The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-07
About the State

The first syrup OF the season in that
section was made on Monday, February
n, in Jacksonville, by L. a. Temple,
when he gathered 4la barrels OF sap.
The water in the rivers around Sc.
Johnsbury is the lowest in several years
and some Of the manufacturing plants
are running nights to get the benefit OF
all power available
Earl Pleasant, boy or 10 wears Of
age, was run over in Bennington Sat
urday by coal wagon, which contained
q ton of coal. The youngster was bad.
ly bruised, but no bones were broken.
The charity ball Of the Bellows Falls
knights OF Columbus cleared $500 to-
ward hospital fund which it is hoped
TO increase from time to time until
sufficient is secured to establish such an
institution there.
There is new incentive for young
boys TO attend Sunday school. In
the will of Mrs. f. G. Day of Benning-
ton are requests of $500 each to +. G.
Martin and Guy Harbour, two young
men who were members of her original
Sunday school class
Ira Maynard of West Rutland, who
had been working at Marble. Col, and
had been missing since he sent word
TO his mother in Rutland that he had
started east, has been located in Lin
coin. n. B. He was III on the trip and
when he recovered secured position in
a cold storage plant.
Mrs. Eliza r. Shurtleff Of Woodstock
Is l0l years old She attributes her
unusually long life to her moderate
habits. She has never used tea or cof-
fee and has taken very little medicine.
She is not particularly strong but her
general health Is good. She comes Of
good old Vermont ancestry and has
many friends, both young and old, who
delight in coming to chat with her.
The Howe Scale company Of Rutland
is planning to build an up-to-date foun-
dry in place OF the original one built
in 1915, which is inadequate for pres
ent needs. The new foundry viii be
of steel and concrete. In addition to
other material the company uses more
than 100000 feet of lumber annually
and for some years its yearly business
has amounted to nearly sl,400,000.
The Rutland Manufacturing company
has drawn 10000 feet of logs thus far
this winter This amount is consider
ably less than the number of feet which
had been drawn at this time last year.
and the decrease is attributed to the
poor sleighing of the last few weeks.
Since il is probable that there viii be
little more sleighing this season, il Is
expected that the company viii convey
the rest Of It's logs to this city by
freight.
Samuel Decatur Hobson, who died re.
Gently in Island Pond, was prominent
politician Of Vermont in his younger
days fie waged a stern fight against
and one Of his latest la
borious works was in the behalf OF the
Of 1910, although be was
nearly so years OLD From 1856, when
his town first sent him TO Montpelier,
he was an alert Republican on every
problem and controversy in town and
state.
Brattleboro il disappointed over the
report that there win be no provision
for court room in It's new govern
nent building and that the structure
will be only one story high. 1t had
been supposed that there would be q
large court room for the holding of
jury trials, but Postmaster Haskins has
received word from Washington that
rs there is no law for the holding Of
Z. S. court sessions in Brattleboro, no
provision for such has been made.
j. i. Cray, good appearing young
fellow. was arrested Friday evening at
a Burlington hotel, charged with dis
tributing samples of medicine to chill
lren The warrant was issued from
the states attorneys Office, The ar
rest is the outgrowth Of law passed
recently which prohibits the giving OF
20 children, as they often eat
the pills for the sugar coating A man
was arrested about year ago in Bur
Iington on the same charge. Cray
passed the night in the jail, as he did
not desire to ask aid from a number
of friends who volunteered IL. He Is,
however, the representative Of a we'll.
known firm.