The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-15
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interest From Diff
ferent Sections.

{ The best potato story this yea
! comes from the farm OF Edward MOI
! ris in Dorset, where one hill yielded on
hundred and two potatoes.
Pearl Garrow, the three ear-ol
daughter of MIR. and Mrs, Peter CAIRO,
of Cuttngsvilc, was fatally burned las
week while playing with matches. Sh
/ died the next day after the accident.
A burglar entered the Queen City mar
ket in Burlington Friday night an,
took all the cash from the safe, $3.50
and n gold filed watch. He entered BY
window, but unbolted the back doc
and walked out after taking what h,
wanted. A few pennies were in thu
cash register, but these were untouched
Mayor c. /. Howe of Rutland may
call special election to decide il the
city will build new reservoir. The spe,
cial water committee has recommended
an expenditure of Sl29,000, for reser.
voir to be built on land adjoining the
present one, with a capacity of 30,o0o,O0C
gallons.
Mrs. Martha Lawrence of North Herr
has homegrown lemon which meas.
ures ~ Is by IL Ia inches and weighs
! IL ounces. Its weight caused it to
break the branch on which it hung, and
il fell while yet green. The last lemon
that ripened on Mrs. Lawrence's tree
weighed Is ounces
A barn in Arlington, owned by Fer.
nando West, was completely destroyed
by fire last week. when Mr.. Vests son
accidently knocked over a lantern, which
exploded. About 5000 worth of hay
was destroyed and a new silo nearby
was somewhat damaged, though its con-
tents were not hurt. There was an in.
surance of $500 on the property. Mr..
West lost another barn last March, on
which there was no insurance.
Frank Larrow, a Brattleboro livery
man, let a Morse TO Peter Blake of Bel
lows Falls one day last week, and he
took a friend, Corbett Fillion of Brat
tleboro to ride with him On the return
home, while speeding the horse, in all
attempt to make a curve in Chesterfield,
n. H., the horse ran into a tree and
broke its neck. Blake at once disap-
peared and has not been seen since, but
Fillion was arrested
A marker is to be placed in Bennington
on the site OF the house where Lieut.
Col. Friedrich Baum and Col Pfister /
died Aug IS, l777. Col. Baum was
German officer sent by Gen. Burgoyne to
take the stores at Bennington, was NOR.
tally wounded at the battle of Bennine-
ton and was buried on the banks Of
the Walloomsac, near the paper mill at
Sodom. The house where he died was
torn down about thirty years ago, but
the site was located and there a marker
will be placed.
The Barrett medal, awarded each
year by John Barrett of Washington,
D. c.. to the student Of Vermont acad
amy who maintains high rank in schol
irship and contributes most 10 the ex-
,ellenee of athletics, has just been
awarded Alvord Gates Nichols. IL, of
3assen. Burma son of DIR. c. ID. Mich
us, distinguished missionary. of that
,iace. Nichols maintained the highest
ank of his class for the four years.
lie also has an enviable record as an !
thlete in the school, excelling in foot /
,al, baseball, basketball and track !
Nichols has entered Colgate university !
his fall. The medal is awarded by
ote of the student body. The medal, !
esigned and executed by Tiffany, is of i
reat value and beauty, q
Centennial block in Brandon was de- ],
troyed by fire about 230 o'clock Sat
drmyoannr, gi rxwraaf riehfl'd ,inTHE,S
rday morning, the loss being about a
10000 with $500 insurance The only
erson in the building was William +, I
ollins, cook in the bakery on the first
DOR, and he had narrow escape. \
ettle Of fat boiling over caused the y
re, The structure was a mass of flames Ct
few minutes, despite the prompt ar p
val of the fire department. he fire I,
as under control at about five o'elocl. ~
one of the surrounding buildings was ei
lmaged as there was no wind The al
ock was huilt in 1861 by y. +. di
lraguc and given to the Ladies Book =
ab. The books destroyed amounted IA
5000, and were only part of the ey
,giIal library, as the club turned most n
It's hooks over to the Free library pr
few years ago. A total loss, hnwa CT, sn
IS suffered BY William H. Williams,
anager of the laundry and bakery, as r.
the machinery was rendered useless
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