The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-27
About the State

John Page Brown, who would have
been l0l years old January IL, died
Thursday at his home in Ludlow OF
pneumonia
Raymond Gennett had the ends of two
fingers taken off while work in the fac
tory of G. H. Grimm and company in
Rutland Thursday.
The Congregational church at Dorset
has extended unanimous call to Rev
4. A. Hunt of Maynard Mass If the
call is accepted, it is understood that
Mr.. Hunt win be unable to begin his
pastorate before spring
The sale Of stamps at the Burlington
post office Friday was almost phenom-
email, especially in the case of one-cent-
ers, which are used so extensively oil
post cards One clerk exhausted two
supplies Of 1900 each in the course Of
an hour and half in the afternoon.
| The work on the new addition TO the
4 Battell cottage on Middlebury college
campus has been completed and Mrs.
1 William Mills, the matron, has moved
in The building, which was given the
college by Col. Joseph Battell will be
used as women's dormitory With
the addition just completed, the build.
! ing will accommodate about 40 girls.
The new part OF the structure consists
of Is sleeping rooms, large dining
room, two bath rooms, large kitchen
and several other smaller rooms.
What is probably the most original
stunt in the line Of fishing yer pulled
off on the Champlain lake front was
accomplished BY George NJ Herberg
chief clerk IN the Office of the Chsmplair
Transportation company In Burlington
Mr.. Herberg went fishing for a pickere
and caught bird. The hook with which
he was fishing was baited with a live
minnow and was down in the water
about eight feet. Leaving the spot fol
a time, Mr.. Herberg was surprised OF
his return to find struggling on tbs
hook a big murre or aux, as the birds
are commonly called. The fish hook was
firmly fastened in the birds breast ant
during its struggles the bird had become
twisted in the fishing line. II is prob
able that the bird came across the liv,
minnow on the hook while diving abou
under water, and it's attempt to rol
the pickerel Of dainty morsel resulte,
in the mix-up with the hook.
Remarkable Longevity of Stowe Family
The death Of S. Absalom Stowe o
Berkshire, which occurred December 2t
at the age Of 9S years, brings to min
some interesting and remarkable dat
concerning the Stowe family. Mr.. Stowe
; father, Silas Stowe, was the younges
of family of fifteen children and live
to be rs years old. His grandfather
David Stowe, was the fourteenth chill
OF family Of eighteen children III
Oldest child was born August s, ILL.,
and the youngest, October 20, 1894, max
ing only 20 years, two months and
DAYS difference in the ages of the young
est and oldest of the eighteen. The par
ents OF this large family, Thomas an
Hannah Stowe, lived to be respectiyel
SO and % years old. Samuel Stowe, III
father Of Thomas Stowe, lived to be !
years of age
! Nathaniel stow, the father Of Samu'
i stow came from Kent county, Euglani
: with his parents, John and Elizabet
tBriggl Stow, in one of the six ship
Of Winthrop's company that arrived
the week OF the general courts meetini
May II, 1884.
These six generations, viz, Nathani
Stowe, Samuel Stow, Thomas Stow, ID
vid STOW and s. Absalom Stow, embraI
] a period Of almost 800 years from Il
birth Of an English lad several years b
fore the ships Of Winthrop came in l6'
down to the death of S. AbsElom Stow
: in Berkshire December %, 1910.