The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-12
ABOUT THE STATE

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4; ABOUT THE STATE
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Mira Emily Bisbee Cas-. Rochester
oldest resident died last saturday. Sd
would have been one hundred years Old
had she lived until june
The gross receipts of TIE two nights
performance 81 tic Chatiahatchee min
strels ia Rutland for the benefit Of eli
Boys club amounted % about $500
Mrs Edgar Blodeett fell from ih
scaliold 70 the barn floor ~ her homl
Iin Weston one day last week. snffefin.
q severe shock, as She struck on her bacI
land head.
At a meeting 81 TIE Congregations
church In Island Pond last week.
mortgage Of ten years standing wal
declared paid OF and the mortgage
burned. The Ladies' Aid Of that churel
has, ia the last ten years, raised 81,
400.
The Rutland board Of aldermen hal
voted ia opposition to the proposition e
install meters Ia that city. The opposi
ton expressed the opinion that tie h.
stallation Of meters would be q move
against the growth 81 industries IN But
land.
u,,rert,fsoae.t rf... L. AL. o4t
diers' home Of Bennington reports that
the total enrolment Of inmates Is l0s
of which ~ answered to roll.cal Mon
/ day morning Eleven are absent on fur,
Tough Tile general health Of the rs.
mates Is good and there are few serious
cases Of Illness IN the hospital.
John parkhurst Of Hardwiek raised
300 worth Of garden produce on his
farm last summer ana Is planning for q
still bigger business the coming sum.
mer This year he win have 4 bot
house where he can get his plants started
and have them ready for transplantine
as soon as the season Is far enough
advanced
The net proceeds from the charity ball
recently gwen ia Rutland by Roberts
post q Al r., and the Womaab Relief
corps, aud the supper served Ia conuec.
ton with The bail. amount Is S40i ~
This money viii be divided between tie
two organizations aud will De used ex-
elusiyely for relief work among tie
needy veterans Of the Civil war and their
families
The st. Adams school board was asked
70 allow the seniors 81 that high school
y hold fair TO raise money for a
Washington trip. The board drew up a
SET Of resolutions 10 the effect that such
a trip should come under the sanction Of
parents. and while they approved Il and
the raising Of funds bv means Of con
eerts lectures. etc, they put the ban
on fairs.
Graduates Of Yale residing IN this
state. 81 which there are known 70 81
about 60, will meet % Rutland February
22 TO form 4 Yale Alumni association.
The meeting win be followed by a ban-
quet at the Rutland Country club and
some prominent Vale man "a expected
TO be present and address the aIumni
Vermont 3 one Of the few states IN the
union without an organization Of this
kind.
Shit for $1,000 against the Pullman
Car company has been entered hy Mrs
Annie IAChapelie 81 Halyoke. Nass
and her husband. Nareisse IaChapelle.
for failure OF The rompanys servants 70
awaken Mrs Chapelle upon her arrival
at S. Adams IN time e properly dress
The woman seeks damages ST $4,000
alleging that she WAS forced 70 leave the
sleeping ear iasufheientiy clad and that
she was @humiliated b the eyes Of her
fellow passengers and others Her has
band sues fof $1,000 foy the loss 81 bis
wife's services.
What might have been 4 very serious
accident occurred in Newport Sunday
morning at the residence u Mrs Davis
on Main street During She previous
ngiht the water front il the stove fr0ze
and, unknown 70 Mrs Davis, FIRE was
started After the pressure had reached
the required point the front burst,
blowing che entire front Of the stove
away and breaking windows The room
caught fire and SIR Paftlow, who vas
sleeping over che room and was wakened
By the noise. ran cut doors ard threw
snow ia the FIRE. putting IL out without
its doing but little damage.
Dairvmen in the vicinity Of Rutland
have organized a COW testing association
and already have al expert COW tester
at work The officers Of the new asso-
citation are: President, G. q. Davis
vice president, Marshall Fish; secretary,
10 hn Candon; treasurer. Frank r Blan
ehafd. There are more than 500 cattle
IN the herds Of the members The cow
tester. J. Frink. wiz spend one day
month with each ri the members lie
viii weigh tie food consumed hy each
COW. the milk she produces, and win also
test the milk He will furnish tie
al i4vn4an with data which will annkIe