The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-06
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest From Diff
ferent Sections.

John Benton of Lincoln, who raised
1000 bushels of corn this season. is
considered the banner farmer in this re-
spect in that section OF addison county.
While hunting on the farm of Mr..
Beers in Jericho Center Thanksgiving
day, Roy Cleveland OF Essex was acct
dentally shot by boy companion. The
bullet passed through his lever lag.
The census statistics show the popula-
tion of Reading to be $50 During the
month of November nearly 400 books
were loaned from the library, which
shows a decided inclination for good
literature on the part of the people.
The shipment OF Christmas trees from
Vermont forests TO the city markets
has already begun. Between four and
five carloads have been sent mostly
from points between Rutland and Bel
lows Falls. The shipments were destined
for Wheeling w. Va, Cleveland and
Philadelphia.
The Congregational church at East
Hardwick has extended a unanimous call
to Rev. A. s. Bole of Passumpsic to be.
come pastor of that church at once, and
II is understood that the call will be
accepted. Mr.. Bole was for several years
pastor at Coventry and the past year
at Lyndon. He owns a farm at Pas
sumpsic which he has been occupying.
President Guy Potter Benton of the
university of Vermont, Burlington, has
caused something OF a sensation by an
nouncing that any student seen In a
saloon in that city will be Immediately
suspended. Proprietors Of saloons have
caused cards 10 be printed and placed in
their places Of business, stating that no
liquor win be served to students. This
action is the result of the arrest of two
students OF the medical school for in
toxication.
Five extra cars on single train over
the Rutland railroad a week ago carried
between 200 and 225 passengers, mostly
Polanders and Italians, on their way TO
Boston, from where they were TO sail
for Italy And among this number
there was not a single woman. Most Of
the men came from western Canada.
where they are miners, and 90 home in
the fall and back in the spring. About
400 have been carried in all over that
road this fall.
The members of the executive board
OF the Vermont State Dcztal society
met at the hotel Vermont in Burling.
ton Sunday and decided TO hold the an.
nual meeting at that hotel May 1924,
1912. This win be the first time in four
years that the society has had its meet
ing alone. Last year the gathering was
a tri-meeting of the Maine, New Hamp.
shire and Vermont societies at The
Fabyans in the White mountains. and
in 1909 and 1910 it was joint meeting
OF Vermont and New Hampshire.
Miss Annie C. Gilbert, a clerk in a
store in Enosburg Falls, was stepping
from a train at Sheldon Junction Satur.
day night, when she was thrown between
the ears and the PLATFORM. Bystanders
said she had one foot on the lower step
and the other on the platform. when
the train started aud whirled her Off
her feet. To save her life, she got as
near to the platform as possible. to
prevent the train running over her, but
the wheels cut a large hole in her coat
and tore her clothes badly She was
considerably bruised. The train was
stopped and Miss Gilbert was assisted
to her home.
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