The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-14
About The State

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G. Anderson, swede, made the trip
from Ludlow to Woodstock and back on
skis recently.
Four new cases of typhoid fever were
reported to Health Officer G. i. Ball Of
Rutland in January.
Rev. John Evans Bolds Of Watervliet,
N. Y, has been engaged as rector Of the
Episcopal church at Middlehury and will
begin his duties there March /.
Rutland, Feb l4.--Timothy j. Dix.
on of st. Johnsbury, laborer has filed
petition in bankruptcy with Clerk
f. S. Platt of the United States court.
His liabilities are S407 $50 and he has
no assets. Mr.. Dixon went through
bankruptcy in 1907.
Oliver l.. Lowell, 10 years old, of Ben
son died Wednesday evening, February
s, at the Rutland City hospital, where
he had been about three weeks under
going treatment for internal injuries re-
ceiyed some time ago by fall from a
haymow in his barn to the floor beneath.
Mr.. Lowell, who was d farmer, is sur
vived, beside his wife, by II children.
Mrs. Eliza lThompson) shurtleff,
Bridgewater's oldest resident, passed her
l0lst birthday anniversary Saturday,
January T, at the home Of her son,
Irving r. Shurtleff, in North Bridge
water. Mrs. ShurtlefF's physical health
Is good, and although She has failed
somewhat in the past year she retains
her mental faculties we'll She knits
and is able to 60 about the house by
pushing chair in front Of her.
During the recent icy spell, Earl Tink-
ham met with a peculiar accident while
driving the stage from Granville to
Hancock. When the horse stepped on
the ice. he slipped and went off a bank
about twenty feet high, taking the stage
and driver with him. Mr.. Tinkham was
unconscious for time and when he re.
covered consciousness found himself
buried under the rig. He was badly
shaken up but otherwise unhurt.
A day nursery, plans for which have
been under way for some time, was
opened at the Neighborhood house. Bur.
liigton, Monday n 9ning. Mrs. Bernice
McClintock viii he in charge Of the
nursery and children from one to five
years old, whose mothers are employed
during the day, viii be cared for at
q merely nominal charge Mrs. McClin-
took win be assisted for the first week
-. 4,,a hx- connecticut fra;naN ,,,,raa
from the Federation of Day Nurses OF
New York and she will have maid to
help her permanently. The charge for
each child is five cents a day and this
includes care and food,
The Vermonter, the state magazine,
enters its sixteenth year with an at.
tractive issue containing art portraits
a review OF the resources Of Vermont by
Theodore n Vail with portrait, and
description of the rise of the Woodbury.
Granite company, with pictures OF the
works, quarries, officers Of the company
and magnificent buildings in other states,
built Of Vermont granite. Letters to
an absent Vermonter," are continued by
an account Of visit to Cambridge Notch
with Illustrations Of novel mountain
scenery, and there are lesser features,
The Verinanter has shown steady inn
proyement since its removal to White
River Junction five years ago.
Fred W. Clark Of Woodstock tells how
he cleared his premises of rats, which
were very troublesome. They had de-
stroyed the vegetables in the cellar and
the grain in the barn, until one day
Mr.. Clark made a discovery which proved
60 be the finish Of the rodents. He no.
ticed that when he went to the barn,
several rats ran from the grain and
found hole in the lower part OF the
box, through which the contents disap
peared. On one occasion he went care
fully to the grain box. placed bag
over the hole, then pounded on the box,
and secured about dozen Of the rob
bers. He repeated the operation two or
three times during one evening and the
next forenoon with the result that with
in 80 hours he captured 35 big rats. |
Since then he has captured several more.