The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-16

as needed. The committee will be ap
pointed by the selectmen.
George W. Keller of Burlington -
years old, employed for many years by
! the Wells & Richardson company here,
/ died suddenly Wednesday of heart fail
IRE while loading freight into "A car at
! the Rutland yards. The man died before
assistance could reach him. He leaves
his wife and one son.
Because of the ban put on public gath
erings during the smallpox epidemic, no
caucus will be held in St. Johnsbury
Saturday, but prospective candidates
will collect the signatures of their friends
and file their certificates with the town
clerk. The March meeting will be held
on scheduled time if the ban is Off, other
wise it viii have to be adjourned till a
later date.
w. p Wiley of Essex Junction had
an exciting experience Tuesday while re-.
turning from the pumping station at the
reservoirs, where he had been to carry
gasoline He placed lighted lantern in
the bottom of the sleigh for warmth, and
the heat ignited gasoline which had been
spilled on his buffalo robe and coat The
empty cans exploded and he was thrown
from the sleigh His clothes, horse blan.
ket and laprobe were somewhat burned,
and the back of the sleigh scorched
Papers were served on the Rutland
railroad Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Pas
cal Ricei in two negligence suits brought
against the corporation by Leverett L.
Lowell Of Rockingham, whose attorneys
are Ryder & Graham Of Bellows Falls.
The suits are returnable at the next term
Of Windham county court. In both cases
damages are sought oa the ground that
a large tract of the forest land belonging
to the plaintiff was burned, the fire being
started in both instances from sparks
which came from a defective locomotive
One fire occurred on May % 1906. and
the damage claimed at this time was
$1,000. The second fire was on April n,
1907, and the damage in this instance
was $500.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the explorer,
was scheduled to tell Bennington people
Saturday night how he found N the
north pole. Friday night he spoke in
Portland, Me-. and early Saturday morn
ing his manager appeared in Bennington
and inquired regarding the sale Of seats.
He was told that two seats had been
sold and few hours later the manager
of the opera house received telegram
from the doctor saying that he was
"indisposed" and would not be able to
appear. so the two interested persons
were given back their money, The frost
in the arctic regions was nothing com
pared to the one he would have received
in Bennington Saturday night had he
seen fit to appear, it is said.
About 100000 morphine tablets III
eighth, quarter and half grains are con-
sumed in Rutland every year, according |
TO a statement made by Edward g. Me- |
Clallen, local druggist, who is a mem
Der OF the state board Of pharmacy, In /
the Rutland Medical and Re I
porting club. Hardly one-tenth of this
quantity Of the drug is used /
in filing doctors prescriptions for medi-
cine. In addition to the amount con-
sumed in tablet form, Rutland drug
fends buy about 100 ounces in powder
form each ~ months. The quarter-grain
size costs about cent and half each.
other sizes being charged for proportion
ltely. BY the ounce, morphine is worth
over 81 In addition to the morphine,
10000 tablets of heroin. another product
Of opium, are annually sold in Rutland.