The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-04
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST Fnc&
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

There were 32 commitments 10 the
house of correction during January.
A government rifle club has been
formed in Lunenburg with 81 members
Rev. Richmond Fisk, who died at
Aver, Mass, Saturday, was native OF
Bennington Center.
Margaret two. year.old daughter OF
Merritt Horton Of West Rupert, died ON
Tuesday of infantile paralysis.
Mrs. Sidney Huntoon discovered two
lively caterpillars crawling about in
front of her house in Lyndonville one
day last week.
Joseph Peter Bell, aged nearly 9s, died
Jan. 81 at the home of his daughter in
Lyndonville. Mr.. Bell was born in
France, Feb. 10, 1918.
The firm of C. A. Leland & Son of
Springfield have received about 5000
bushels of potatoes from Granville, N.
Y. so far this winter.
Sam Hay of West Rupert fell from his
silo to a cement floor, distance of IL
feet, few days ago, cutting a cash in
his head and badly straining both shout
ders.
A member of the state board of health
is said to have diagnosed the cases OF
so-called chickenpox, which many people
in East Burke haze had. as smallpox.
There is hut one case of the disease
there at present.
When Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton ended
his pastorate Sunday of the Center Con-
gregational church, Brattleboro, he ad-
ministered communion to over 800, the
largest number at communion service
in the 100 years history of the church.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Cello had narrow
escape from what might have been a
serious accident last week when their |
sleigh skidded on the ice in the road |
at Lowell, throwing them down steep |
bank, a distance of over % feet. They
were both badly shaken, but no bones
were broken, though Mrs. Cello received
badly sprained arm. The sleigh, which
was new, was demolished. This is the
second accident to happen at that place
within a short period
A consignment of 100000 brook trout
eggs from commercial plant in Penn
sylvania arrived last week at the expert.
mental Bennington hatchery in Shafts
bury. The hatchery building was COM
peted last week and the water was
turned into the pipe from the big spring
on Thursday. In order to secure the
necessary fall a dam four feet high was
built across the outlet from the springs,
making pond Of about Is acres. The
trout eggs viii be Matched in two large
tanks and will then be transferred TO
the troughs, of which there are SO for
the purpose of raising the fry finger. !
ling size. :
The state weather bureau at North
field reports mean temperature for |
of % degrees, which is seven g
degrees higher than the normal January ,
The highest was 60 de- ,
yrees on the 2sth and the lowest was 10 j
degrees below zero, on the Sth. The {
greatest daily range was AZ degrees on
she 9th and the least daily range was a
Xix degrees, on the 2lst The precipi- '
alton train and melted snow amounted r
% LA inches, the normal for the month a
being 2.49 inches. The prevailing wind /
vas from the south, the total movement
',355 miles, the average velocity go g
niles, and the maximum velocity 81 S
niles per hour, from the southwest on +
he 9th. The month was made up of five 4
lear, seven partly cloudy and 10 cloudy +
lays. Precipitation in quantity sufii- +
lent to measure occurred on Ia days p
nd included Ito inches of unmelted
now. Solar halos were noted on the
4th and 18th a lunar halo on the 10th,
og on the 9th and sleet fell on the