The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-13

y towns TO embrace the OLD nome week
idea.
At East Dover, the Baptist church,
Rev. George W. Russell, pastor will OBJ
serve its Tooth anniversary August IA.
Members of the new pensioning ex-
0 aminers board for Franklin county are
Drs. r, A. Hyatt, s. w. Paige and G. A
LOTUS of st. Adams.
Not knowing that her home of many
years had been destroyed by fire, Mrs.
Sarah Allen Coombs, aged so years, died
at the home OF Mrs. A. A. Smith in
Guilford Tuesday When the Coombs
home took fire a short time ago, Mrs.
Coombs was seriously i'll and before the
blaze had made much progress she was
removed to neighbours house.
Now is the season when evangeistic
denominations HE away to the woods
for campmeeting. Meetings at the ia
nous Ithial Falls campgrounds opened
Aug. Z and still continue A prominent
divine from the Drew theological SEM
mary is the principal speaker at the
outdoor services at Riverside park near
Enosburg Falls and Mcthodists of the
Burlington district are having their
campmeeting services at Spring Grove
this year, as usual
Six Hungarians who left Proctor last
week to report at the reservist head
quarters in New York, have returned to
| their Vermont home, as the Austrian
consul could not see his way clear TO
ship them across the water. More than
$50 Hungarians in Proctor, who have
signifed their intention of fighting for
their native colors, are left with no
course but to remain this side of the pond.
giving vent to their patriotism in
speechmaking, etc.
North Bennington people are making
| frequent calls at the home of w. G. |
Shaw for the purpose of inspecting a |
night blooming cereus blossom. On one
night there was one blossom and on |
the next night the plant blossomed three
times.
George Van Santvoord, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Seymour Van Santvoord CT Ben
UlllEtOU, WHO mas DtfI STUDYING at VA |
ford university in England, was one of
the passengers to America on the Maui
retania. Mr., Van Santvoord holds a
Rhodes scholarship and is on his way
home. During the summer he has been
travelling in continental Europe.
Rev. ]. B. Horton, pastor of the
Methodist church at Poultney, delivered
sermon Sunday morning that was
preached by his father, Rev. Edward
Horton in England in 1854 at the time
of the Crimean war between Russia, |
England and France.
Hangers. on and loafers accustomed to
while away the summer hours at the :
Rutland railroad station in the Marble i.
city were surprised recently to find the :
window siais spiked and sarcastic posters
addressed to them hanging on the wall. .
Says one of the placards. "Try all the
windows, SOME may fit better than
others"
Twenty members Of the Killington
section plan to observe the annual field
day of the Green Mountain club by +
hike from Rutland to Pitts Il
field and North Chittenden next Monday. a
A pleasant informal reception marked I
the 50th wedding anniversary OF Mr.. lr
and Mrs Nelson Chamberlain, long 9
time residents of Barnard village The a
couple were married in Barnard in 1854 T
by Methodist minister, Rev. William "
Wright. A
The completion of fine system of D
electric lights was recently celebrated >
by tie residents of Shelburne 1t is es- a
timated that 1000 people assembled on "
Central park and among them were u
many visitors from Burlington and other e
nearby towns. g
Following a conference of interested =
versions with their attorneys and Pro- :.
,ate Judge z. H. Albee in Bellows "
falls, an agreement was reached where J,
" Mrs. Ella f. Mathews of that town ?
dopted Mary Ellen Grimes of Poult- =
icy, daughter of Mrs Mary Grimes. ~
he latter opposed the full adoption of y y
er daughter, who is ~ years of age. %
he court held that it was best for the =.
tirl, who wanted TO be adopted and y
vhom Mrs. Mathews desired TO adopt =,
hat the plan might be carried out. I'M "
er the law the girl can void adoption V
apers any time she chooses. Mrs. :
irimes is said to be in poor circum-
n mas