The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-12
ABOUT THE STATE
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| Henry Huett, who was struck on the
head by falling limb while chopping
| in the woods at West Townshend, died as
result of the accident.
Oct 30, as Edward Foley started for
the woods in Stamford to work, carrying
bottle of tea in his pocket he sat down
on a log to rest, breaking the bottle and
cutting a cash in his leg four inches long
and one inch deep.
| 1t is expected that Springfield will
have q hospital in active operation by
January /. After many delays the trus-
tees have secured 10 room house. 1t
| is possible that the house will be pur-
chased as an option on it at $4,000 has
been secured.
Small boys at play are supposed to
have started the fire that destroyed the
barn and threatened the house of John
Burke OF Whipple Hollow near Rutland
the other day. In the barn We're stored
the skins OF many muskrats and other
furs, whose value was placed at a high
figure.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Phelps OBJ
served the 6lst anniversary of their mar
rage Nov. IL at their home in Dorset.
| No formal observance was held as Mrs.
Phelps is recovering srom recent i'll
ness She is 80 years OF age and Mr..
Phelps is 81. Ever since their marriage
they have lived in Dorset.
1t is expected that the new quarters
of the Il. z. Waist company in Benning-
ton will be ready for occupancy as soon
as December !. large number of or
ders for goods were burned in the
FIRE which destroyed its plant in North
Bennington One hundred and twenty
five hands will be employed at first and
an addition will be added to the mill
next season.
Just after Mrs. A. w. Narney had
stepped from the carriage in which she
and her husband. who is superintendent
tof the Bennington schools, had returned
to their home from attending church, an
! extra strong gust of wind came along
and whirling under the buggy top, over
turned the vehicle Mr.. Varney felt it
going and jumped landing on his hands
and knees in mud puddle. The wagon
was completely upset and the tipover
threw the horse, so it was sometime be-
! fore equilibrium was regained Mr.. Var
ney sprained his wrist in the accident.
Windsor's oldest resident, Jonathan
Brewer Farnsworth, died recently at the
age of 81 years. He was born in South
! Woodstock and was the oldest living
graduate of the old academy at that
place, also one of the first to graduate
| from it, In 1858 he graduated from
/ Dartmouth college and lived TO become
one of the oldest of the alumni OF that
! institution In 1856 he was admitted to
| the bar and continued until he laid aside
| professional work and lived for few
years on farm. Being an authority on
| the Morgan horse, he was a Judge each
year in that department at the state fair
at White River junction. He represent
ed Windsor in the General Assembly
of the state in 1869 and during the first
biennial term following, 1870 and 1871
Cassins NJ. Wicker. native of Ferris
burg, who died in New York City Nov, 6
land was buried in the town where he
was born, had lived busy life, being
| identified with great enterprises in the
/ United States. He was born in 1874, ed
ueated in the common schools, Middle
/ bury high school anu WiIliston academy;
/ in few years became assistant traffic
manager of the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway; managed Clippers bureau
| in Chicago; became a member of the
Wall street bonding firm of H. G. Hollis
& company in New York City; under
/ took the work OF consolidating the street
lear lines entering Boston from the
north under the name of the North
Shore Traction company, all the lines
/ being electrified in a short time; general
manager of the Denver Railway Termi.
nal system, president of two other rail
roads promoter and builder of a 200
mile line from Fort Worth, Texas, and
| largely interested in the development of
the Niagara Falls Power company. His
oldest son, Henry, Yale student, was
drowned while yachting. His surviving
children are Cyrus +. Wicker, graduate
of Yale and Oxford and Rhodes scholar
now secretary of the legation at Pana-
ma, and daughter, Lucy s. Wicker,
graduate of Smith and resident of New
York
During the severe rainstoTm of Sun
| day, a washout occurred on the West
River railroad in Brattleboro, taking out
about 100 feet of track. Roads were
made impossible and the streets badly
washed. Harold +. Akely's experience
with his automobile gives an idea of the
severity of the storm. Headed from
Vernon for Brattleboro, on the first road
he took he encountered a stone that
weighed at least six tons, which had
slid into the road, and he could not pass.