The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-31

Mrs. Nj. III. Brown picked the last OF
her fall strawberries in the garden ut
her home in South Vernon Christmas
day.
The largest fish ever caught near
Brattleboro was taken by Charles Cakes.
IL was a pike, 81 inches long. weighing
10 pounds, and was caught through the
ice in the river.
Little Luella Davis OF West Glover
was badly bitten by dog last week.
She aceidently fell on the dog as it lay
asleep and it sprang up an fastened it's
teeth in her arm.
Mrs. Jennie NJ. Legs, who died at Brat
tleboro the other day, was awarded that
largest verdict ever given for human
life, due TO the death of her husband in
wreck on the New York Central in
1902,
Mrs. Bert +. Ober of Brattleboro de-
serted her husband and three-year cid
daughter the other day She left note
for the former, weighted down with her
wedding ring, They had been married
four years.
Walter Johnson, young Westminster
farmer. was badly hurt recently while
chopping in the woods. His axe glanced
and struck his foot in such a way as to
sever all the cords on the inside, cutting
to the bone.
Charles Goyette, the young son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Adolphus Goyette of Essex
junction, while grinding saw Friday,
caught one mtten in the belt which runs
the grinder and pulled his right thumb
completely off.
A tree was found on the tracks of the
Boston g. Maine railroad Thursday
evening and news was sent to the Put
ney operator just in time for him TO
warn the engineer OF the express for
Springfield and New York.
DIR. Elmer A. Burdick of Winooski has
filed petition in bankruptcy. The liza
bilities are set up at Sl,7S4.l5, of which
one claim of $50 is secured. There are
20 creditors in all, the highest cleim
being that of G. Berry & Son of Boston
for S597 "A. The assets are given as 81
86s.63, of which 1920 is claimed exempt.
The largest asset is $2,ll3.63 claimed as
debt due on open account,
Oscar II. Freeman, for forty years
n druggist in Woodstock, died there on
Christmas day, For ten years he had
been totally blind and this forced him,
in 1898, to give up the druggist business,
failing eyesight beginning to trouble him |
at that time. Mr. Freeman was born
in Barnard, Feb. "a, 1910.
The Woodstock inn is having pros
porous holiday season, RS As guests ar.
rived Thursday and 80 more We're ex-
pected Friday afternoon. Most of these |
were to remain until after New Years. |
Snowshoes and skis were in order aft I
er Fridays snowstorm and the tobog- T
gan slide went into commission at
once.
While John MeGran Of Granville. n.
T., was going to his work at the slate
quarry in Orwell one day last week in
he early morning. he fell into the pit,
/ distance of % feet. He was badly
bruised about the head and had one
wrist fractured and the other badly
,prained, but it was considered mar
felous that he was not killed outright.
Winooskis new $4,000 school build
ng was opened and occupied yester-
lay for the first time. The building
vas commenced in July and it was COM
,leted and the keys turned over to the
building committee two days before the
expiration of the contract, Dec. 20. 1t
5 built of cherry red brick and trimmed
With brown sandstone, is about ~ feet
ong and SO feet wide. with three sto-
les and basement. The interior fin.