The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-03
About the State

! About the State
The net indebtedness of the town OF
Morrisyille is 1927, 902.57, over Thousand
dollars less than last year.
Al. Skinner OF East Ryegate lost a
valuable pair of horses Friday. A heavy
freight struck his load of lumber on
the crossing, carrying load and horses
few rods down the track One horse
was instantly killed and the other 81
badly injured il had to be killed.
| A fund OF between one and two
/ thousand dollars has been started for
an addition to the College street church
/ in Burlington, or for the construction
OF parish house. This fund was start
ed some time ago through small sub.
scriptions and has been added to from
time to time.
Fred Smith met with severe acct
dent last week while loading logs in
Eden His right ankle was caught and
crushed between the skid and the logs.
He was obliged 10 remain in this posi-
ton for some time, until neighbors
heard his calls for help. The condi-
ton of his ankle was so serious that
he was taken to Burlington for treat
ment His brother members Of the NJ.
w. of A. have voted to see that his
logs are all drawn out.
Advance sheets of the official Catholic
directory give the following statistics
regarding the Burlington diocese, (which
is coterminous with Vermont) popula-
ton (Catholicl about 1888; bishops.
one; clergy, l07; churches, u; missions
with churches, 20; total churches, 80;
seminaries, one; colleges for boys, four;
academies for girls, six; parishes with
schools, 20; children attending, 6,2l0;
orphan asylums, one; orphans, 20S ,
homes for aged, one; total children in
Catholic institutions, 6,l6l,
A Troy, n, Y, dispatch has the fol-
lowing to say about the peculiar case
of Joseph Seaton, a Bennington boy.
Three weeks ago, Joseph Seaton nine
years old, who was then living in Ben
nington, VT, said he saw a ghost on
the school house at South SALISBURY,
and the vision completely paralyzed him.
He had not been able TO walk since.
In this condition he was brought to
live at the Clark house on Broadway
By his aunt, Mrs. Margaret Seaton. the
housekeeper there. On Monday the lad
said; 'Auntie, tonight at 0 o'clock I'm
going TO walk and, sure enough, at 8
o'clock he became completely well, and
is now able to walk as well as ever
The recent legislature passed law
permitting the killing Of deer found de-
stroying crops or orchards. but when
some Brattleboro men tried to do this
they found themselves complained
against for killing deer out Of season
They win probably carry the case to
supreme court 10 settle the question
Henry r. Brown Of Brattleboro told
his hired man to kill any deer found
destroying apple trees. and last Fri
day he did so, A warrant was pro-
cured aud the hired man and COM
panion arrested, also third man, at
whose home a bucks head was found
The latter claimed that he got the deer
during the open season last fall The
men were held in $3.50 bonds and APP
peared in court Wednesday. with Mr.
Brown the owner OF the farm. Clarke
G. Fits, counsel for the respondents
claimed that Mr.. Brown and his hired
men could show Justification for kill.
ing the deer, under the act Of the leg.
stature and demurred to their plead
ing under the complaint entered The
cases We're continued until March Is.