The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-31

Ihe Dog RIVER Nhlley ihlT IN w w
held in Mortified Sept. 7, and 8.
A mild case Of smallpox has developed
ut the home of Mrs. Irving Brooks OF
Rutland, the patient being Miss Helen
Slavery of Thetford Center
Ira Peck's pear trees at his farm in
Ludlow have budded and blossomed since
the big hail storm of June 27, which
completely stripped them of their TO-
liage.
The old covered bridge at Enosburg
Falls, landmark in that place for 70
years, was dynamited Sunday to make
room for a new cement bridge which is
being erected.
Ellery Boynton of Londonderry lost
n registered COW last week. An autopsy
was performed and it was found that a
long finishing nail had worked from her
stomach into her heart.
Arthur V. Woodrow, White River
functions widely known driver OF rae
ing horses, will leave the second week
in August for Albany, N. Y. He has a
stable of ten trotting horses in his care.
Harry O. Barnum, while getting in his
cows at Monkton Ridge Monday, was
attacked by bull and before he sue
ceeded in climbing fence to safety ne
had three broken ribs and many bruises.
The farm buildings of NJ. B. soule in
johnson were struck by lightning We'd
nesday night. About 80 tons of lay,
on the place were burned. No live
stock was lost. The property was well
insured.
For the first time in several months
part of the force of the international
Paper company's plant in Bellows Falls,
has gone to work on six-day basis. The
shutdown Monday of each week has been
due to lack of orders.
William Conant found his two-month-
old colt dead in the pasture at Pan
ton recently, with one ear and part
OF its head eaten off. 1t is supposed
to be the work of bear, which has
been seen in Addison recently.
George E. Abbey of Middlebury has a
working model of a submarine, which
he and his son tried out the other day
on Otter creek. Mr.. Abbey succeeded in
submerging it twice, he and his son
swimming to shore each time.
An attempt was made Monday to
wreck the afternoon express from Mon
treal over the Central Vermont road.
A pile of old iron was found on the
track in two places near Highgate
Springs. An investigation is being made.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
Thursday night to break into the house
of Alfred Williams in Monkton Ridge,
the marauders knocking over a jardi-
Mere stand in their attempt to enter
the parlor window. This woke the oc-
cupants of the house and frightened the
thieves away.
w. L. Plumley of North Clarendon
has freak dog, whose speciality is
climbing. The highest climb he ever
made was 80 feet Veterinarians and
Others who have examined the dogs
feet are at a loss to understand how he
grips tree trunk in climbing His
nails are like those of the ordinary dog,
though possibly a trife more pointed,
and the feshy pads of his feet are per-
hsps a little broader So accustomed
TO height is the dog that he sleeps in
tree branches 20 feet above the ground.
He is three years old and part pug and
part bull.
This being the centennial year Of the
founding of Smith & Sons cracker and |
randy business in White River juno
tion, the president, Robert L. Smith has
planned celebration for A ug. n on
The state fair grounds. The day will be
given over TO sports of all kinds. The
cracker factory was started in 1915 in
Hanover, n. H., by man named
Symmes, the business, in 1887 passing /
Into the hands of f. X. Smith, grand
father of the present owner, since
which time IL has remained in the Smith
family and in 1871 the business was re-
moved from Hanover 90 White River
Junction. The company now has nine