The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-09
About the State

Rev. Clifford H. Smith, who resigned
rs pastor OF the Pittsford Congrega
tional church TO take up his new duties
In the Anti-Saloon league, had been pas
tor there for 10 years.
Harris Block Of Burlington has filed
a petition in bankruptcy with Clerk
Ia s. Platt of the United States court.
lie is peddler He gives his liabili-
ties at s4,233 and his assets as 1925,
with 1915 claimed exempt
Mr.. and Mrs S. W. Smith, the oldest
couple IN Addison, observed the sixty
fourth anniversary OF their marriage on
SATURDAY., MAY 81. With the exception
of a little over year, they have spent
their entire married life on the farm
where they now reside,
Mrs. Carrie Stearns, aged nearly 80
Years and nearly blind, was struck by a
runaway horse in johnson and was bad
Nv injured being in the care of a trained
nurse. She was crossing the street and
did not see the horse until it was upon
her, when she stepped backward and fell,
and was struck by the horse,
IL il possible DR.. G. H. Bates Of Lud-
low. who has been in the house OF cor
rection at Rutland since December, when
he was committed for two and a half
wears after western trip with Miss
Susie Barrett trained nurse, will be
paroled within few days. Governor
Mead will investigate as result OF
numerous petitions asking the mans re-
lease
The Billings farm at Woodstock is al.
ways interested in forestry, and this
spring twelve thousand three year-old
white pines have been set out there,
This seasons work also included the
transplantina OF 10000 spruce seedlings,
which were sowed last spring They
were set two inches apart in rows one
foot apart. The young trees were grown
from seed collected on the farm, spruce
cones being sent TO the state experiment
station, where the seed was extracted
Charles A. Quintard, business man
ager of the DOLLS House" company, who
liz in the Rutland Jail in default of bail
following a suit brought against him for
arrears in the salary of William M
Dean, advance agent for the company
has retaliated by bringing civil suit
for $1,000 against Dean. alleging that
the latter has not turned over 10 the
plaintiff certain moneys belonging to the
plaintiff, which he received in fduciary
capacity. Both are languishing in Jail
as Dean could not furnish bail.
Col. Joseph F. Scott. who has late
ly been appointed superintendent o
prisons BY Gov. John Dix of New York
superseding G, V. Collins, Is NATIVE
of Eden Mii( Lamoille county, and
, graduate OF Johnson State Norma
Z school He was for some years u
charge of the state prison at Concord
Mass. but left there about eight year
ago TO take charge of the reformator,
al Flmira, n. Y. For several year
past. he has held the position of su
perintendent OF reformatories in New
York state. and is considered one o
the most eminent penologists in thi
county
Two hose companies of West Rut
, land were called out Tuesday to extin
guish fire in the Toohey house. !
was extinguished, however, without tn
:, use of hose, but the manner in whic
! IL caught was peculiar. Mrs. Teophin
! Nobert who lives upstairs in the house
Z was heating water on gasoline stoy
and while she was absent from ID
! room for few minutes the water boile
: over and put out the fire in the stove
. The gasoline. however, kept on RUNNING
). and when she came back there wa
+. considerable Of it upon the floor. 81
= took up what she could and lighted IN
stove again. There was something dc
/. ing Immediately She grabbed the stoy
4 and started downstairs with it, but II
! tank became detached and took fire af'
4 er she reached the lower hall. In leaN
J. ing the house to give the fire alarm
r Mrs, Nobert fell and sprained her ar
kle.