The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-06


Sc. Jonnsbury has the distinction Of
being the possessor OF the largest gar
age IN New England outside Of Bos-
ton, The building Il 10 be open to the
public for inspection next Tuesday
The heavy rains Of this week have
raised the Missisquoi river until it has
overfowed ne banks at East Richford
and other places AT n p. Haughey's
mill n West jay The snow was nearly
four inches deep Wednesday
Health Officer Henry Tucker Of Brat
tleboro says that there need be no
fear 81 diphtheria epidemic Only two
cases appeared and cultures from throats
of suspected persons proved negative.
The time has passed for new develop.
ments.
Harry s. Hradford, graduate Of
Bates college, teacher Of some years
experience in Maine and who Il now
taking course at Harvard college. has
\ been engaged as principal Of Lyndon
Y institute for the coming year e u.
Goodwin The present principal, viii
probably take a college chair
During April there we're Is contagious
K diseases reported to the Rutland City
health officer The most prevalent were
scarlet fever and whooping cough l2
leases each heing reported Other sick
mess reported were, dipbtheria two,
I chicken-pox four, mumps eight. There
were 10 deaths during the month.
A three-year.old colt hltcned 70
road cart and driven by D. II Cook,
the owner ran away in Rutland Tues
day and plunged into large plate glass
window ia the store Of II r Hopkins
X Co The beast was knocked down
and badly cut BY the falling glass Mr.
Cook siung TO the ribbons through it
lall
Carlton Feioh terminated his cornec-
tion with the Fairbanks scale works
az St. Johnsbury Saturday night after
working there fore nearly 80 years He
entered the Snops in the fall 81 1889
and has been employed there continuous
III ever since, with the exception Of the
four years 10 was In the war At she
time Of his leaving he was the third
oldest employe in the establishment
George r Walsh. the Rutland boy.
who Is holding down snortst0p position
on the New Bedford team in the New
England league. is making good In
Mondays game with Fall River. when
his team shut the latter out, 10 to 0,
the Boston Globe credits him with the
feature work 81 the game. He made
two triples and 4 double, and figured
IN a double play, accepted three chances
without an error, and scored one run.
Workmen are engaged AZ SpeedweIl
Farms IN Lyndon this week, setting ont
700 Young apple trees. There are
twenty varieties 81 apples to be grown
in this orchard The owner. Theodore
H. Vail, proposes to start the orchard
for the purpose 81 demonstrating toI
the farmers 81 that vicinity what can
be done ID the line OF fruit growing
and the experiment i one which viii
be watched by the progressive farmers
Of the whole state.
Miss Emily Tennsy n Mendon. apsa
7s years. died "Wednesday as the result
Of injuries received Monday, when she
fell the length Of the cellar stairs.
She was internally injured. which caused
hemorrhages While getting dinner Abe
went to The stairway for something
when, losing her Balance, she fell head
long 70 the foot Of the stairs. She was
born in the same house ID which she
died and had passed her entire life
there.
The annual financial exhibit 81 the
village Of Brattlehor0 has been issued
In pamphlet form It shows an increase
In liabilities amounting % about So 100
and 4 tax Of As cents - recommended
as against 20 cents year ago Va
rious departments show increase il ex
penses The cost Of the FIRE depart
ment this vesr was sIl.TS4f0 compared
with sI.757s 80 a yeas ago sewers, S5
023gl compared with s64957 year
ago police, S2i7a2 compared with sI,-
4sT.4S . wear ago. Over 5000 is due
on sewer assessments
The meteorological summary for che
month Of April just issued from the
Northiisld weather station Is Is follows:
Number Of clear days, 8 partly cloudy. /
Is; cloudy. ~; on which .0l inch or
more precipitation fen, l2s thunder
storms 9Th and 2Tthg killing frost. 2sth
and 29th; total precipitation cit; no
SNOW on ground ut end Of months high /
est temperature. rs on the 9th: lowest, I
~ on the llths mean for the month I
49, above normal; mean relative humdi /
III, 5S.S3 average cloudiness, g
Lieut. Calvin P. Titus, the fret man
in the American army to scale the /
walls during the Boxer campaign in !
1900 aud who subsequently graduated I
from West Point, now seeks appoint i
ment as chaplain IN the army Lieut. (
Titus home was IN Bennington prior 4
to his service with the army IN China. +
and he entered the service as buger /
His daring WAS brought to the Ut
tention 81 President Mckinley, who 81
cured the admission Of The young man 1
to West Point in 1901 when Titus was
10 years Of age
chittenden residents feel sure that
panther Is roaming the woods and fields
there Several different people have
seen tracks, which seem to be those Of
a panther They were plainly visible
in the soft earth near the dam and
seemed to have been made hy an ami