The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-01
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

| HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
| DIFFERENT SECTIONS
Willis Griswold cut large bunch o.
| asparagus and picked half bushel o.
dandelion greens in Springfield Nov. ~,
The Rutland Woman's club is to erect
gymnasium and clubhouse for the peo
pie of the city at cost of about Slo,
600
Napoleon Trahan of Highgate was
! fined 500 by Judge James l.. Martin II
| United States court at Rutland fol
smuggling cream from Canada. He pait
the fine.
| Rev. Clarence A. Simmons OF Mace
don, N. Y, has accepted call to the
Bemis Memorial Universalist church al
Lyndonville and will soon take up his
duties.
Rutland county leads in the raising
of funds for the state teachers retire
ment fund, having secured subscrip'
ton of $1,000. Burlington leads in cit
les with 1921.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cheney of Hardwick
has been bound over to the December
term of Caledonia county court, charged
with assault with intent to kill her hlls-
band, Roy Cheney.
Rev. Il. A. Mason, who has been pas
tor of the Saxtons River Baptist church
has begun his work as financial secre-
tary of the 'Kurn Hattin homes at West
minister, with Office at Bellows Falls.
The condition of J. c. Carey Of Hard
wick, who took three tablets of BIZ
chloride of mercury at a restaurant III
Burlington, is much improved at the
Mary Fletcher hospital and it is expect
ed he will recover within few days.
Davis & Davis, Washington patent at
torneys. report the grant to citizens of
this state, of the following patents;
Quimby S. Baekus, deceased f. Z. Back
us, Brandon, executor, assignor to Back
us Heater company, portable gas log
fireplace.
Satisfactory progress has been made
by the Rutland Business Mems associa-
ton in connection with securing a mat
tress factory for the city. Rutland peo-
Pile will have to put about $1,000 into
the concern. 1t is proposed to employ
so men and 10 or Is women.
Opening trapdoor over cistern and
then forgetting about it, Mrs. David
Greenway OF Alburg walked into it, fall
ing into the cistern, which had two feet
of water in it. She was alone in the
house and had to stay in the water un-
til the hired man came home, when her
screams brought him to the rescue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Robinson OF Old
Bennington celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary Nov. 10. They enter
tanned 40 guests at supper. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Il. Post OF Rutland also
celebrated their golden wedding anniver-
sary Nov. "a. Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver,
who married them, being among the
guests at the reception.
The Vermont Marble company, as has
been the custom for several years past,
distributed Thanksgiving baskets among
its employees. Between LOO and 1900
turkeys were distributed among the EN-
ployes in Proctor, Center and West Rut-
land, Dandy, Middlebury and Fowler.
Beside a turkey each basket contained
sweet potatoes and cranberries.
John Wos, young Polander, died at
the Proctor hospital Nov. % as the re-
suit of being struck by great chip of
marble from a block hit by another
stone as it fell from an "incline" car.
Wos and another man. who received mi
nor injuries, were at work in the bottom
of the Mullin quarry. Wos was not
badly crushed, but received internal in
juries that caused his death.
A new rope has been purchased for
use at the hanging of Bosworth whose
execution is set for early in January at
the Windsor prison, and it is asserted
no such gruesome accidents will occur
at this hanging as have marked the
last few. A death house has been built
at the prison, where the electrical APP
planes viii be placed to be used in the
of criminals after Bos
worth.
Following their custom of many years,
the Wells & Richardson company of Bur
lington distributed Thanksgiving tur-
keys to the heads of families in its EN-
ploy. In all about IS birds were dis
The Elias Lyman Coal com
pany also donated turkeys to its en-
ployes. These two concerns are about
the largest in Burlington to give tur-
keys to all of the married men in their
employ, although it is the custom of
many to distribute them to the office
help.
Word has been received of the death
of Thomas c. Pease, as the result OF be-
ing thrown from horse while riding
in Woodland Park, Colorado Springs, Col.
Mr.. Pease was for some years resident