The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-05-25
About the State

ADOUL me CEULe
DR. Cyrus G. Pringle, keeper Of the
herbarium at the university of Vermont,
and noted naturalist, is i'll with pneu-
monIa at Mary Fletcher hospital
Joseph SouIe, a conductor on the North
Adams and Bennington line, fell from
the running board OF loaded car re-
Gently and is believed to have suffered a
fractured skull
The barns on Edward Krupps farm in
the edge of Williston were burned TO the
ground Saturday evening together with
two horses, four hogs and about 100
hens. The fire was caused by lantern
exploding
The fires which have been burning
through the mountain range between
Ripton and Bristol have been extin-
Quished. Several of the towns along the
mountain furnished men to fight the
flames.
The busy season Is now on at the
Robin Hood Ammunition company plant
in Swanton, which is getting out load
ed shot and rife shells for fall trade.
A full force is at work and some large
shipments were just made.
The annual meeting of Ann Story
chapter, Daughters OF the American
Revolution. has now on hand for the
Green Mountain Boys memorial fund
the sum OF Sl,0464l. II is planned
when an adequate amount OF money has
been raised, to erect in the park a
statue representing Green Mountain
boy.
The dwelling home of Morris Russell
in South StarksboTo was burned TO the
ground early Thursday morning The
family had been absent since 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning, When the fire was
discovered by neighbors the roof was
falling in. so that nothing was saved.
About $50 worth OF seed, oats, grass and
clover seed which was in the home was
burned The fire is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
A spirited horse driven by Harry
Chase Of Jonesville became frightened
while passing some electric cars in Wi.
noski and ran away. The animal
dragged Mr. Chase some distance and
then freed itself from the wagon. which
was thrown down a bank against Il
fence. Mr. Chase was injured about
the back and legs and his clothing was
badly torn The horse came out of the
fracas without a scratch II had run
away before and Chase's nose was brok-
N at the time.
Deputy Sheriff J. P. Purdy discovered
Guy Hewitt and Carl Shippey, who es-
capped four weeks ago from the indus
trial school at Vergennes, near Manches-
ter. The boys had revolver and were
shooting il in such manner as to
call attention to them and the deputy
sheriff was called. The two youths were
sent up from Dandy some time since
and the time OF the Shippey boy had ex-
pired, but he was still at the institu-
ton, when he was induced by Hewitt
to join him in his latest escapade Hew-
lit has been in similar institutions and
has left Vergennes once before.
H. H. Wheeler OF South Burlington
has found clipping from a Burling-
ton newspaper advertising a stage line
between Montpelier and Burlington,
managed by Ebenezer c. Bracket of
Randolph The advertisement, which is
dated May Is. 1929, is headed by a
picture Of the old-fashioned stage coach,
drawn by four horses. The stage left
Montpelier on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings at s o'clock and Bur
| lington on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at the same hour. The time
of arrival in the two places was not
stated, but the fare Of one dollar shows
that it cost but little more to make
the trip those days than now.