The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-01

Mt st. Johnsbury academy has been In
creased from SAG to 500 year.
Rev. r. ID. Preston has accepted cal
to the pastorate of the Congregations
church in Londonderry and has already
commenced work, coming from parish
in Maine.
Patents have been granted the fol
lowing Vermonters: George III. Bickfore
of Hardwick, stone-saw apparatus
George f. May OF Marshfield, water
jacketed oven.
w. Z. Taylor of West Bratteboro
who had herd of 20 high grade Guern
sey cattle, recently had the herd tested
for tuberculosis, and little over hall
the herd were found affected and were
killed.
Prof. S. III. Erksine, who for Is years
was principal of the Rutland high school
lately doing educational work at Lam
caster, Mass, has received an appoint
ment as superintendent of the organized
school district of Rochester which in
cludes that town, Granville, Hancock,
Pittsfeld and Stockbridge.
Archie Devoss, aged 10, of Chillicothe,
ILL.,, is under arrest at Buffalo, N. Y, on
a charge of deserving last month from
Fort Ethan Allen, being member of
troop L, Second United States cavalry.
He will await trial at Fort Proctor.
Patrolman Smeltz will receive reward
of $40 for the arrest.
Probably as a direct result of st.
Johnsbury's better fire fighting equip.
ment and the persistent agitation of
the st. Johnsbtry Commercial club, the
local insurance rates on mercantile risks
have been revised and the result is net
reduction from 10 to 25 cents on the
hundred.
The race program, for which purses
nggregating $500 have been appro-
priated, has been arranged for the Cal
edonia county fair to be held at st.
Johnsbury in September. Charles w.
Ruiter has resigned as treasurer and
director and President +, May has been
elected to fill the vacancy.
Joseph Falzarino, an lS-year-old
White River Junction lad was hit by an
auto, Wednesday, and stunned for the
time being. though he seems to have
fully recovered Falzarino was riding a
bicycle and collided with the car when
turning corner. The auto was badly
broken.
An eagle was captured recently in
Barnet, after numerous depredations
had been committed about the farm of
David Adams and Mr.. Adams set a trap
to catch the marauder. Some days later
he found the trap gone, with evidences
of struggle, and the eagle was found
nearby in a clump of bushes. There was
difficulty in capturing it and it buried
its talons deep in Mr.. Adams leg. For
month the bird was kept in cage, at
the end of which time the game warden
demanded its release. The eagle was
black and measured seven feet from
tip to tip, with claws two inches long.
The bird was seen in st. Johnsbury,
Wednesday, it being a very rare sight
The directors of the Dog River Valley
Fair association held meeting at North
field Wednesday to make plans for the
annual fair, Sept. s, 8 and 10. They
closed contract with the American
Aviation company of New York City for
three fights daily of Wright bi-plane.
A strong vaudeville program has also
been engaged. Frank L. Muzzey of
Pittsfeld, n. H., has been engaged as
starter of races. There will be six track
events, three on Wednesday, Sept o, and
three on Thursday, Sept. 10. G. L.
O'Clair of Waterbury was made super
intendent of horses and trotting A
contract has been made with the Central
Vermont railroad to install siding at
thc fair grounds for the accommodation
of stock cars and for passenger traffic.