The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-10
About the State

Asa Hunter Of Lyndon met with a
painful accident while in the woods draw.
ing pulp. He was hitching chain when
the horses started, catching his thumb
in a hook and almost seyering it from
his hand
The sum Of 81 800 will be appropriate
ed by the town of Bennington for the
construction OF state armory, pro-
vided the village of Bennington appro-
PIRATES like amount at its meeting
on March %.
Edmond Burke, for many years
well known attorney of Middlebury,
died Tuesday in Chateaugay, n. Y. He
was 81 years old. He was born in
/ Middlebury and spent the greater part
of his life there, though he was for
some years connected with the United
/ States consulate at Tangier, Morocco,
having been appointed by President
/ Cleveland.
Miss Emily Galloway Of the "Seveu
Days company which played in st. Al
bans Tuesday evening, was the guest
while in that city Of college chum,
Mrs. Ashby s. Head Miss Galloway.
who is well known In the theatrical
world az rising young actress. was
in college with Mrs. Head at Welles-
ley.
Edward G. Blodgett Of Lower Wa
terford died February 2s Of blood pois
oning, caused by the opening of a PIN
pie on his face. Within few hours
his condition was serious and after
very brief illness he died, having suf
fered intensely. 1t was necessary for
the burial to take place at once, the flu
neral being held later. Mr.. Blodgett
was but 20 years old
There was considerable excitement at
Lyndon Center Friday evening, when L.
n Wallis dam gave way and two houses
were flooded. Much damage was done
by the great pieces OF ice carried along
BY the swiftly flowing water, and seven
sheep belonging to L. b. Harris were
drowned Later crowd OF the BOYS
from the agricultural school gathered
and cut up the huge pieces Of ice OBJ
structing the road
The Porter Screen Manufacturing com.
pany Of Winooski Wednesday broke all
records in the history of screen-door
making, so far as it relates to the out
put Of screen doors for a single day
The output for the one day of nine and
one.half hours was 300 doors, or 225
dozen This concern is now turning out
an average Of 1900 dozen window screens
each week Two carloads of lumber are
cut daily. one Of hard and one OF soft
wood.
The February term Of the United
States courts which has been IN SEES
sion at Burlington since February 20
took final adjournment yesterday. Al
though the business Of the term was
short, the court really had longer
session than is customary for this term.
As a rule the federal courts did not
last over Sunday which followed the
Tuesday when they convene Yester
day morning. court simply came in and
adjourned without day.
Eva Elizabeth. the little daughter oi
MIR. and Mrs. Ira Wilkie Of st. Johns.
bury, died Saturday evening as the re.
suit Of drinking a teaspoonfu Of sweet
oil Of birch. The liquid was in bot
tie on shelf aud the little child, alone
in the room for only q few moments
Friday afternoon while the mother was
in an adjoining room climbed TO table
and reached the bottle Evidently Xix
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tergreen, and probably thinking it would
taste like wintergreen candy, Of which
she was very fond, she drank small
portion. The mouth and throat were
badly burned. The child was only two
years old