The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-28

Peter Cousins OF Bristol IA years old, /
killed a wildcat recently with club +
The cat had killed duck in the yard I
OF his fathers farm and was trying to |
kiln sheep when the young man hit it I
on the head with club, killing it in
stantly.
While wrenching itself free Of hitch |
ing rope the horse Of Fred Gosselin fell
80 feet down an embankment in West |
Rutland to within very few feet OF
the mouth of the Mullin quarry, Dur
| ing the slide, the horse and meat cart
turned two or three somersaults, and
/ il required the assistance Of several men
to extrieate them The animal was al
most unframed because Of the deep
snow.
-Four candidates in North Adams,
Mass. elections last week We're born in
Vermont. James T. Potter, Republican
and lawyer, is native OF Benningtoni
Edward n. Smith, Republican, candi-
date for assessor, and real estate man,
Il from Pownal William L. Lonergan.
Democratic candidate for school commit
tee. is native Of Heartwellville and
Rufus l.. Brown, city council candidate,
IS Vermont school teacher
a The Old Home Week committee met
in the town clerks Office in Newbury
one day last week TO make some plans
for observing in an appropriate manner
the l50th anniversary OF the settlement
of the town which will be August II,
1912. A number Of meetings have been
appointed for the purpose of learning
the minds OF all the citizens regarding
: the celebration.
A New Haven Conn, dispatch in the
Boston Globe gives an account Of the
, inisfortunes Of Ebenezer Y. HeTriek, jry
of Milton. Vt, who went to that place
{ with carload of potatoes and returned
! to hrs home minus the potatoes and also
/ 5000 in cash. He had collected the mon
, ey for the potatoes and was minglng
I with the Christmas throng, when he
4 suddenly missed il, He reported the
matter to the police but at last reports
the investigation had been in vain.
Reports from the state laboratory Of
hygiene at Burlington TO authorities N
Rutland Justify the suspicious OF the
physicians there that the four year-old
I daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Rudir
: Of Center Rutland died OF diphtheria
When the child died acute larynglti'
was given as the cause of death, but
. II was believed she had a contagious
!, disease. and the autopsy was ordered
!, MANY people were iii the house TO sym
pathize with the bereayed parents, and
there ia every reason to expect thai
= there were a number OF exposures,
Miss Anna C. Park OF Bennington oh
served her s5th birthday anniyersar.
last week Monday She is native o
I. Bennington, sister Of the late Treno
y Park. who won national reputation a.
= member OF the famous San. Francis
!. 60 law firm Of Hallock, Pea0hy, Bill
inps and Park during the stirring day
following the discovery Of gold in Cali
fornia. Miss Park was the first woma'
teacher in the high schools in San Fran
cisco and was an extensive traveller an
her home ia filled with curios from Al
over the world She was one Of thos
on board the Morning Star the mis-
sionarv schooner in the Gilbert and Maj
shall Islands in the Pacific in 1884.
In the fall of 1907 the land aroun
the top Of Ascutney mountain was SUI
veved and tract Of 60 acres. GOVERN
. practically all the entire summit. wa
a purchased BY Alban f. Lang Of Coz
IN nish n. H., member Of the Ascu'
ney Mountain association, and he Is no
holding it for the benefit Of the associs
ton. Through the generosity OF NJ
Lang Allen W. Evarts of New 4or
City. and others, this tract will be d.
,E mated to the association just as 500
u as the necessary arrangements can
made. The Ascutney Mountain assocl'
ton is the pioneer organization in We
mont whose purpose is to develop pc
manent loyalty for such natural posse
sions as mountains.
ST. Reul s. Rowe of Rutland. who f
more than twenty years had seen ser
ice in the Vermont National Guard, h
resigned and will be retired, with q
rank of second lieutenant, Lieutena1
Rowe i one Of the Oldest members
the Vermont National Guard, both
wears and service. He enlisted as a pi
vate October 10, 1886, and was appoint
corporal May /, 1902. On Nj
10. 1896. he was appointed sergea
and in January, 1898. he was honorab
discharged for expiration of servi'
,od lieutenant Rowe re.enlsted July 5, l9l
,nd Aoc,,st 1000 was once more a