The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-22


ern Vermont town throughout the spring.
A village meeting was held in Peach
am Thursday night and committee ap-
pointed to draw up petition relative
| to village incorporation to be presented
at a second meeting to be held soon.
Thomas Dunlop, former resident Of
! Poultney, who died recently in Rut-
land, had been an inmate OF the Rut-
land hospital for three years. He was
II years old, having been born in Ire
land.
Farm help is said to be very scarce
! in Cambridge and farmers who are un-
able to get men for the sugar season
say they will be obliged to give up
the idea Of tapping their orchards for
| this season.
Armory Seaver of Barton. member
OF this years graduating class at Til.
ton seminary, Tilton. n H., has been
chosen one of the six commencement day
speakers out OF class numbering over
- members.
Under the caption Hotel Men of
America, sketch of Robert f. Collam-
er manager Of the new hotel Vermont
in Burlington and fine picture OF the
subject is given in the current issue
OF sthe Hotel World.
At recent meeting of the school d-
rectors of Orleans and Glover, it was
4. 4 J. L. u, g,g Ei,,
two towns under the direction of one
supervisor Another meeting of the d.
rectors will be held in April to reach
d final decision.
Rev. NJ V. b. Knox, who died at his
home in Stoneham, Mass. was one
time resident OF Barton, and was
near relative Of Mrs. Laura Rand OF that
town. Rev. Mr. Knox was well known
a. an author, college president, chap
lain in the Civil war, Temperance advo-
cate and a minister OF the Methodist
church.
The Morrisville Messenger is the au-
tbority for the following; "A well
known travelling man took a poll Of
the passengers OF car out of Bur
Imgton one morning last week, going to
Essex Junction, and the vote for presi
dentl was in favor of Roosevelt.
At an examination for the position
of postma ster for the town of Beebe,
held at the federal building in New
port recently, one candidate presented
himself and was duly examined, although
it is reported that the previous incum-
bent at that place has been relnstated.
The Youths Companion, this weeks
issue has Vermont maple sugar orch
ard pictured on the outside cover, the
view having been taken in the sugar
woods belonging to w, b. Gilpin of
Westfeld. The picture was taken by
Wallace Gilpn Of Barton. The original
shows 10 buckets.
At a convention of twenty delegates
from twelve Vermont Congregational |
churches, held in Rutland Wednesday, |
the resignation of Rev. w. II. Spence
as pastor of the Rutland Congregational |
church was formally accepted DIR. |
Spence leaves Rutland to accept pas
torate in Oberlin, Q.
DR.. +. A. Cook, the polar explorer, who
recently finished lecture tour of va
rious Vermont towns, has started for
Europe. He believes that both Scott |
and Amunsden reached the south pole |
DR.. Cooks lectures seemed to meet with |
little enthusiasm in Vermont.
Joseph Heath, aged 50 years, was as
sisting a Barton blacksmith the other |
day. when horse hitched in the shop |
backed against him and threw him with |
great force against the wall. Mr.. Smith |
sustained fractured hip and by rea-
son Of his advanced age, physicians say /
his recovery is uncertain.
According TO the record recently TAX
en- of the number of pieces and weight /
of the mail matter delivered in st.
the weight of the letters de-
liyered during twelve months would |
amount to IA tons, and the weight of
the other mail matter 66 tons. The fig
ures show that each of the six carriers
handles about l3 tons of mail year.
At meeting of representative men
in the " NJ. c. A. building in Bur
lington Tuesday evening, arranged by
Clifford II. Smith of the
Anti-Slaoon league, the speak
FRS We're Sheriff Frank II. Tracy of
and John L. Weeks of Mid
ilebury, chairman of the state board of
penal institutions. Different phases of
the liquor question were under debate.
First in the published list of the grad
lates of the American Academy of Dra-
matte Arts was the name of Frank Wal
lace Boeekel of Bennington, son of
Mrs. A. X. Richie The commence
ment exercises were held last week In
a play by students of the
Empire school in New York recently,
the Dramatic Mirror. one of the recog-
nized theatrical publications, paid spe-
,ial tribute to the work of Mr.. Boeekel.
A rehearsal for the Easter concert at
he Baptist church will be held Satm-
lay afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Parents
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