The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-18
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Recently a number of Amsden people
saw bear strolling quite near the vii
lage.
| II. L. Fortune, Burlington printer,
has filed petition in bankruptcy with
| liabilities of S402.24 and assets of S725
of which $3.50 is claimed exempt.
| The special train of President Nc
Donald of the Boston & Maine road
stopped in Lyndonyille over night re-
Gently, but the president was too i'll to
make an inspection of the company's
holdings in Lyndonville.
| n. III. Wilson of Glover killed a hawk
a few days ago, which measured three
feet and ten inches from tip to tip of
wings. The bird pursued hen into the
cellar and in the struggle it became wet
and could not fly readily when Wilson
appeared with a hammer The bird was
gnown to have devastated number of
chicken coops in the vicinity.
Rev. Chauncey A. Adams of Irasburg
has accepted a call to the Congrega-
tional church in Danyille and will begin
his duties October !. Mr.. Adams is
graduate of McGill university of Mon
treal, P. O., and is familiar with " NJ.
c. A. work. He succeeds Rev. j. +.
Schneider, who went to Windsor.
At Mountain View farm in Sutton
Wednesday, Nelson j. Seymour enter
tanned many of his neighbors 10 a
weather-vane raising. The vane was
fashioned wholly from different kinds
of wood Astounding on the Seymour
farm. An original poem was read on
the occasion and a social hour followed
the raising.
Rev. Dir. Edward 7. Fairbanks has
practically completed the manuscript of
the history Of the town OF st. Johnsbury
on which he has been working for many
years. 1t will be given to the printer
soon.
August 10 is to be old home day at
McIndoes. Besides a baseball game
there will be other attractions, termi-
mating with a dance in the old McIndoes
academy in the evening.
Edward II. Smelling of Zion City, H.,
who is visiting his father, A. +. Smell
ling, in East Lyndon, is one of the 100
followers of John Alexander Dowie, who
stood by him when the remainder of his
followers deserted. He remains firm in
his belief in Dowie and the faith which
be ablished.
Noble Moor went away from his home
on Gill Terrace. Ludlow, Tuesday night
around 0;30 o'clock. He has not been
seen since, although searching parties
have secured the countryside looking for
him.
The Perkinsyille correspondent of a
down state weekly is authority for the |
following story eentering around Pres |
ident Wilson: A stage driver in one of |
the smaller towns adjoining Cornish, N. |
H., who had been much annoyed by |
autos blocking the road in front of the |
saw one morning a large and |
imposing auto directly in his way, in |
front OF the postoffice and called out |
very loudly for It TO clear the track.
The chauffeur promptly complied. Then |
'he VI She occupants Oh Tue auto lnqulT-
ed who he was. Drawing himself up |
With much dignity he replied with big
flourish, u represent the L. s. mail and /
have the full right of way. But who
n --- are your The gentleman quietly
replied, Il am president of the United
States"
After living the life of hermit for a
quarter Of century, Joseph Lansing, a
lumber man of Manchester.
wants a Boston woman for his wife. To
! reporter recently gave the following
IDEAS of what a wife should be-:
"She should be about 25 to 80 years
I'D.
"She must be able to wear good plain
lothes and must always keep things