The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-23
ABOUT THE STATE

Ira Sumner Of Ludlow shot gray
lynx this week, which weighed 40
pounds,
Mrs. William Taft, wife Of the presi.
dent, has contributed an embroidered
linen handkerchief for a sale in Rutland
The committee wrote to well-known peo-
pie throughout the country, to which
they received many responses.
T.. b. Nash, for many years superin-
! tendent of the southern division OF the
Vermont Central railroad, and before
that time connected with the Boston &
Maine, died the first of the week in
Panama, following an operation for
stomach trouble.
Thomas Page of Ludlow had one thumb
blown OF Monday by the accidental dis
charge of gun, and some of the shot
entered his head. Page threw his gun
on load OF wood with the muzzle
towards him, and IL was discharged. He
is only Is years old.
An electrical inspector from che New
| England Insurance exchange has visited
| Bellows Falls and required the rewriting
of the town hall at Rockingham, fhe
work having been found defective. II
is thought that this may involve the
town in an expense Of $1,000.
The closing Of the Brattleboro cream
cry, after a business existence of more
than 90 years, leaves the farmers with
out any outlet for the product of the
diaries Of that part Of Wfndham county
except Boston. The directors say that
the creamery will suspend operations De-
eember l, because of the lack Of supply.
Several residents in the vicinity Of
East Middlebury are pleased over the re.
covery OF certain property which sud.
denly disappeared from their houses and
barns recently. The articles included
fur coats, bags Of grain, cans of preserves
and poultry The goods were discovered
| in a deserted barn on the outskirts of
the town, people being attracted to the
! structure BY the noise of the poultry.
| An examination showed all OF the stolen
goods carefully stored away. The POI
! lice were notified and for two nights
watched the place, but no one was seen
TO enter or leave. The officers, however,
expect to make an arrest soon.
! There are now about go names on the
list of the Burlington poormaster as re-
receiving steady aid, some individuals,
but more with families. This is about
the usual number at this season Of the
year and the closing OF the cotton mill
does nor appear 30 have madt any differ
enee. With the exception of some ell
\ DERBY people, the number consists most
| ly of women whose husbands have died
and left them with s5milies to support.
Former employees of the lumber yards
and their families are represented in
! large numbers. The list of names does
not include the inmates Of the poor farm.
Never in the history of Mortified has
such project been planned for any OF
its musical clubs as that now being ar
ranged by the college orchestra. IL is
600-mile trip through Vermont and New
/ Hampshire in the latter part of January.
| The trip will start with a departing
QdilcS III NuIlhHelu anu bhtH edCH uiEuls
except Sunday, the orchestra viii play
in the following towns in the order Civ
en-: Bethel Lebanon, n H., Bellows
Falls, Brattleboro and Keene, Nashua,
Manchester, Concord, franklin, and La
coma, and for the return dance in North
field.
The SALISBURY town clerk had an
encounter with burglar about midnight
Sunday night The clerk, Mr.. Gordon,
sleeps in the office and heard someone
/ trying to pry open Cne of the windows.
He reached for his automatic revolver
and opened the door, frightening the
burglar. who ran. Mr.. Gordon kept on
firing, but was unable to hit his mark
on account of the darkness. At the
same time of the attempted burglary
at the town clerks office, second man
was working on the windows at the
house of John Bradish, opposite. 1t is
not thought the men were professionals.
William J. LonsrgaS; who was cap.
tain of the disbanded Company X. of
the Vermont National Guard, in Benning
ton, has sent word 10 Adjutant- General
Lee s. Tillotson of st. Adams that he
has secured the required 80 young men
for recognizing. The original company
was disbanded some months ago for in
efficiency but through the efforts of
number Of citizens, notably Capt. j. B.
Harmon, Superintendent Thomas Harmon
of the Vermont Soldiers home, and SEN
ator II r. Cushman of North Benning-
ton, the town was given a opportunity
to retain company in the guard. Two
weeks ago the adjutant informed Capt.
Lonergan that he must have signatures
BY the goth and that If they were Sc
cured that the company would be mus
tered into the service of the state dur
ing the present week The new company
will be a complete reorganization, as
mana ,f Ala .,ffinnrs will rnfairn thnir r,rns