The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-19

/ Bailey L. Paige, the oldest real estate
and insurance broker in the West Rox
bury district Of Boston, promnien
cubman, and a descendant of Revo
| lutionary family, who died recently
spent his summers in Woodstock.
George II. Harvey, who died recently
! in Woodstock at the age Of So years
1 Was for many years well known sing
| or and teacher Of music. He was borI
in Canterbury, y. H., and during his
professional career he taught in New
4 Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts
and Vermont.
Mrs. Elbridge Perry, who recently re-
signed as postmistTess at South Pom
fret, had held the position for eleven
years. 1t is proposed to serve the pat.
rons Of the postotiice by rural free de-
livery in the future,
While fishing through the ice in West
river at Brattleboro a short time ago
DR. R. S. Elmer caught pike meas
uring 30 inches in length, l6 inches in
girth and weighing ala pounds. He also
caught two smaller pike.
A large amount OF work is in store
for the new superior Judge, Judge Frank
l.. Fish OF Nergennes, when he comes
to preside at the April term of Wind,
ham county court The court docket
contains 26s cases and the chancery
docket As, making a total of 3l6 cases.
Included in this total are 40 divorce
cases.
At meeting of the Civic Improve
ment league in Brattleboro held recent
Nv. DIR. II. ID. Holton reported that the
drinking fountain, which it is planned
t. install at the corner of Main and
High streets in that village, will be
put in position this summer.
Eugene Bemis measured the ice in the
West river at point opposite the rail-
road station and found it to be p inches
thick. The fce at this place is used
as a crossing for teams and pedestrians.
Demanster II. Wheeler of Putney, who
exhibited fine strings of seed corn at
the corn show in Windsor last fall, has
been filing distant orderse for the seed
all winter. Recently he sent con-
signment of the seeds to a North Da-
kota farmer.
Cornelius Sammon OF Rutland received
word recently Of the instant death of
his brother. John Sammon, a locktender,
residing at Green Island, n. Y, who
was struck BY Delaware & Hudson
train, The dead man was 60 years
old.
Windsor Congregationalists will meet
in the First church this evening to see
whether or not the legacy Of $4,000
and accumulatious left the society by
Benjamin +. Plood will be accepted,
Charles Jarvis Davis who died March
10 at the Bratteboro Retreat, was born
in Nelson, n. H.. in 1927. He was
an ldtime engineer and ran one of
the first trains through the Hoosac tun-
nell
With reference to the certificate is
sued to the Lake Dunmore Power ana
Traction Co., giving it authority to is
sue $4,000 at six per cent, mortgage
bonds the company has filed its sworn
re urn to the fl b il service commission
setting forth tiat the entire amount
has been sold for cash at $4,000
Chester farmers say that sap ran
r. large quaint t.1s in the sugar o,h-
,rds March IL. Other eNCellent runs
have since beau reported.
While ehoppng in the woods Of West
one day recently, sherman
Goodrich sank the axe deep into MS
ST leg. He vas assisted 10 nearby
'ouse, where physicians DIR" sed the
y und Goodrich was TO t,Tptr to o.
ape the accident without shattafing the
enc.
Rural free delivery carriers attending
he sixth annual meeting uf the Wind
or County Rural Letter Carriers asso-
alton. held 1T White r ver Junction
.ecently, debated the que jti,ns whether
country roads IN Vermont are improv-
s,g or not.
Eugene Chatsey of Perkiusville lost "A
ow recently wien the animal was go-ed |
" long horn heifer The COW was |
,adly gouged before farm hands could |
She died within :. .sw hours |
Peter Raymond of Barnet was repair
ny a gasoline engine one lay ratcntiy |
when he became unconscious from the |
fleets Of fumes rising from the gaso-
inc tank Fellow workmen, who were
n his shop at the time, removed Mr.. |
out into the air, where he was
con revived.
Albert " Preston of Sharon recently
the fiftieth anniversary OF his
in the Masonic order. The
ccasion was observed in the town hall
nd among the prominent members who
ddressed the gathering was Grand Sec
etary H. II. Ross of Burlington.
Hersel Ducelle, years old, of Lud-
wv travelled the entire distance alone
rom Ludlow to Alden. Mich, whence
IS mother went several weeks ago in
aarch of employment The mother sent
honey for his railroad fare and the
alcctmen of the town made arrange
rents for his transportation to the
Iichigan town.
Probation officers of the state are re
living letters from Lee s. TillotsOn
st. Adams. secretary of the COM
.isgion IN nrohati stating that ar