The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-14
About the State

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somaseeu q was NEARLY three feet long
end weighed Q pounds.
Tie II ycar.old daughter Of Frank
Lawrence az Burlington was taken ill
ia q drug tore there Thursday and the
physician ia Attendance stated that She
Slowed signs oi having been intoxicated.
Miss Cora Leonard Of Jnm0uih lust
handbag Thursday, while shopping h
Rutland. containing sls5 which Size in
tended 10 deposit ia the bank She
Thought She left it IN one OF the stores
but search for il proved unsueeess.
fuI
Bradford q "a have a new canning
factory built this spring which viii be-
opened about the middle Of August.
For about Elk weeks l2j hands viii be
employed and the rest Of The time IS
hands Two hundred and City ncres Of
corn have been contracted for
Tho new veneer mill 10 Bradford Is
starting out we'll having q capacity of
25 hands and already employing 20.
The mill Is capable Of turning out s..
600 and 10000 feet Of veneer q day
requiring 3 1000 feet 81 lumber The sup
erintendent, Mr. Dove Of Buffalo. has
had ten years experience and the sue.
cess Of the new industry Is assured.
The register at Hale's Tavern. Wells
River, shows that LAST season 800 auto.
mobile parties put zap there. which
meant that ilTG persons from % states
of the union were cared for II IS
evident that the automobile travel has
something to Do with the prosperity Of
hotel keepers as well as with the rest
of business ne ID towns through which
a trunk line passes.
A meeting Of about forty citizens Of
Brandon was held Thursday evening az
the Brandon Inn to consider The question
81 forming a stock company for pur.
chasing the Brandon inn property and
possibly The 8oodnough property adioin-
ing, and repairing and renovating the
same and putting the property 10 first
class condition Something over $1,000
was subscribed and q committee was ap.
pointed 10 solicit further subscriptions
Mrs permelia Miles observed her 90th
birthday anniversary March Q. at her
home on Dummerston HIN She retains
all her faculties and IS in excellent
health. doing much reading and helping
with the sewing Of the family Of Der
daughter with whom she lives, often
asking for more work 10 do Mrs
Miles Is veteran bed.quih maker and
each Of her grandchildren and great
grandchildren has q quilt Of her making
She pieced the last one wnen s. years
old for her Treat-ganddauehter Ruth
Emily stockwell Of Willimansett, Mass.
Mrs. Miles attended the funeral 81 her
grandson, Linus y Miles. who died in
chieopee Falls, Mass. Jan 10 Of this
year.
Edward Bailey and Joseph Johnson
have installed the 6rst accessories Of
wireless station, which they hops % have
ii Springfield soon A dettctpr has been
purchased end 81 means 81 ~ aeFial.
which Joseph Johnson has constructed
IN the top Of the bank block. they are
able to hear telephones ring In various
parts Of the town The affair Is hardly
more than an experiment as yet bat il
tie instruments work well, q complete
amateur station viii be installed sore
Instruments are - arrive later III che
station should b 3 success. the operators
have ambitions Of constructing On aerial
from the steepie 81 the Congregational
church 20 the roof Of the hank block
which would add much to the distance
that could be spanned BIZ the wireless
g. r. Matava walked into an dir hole
IL the Zee near the Connecticut river
bridge IN Brattleharq March q and aad
q narrow escape from drowning. He
was working with the crew who were
blasting out Zee with dynamite below
the bridge and was returning 10 tile
scene 0i operations with d box Of dvHa
mite Ia his arms Ie had walked aeross
tie same place several times, but the
blasting probably weakened the lee over
the airhole Mr.. Mataya went down
some distance. but be did not touch
bottom and luckily he came up close
rs the sound ice He wRs pulled out
without difficulty. but W. dropped the
box 81 dynamite The explosive Il on
the bottom of the river IA 35 feet Of
water and there Is little probability
that it win be hit BY anything to
cause an explosion
Tracy A. Cray, en- employe Of the
Boston 3 Maine railway, HAD a narrow
escape from suffocation at bis room IN
Bellows Falls last week Monday He
came ia from his work at 3 o'clock in
the morning and decided TO take
Whit at his cigar before retiring tie
tell asleep without putting out taC
cigar and two hours later, his sister,
who lives next door noticed smoke /
coming from the room and blaze with /
III Charles Gray. 4 brother Of the
sleeping man, was unable % find him h I
the room on account Of the dense smoke, I
bnt the victim was able to escape from [
Che room by crawling on his hands and {
knees The tiremen threw the matt
tress from tBe he'd "a the yard below I
lnd the fact that The bed itself was 0f I
IRON was probably al that saved Che
life Of Mr. GRAY. The house was not