The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-10
ABOUT THE STATE



G, II. Fisher, resident Of Bristol, is
The son Of a captain IN the war Of
1872.
Clifford Rogers OF West Berkshire fell
while skating recently and fractured his
collar bone.
Mrs. Merritt Vontine OF Grand Isle
trippsd recently in going down stairs
and seriously injured her spine
Eugene Bailey Of stowe attempted to
shoot dog last week and III SO doing
shot OIL the end Of one OF his fingers
Rev w. Franklin Powell, 30 years old,
pastor Of the Baptist church iii West
Cuilford, died Monday, just six weeks
after his ordination.
Roy Davis Of Duxbury, while chopping
wood on the mountain one day last
week, had piece Of wood driven part
way through his wrist.
AZ Mrs. Bert Jones 81 Centeryille was
driving down 4 steep hin Saturday. tile
harness broke letting the sleigh onto the
horse, which kicked Mrs. Jones jumped
out, striking on her hip which was
quite badly injured.
One morning last week two animals
were seen BY a number Of people on the
north side Of the river below the falls
III North Duxbury, following on tile
track Of deer. and at 6rst were sup
posed to be bears, but afterward were
found TO be timber wolves.
Hobart Folsom 81 MorrisYille met with
a serious accident while drawing wood
last Friday which resulted in the frac
ture OF two ribs He was getting onto
a load Of four foot wood In The woods,
when the horses started, throwing him
violently against stump. He Is recoy-
ering as well as could be expected
Edward r. Jackson, who fought III
some OF the famous battles of the Civil
war, including that Of Gettysburg, died
at his home In Pittsford December Q OF
cerebral hemorrhage He Was 10 years
old and was native of Castleton re
served with Company +, "a regiment
Of Berdan sharpshooters, In the Civil
war
Captain Charles r. Merrill. for the
past thirty years a clerk in the Boston
post office, died AT his home III Medford,
Mass, Monday He was born in Derby
in la4l and served III the navy from 1862
10 1868, and then served with the 18th
Vermont Heayies TO the end Of the war.
He had been resident of Medford for
twenty-three years.
A special committee surprised the Rut
land board Of aldermen BY the announce.
ment that the present water system
there II adequate for years to come, II
waste il stopped. The committee ais
covered that 100000 gallons Is being
wasted daily, and recommended that
$4,000 be appropriated to cement the
bottom Of the reservoir as remedial
measure.
A report issued Wednesday by the
national monetary commission, giving
the result Of an inquiry into every bank
of amy character in the country shows,
that. with total resources Of S450.lg per
capita Of population, the banking insti-
tltions Of the eastern or middle Allan
tie states lead The country. The New
England states come next with s433.00
per capita In the latter section, Mas
saehusetts leads, with total banking
resources per capita az S2I7.25, while
Vermont ranks tlfth, with S2a3.l4 per
capita
There was held at the Baptist church
at Pomnal last week Thursday the fu
neral Of woman, who probably had
the longest teaching record in the state,
She was Miss Eunice Ladd who had
taught IN the public schools Of that, her
native, town, for nearly 50 years. She
was born in Pownal rs years ago and
during her service Of nearly half
century had taught in al az the l3 dis
tricts X II estimated that fully one.
half the population Of the town have AZ
one time or another been her pupils.
She resigned her position on her 10th
birthday, FIVE years ago, the date she
had long fixed for her retirement
Deputy Sheriff John F. Smith of Rut-
land Il to be one Of party Of knights
of Columbus from the eastern part of
the United States, who win 90 on
trip to the gulf states and the 18th
mus Of Panama during January and
February under the direction Of the
Isthmus Touring club. They will Bel
guests for some days Of Panama coun.
Gil. X. OF G., and win witness degree
work BY that council. The party win
sail from New York January s, and will
arrive in New Orleans, Ia, January ID,
remaining there two days. They will
reach Colon on January 20, remaining
on the isthmus until January 20, and
taking side trips To all historical points.
New Orleans will be reached on the re
turn trip February /, the members Of
the party returning home by separate
routes.
Followed by Wild Cat
A North Adams Mass doctor had a
rather unpleasant experience TUESDAY,