The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-23

He had few days work on a lumber
job.
John B. Stone of Richmond was bad.
ly injured Saturday, when he was kicked
in the stomach by frightened horse
He was injured internally.
Gov. John A. Mead has been appoint
ed aide on the staff Of General Gilman.
national commander of the G. A. r.
! Governor Mead served in similar ca
/ pacity on the stats of former National
Commanders Veasey and AIger.
| A state license to sell oleomargarine
was issued Monday to P. j. Jerome Of
I Montpelier, the first so far as is known
since the law requiring such a license
passed into effect February l. Prior to
that date federal license was all that
was necessary.
Seven successive ballots were taken
in the contest for road commissioner OF
st, Johnsbury. There were five cand-
dates. 0lin Sargent led until il got so
late that his farmer supporters had to
60 home and then the tide turned to-
ward Fred lawkinson, who was elected
by one vote.
Mrs. W. X. Royce of Mortified has
valuable collection OF ancient coins.
copper, bronze and silver, consisting OF
over 200 pieces. The collection was OBJ
tanned from Jerusalem about 30 years
ago The coins all bear the date b.
c., and it is probably one of the rarest
private collections in New England.
The new directory OF Rutland, TO be
published in March, shows the city to
have IS clubs and organizations. The
last issue containued list of 43 So
cieties, clubs and organizations. The
publishers of the directory estimate the
population Of Rutland as being $4,000,
not including West Rutland or Proctor.
The local board Of Rutland, which
has been investigating conditions Of the
dairy farms supplying the city with
produce, has stopped two from dispos
ing of their stuff. Though the farms
are both small, the action Of the board
indicates a thorough investigation and
will cause structures TO be placed on
ALL farms not conforming to the law.
The names of the two farms prohibited
are not public,
Matthias Fonar, a PoIander working
in Proctor, was badly injured about the
face Sunday in runaway. He and an.
other man hired a team from a livery
stable, the horse became frightened and
ran, throwing the sleigh, with FonaT
in it. over a l5.foot bank onto the
railroad track below The horse at this
point freed itself. The sleigh was
smashed and Fonar had his face badly
bruised, eight teeth Knocked out and
his lip cut. II win be several weeks
befoe he is able to resume work.
second fire occurred at the novelty
works factory Of Z, II. Smith in Jericho
Center Monday night after it was sup
posed the morning fire had all been ex-
tingushed The flames broke out anew
in the loft and soon burst through the
roof They spread rapidly and for some
time the work OF fighting it seemed
hopeless and not for two hours were
the flames snbdned. A large part Of
the interior Of the loft and the eastern
section Of the roof were burned and
large quantity Of finished and unfinished
stock was destroyed BY fire and hasty
removal The loss on the building and
machinery is fully covered by insurance
but there was no Insurance on the stock.
The directors Of the Brandon inn COM
pany have secured the services of Will
liam p. Gardiner OF New York City, as
manager, in place Of G. Z. Savery, re-
signed MIR Gardiner 5 Il native Of YER
mont Bristol being his former home,
and Is an experienced hotel man, hav
ing been in the business all Of his life
He has had seven years of country ho
tel experience in Connecticut and has
been for the past five years chcief clerk
in the Rresln hotel in New York City.
Mr.. Gardiner il IS years Of age and
married. He win assume the manage
ment OF the Brandon inn about March
l. The inn during the past year has
been purchased by a syndicate of towns
people, reftted, remodeled and refur-
nished throughout.