The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-20
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interest From Diff
ferent Sections.

Davis and Davis, Washington patent
Iattorneys, report the grant OF patent
on polishing head to G. A. Undeen OF
Proctor.
Mrs. n. p. Ladd of Richford last week
picked apple blossoms from an apple
tree in the yard, there being green apples
on the tres at the same time.
j There are now considerably over a
thousand dogs in Burlington, of which
1924 have been licensed. The number of
licensed dogs is smaller than last year,
when the tax was paid on over 500.
/ Albert Campbell, who left Montpelier
recently 10 work in Windsor machine
shops, became i'll the day after his ar
rival and returned home. His illness
was not thought to be serious at first,
but he steadily grew worse. He was
poisoned, it is thought, by canned blue
berries.
Francis L. Royce, Bellows Falls cleo
] trician, escaped death by narrow mar
gin the other evening while attempting
to remedy a defect in an arc light. The
feed wire was heavily charged His
young wife saw the accident and her
shrieks drew a large crowd.
The Rutland Railroad. Light & Power
company has bought the Walker prop
erty at Lake Bomoseen for $ll 600
The property includes summer hotel
and cottages and 80 acres of land. II
is said that the property will be CON
verted into a huge amusement park.
Rutland is entertaining As fresh air
children. One of the two women who
had charge of the children, Miss Edith
Bedony, was a fresh air child herself
a few years ago. Middlebury enter.
tanned fourteen Of the children for two
weeks and they have returned to their
homes.
The secretary Of states Office Is busy
getting out this years automobile reg
stration book. 1t gives the owners Of
automobiles by counties and towns and
also has numerical arrangement The
information is brought up to August |.
IT will be ready in about ten DAYS and
may be had upon request sent Secre-
tary of State Guy w. Bailey, Essex
Junction.
Receipts from automobile fees col.
lected for the state by the secretary OF
states Office up to August IA, amount
to SIS ,so4.s4. This is sl5,25a.60 more
than the automobile fees of last year
and $40 .226.50 more than those of 1909.
Receipts for the last four years fol-
low: 1909. s26 .66s.34; 1910, s43.ll29a;
1911. s8o,63S24; 1912, to August ID, 49,,
S94.s4.
GUY Burgess of West Rutland mas
been sentenced to not less than TWO
years and half and not more thar
four wears in the house of correction
for breaking into a saloon in Rutland
and stealing bottles OF liquor. He threw
stone through large plate glass win
dow and, reaching in through the win
dow. broke a show case and seized the
bottles.
John Pendesoll was killed in Will
shooting at birds. Antonio Rossi had
his gun aimed at bird on the roof
of house on whose porch Pendensolli
was sitting. and just as Rossi was about
to pull the trigger, someone on the 9th
or side Of the house fired shot. caus-
ing him to drop the gun and pull the
trigger at the same time, the charge
striking Pendensolli in the heart and
killing him instantly.
Last year ASS automobiles crossed
the toll bridge between Isle La Motto
and Alburg during the summer season
and this total did not include the ma
chimes owned on the islands. This year
the bridge up TO date and the total for |
the year viii probably be much great
er than last year. During July 43S |
machines crossed and up to the sour-
teenth of this month, SO machines had |
passed that way.
Fire station one in Burlington now |
has heavyweight brigade which should |
hold the automobile down this winter
when blowing up the snow. The crew
Of four men contains no one who weighs
less than $50 pounds. Captain Carly
touches the scales at go ad Abner Lau-
zon. the chauffeur the same. Seymour
Lauzon does a little better, weighing
235, while +. +. Deming futters on to
the apparatus and keeps the balance
wheel juggling at 275. II little more
weight Is needed, Chief Niles can CON
tribute 2l7.
Enoch A. Bailey of Hardwick was
severely injured, in an accident which
nearly cost him his life, when he was
brown from horse he was riding
while leadig another. One of Mr.. Bail
,y's feet caught in the harness, holding
lin tightly. and the horses ran, drag
,ing the unfortunate man some dis
ance before they stopped. He was so
ontapuIad Il, tba horanaa