The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-20
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

A daughter was recently born to Mr.
land Mrs. Jack Maloney OF East Roxbury
being their 18th child, all OF whom ar,
living.
As a horse was being led across tn,
common in Mortified Saturday, Amy
the six.year.old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. j. Allen, came up back of 4
when the animal kicked, striking her N
the face, cutting her lip so that several
stitches were necessary TO close the
wound, knocking out two teeth and cut
ting her face.
A film in a moving picture machine at
the Rutland opera house caught fire
Monday night and when the theatre be.
gan to fll with smoke, there was rush
for the exits. The blazing film was
thrown out of a window and the excite
ment subsidized.
A new college that will teach boys
To become successful farmers and girls
| to be efficient wives and mothers is
planned by President T. n Vail of the
American Telephone Co. He intends to
leave his 5000 acre farm at Lyndon to
the new college and endow il generously
The Rutland Railway, Light & Power
Co. has so far completed the electric
line from their East Pittsford dam to
Pittsford that the electric current was
turned on Saturday evening for the first
la nj a. h.,r
been wired can now use the lights.
Street lights have not yet been placed.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed in the office of Clerk +. S. Platt of
the United States court by i. G. Hall
and :. r. Hall, under the firm name OF
Hall brothers, grocers of Fair Haven.
Their liabilities are S7l7695 with assets
of $3.50. of which $3.50 is claimed ex-
empt
Millions town report is out this week
and is being mailed to the voters. The
selectmen paid out on orders S5,ll61l.
The poor cost S064,70 above the re-
ceipts of the farm, which were 1881 .25.
The article in the warning is to see il
the town viii sell the farm and other
wise provide for the poor. The expendi-
ture on roads was S497.70. Number of
births Al number of deaths 30.
Col Joseph Battel has offered to give
the village of Middlebury 81 900 to help
the Weybridge street roadway
to which he contributed $1,000 last sum.
mer Colonel Battell has also offered
to contribute liberal amount toward
the completion of sidewalks on several
streets. These amounts will be given |
with the understanding that equal
will be furnished by Middle !
bury.
Mrs. Mary Ann Witherill. native Of |
Pownal is living in Hoosie Falls, \. Y,
at the extreme age of 100 years and if |
she lives, will observe her l0lst birthday I
April IL, 1913. At the age |
Of 20, she married Alanson Witherill OF /
During their residence at |
Salisbury it was the custom of Mr.. and
Mrs Witherill to drive to church services
1t White Creek in an OK cart, stopping
along the way to take their neighbors
With them. Mrs. Witherill has one son,
4 grandchildren, Is great-grandehildren
md four great,great-gra grandchildren.
The Central Vermont railroad had a
wreck at East Granville Monday after
loon and another at Roxbury, Tuesday
morning. In the former accident, a train
vas switching in the yards when the
way freight from the north came in, and
he incoming freight failed to stop be-
ore it struck the rear of the yard train.
10 one was injured but number of
airs were damaged and several were de-
allied and piled up together. Tuesday
corning tire came off one OF the
wheels OF the engine on the northbound
light passenger train near the fish haten-
ry and the fireman barely escaped death {
hen the tire fell onto him The train
'as delayed there about five hours.