The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-07

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(: ABOUT THE STATE !
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The number Of births in White River
junction last year was ~ marriages 5a,
and deaths ~.
Mis-. o. il. Cox 81 Fair Haven fell over
d trunk in a closet a short time ago and
broke two ribs.
Vera Plue Of Benson had the end Of
one finger taken of ia a washing machine
last week Monday.
4 The town of Fair Haven had sixty
births and sixty deaths In 1909 There
We're 81 marriages there during that
time.
4 John r. Mahana Of Pouiney has his
recently invented farm automobile near
NM completed, and viii finish it 80 u
can be used this spring on his brother =
farm ID Benson.
Charles Hogan Of Rutland had his feet
land hands badly frost.bitten Tuesday.
lIt IS thought that, although it win be
necessary TO amputate two Or three Of
the toes on one foot, il viii BE- possible
to save the feet
The explosion Of lamp in the home
Of G. J.. Dye Of Rutland Thursday even
( ing resulted in loss OF between $500
and $500 to the house and contents from
fire and water. The loss was fully COW
cred By insurance.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Wilson, II, Of New
/ fame, has woven IN a year 2l0 yards Of
Competing. and she contemplates using
her loom again IN the spring, One Of
/ her latest tasks was 10 weave same silk
lportieres for Mics Elsie Newton Of Wal
iingiord, Conn.
The Congregational church 10 Franklin
caught fire January 30 from an over
heated furnace pipe passing through q
partition Had Il not been for a choir
rehearsal appointed at o'clock in the
morning. 50 tibet people were ia the
church, il would undoubtedly have been
destroyed.
Hardwick has made considerable prog
ress the past year, including a granite
business Of $500 600 TIE erection Of
80 residences. stone shed, a public
gymnasium. hhe installation Of FIRE
! system, the conservation Of the water
power from three ponds and the orpaniza-
tion 81 q village improvement society
Mrs. r. G. Parks Of Hardwiek has
two lsmnns, the fruit Of q small lemon
street which she has grown herself. The
lemons are larger than those found IN
the msrkets, measuring respectively 10
and az ianAss ia circumference. When
the troo was in bloom, Il bore 90 Bios
SONS and Allied the whole house With
fragrance.
Harold B. Warren Is to exhibit this
month al Tie Museum Of Art, h Port
land, Oregon, 3 collection Of recent water
coiors, ireludtag eight or ten stFikingly
flne Views pasnsed w the Rocky moan
tains last sufnuier. There are also
FEW Of the artists ohaYmingly inti-
mate paintings Of the New England
hills, made in Dorset VT
Harry Gray. manager Of the Brattle-
horo branch 81 the Direct Importing COM
pany. cut "a the TIP ~ one little finger
IN the coffee grinder al che war6rooms
~ the American building January 20
He started - grind q pound Of coffee
for a customer, when the electric power
which runs the grinder was shut OF
The grinder elogged. and while Air Gray
was working over il the electricity came
On again suddenly, starting AZ the grind
az Before Mr Gray could extNeate
hls right hand me grinder out oT the
cad Of the little finger near the first
Joint Ths wound is healing well but
It j. very painful
David Falmer, aged az years, was
carrying a basket Of shavnrs from the
saw.mih across Tie swing bridge in
Hardwiek Wednesday, when, having
reached the middle Of the bridge. lie
slipped and fell hpad6rst into the river,
Is feet below. The basket which he
was carrying struck on the Re below
the bridge The men landed on the
basket and bounded into an open space,
whare the Zee has not frozen over since
the last thaw. Cherries Mcclellan and
Ashley Smith, who witnessed The acci-
dent. waded ii with heroic speed and
pulled Mr.. Palmer out Of bis icY bath.
Ho was net severely injured
Il Il generally understood ii Ludlow
chat The presence Of post office in
spectoY II that town has u do with
alleged irrs1iiarity in the management
of The Office II e further alleged that
three different patrons 81 the Office have
found their mail tempered with, the evil
ienos pointing 70 a delay 10 the delivery
and an apparent opening and resealing,
The report ri Tho inspector Is said 20
he III the bands II the department at
Washington and II x understood That
Postmaster F. "A. Howe win be reap
pointed If be IS given a clean bin Of
health The friends Of Mr. Howe assert
that the charges are not oFly false but
inspired By interested parties not uneon.
nected with politics There 6 one candi
date foy fine position i Fl Hoskinson,
railway mail clerk, whose home Is IN
ludlow