The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-27
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

DIFFERENT SECTIONS
More than 900 persons, besides the
400 In the choir, gathered at the COM
munty Christmas tree exercises at ST.
Adams Sunday evening.
Ora Butterfeld, native OF Brattle'
boro. and for several years general so
licitor for the New York Central rail-
road died Friday at New York,
Mrs. Mary Childs Clisbee, So years old,
died Sunday at the Home for the Aged
and Disabled at Brattleboro. She had
been in the home since November, 1913.
4 New Jersey man and q won N NEW
living outside the state OF Vermont each
gave a vietrola to the Home Tor Desti.
tute Children in Burlington for Christ
mas gilt.
Rev. Thomas b. Hughes OF Mechanics
vile, n. Y, has accepted call TO the
pastorate of the First Baptist church
in Bristol and will begin his labors the
hrst sunday IN Jdnuail'
The Bellows Falls Skirt Co. new in.
dustry at Bellows Falls, has begun work.
Twelve girls are at present employed and
others will be added when the first
group learns the rudiments OF the trade,
Word has been received in Clarendon
that Mrs. Marriette Emery OF that town,
while alighting from an elevated car IN
Boston, slipped and fell, Her injuries
are such that she is confined TO the
bed.
The Moosalamoo club, composed OF
Middlebury men, has been reorganized.
II had been decided to disband and sell
the furniture, but new applications Tor
membership gave fresh life to the organ
ization.
Morrisyille is TO have district Purse
through the efforts of the woman's club,
and Miss Clara Boynton, a recent gradu-
ate of the Mary Fletcher hospital, Bur
l;prton. will assume the duties of the
pcsition Jan. |.
John Crossman received internal iniur-
les in West Bridport recently from which
he died the same day. He was loading
pork into wagon when he slipped and
tell, breaking three ribs and RECEIVING
internal injuries.
Middiebury college has issued bulle-
tin of all the living graduates oil the m
stitution. Addresses of l,60l living alum
nj are given. and a list of "a who are
known to be living but whose present
addresses are doubtful.
The past week has been the busiest
in years at the plant of the Fairbanks
Scale Co., St Johnsbury. One shipment
of As carloads of finished scales was
made. this being the largest single ship
ment ever sent out of the town.
Over IL tons OF Christmas packages
were handled at the st. Johnsbury rail-
road station Saturday, including outgo-
ing and incoming mail. This was the
largest amount OF mail ever handled in
one day at the St. Johnsbury station.
The Christmas tree at the Congrega-
tional church in Hinesburg was decorated
with holly from the George Washington
estate near Mount Vernon, and was sent
by Miss Deland from Washington, d, I.
Her river farm was part OF the original
George Washington estate.
Willard F. Cary section hand on the
Mount Mansfield electric railroad, wa'
loading rails when one rail was accident
allv dropped crushing the little finger on
his right hand 1t was at first Thought
that the finger would have to be taken
off, but his physician is trying to save
George II. Pattricke, aged % vars. soi
Of John Pattricke of Troy, n. y, vas
stricken with heart trouble as ne vas
riding horseback in Burlington Monday
forenoon, falling to the ground a..d deati
ensuing almost Immediately. He haC
been the representative for +. G. Dunn
& Co. in Burlington for three years
A. +. Dagg, the Hydeville blacksmith
after retiring Thursday night had
chill and arose to open up the draught'
TO coal stove He went back to sleeT
and the gas escaped from the stove un
til. when neighbors tried to rouse him II
the morning, they found him unconscious
physician worked over him for some
time before he showed signs of life, bu
he will recover.
The horse power threshing machine
and tanning mill manufacturing con
Germ in Middletown Springs is considering
moving its plant to some other location
asserting that the equipment is out o
date, and that to equip the plan a
necessary would require too great an out
lay. Other places are Offering induce
ments and it is probable some OF then
will be accepted.
Two unoccupied but furnished house
in Hinesburg belonging to P. RAFFERTY, o
Montreal, and used by his family in tn
summer, have been broken into and ruu'
mayed and some things taken. Some
the things are said to have been founl
l.; tbs nossesSion of n how. 1J years old