The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-14
About the State

Curtis Brown, who died recently in
Belyidere, was q veteran trapper and
hunter, having shot eighty-nine bears
in the mountains about that place. He
was So years old.
d. J. Whitney Of Rutland, fireman
on the Rutland railroad, suffered a Sc
we're scalp wound recently at Vergennes.
As his train was passing the station
he was hit by wooden projection.
Rev. Charles II. Shank, pastor of the
First Congregational church in New
bury, has rendered his resignation TO
take effect March 26, he having accept
ed call to Congregational church in
Seattle, Wash.
The deep snow on c. E. HaskePs car.
riage and sleigh repository in Wolcott
broke in the roof recently, crushing
sleighs aud wagons, reducing them to
splinters. The damage is estimated
from one to two thousand dollars.
Repairs on the Raymond hotel New
port, made necessary by the disastrous
fire Of last December have been com
pleted, and the house was opened for
business. The repairs and alterations
represent an outlay of upwards of So,
800.
Married respectively fifty-eight and
sixty-four years, MIR. and Mrs. Parker
Wyman and Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram wy
man observed their anniversaries recent
ly at Peru and Springfield Parker wy
man is the oldest man in Peru.
A half of carcass Of deer was found
in the homes OF Arthur Torture and
Adolphus Ash Of Bristol Friday and
after preliminary hearing both were
held in bail Of 1925 in each case. The
men pleaded not guilty, but short
hearing showed enough evidence to hold
the men. They will appear at the next
term Of Addison county court
A former Vermont boy, William Buck,
son of Thomas Buck of st. Adams, now
superintendent of schools in Manila,
lent most valuable aid to the island
authorities at the time Of the eruption
of Mount Taal He brought so dead
and 10 wounded from the scene of the
disaster.
The Norwich university Alumni asso-
citation Of New York City win have its
annual meeting and banquet in the Muir.
ray Hill hotel March "a. w. NJ Bates,
proprietor of the hotel is a graduate
Of Norwich university in the same class
as Admiral George Dewey. Il. ID.
Adams, 64, Of New York Ii president
Of the association and G. HNichols. SO,
is secretary.
A stabbing ARRAY is reported to have
taken place in Jacksonville, last Tues
day, the parties being Winfield and
Robert Boyd, brothers. Drink is said
to have started a quarrel which ended
in Winfield, the elder, stabbing his
brother in the region Of the heart with
butcher knife. The knife struck
rib and glanced, thereby probably saw
ing the victim from a fatal wound.
The current issue of The Vermonter
is indeed pleasant one. Killington and
Shrewsbury peaks are pictured from the
valley of the Otter and described in an
article by Mortimer r. Proctor The
beautiful buildings at the university Of
Vermont are shown and the purpose Of
the college outlined and there is sn APP
preciative sketch of the late President
Buckham, with portrait The method Of
tale mining at East Granville is told
with pictures Of the plant and the
aerial tramway, novelty in the East. |
Sugaring and the Morgan horse are
touched upon, and there is an original /
tale of the northern woods, illustrat- |
ed BY Maude Perrin. An important ar
tiele in this issue of the state maya.
zine Is consideration OF Vermont dairy |
BY Orlando l.. Martin, state
Of agriculture.