The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-16
About the State

| While sliding last week, little South
STAFFORD girl, Charlotte Brown, had the
small bone of one leg broken twice and
the large bone once.
Lewis Wright of Brookfeld. aged N
years, journeyed from there to Chelsea
and back on foot recently, distance
Of twelve miles, which he covered in one
day.
Lieut.. Gov. L. p. Slack of ST. Johns
bury has been engaged to deliver the
Memorial day address at Newport, and
Hon. Frank Plumley of Mortified, mem
Der of Congress from the second dis
trict, has been engaged to deliver the
Memorial day address at Morrisville
The county game warden of Windsor
county visited Rochester last week and
made several searches for deer meat in
that town, finding large quantity at
Charles Johnsons and Wallace MartelPs.
They were bound over to the county
court in the sum of $3.50 each.
Michael Lipnitski was badly burned
while at work as a machine runner in
West Rutland quarry recently, when
steam pipe broke. Before he could
get to place of safety, the steam
had pierced his heavy clothing and
burned his body from above the waist
nearly to the knee, so that it was bad
ly blistered
Rutland's poor cost the city s4,24s.07
during 1910. This is $4,000 more than
the preceding year. Oyerseer Peter
Grcusseau gave aid to tho amount Of
81 ,4l3.05 to persons outside Of the poor
farm during the year The largest
amount Of charity given any one per.
son was $20s There are at present 2l
inmates at the farm, IA having been
admitted and II discharged during the
year.
Mrs. Eliza Thompson, Bridgewater's
oldest resident, passed her l0lst birth
day Saturday, January Z at the home
Of her son, Irving T. Shurtleff, in North
Bridgewater. Mrs. Thompsons physical
health is good, and although She has
failed somewhat in the past year, she
retains her mental faculties well. She
enjoys knitting and is able to 90 about
the house by pushing chair in front
of her.
The citizeus OF Rutland took the first
real steps since the typhoid fever cpl
demie towards forcing the authorities
to provide pure water when they pre-
sented to Mayor H. o. Carpenter Fri
day, a petition very generally signed
by business and professional men, re-
questing him to put in the warning for
the March election proposition asking
the voters to authorize the aldermen
to bond the city for $4,000 to acquire
land along the water shed considered
dangerous to the public health of Rut-
land.
Mrs. Helen Mclean Kimball, the old
est employee in the government depart
ments at Washington, d c., died there
few days ago Mrs. Kinlball was a
native of Vermont and was 90 years
old last July. In 1868 she went to
Washington and soon after the death Of
her husband, who was federal Off
Ger in the Civil war and who was killed
in battle in 1854, she was appointed
to a position in the treasury depart
ment, which she had since held. OF
keen intellect, she maintained to the
last her alertness and loyalty 10 her
position. She was well posted In the
affairs OF her country and in former
years had travelled extensively, having
been abroad several times. She was
quite philanthropist and in her mod
est and unassuming way had helped
many deserving young men to gain an
education and get start in life, Mrs
Kimball was taken i'll on Thanksgiving
day and owing TO her advanced age
was unable to throw off the disease.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert NJ. Allbee OBJ
served the 65th anniversary Of their
marriage at their home in Bellows Falls
December 80. Mr.. Allhee was born in
Westminster November 10, 1881 He
was admitted to the Windham county
bar in ls43 and began the practice OF
his profession az Westminster Because
Of III health he was obliged to relin-
quish his practice in ls4s. From 1852
to 1855 Mr. Allbee lived in California,
then returned to Westminster and en-
gagged In farming for six years. Mr.. |
Allbee resumed his law practice In 1872 |
and in 1874 went to Springfield and CON
tinued his profession there until going
TO Bellows Falls about five years ago /
to live in retirement. Tn 1858 he rep
resented the town of Westminster in |
the legislature and also at the special /
session in 1857. Mr.. Allbee married. /
December 30, ls45, Mary C. Wait. |
of Barnet and Polly Wait, OF |
Londonderry, who was born in Andover