The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-03

Thirteen marriage licenses were lssueu
In Rutland in May
The largest class in the history OF the
Vergennes high school will be graduated
from there this week, % young men ana
women having finished the course.
Mrs. Nellie Ellison. who fell through a
skvlipht in Springfield last week, IS stlll
in serious condition, being yet unable
to see out of either eye.
A. X. Honsinger of Swanton Center
has sold honey from Italian bees for %
wears and now has rs hives. The an
nual yield is about 1900 pounds.
Nelson j. Fortier of Rutland, SCALE
worker, has filed petition in bankrupt.
cy with Clerk +. S. Platt OF the United
States court. He has liabilities OF
S622.44 and assets of 5000, all claimed
exempt.
A West river branch train, near Brat
tleboro, ran three miles and quarter
last Monday behind q young cattle that
had strayed from pasture onto the
track and refused to vacate. Two of the
animals fell through culvert and had
10 be dug out.
Leo Hayes, the 12-year-old son OF Mr..
hnd Mrs. Daniel Hayes of East Charlotte,
was struck in the face on the school
grounds, last week, by baseball, and
1t will be some time before he will be
Hble to attend school.
..oII n,r tNIyOT a
mortal tablets were dedicated in connec-
zion with the exercises appropriate to
the day. One bears the names OF ll5
civil war veterans accredited to Will
minpton, and the other the names OF 70
veterans of the war of the Revolution.
According to figures filed by the listers
In the town clerks Office, the town OF
IRA had 7l75 maple trees available and
not tapped last season; 1880 trees were
tapped; 1850 pounds of maple sugar
were made and 1000 gallons of maple
syrup.
Mrs. Peter Hamel and Miss Mary
Markey, two Vergennes women, are heirs
TO part of the estate of an uncle, who
died recently in Kansas City, and each
will receive in the vicinity of $1,000
Mrs. Hamel is a hardworking woman but
ntimated that an increased bank ac-
count would not make her live life OF
dleness,
Stray bullets are getting rather too
plentiful in Middlebury to please the IN
habitants On recent evening Mrs. Ed
son WisseIl was sitting in hammock
nm tbe porch of her home and just as
she left it, bullet whizzed by, so near
The hammock that had she not riser
abe would have been hit. 1t struck
against the brick wall of the house.
Beginning September 6, Vergennes viii
for week observe the centenary OF the
building in that city of the fleet which
defeated the British in the battle of Lake
Champlain at Plattsburg, N. Y, Sep
tember IL. 1914. Vermont has appro
priated $4,000 for a monument to Com
modore McDonough and the federal gov
eminent is now considering a bill which
II it passes, will give $4,000 toward the
monument and the Vergennes celebra'
tion.
The managers of the Island park al
BrattIeboro are endeavoring to get the
ball field in as good condition as possible
for the coming season. The flood o.
April 81 left a heavy deposit of rivel
sand which was hard to remove. Al
soon as the ground was dry enough wag
pms and men began the work of cleaning
the field and it is expected that the dia
mond will be in good condition before
the league season opens.
w. P. Gardner of Burlington ant
Harry L. Hillman, his brother-in-law, ar
DO open new hotel at Isle La Motto
palled Gardehill. The place will be KEEP
bpen the year around, as the fishing i
good in winter as well as summer. Mr.
Gardner Is at present manager OF tn
Van Ness house, Burlington, and Mr.
Hillman is athletic director of Dart
mouth college.
A rnotorcyclist, speeding through Mid
Hlebury, frightened horse being led b,
Hiram Kinesland so that it jumped int
Bhe carriage and knocked Mr.. kingsian'
10 the ground. For some time he wa
Unconscious, but escaped without brok
on homes, although he was badly bruised
The horse being driven and the one beinJ
led ran for some distance. The motor
EVCllSb dlu NV sup
Frederick Jones of Castleton won
bold medal at the track meet in Cam
bridge, n. Y, by winning the ss0-yar'
dash in two minutes, eight and quar-
ker seconds, this breaking the recor,
held there for Is years.
C1eon Whitcomb has on exhibition Il
Springfield freak strawberry, resem
bling a human hand. showing plainl.
the thumb and forr fingers.
Charles l. Button of Middlebury re
Gently dug up a parsnip in his garde
which, according to credible eye wit
nesses of the event, measured three fee
In length.
The fair ground committee at y
Johnsbury having in charge Fourth 0
July celebration has offered $500 TO
three good horse races and is to engag
two strong ball teams for a contest.