The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-05
WILLIAMSTOWN

Orville WaIbrdge il teaching in the
Free Baptist church district
Our village creamery patrons were
paid "a cents per pound for butter fat
on the Sd inst,
A. H. Jewett Of our creamery has just
set up housekeeping in Mrs. Henry r..
Erskine's house.
Mrs. James Lamb Of Barre City has
just been visiting her parents here, Mr..
and Mrs James Recor.
The school board will be at the town
hall at o d. M Saturday next, Nov Q,
to pay the teachers in our public schools.
Scion Patterson has hired DR.. r. D.
Watson's pretty little office on North
Main street that the doctor vacated
when he opened his office in his own
residence
Theodore Wilfore has moved to the
old J. Porter Simons farm that he not
long ago bought of Scion Patterson and
he has rented his house in the village
to an Italian
hearing predictions that the granite
business may likely be duh in these
parts the coming winter, we asked one
of our granite dealers his opinion of
the matter, and he replied that work
enough could be had if manufacturers
were ready to do H. the too low prices
that dealers want to pay.
Inquiries are being continually made
here after the condition OF both Mrs.
George G. Earle, at the Mary Fletcher
hospital and Mrs. j, X. Lynde at her
rooms in Montpelier AT latest accounts
Mrs. Earle was able to sit up a little
and Mrs. Lynde's case Is said to be
more hopeful whereat we are all glad.
It is to be hoped that our citizens
will see a two.fold reason for patroniz-
ing our entertainment course this season,
which is to be offered BY the Ladies'
Village Improvement society. II IL no
small amount Of work that this society
is doing gratuitously, for the good Of
our public, and it asks patronage only
that it may be able the better thus to
serve the public A new venture about
TO be entered upon by the society is a
reading room to be open and free to all.
Who will not lend handf
We think the public generally will be
interested in a letter recently received
here, which we give herewith. It was
written by Vermont bank official in
answer to an inquiry substantially as
follows, via, If person having a de-
posit in bank should give his indiyid-
ual check to another person to be paid
from this deposit, should die before the
check was presented at the bank for
payment, what course would a bank pur-
sue in reference to the oheckf Dear
pounded in your letter Of yesterday,
may say that ii is general rule of
law that when a man dies, any checks
Of his which may be outstanding are
estopped; the theory being that when
death occurs, money in the hank be.
comes part of the deeedent's estate
This rule, however, IL modified by stat
ute in Vermont, so that the bank may
pay a check drawn by any person who
has sufficient funds on deposit, notwith-
standing the death OF such drawer be-
tween the drawing Of q check and pres
entation for payment, II such presenta-
ton is made within thirty days after
the death Of the maker OF such check.
As I understand this statute, it simply
gives the bank authority to pay II It
50 desires, but the bank il not compelled
to pay. Of course, in any case such
as YOU suppose, The facts concerning it
might have considerable bearing upon
It. Generally speaking, man is ek-
peeted to use due diligence III presenting
checks for payment, end some states
have construed due Diligence to mean
that check must be presented on the
day Of its issue or the following day,
in case the drawer Is located in the town
where the paying bank Is Otherwise
the cheek must be sent for collection the
next day after receiving ii; but as
said before, the facts tn any case would
largely govern the action necessary to
be taken"