The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-12
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS


William Barstow Strong, a native o.
Burlington, and former president Of
the Topeka g. Santa Fe railroad, died II
Los Angeles, Call Aug. A. Mr.. Strong
moved to Chicago when young mar
and received his education there, grad
uating from a commercial college II
1855
Officers took Miss Margaret DONNA OF
Enosburg Falls into juvenile court be-
cause she was too young TO appear IN
justice court on a charge of operating an
automobile in excess Of the speed limit
The girl pleaded guilty and paid fine
Il. II. White OF Cavendish has more
than So worth Of scrip in denominations
from five cents to so cents, which he
earned by picking berries in the year
1852 or whereabouts. He is also the pos
SCISSOR of a wallet presented him in those
days.
Miss Della Demeritt, aged 35, who had
lived in Lyndonvile for IL years with
MIR. and Mrs. w. G. Gage, was instantly
killed at Massawippi, Canada, where she
has been passing few months. With
her father, she was driving a spirited
colt, which became frightened at train
and ran directly into it. The father was
seriously injured but he will recover.
Rev. w. H. Lyster, retired clergy
man of the Free Baptist denominatio
died recently at his home in Lyndon
Center He had held pastorates in the
Province Of Quebec, New York state and
in Lincoln and Huntington, this state.
He was 81 years old having retired
from the ministry more than 20 years
ago.
West Townshend is suffering from the
white pine weevil. Frank S. Hoag,
state forestry patrolman, is assisting
farmers in graduating the pest
Owing to the dense fog, bells on Rock
Dunder and Juniper island in Lake
Champlain were kept ringing all day
Monday and Tuesday. The Ticonderoga,
on its return trip from st. Adams Bay
TO Burlington, was three hours late and
was obliged to lay at anchor for an
hour because OF tne log.
Several noted potato experts from the
government agricultural department at
Washington are in Burlington making
a special study of tubers grown in Yer
mont. In the party are DIR. Appel of
Germany, perhaps one OF the most wide
~ known experts on potatoes in the
world Prof William Stewart of Wash
ington. formerly Vermont state horti-
culturist, and Prof. orion, who was for
some time connected with the Univer-
sity of Vermont.
One of the Nermonters marooned in
Europe by the war is Harry Washburn
Of Putney, son of Mrs. j. f Washburn,
and graduate of Brattleboro high
school and Dartmouth college. Mr..
Washburn was pursuing special course
at the University Of Grenoble when hos
tilities broke out He is now in Paris |
with fair prospects of getting home.
Joseph +. Mikulec, who claims to be |
the champion long distance walker Of |
the world, has arrived in Rutland with /
a story of having traversed $4,000 miles |
in making three trips around the world. |
Mi1ulec speaks eight languages and car
ries an autograph book containing the
signatures of Theodore Roosevelt, Presi
dent Wilson and other notables.
Poultney business men are to hold
their first annual field day next Thurs
day.
Pending an investigation by the states
attorney, Angelo Lavechia is in the Rut
land county Jail awaiting action on a
charge of throwing stone at a moving
trolley car on the line of the Rutland
Railway Co. The stone struck Mrs. Hal
liday OF New York, who is guest at
Lake Bomoseen,
Veterans of Rutland county will hold
their l4th annual reunion at Walling
ford Aug. 25. The Woman's Relief corps
will furnish the comrades with meals.
Richard Sloane, the four months man
who escape from the house of correction
Sunday, is still at large.
. According to one newspaper, the re- {
NlseQ IdTllI anu IHe European NdF CuLu-
bined to keep down the collections at I
the port of Burlington for the month
of July. The total amount of duties
was s35,50o52, the smallest
collection since May, 1909. Last s
year for the corresponding month the
duties collected aggregated $4,000. The
value of exports in July this year was
$780, l9 while the importations amount :
ed to S93s,000 in value. 1t is expected
that exports win continue to drop if :
hostilities continue. Il
letter from a New York captain of t
police to the Burlington chief of police v
rails attention to the fact that a man I
found drowned in the Harlem river had d
in his pocket the Burlington address of v
! member of the musical team of Romeo O
brothers. Neither of the members can b
recall giving their address to anybody Ii
except to a man on a train in New York q
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