The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-23

in az superior Judge at Bellows FANS
Tuesday m the probate court Office il
which lie had studied law.
Everett Adams of Jamaica, who at
tempted suicide with small knife which
was watch charm, is dead as a result
He lived week after the attempt.
Rev. j. NJ. Frost of Waterville, Me.
d former pastor of Grace Methodist
church, st. Johnsbury, will deliver the
Memorial day address at the latter
place.
Mrs. Hollis, who moved with her
grandson, Charles Alison, from East st
Tohnsbury to Andover, Wednesday, is
9G years old and this was her first
ride on the cars.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Magoon
Of St. Johnsbury were on their wedding
trip. Mr.. Magoon's personal belongings
we're all destroyed in the Woodsville
| FIRE, as he had made his home at the
hotel there until his marriage.
At meeting of the board of trus-
tees OF St Johnsbury academy Tues
day it was voted to install manual
training department The sum of 81 900
has been raised by friends of the school,
and the new department will be equipped
for the opening Of the present school
year.
Rutland will have the annual state
teachers association convention on Octo-
Der "a, 25 and &c. Between 1000 and
1900 teachers will probably attend. The
plans of the convention will include
trips to the marble quarries, the slate
quarries at Poultney, and a mountain
climbing trip to the top Of Killington.
William Porter of Concord was struck
by limb from a tree as he was chop
ping in the woods He was taken to
Brightlook hospital in st. Johnsbury
and ii is feared he will lose the sight
OF the eve. The accident is particularly
sad as Mr.. Porter lost the sight OF
the other eye when he was Is years
old.
The Troy Scale works are to be
moved to Bennington at once, follow
Vermont and il is expected the build
ing of scales viii commence there with
in month in portion of the plant
of the Olin Scott company. The Troy
concern would not come to Bennington
without $4,000 purchase of stock,
and this has all been subscribed. The
same company owns wood working
plant at Vergennes and there had been
some talk OF moving there.
w. P. Conger of Burlington has in
his shop swan which is thought to
be the only bird of its kind ever shot
on Lake Champlain. The bird is
handsome specimen and is five feet two
and half inches in length and meas
uTes eight feet from tip to tip. II was
killed of Isle La Motto by Arthur Cal.
llgan of Burlington and was travelling
alone. The swan as rule only inhab-
its the sea coast and is a very unusual
sight in inland waters. This particu-
lar bird had evidently been wounded,
for shot was found in its bill and
il had probably become separated from
the remainder OF the flock because OF
this. The birds weight is "a pounds
and Mr.. Conger has already mounted |
it,
The smallpox situation at st. Johns |
bury is little changed. There are at |
present eleven cases, three new cases in
the family of Murdo Smith and one case
has appeared in new family, Mrs |
William Cheney, who is said to be very I
ILL., On Monday practically all the en- |
pioyes Of the f. & T. Fairbanks com
pany were vaceinated and in most of |
the business places in the town where |
many persons are employed, vaccination
has been made compulsory. IT was de-
eided at joint meeting Of the school
directors and board of health that
schools should be resumed March 4, pro-
giding that every teacher, ianitor and /
Dnpi should be vaccnated before that
time, and that all must present doe
tors certificates to that effect in order
20 be admitted. One case of smallpox.
.he first. has appeared in Lyndonvile,
he victim being man named Munsey.
The disease was caused by visit to
amily in Sheffield.