The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-15

daughter of DR.. Stephen Drew OF Scitu
ate, r. l., who came to Woodstock ii
! Use and who was the first in tina
| region to inoculate for smallpox.
Dana Burbank of North Pomfret ha
/ issued invitations to dance which h
will hold March Is in honor OF hi
! eightieth birthday anniversary. 1t i
said that Mr. Burbank's years count a
4 nothing to him. He is known in thu
region thereabouts as checker playe
and orator Of unusual ability.
/ NJ. s. Loukes of Windsor has beer
appointed keeper of Windsor county jai
| at Woodstock by Sheriff j. II. kiniry
Mr.. Loukes has served as a guard il
the state prison at Windsor for severa
! years.
Elmore Clark Barnes, who met an un
timely death in wreck at North Var.
mouth Me, by staying faithfully al
the post of duty in the hope of prevent
ing the disastrous accident. was born in
Morgan, December q. 1922. His moth.
died when he was but eight years old
and almost from that day he started
out for himself on what had been a
successful career.
John w. Workman Of Belmont hauled
three tons Of potatoes Is miles over the
highway from his home To Rutland, and
there sold the tubers at Sl.l0 per bush
el.
A Sherburne correspondent to the
Woodstock Spirit Of the Age predicts
that there viii be six marriages in that
town during March, which will be an
unusual record for n town Of only 400
inhabitants.
The Woman's club of Royalton, by co.
ordinating its literary and social efforts,
has prepared and published a town his
tory of 200 pages.
Mrs. r. L. Taylor Of Manchester has
thirty white Leghorn hens with an en-
viabe record for the past three months,
having laid 306 eggs in December, 345
in January, and 337 in February, a to-
tai OF 9SS. At the selling price the
eggs brought her over $50.
Charles II. Brooks, formerly in the
publicity business in st. Johnsbury and
Bellows Falls, is now the publicity agent
for the Southern railway system with
headquarters in Montpelier.
Mrs. James p. Elmer, assistant prin-
cipal OF the Brattleboro high school has
rendered her resignation to the school
board to take effect July |. At that
time, Mrs. Elmer will have completed
thirty-six wears of service as teach
er in the high school.
In common with number of other
towns in Vermont Wilmington voted to
pass over the article relating to medi-
cal inspection in the public schools at
its last annual meeting.
II is rumored that boring for a vein
Of marble supposed TO cross the west
side of the valley in Dorset will be be-
gun shortly in the vicinity of the west
road school house, so called, in that
town.
Among the successful Burlington smelt
fishermen is Fred Dubois. who with a
friend, brought i'm II pounds of the fish
as the result of eleven hours angling
near Juniper island in Lake Champlain
recently.
Eighty town listers were awaiting j.
f. Cushman, state tax commissioner.
when he arrived in Rutland the other
day A few tax appraisers from Wind
sor county were present at the meet
ing, which was held for the benefit of
Rutland county listers.
II. f. Straw of Stowe has several
pieces of fractional currency issued in
1857, of the denomination of 80, Is, 10
and five cents.
Rutland farmers say that they can
not stand another reduction in the price
of milk and that they will turn their
surplus milk into butter and cheese.
Miss Augustine Bourassa, who died
in WinoOski Wednesday, was the thir-
teen-year-od daughter of Alphonse
Bourassa, whose mysteriously disappear
ancc early last December, caused SEN
sation among his friends. No word
Of the missing man has ever been re-
ceived.
L. Page Harris, the oldest member
Of Mortified lodge of Odd Fellows, died
at his home in that town Tuesday at
the age of 81 years. Mrs. Loretta Royce,
the oldest resident of the town, died
the previous Sunday, at the age of %
years.
BENJAMIN Ainsworth of Walden was
lrraigned in Hardwick municipal court
Monday, charged with not providing
sufficient fodder for his cattle. He was
found guilty and fined $50. Ainsworth
took an appeal to county court.
Sixteen deer were seen at one time
n a pasture near Bolton Falls recently. !
Carmi Gosselin, who lives in Hillwest, !
was among the first Frank |
in county farmers to make new maple |
sugar this year.
Game Warden Paris of Fairfax found