The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-18
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENI SECTIONS

Rev. M w. Hale has resigned the pas
torate Of the Coventry Congregations
church and accepted call to the Cabo
church.
Don A. Bisbee, the Bristol drug vendor
convicted of manslaughter for furnishing
wood alcohol and causing the death o.
one of the victims, is now in the stat
prison shop, doing light work
The Haviland Shade Roller Co.'S plant
in Vergennes has closed indefinitely. A
part of the force was engaged the first
OF last week in filling a small order, the
factory having been closed since before
Christmas.
While cleaning some garments with
naphtha in his repair shop in Windsor
recently, Jacob Tanner was burned quits
badly when the fluid ignited. In the ex-
citement in trying to escape he jumped
out of the back window to the ground, a
distance of some Is feet, injuring his
wrist and bruising himself considerably
The seismograph at Norwich university
installed about month ago, registered
the earthquake which affected Italy and
not long ago another, which was also
registered by the seismograph at Wash
ington, ID. c., but which has not as yet
been located. The uniyersity's new ma.
chine records disturbances in any part
of the world, the mechanism being deli
cate
Under the direction of DR.. Lovett, the
infantile paralysis expert, an operation
was performed Jan. on Lula Valley, II
earold daughter of Duffey Valley of
Barton, to relieve the paralysis OF the
lower limbs, from which the child had
suffered for some months, but the opera
tion resulted in her death, heart action
ceasing suddenly. The girl had seemed
TO be improving steadily, ana the opera
ton was merely to hasten and assist in
her recovery.
Rutland has several elderly persons,
and among them are three women, in
mates of the Old Ladies' home, who de-
serve more than passing mention. OF
these, Mrs. Lorenza Brewer has been an
inmate of the home for "a years, or since
the founding of the institution. She was
90 years old last August. Another, Mrs.
Lorinda Taylor, is 80 years old, and has
been an inmate for IL years. The third
Mrs. Mary Willis, is over 90 years old
and has been in the home for seven years.
Maude Nj. Wilkinson, the moving pic
ture pianist at Bellows Falls, who admit
ted that she took Dichloride of mercury
tablets Jan. 6, remains in a very critical
condition at the hotel Rockingham and
the chances are against her recovery.
Her mouth is liberated and her throat so
sore it is hardly possible to swallow and |
she is also suffering from special neuri- |
tbs. Distilled water is being used as
much as possible to alleviate the action |
of the mercury upon her system. She |
has not yet given any reason for her
act.
Felix G. Cole, a native of Salisbury |
and for many years Bennington bus
mess man, died at the home of his son
in Minneapolis, Jan. s. Mr.. Cole served
in various combats of the Civil war, was
confined In Andersonville and Libby pris.
ons for 10 months; was engaged in mer-
camille business in Bennington from 1866
1876; went west the latter part of 1875
and in 1885 became a ranchman on an ex-
tensiye scale; in 1891 removed to Min.
neapolis and there was city official and
real estate dealer. Mr.. Cole attended
the Grand Army meeting at Gettysburg
in 1913 and then came east TO Benning-
ton for visit. There is now left of the
family only one, Erskine A. Cole of Ben.
nngton, of six brothers who enlisted in {
\ ermont regiments during the Civil war. T,