The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-31
ABOUT THE STATE


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Mrs. Adkins died Friday at the home
Of +, Q. Bishop Of Orwell, where she
resided She was IN her 0Sth year.
Bennington county Jail has only two
! prisoners and one Of them will have
served his sentence before the close Of
the year
Fred Barker Of Concord, while chop.
ping, cut one ankle SO badly that sew
eral stitches were necessary 70 close
tho wound.
George McPhee Of Lyndon Center was
hit in the face by a hammer a few days
land and from the injury blood poison
ing has developed
Barton is to introduce manual train
ling into its schools, six outfits for that
purpose having just been received
there The work will begin with the
use Of the tools and from that to max
ing joints and then to making practical
things.
Robert Darling Of North Walden met
with a serious accident recently, while
I'm the woods Telling trees. One tree
lodged upon another and, when Il came
down. fen upon Mr.. Darlings leg,
breaking the bones below the knee and
making flesh wound.
Marshall Pierce caught 4 fisher cat
recently in North Danyille. which meas.
ured fifty,four inches from tip to
50 caught four foxes and several skunks
tip, for which be got SAC lie has al
SO caught four foxes and several skunks
and musISrats this season.
Tipping over her chair, the little
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Dona Lac
roix Of West Rutland thrust her head
through a pane OF glass Tuesday and
hung there until released by her moth
q, The child was badly cut on the
back Of the head and neck.
James n Livingstone Of Remington.
while lighting the kitchen fire Wednes
day morning, had narrow escape from
being seriously burned. he was wear
ing new outing flannel night robe
which caught fire and was almost com
pletely burned from HIS body before
the flames were extingliished
Quite a serious accident occurred last
week when six young men Of West
Burke were out sliding Clarence Dens-
more was steering the traverse, when
In some way he lost control Of the sled
and they were all thrown of. Young
Densmore struck something that almost
completely scalped him. cutting entire
~ around the top Of his head, making
a cash - inches long. He was at
home for q Christmas vacation.
The sales Of the Rutland postcffce
for the LAST fiscal year amounted 10
S47,033l4 About three.qaarters Of
the business was handled at the branch
office downtown and business men are
presenting this az an argument the
proposition TO have the main Office
moved TO the business section. There
were 1895 domestic and IS foreign
money orders paid during the year.
There were l0632 domestic and l,943
foreign orders issued. The packages
registered numbered 1888.
O. Il. Martin, state commissioner of
agriculture, says that practically all
evidences Of the San Jose scale in this
state have been wiped out and that there
is little or nothing 10 fear from that
source now AZ was not true, he said. ]
that the scale was known among the
trees of Burlington. 1t did appear, he
said, among some currant bushes there
some time ago but that the matter
was promptly reported and received
proper attention with the result that
the germs were practically exterminat-
ed
A barn belonging to Miss Julia A.
Jackson in brandon was burned
Wednesday, caused by a fire started by
tramps. i Is supposed There were 20 /
tons Of hay IN the barn and when Mr.. +
Bfeaee, its owner. went to get load /
OF hay He smelled snake. He saw 4 /
hole in the hay which looked as though /
some one had slept there. With d /
pitchfork he pulled out a mans coat.
and the Gre had which had been smoId.
ering under this coat spread very rap.
idly Two whiskey bottles were
found there also, and IL is thought that +
some one had slept there during the
night and had been smoking Miss
Jackson's barn was insured for $500 and /
Mr.. Breeses hay for $500.
Oldest Postmaster in United States.
Bondviile, village in the town Of
Winhall, county Of Bennington, state
Of Vermont, does not stand out in bold
relief on the map, but it would be
marked No. ] among 81 ass post Offices
III the United States, il the offices were
rnted from the seniority rankings Of
the poatmasters.
Chester Benson Williams, who has
the remarkable distinction Of being the
oldest postmaster In the United States.
and probably the Oldest official Of the
government in years Of continuous ser
vice. il not an extremely old man, as
years ARE ordinarily counted, being sol
years of age. but he had the advantage