The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-29
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Eleven candidates have taken the stat
dental examinations
A violent storm in Ferrisburg Wednes
day did damage amounting to $4,000
Martin NJ Barrows OF Middlebury
aged II years, and Civil war veteran
died Monday morning at his home.
Mrs. L. Emma Batchelder of Spring
field has accepted the honor of designa
tion as the mother of the first Vermont
cavalry
Clarence Weinle of Rutland suffered q
bruised scalp and broken nose Tuesday
when motorcycle he was riding got be-
yond his control and he was thrown off
The young child of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Strew of McIndoe Falls is in seri-
Gus condition as a result Of being badly
burned with boiling water one day last
week.
Chalmers touring car belonging to
H. M. Boyd of Burlington was rapidly
destroyed by flames Wednesday morning
while on the Putney road when the car
buretor back fired and started the trou
BILE.
Saturday will witness the third annual
Bennington county picnic, which will be
held in Arlington. feature this year
will be the presentation of the Biblical
pageant, Thou Shalt Love Thy Neigh
Dor"
A window in memory Of the late Mrs.
Mary w. Hussey for 3s years teacher
In the Rutland Universslist Sunday
school was dedicated in that church last
Sunday. The picture design is the Good
Shepherd.
Lightning during heavy electrical
shower that passed over Bennington on
Tuesday night, struck a barn owned by
Truman Mattison on the Burgess road
and started fire that burned the struc-
ture to the ground
Brattleboro citizens will provide col
ored goggles for members Of Co Of that
place. Henry r. Jordan of Jordan q
on the Mexican border and says goggles |
viii be necessary part OF the boys
equipment.
A meeting of the Green Mountain club
was held Wednesday in Bennington and
an increase in membership was discussed,
the present rollcall reaching only 100
One hundred and fifty was picked as
goal for this season The first hike of
the club will be taken on Sunday.
The Burlington Traction company car
ried crowd of more than $4,000 people
Monday on the occasion of the reception
and demonstration to the National Guard
at the state camp ground. Twenty-Five
cars were used, all other lines, excepting
that to Essex, being temporarily aban-
doned. ,
An auto driven by DIR. J. NJ. Hamilton
of Rutland collided with a buggy recent !
ly and tipped ii over. Miss Agnes CAVITY, lC
an occupant Of the buggy, received Sc {
we're hip bruises, while her companion,
John Brown, who was driving was only
slightly hurt. The horse escaped unin. /
jured. K
When S. L. Dewey backed his automo }
bile from his garage in Stowe Monday, "
one wheel passed over the body OF his 49,
month-old son, who had come up behind
the machine unknown to Mr.. Dewey.
The child's abdomen was marked dag !,
onally by the wheel and the left hip was
badly bruised, but no bones were broken :
James H Kelley, aged SO years, Il
member OF the Bennington police force, t
committed suicide at his home Tuesday t
by hanging himself from a bed post by .
the cord from his bathrobe He had been
practically helpless from rheumatism for
the past five years and tried to kill him
"