The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-28
ABOUT THE STATE

H ABOUT THE STATE
Clarendon recently, was born in Ireland
over so years ago. For 60 years she
had been resident of Clarendon.
BY instructions received from the
postoffice department, the Sunday open
ing of the Greensboro postoffice will be
discontinued after Mary |.
Straw and rubbish at the bottom OF
a chimney in a Springfield house took
fire the other day and filled the struc-
tue with smoke. A nurse, who hap
pened to be making a call on near.
I by family, came to the scene and learn :
ing that there was a baby upstairs,
made her way through the smoke and
brought the child down to it's distract
ed mother.
A small building in Duxbury owned by
Mrs. w H. Sterling of Montpelier was
| burned to the ground Sunday night,
causing loss of $500.
Before Judge Foster in East Burke
recently, Ora Jenkins pleaded guilty to
an assault and battery on Bion +.
Humphrey, jr., and was fined $l5.0f
The Humphrey boy is eight years oil
Robert r. Twitchell, of the class Of
1911, Middlebury college. until recent
ly principal of the high school ut
Proctorsville, has resigned his position
to accept the principalship Of the Mari
boro, n. H., high school.
An escaped lunatic, named William
Stevens, was brought to the county Jail
in Burlington Tuesday, by Officer De-
mag of Essex junction. who found the
man on farm a short distance from
the village. lie escaped from the asy
lum at Waterbury about n year and
a half ago, according to the officers.
lie exhibited 70 signs of violence when
taken into custody.
On account OF the high price of grass
seed, many of the farmers of Brandon
harvested Their own timothy seed last
fan and are beginning to put it Oh
the market for sale at a lower price
than the western seed demands. An
average sample of the seed was sent
to an agricultural experiment station
and the report stated that even few
bushels of the seed contained enough
witch grass seed to terminate the en-
tire acreage OF Brandon for 80 years
to say nothing of other obnoxious weed
seeds.
Mrs. Harriet H. Merrill, the oldest
resident of Winchendon, Mass observed
her 9th birthday at the home CT her
daughter there Sunday She was born
in Peacham. the daughter Of Captain
and Mrs. Reuben Hand. Her father
was captain in the war of 1872 and
vas afterwards high sheriff of Caledonia
county.
James c. Irwin, who for three yea:i
has been chief engineer of the Rutland
Railroad company. has rendered his
resignation to take effect April /. Tie
railroad officials have made no announce
ment in the matter. but the Railway
Age Gazette of March %, states that !
} g. Sehillmger of the Big Four road
will succeed Mr. Irwin,
The case Of James II. Hughes OF Cas- |
tleton against the Lake Bomoseen Slate
Co. was settled out of Rutland county |
court for $3.50 The suit was a negli |
gence case in which the plaintiff as ad |
ministratOr of the estate OF his brot
er. John G, Hughes, sought to recover |
damages because OF the latter's death |
as the result OF an accident while he |
was in the employ Of the defendant.
The Central Vermont railroad, which |
recently purchased lot Of new equip |
ment, is daily expecting the arrival OF !
-four big Pacific engines forwarded from !
the Baldwin Locomotive works. Tie |
engines will at once be placed on the |
two heaviest trains, the New England |
States Limited and the Boston Montreal |
sleeper The engines are capable OF |
hauling ten Pullman sleepers at 60 milcs /
per hour.
The explosion OF an oil stove in the
Lake View house in Burlington, Tues
day afternoon. was the cause of a live
~ blaze which entailed loss OF S4hC.
Thomas Millet, who was asleep IN the
house at the time. was nearly overcome
by the smoke. Neighbors aroused him
md he made good his escape.
Robert O. Williams of Poultney has
fled petition in bankruptcy with the
,lerk Of the United States court, CIV
ng his liabilities as S2,463.99 aud his
assets at $2,o72.22, part Of which .
claimed TO be exempt.
Frank w. Knapp of Rutland, who
oas been in the employ of the Hove
Scale works for 81 years, has resigned
his position to become superintendent
If the Bennington Scale works at Ben
lington Mr. Knapp was the inspector
II weights at the Rutland works.
Roman Hemenway Of Middlebury will /,
loon begin the planting of 1900 apple
rees and 2,009 pear trees on the estate
i T.. n. Looms of West Addison.
When completed the orchard will be
me of the largest in the state.
Eugene Ottendorf, who sustained Sc
ous injuries while employed at a grist
nil in Sudbury, died at the Mary
fletcher hospital in Burlington Sunday |
morning. The young man was 30 years
Id.