The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-26

Governor Gates will attend the PFC.
paredness parade in Rutland on the
morning of July 4.
The hree-year.old daughter of Mrs.
r. c. Longfellow OF Newfane swallow ed
a bullet last Friday and was i'll for a
time, but no permanent i'll effects are
expected.
The silver jubilee OF Rev j. A. Brown
OF St Peters church of Rutland was
celebrated last Thursday. Rev. Brown
has seen twenty five years OF service and
has led the Rutland church since 1905
The stallion, Scotland, which was sold
by the Battell estate of Middebury in
1915 has been purchased by the depart
ment of agriculture and win be returned
10 the United States Morgan horse farm.
Rev P. j. Barrett of st. Mary's church
in Poultney was rendered farewell ban
quet on Friday in which over 500 parti
cipated. Father Barrett was the recip-
lent of handsome purse and numerous
other gifts.
Paul Aust of Burlington and com.
panion fell distance of one story when
the cable on an elevator in the Cham
plain shops broke Aust suffered a frac-
ture of the right leg above the knee, but
his companion escaped uninjured.
Because she sleeps in barns, is a tru-
ant and uses vile language, Edna Per
kins, a l2-year.old Rutland child, has
been summoned to appear before Judge
Swinnerton in juvenile court. State's
Attorney C. V. Poulin issued the war
rant.
Farmers in North Hero are blowing mp
the tracts they planted to beans because
they are coming up "baldheaded" 9th |
ers have given up hope of raising any |
beans this season and are putting other |
crops in their place.
William j. Judge superintendent of
the steamftters at the Mountain Mills
pulp mills in Wilmington was badly In
jured few days ago when he ran into
an iron beam. His scalp was laid open
and he suffered from conclusion OF the
brain. He will recover,
Miss Frances Hobart formerly active
in library work in Vermont and who for
the past year has been librarian at Cor.
nish, n. H., has resigned her position
there and will teach this summer at
the Connecticut Agriculture college at
Storrs. Further than that she has an
nounced no plans for the future
About % headstones at the new Catho-
lie cemetery in Old Bennington were
overturned either last Sunday or Mon /,
day night and some were broken in fall :
ing. The absence of the lead used TO
set the monuments suggests that the :
vandalism was the work Of junk men !,
Philip w. Brown of ST. Adams has S
been awarded the state championship for e
corn growing during 1915 and is entitled d
to free trip to the Chautaquas at hye t
different points in the state during All- c
gust, the state to pay expenses. His crop n
was 1855 bushels of shelled corn. o
Vermont academy at Saxtons River o
has debt of S32,0 900 and although The 0
outlook is dubious the directors will at u
tempt to wipe out the debt and open up Q
the academy again. 1t is understood
that if the indebtedness can be removed
a generous sum will be forthcoming for
future work.
The four county meeting held at Yves
ton on Thursday drew 500 persons from
Rutland, Bennington, Windham and q
Windsor counties together. Governor "
Gates addressed the assemblage on pre- y
paredness. Cattle demonstrations and
agricultural talks completed the pro
gram. ui
Little Marjorie Brooks, aged three, Of q
Bondsville, recently fell in the raeeway
of the Arthur Williams saw mill and g
her. brother, Ralph, aged six, jumped in IN
10 rescue her. He was able to hold hsr
head above the stream, but could not get be
her out. Help came in the form of 'Ir. 81
Williams and the two children were in
hauled out, dripping but uninjured.
Two mishaps last Friday almost de-
stroyed Percey's bridge in Bennington In pl
the first a touring car ripped the railing W,
almost completely off one side and then
little later heavy truck passed over it dc
and so broke the beams that the truck M
itself escaped injury but made the brige
unsafe for further traffic. new bridge /
is to be constructed at once. -
Rev. Guy c. Lamson, d. d., of Phila-
ielphia. but formerly of BrattIeboro and
also at one time a Baptist minister in at
Montpelier, has been given the highest ar
salaried position in the Baptist demon an
nation, that of general secretary of tie an
American Baptist Publication society HI tn
viii assume his new duties August / He VT
succeeds DR.. A. j. Rowland, who mas az
held the position % years. =
DROPS DEAD IN HOTEL.
South Walden Farmer Succumbs Sud
denly in ST. Johnshury