The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-12

land to write the historical article OF
Vermont for the Catholic encyclopedia
published by the Appleton Co. of New
York.
Richard Niles, % years old, of Charlie
mont, Mass, who was instantly killed
near Millers Falls last Thursday while
making his first trip as freight brake
man, was the husband of former
North Bennington girl, Miss Agnes
Mack.
About 300 persons will make the
Washington trip, including the junior
and senior classes of Brattleboro high
school. which will leave Bellows Falls
and Brattleboro March %. After visit
ing the capital, the party will return
home March 20.
The body of Brother Philip Il. OBrien
of the Christian Brothers, with head
quarters at Lynchburg, Va, whose death
occurred recently, was brought to Bel
lows Falls last week for burial. Broth
! er OBrien's father was formerly engaged
as a blacksmith in Bellows Falls.
! IN Jnp QGaLl OF Elias ~. hdHtldIts htot
| Glover lost its oldest citizen Mr.. Ran
dali was born in Greensboro September
! Ii 1892. He was a long time mer-
4 chant Of Glover, served several years
as postmaster and represented the town
in the state legislature.
Antoine Cushing of Montgomery has
recovered his horse from L. p. Martin
! and S25 cash from Constable II. II. Casa
want. who it is said illegally seized
and sold the horse at public sale to
| T. H. Coleman at Hillwest four cor
ners, about two weeks ago.
Stark n. Morse. who died recently
at his home in Derby, at the age of
90 years, was a veteran of the Civil
war, having served in Co II, 18th YER
mont volunteers. The regiment was in
command Of Col. Redfield Proctor and
went from Brattleboro to Washington.
Miss Winnifred Eddy, aged ~, pas
tor of the Congrcga church in Wes-
tor died March I from the effects Of
an operation for appendicitis For two
years previous to assuming the Weston
tIhiHts MISS iItAtAN was ph1lol boStSA-
ant in the First church of Hartford,
Conn.
General Linus f. Sherman OF the class
OF 1861 Middlebury college, is dead,
General Sherman was born in Fairfield
and prepared for college at Burr and
Burton seminary, Manchester Upon his
graduation from Middlebury, he enlist
cd in the Civil war and was repeatedly
promoted.
paper has been circulated around
Enosburg Falls the past week asking
the postotiice department at Washing
ton. D. c., for a village delivery of
mail there. The petition was largely
signed by business men and seems to
fall in line with a similar sentiment
in other Vermont villages.
The biennial report of the Fanny Al
len hospital at Winooski, published in
handsome booklet of AZ pages, con-
tnins portraits OF Rt Rev. J. j. Rice,
Fanny Allen as a nun, and different
wards and sections Of the hospital. The
report also contains suitable resolutions
on the death Of Dr. Samuel +. Mayn-
ard.
Invitations have been extended by
James b. Wilbur of Manchester to a
number of the leading men OF Benning
ton county TO attend a dinner at the
Putnam house at Bennington March IL.
The meeting is designed to further the
interests Of good roads by efrecting
county organization of business men and
others concerned
Miss Esther Abbott OF Springfield was
attacked the other day by man who
dragged her from her sleigh. beat her
until she was unconscious, and then
attempted TO make off with the horse,
When the animal stumbled and fell, the
mar became frightened and took to the
woods. II is believed that he was
half drunken tramp or crazy tramp.
At the forthcoming old home week
celebration in the town Of Newbury, one
OF the important events will be the erec-
ton Of marker at the starting point
of the old military highway in Wells
River The road will very properly be
christencd the Bayley- Hazen military
road, since it was Gen Bayley who
recommended the route to Washington
in Revolutionary days
Before leaving for North Carolina in
search of health, Bishop Hall OF the
Episcopal diocese of Vermont, addressed
an assemblage at the fourth ward polls
in Burlington. saying in substance that
tho no vote on the license question was
largely hypocrisy and that no-license
wns simply eloaking an evil which we
all know exists. Bishop Halls remarks
We're enthusiastically cherS'd by his
hearers and the declaration he made is
said to be characteristic of his stand
point on the local option issue