The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-06

The Woodstock inn owners at Wood
stock have just issued an attractive
booklet describing 30 automobile tours
extending out of Woodstock. The tours
vary in distance from 40 to 100 miles
the farthest point reached being Bur
lington.
DR.. Samuel j. Allen of White River
Junction, who for the past two years
has been serving prison sentence oil
from five to eight years for a criminal
operation, has been liberated by pardon
\ from Governor John A. Meade
The annual reunion of Windsor and
Orange county Grand Army men will
\ be held in Bethel some time in August,
the exact date to be decided later
Ptomaine poisoning was responsible
! for the death of Clemmie Mower, the
young daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Frank
Mower of Hartland last week.
Mrs. c.. j. Markham OF South Pomfret
has picked 800 quarts OF raspberries dur
| ing the present season. She promises to
bring the number up to 1000 before the
season is over.
Many Vermont soldiers will recall the
fact that so years ago this week Sec.
rotary Edwin NJ. Stanton issued an order
stopping all furloughs to officers and
privates, except such as had been author
lied by the war department. The pur.
pose of this order was to correct IL
possible the evils growing out of the
absentee system.
Mr.. and Mrs T. NJ. Foote of Chicago
are visiting the formers father in South
Burlington. The trip to Burlington was
made in a 46-foot motor boat which
was built by Mr.. Foote himself. The
party started out of Chicago July and
took the route rather leisurely, but
passed through the Great Lakes and the
Erie canal without mishap.
The Chittenden county Progressive
convention in Burlington Saturday was
attended by II men. There were many
vacant seats, but several were unable
to be present and others sent regrets.
John Stoddard, travelling salesman,
who has Travelled into Bennington for
the last 40 years, was taken suddenly i'll
in Albany, n. ", last week.
The Vermont state fair commission
has issued the premium list for this
years fair, which will be held at White
River Junction September II, Is, 10,
and 20.
The postofiice, which has been con-
Quoted at East Swanton for the past 80
years, has been closed. and patrons viii
hereafter get their mail by r. f. d. from
st. Adams. Two exceptions to this ar
rangement are 7. j. 0rne and the Turn
bull Co., who will have their mail thrown
from the train,
Davis & Davis, Washington patent at
torneys, report the granting of patent |
papers to 7. Bodde of Mortified for q !
steam turbine, G.. f. Cottrell of North !
field for machine for knitting stock |
ings, and w. c. Farnham of Arlington !
for multiple spindle boring machine.
Brattleboro is using calcium chloride |
az dust layer, and the process en-
ployed is said TO successfully allay the |
dust. One barrel OF the white powder is
said to sufficiently cover a stretch of
road measuring 1870 20 feet.
The largest shipment of maple syrup
to leave the state OF Vermont viii be
sent from st. Johnsbury August 81, when i
a special train consisting of Is carloads
o. the Towle Maple Products Log Cabin
svrr,n which is prepared at the com
pany's local plant. will be shipped to
San Francisco. The company has Sc.
cured orders for the shipment of three
other special trains of the same size TO
Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle.
Hoboes entered four freight cars in
the Rutland railroad yards at Bristol
recently and stole miscellaneous articles.
The thieves also entered local milk
plant and secured 81 in money Bristol
deputy sheris are looking out for the
offenders.
Addison county farmers are harvesting
the biggest hay crop in years. Although
other crops have been doing well. the
hay crop exceeds everything else. Many |
Of the agriculturists have worked nights.
Fred Fisher, Woodstock painter was
overcome by the heat while working the
other day and fell from high step
adder fracturing the collar bone and ,
,utting cash over one eye.
When Louis J. Eddngton, Benning-
on butcher. attempted to oil an electric
an without stopping the motor; one of :
he blades struck him in the face and
Inflicted severe wound in the head
Four yearling heifers, the property of
Ralph Walker of Chelsea. ate the dried 7
caves of cherry tree recently and died
Don after the meal. The tree had been :
Mt into fence posts. while the leaves 9