The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-13

! warm enough W pelAiAe'
Miss Louise Branerd, who has car
ried on successful work as a deaconess
at st. Luke's Episcopal church in st.
Adams, has accepted call to similar
duties at st. Paul's church in Burling-
| ton.
Workmen are engaged in repairing the
! Champlain transportation Co.'S steam
ers at Shelburne harbor. Work ON the
company's new machine shops at the
same point is progressing rapidly.
Abraham Burbank, for some time man
| ager of the hotel Vermont in Burling-
ton has accepted the position as man
| ager of the hotel Virginia in Columbus,
o., handsome new hosiery.
-Four plays submitted by the students
of the university of Vermont have put
the Wig and Buskin club of that insti-
tuition in quandry as to which is the
best. A selection must be made from
the quartet and all of the pieces sub
mitted are said to be excellent.
Walter Gould and four other students
of the university of Vermont are on
tour Of the state to test fertilizers
purchased by the farmers. The stu
dents will test the substance for purity
and other qualifications.
4. O. Bemis of Milton has finished
cutting nearly 100000 fdet of timber
on his wood lot and will begin saving
as soon as possible. A large amount
of cord wood has also been cut.
The new artesian well, which is be-
ing dug south of Winooskit reservoir,
has already reached depth of 44S
feet. The wen will be pushed to a
depth of 800 feet, where satisfactory
results win probably be obtained At
800 feet the well yielded 80 gallons
per minute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Boardman of
Burlington have been appointed master
and matron, respectively, of the boys
cottage at the state industrial school
in Nergennes.
Indicative of the industrial growth
will be the installation by the Rutland
Railway Light x Power Co. of new
gasometer or gas storage tank, which
win double the company's present ca
pacity. Two miles of new gas mains
have been ordered for use this spring.
The annual encampment of the g. a.
f., department of Vermont, will be
held in Burlington in June The pres
ent department commander is DIR. G. VI,
Ferrin Of Essex Junction.
George Fredette, who gave his resi-
dence as Port Henry, n. y, aecosted
the Rutland chief of police on the street
the other day, saying, Il want to be
arrested" Although somewhat taken
aback, the chief advised the man to
walk to the Jail, as he was able to am
bplate without assistance.
Fred S. Anderson of st. Adams has
filed petition in bankruptcy with Clerk
f. S. Plat Of the United States court
His liabilities are 1916 and he places
his assets at $500.
Eleazar Taft of Essex Junction. who
will be 90 years old his next birthday,
suffered slight paralytic shock last
Friday night. As he was passing the
door of his nephew the man fell and
lay in puddle of water for nearly an
hour. Unless pneumonia develops, Mr..
Taft will be able to be about within
a short time.
William G. Gadue Of Burlington has
I1t l.,
per, said to he remarkably simple de-
vice which will take the place of many
Others in present use.
Judge f. NJ Butler Of Rutland pre-
sided at the opening Of March term of
Franklin county court in st. Adams this
week and indications point to term
OF the usual length. There are 25 Grim
inal cases on the docket while "a di-
vorce cases will come before the court. /
A. b. Taylor, a brakeman on the Gem
trail Vermont railway suffered brok-
en- leg while at work in Iberville, p. O., |
Sunday. He was brought to ST. AL |
bans.
The Vermont society of New York |
City viii hold its annual reception and |
banquet at the hotel Aston Saturday |
evening, March 90. Among the guests /
and speakers of the evening will be |
Governor John A. Mead of Rutland, |
Charles A. Prouty, member of the in
terstate commerce commission Robert I
Walker, president OF the Chicago, Rock |
Island and Pacific railroad.
Mrs Ellen Dernier of West Rutland /
has received word that her son. John +
f. Dernier formerly of Rutland. was 1
seriously injured while employed in a
marble mill ut Boise, Idaho. He was I
taught between two blocks of marble
and it was feared that the amputation
Df one leg would be necessary.
The grand lodge of the New England
Order of Protection will meet in Bur
ington April % Nearly $50 mem
oers Of the order are expected to be
present.
A modern concrete bridge may sup
plant the wooden structure at Lime
Kiln near Winooski park, Burlington
The change viii be a step toward pre-
serving one OF Burlington's beauty spots
Burlington friends of George w Nor
'ow, former superintendent of the Yer
mont ant-saloon league, have received
Jews of the death of his father, James
Morrow. which occurred in Newman. III.
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