The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-28

ABOUT The STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
Albert d. Peck of Stowe is dead at O.
years,
Merchants row in Rutland ia TO hav,
brick paving.
Thomas Curry, an elderly Hinesburl
man. left that town Monday and has not
been seen since.
The little daughter OF Howard King
OF Addison is very i'll from the effects
OF a mosquito bite.
Seven hundred men are needed for the
first Vermont regiment 20 ill its ranks
Recruiting will continue.
Mrs b. G.. Webster OF Burlington, while
crossing a lawn Wednesday, tripped over
a wire and broke her right kneecap.
The college soldiery will be mustered
out for the opening OF school in the fall,
but will be formed into a reserve corps.
The North Troy G. A. r. post Is b.
trade its hall and land TO the town in ex.
change for a monument TO the dead sol
diers.
Charles A. Deyo of Dummerston has
entered suit against c. w. Terrill OF Will
mington for 81 800 damages for failure
to carry out an oral contract.
The boys OF 1895, who were the cham
pion ball players of Jamaica 90 years
ago, are to play the Jamaica boys of
1915 the morning OF Old Home day, Aug.
During a severe electrical shower in.
Brookside Saturday the house of J. Cation
was struck and badly damaged. Mrs.
Cation was stunned by the fash and cat
and hen were killed.
Thirty Brattleboro young women have
accepted the invitation OF President Hor-
ton D.. Walker of the Board OF Trade and
will sell small American flags for the
benefit of Company fund.
Henry Schneider, jr, of Hardwick
caught in the brook in Woodbury. gull
recently speckled trout which meas.
ured 1853, inches from tip to tip and
weighed one pound and ten ounces.
Nelson johnson of Pittsfield has sued
Charles Doubleday of Shelburne for dam
ages amounting to ST 900 because he fell
through floor in the htter's sawmill
while at work for him.
Brattleboro boasts of having upwards
of 400 automobiles divided between 40
makes. The year book contains 800 reg
istered cars and it only takes through
June TO- The increase over last year is
ll6.
Sam Pierce 90, died at his home in
South Londonderry Wednesday morning I
after an illness of several months. He I
was Civil war veteran, serving in Com
pany d, 10th Vermont regiment He
was the oldest member of Hooker post
G. A. r.
A large sale OF real estate took place
Wednesday when the Walter Collins Pip
err company of Brattleboro, holders of
considerable property in Brattleboro, sold /
their holdings to George G. Averill and
Others. The new owners propose to open
the land up for lots for building pur
poses.
George Garland of Lincoln narrowly
escaped serious injury while loading a
stock car at Bristol when one of the cat
tie he was leading attacked him and
threw him to the ground. Nearby work
men were able to assist him to get away.
He had one ankle badly sprained.
Two women and man came from Ha-
verhill, Mass, Wednesday, to Bratteboro
where they expected to identify the body
of Patrick Mccarthy, who was drowned 9
in the Connecticut river Monday night. !
He failed to be their missing relative, al
though the name and some other details c
conceded. I
The licenses of the following persons T
u, ]
each having been alleged guilty of hav- = !
ing violated the automobile laws: Nahum !
Kelton of East Montpelier, John L. Rog- !
ers of Barre r. w. Hall of Topsham,
John Swenson of Sheldon Springs and
Henry J. Leonard of Brandon.
ALFALFA IN VERMONT. i
County Agent Tiffany of Franklin Coun-
ty Gave Demonstration.
A little over one year ago 26 alfalfa Ii
were started in Franklin s.
county. To-day there is successful
alfalfa plot in every one of the demon b
STATIONS. The plan was to demonstrate p
just what methods must be used to make h
a success of alfalfa in this county and it d
has been done. There were eight differ n
emit plots in all and with but two excep- b
tions the same plot is leading in each n