The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-16

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Madame schuman -IIeinl il booked
for appearance in Burlington Tuesday
evening, April 4
Mrs. G, +. Stowe, Of Woodstock, died
March z from the effects of injuries
suffered March 8 By falling on the col
I la stairs.
} The post Office at Newark, whose pa.
irons are now supplied BY rural free
delivery from West Burke, will be dis
continued March 81
The annual sugar-eat Of The Spring
field (Nlass.) association OF the Sons
and Daughters Of Vermont will be held
Wednesday evening, April 8.
Nindsor's oldest citizen, Henry Sulli-
van Gates, aged % years, was buried
Thursday. Mr. Gates was native OF
New Hampshire, blacksmith, and made
the first split OK shoes used in Windsor
county,
Carl Ross Of Fair Haven, who Is al
ready in jail for want Of bail, has been
indicted by the county grand jury for
assauting Robert j. Williams, of Fair
Haven, an aged man, February 10 last,
with intent to kill
a special town meeting is called Ia
Arlington to see il the town will vote
All additional tax of 20 cents on a dol.
lar OF the grand list to fectify mis-
N ta1y - H., -. - a..
at the annual meeting March 3 vas
$3.50
Jannett Plastridge Davis of Winches-
tier, n. H., arrived at her legal majority
and celebrated her 2lst birthday ami
versary on Feb. 20. after wclI-spent
life of IS years. Mrs. Davis was born
at Stowe, W., Feb, 20, 1920, being the
10th child Of family Of 20 children,
four Of whom are known OF be living
The leaving Of last years ballots in
the box caused something of a mix-up
at this years town meeting in Brighton !
the vote on the liquor license issue
showing SIS votes whereas the check |
/ list showed a total of 243 votes cast |
The discovery that the old ballots had |
been left in the box relieved the stu
alton.
As the Rutland fire alarm system
fsils to register correctly, the +. r.
Patch Manufacturing Co, viii decline
10 renew its contract April ] to blow
the whistle. Mr. Patch says he merely |
allowed the whistle to be installed as
aIl accommodation and that he has done
everything he can TO have ii blow cor
rectly In sixteen tests, one box reg.
istere,i its right number in the boiler
room four times.
Ninety-fve inmates answered the roll-
call at the Vermont soldiers home, Ben
ningtoD, Wednesday and 103 names are
now on the register. This Is the largest
number present at any time during the
winter. On the same date last gear
there were IN present and 10s on the
register. These figures show that the
number Of inmates at the home is prae
tieally the same az last year. Nearly
thirty inmates Of the home are in the
hospital.
George n sherwin in communiea-
ton 70 the Burlington board Of ahier-
men severely arraigns Carl d. Stock
well. inspector Of wires Mr.. Sherwin
charges that tho inspector il unreliable
ii lbs work and cites nine instances in
which he says Mr. Stockweil failed to
remedy defective wiring. The comnTuni
cation has gone TO the city council for K
action and ii Is likely that Mr.. Stock
well will be given a hearing on the
charges brought. II
John Kay, a travelling cigarmaker, who
has been about Bennington for several
days. was taken suddenly III on the
North street bridge about noon Friday.
The man was apparently afflicted with
fit Of some nature and was at once
taken to nearby Office and physi-
clan summoned. kay's condition was
such that 1t was thought best to remove
him at once to the town farm. He did
not rally from his unconscious condition
and died late in the afternoon Kay had
visited the different cigar stores in town
and had stated that his home was in
Hudson, n. Y. He had been out Of work s
for some months and had been travelling
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years OF age.
Among Bcnnington's new summer res
idents this year will be j. Mcclure !
Peters, New York lawyer. Mr.. Peters
has leased the 400-aere Gore farm for !
Ave years with the privilege Of buying
1t. The New England Stock Farm Co,
Of Franklin county, Massachusetts,, has
leased a flock Of 500 sheep Of Mr. Peters
a shepherd will come from Scotland to
care for the aock Mr. Peters has
fancy for sheep. and viii make the in
dustrv speciality. The farm, which
Il suitably divided into tillage, pas. :
turage and woodland, has been for many
years in the Gore family, and is pleas
antly located on rising ground 1t is
said that Mr. Peters IS a descendant OF
the Rev Absalom Peters, who was one '
Of the early pastors Of the Old First y
church at Bennington Center.
BRIGHTLooK HOSPITAL OPENED.
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