidently
appreciated BY him
DR.. II u Iinlton of Brattleboro. sec
fetaFg Of the state board OF health, who
has been in conference here two days
with Architect III Z. Bromley OF New
York over better ventilation at the
state House. went yesterday to has
at not all the work will be done before
tie. next session Of tho legislature
Making tine needed changes ia the SEN
ute chamber aud in Che hall Of the House
q Representatives IS comparatively a
simple matter, hit how TO ventilate
dozen o. moro committee rooms that /
need il even more than Do the legisla- I
iive halls, Is perplexing problem. II /
the plans souns to he submitted by Mr. I
Bvomllcld are satisfactory to the com
mission appointed two years ago to have
charge of this work. it viii be com |
menced without delay.