The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-29
ABOUT THE STATE.
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS


The eighteen months old child of Mr..
and Mrs. John Wilson of Lunenburg is
i'll of infantile paralysis.
Miss Nellie S, Laughlin of Barnet, who
has been teaching in New Sork in the
mission home for the past year, has
gone to Syria as mission teacher
Rev. f. S. Harrison has resigned as
pastor of the church at West Brattle.
boro and will enter the Gordon Mis-
sionary training school in Boston, which
opens Oct !.
The schoolboys in the Bellows Falls
manual training department are to erect
grandstand on the playground, as part
of the actual work OF the department.
AT meeting of the village trustees, held
last week, $s5 was appropriated for lum-
Der for the job.
Senator Emmett McFeeters of Enos-
burg Fails was badly bruised and re-
ceiyed a severe cut on his forehead FRI
day while driving near that village.
His horse ran away and threw him from
the carriage. His wounds were dressed
by physician.
Completed plans and specifications for
the remodelling and addition to the ST.
Johnsbury house at st. Johnsbufy are
ready for presentation, also the bid of
one contractor for the work, and the
directors of the company will now be
able to call for bids and make definite
plans for the work.
e. w. Badger Of st. Adams fell, on
Thursday, while picking pears, and in
iured his back. Mr.. Badger was near
" at the top of the tree when the limb
on which he was standing broke and
he fell to the ground, just missing his
daughter, Doris, who was standing be-
meath the tree No bones seem to be
broken, but Mr.. Badgers injuries are
quite serious
Rufus Preston OF Waterbury, while
leading colt to water had his hand
badly hurt by the colt jumping and
drawing chain halter with hooks
through his hand The hook caught in
the flesh between his thumb and fore
finger and made a bad tear. 1t was nee
essary to take eight stitches and it will
be some time before the hand can be
used.
After making over 40 quarts of lus-
cious preserves, and putting them on
a swing shelf in the cellar, Mrs. +. t.
Bradish of Bellows Falls was more than
little perturbed when, during re-
cent night, the shelf broke from its
hangings and deposited the contents on
the cellar bottom with crash. A few
evenings later, some 25 or 80 friends
who had learned of the catastrophe,
called on Mrs. Bradish, each bearing a
jar of preserves, to restock her canned
goods department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel BLY, Of Newport,
who were somewhat surprised SepteH-
cellar window and prepared to unload
some wood, soon found that the wood
was not donated on account of the 'des
titute circumstances" of the couple, but
as reminder that their friends remein-
bered that it was their fifth wedding an
niversary and, therefore, wooden we'd
ding. Upon learning the purpose of the
load. the teamster was permitted to un-
load his wood.
Miss Dorothy Carlson Of Montpelier,
Miss Lillian Bell of Windsor and Miss
Mabel Wood of the same place have fin
ished work at the Taunton insane hos
pital, Taunton, Mass, and the rest of
the nurses at the institution threaten
to join the strike unless recent order
of the hospital authorities Is re-
scinded. This order is that none of the
nurses shall be allowed to entertain
young men callers after dark. Unwill-
ing to undergo this hardship, part OF
the force has left and Others will fol-
low.