The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-06
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

The postoftice at Dorset has been pro.
NOTED to third class.
Mrs. Fred Ovitt of West Enosburg has
ripe cucumber which treasures l6 inches
in length and Ia inches around.
q. l.. Nichols of East Enosburg has a
herd of $50 Jerseys, 95 of which he is
milking, the rest being young cattle.
Owing to the increased price of drugs
the four physicians of Chester have unit,
ed in raising their charges for medical
services.
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Begoir of Wey-
bridge, who were arrested on the charge
of stealing chickens, were released on
bail of 5000. No date has been set for
the hearing.
A team loaded with lumber broke
through short bridge in West Dummer-
ston Tuesday and went into the brook
eight feet below. The horses were
scratched but not badly injured.
NJ j. Hapgood of Peru is recovering
from injuries received short time ago.
when, as he was about to put lantern
on a carriage from which he had Just
stepped, the horses backed the vehicle
over him, injuring one leg seriously.
An unusually large partridge flew
through a window at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. j. j. Flanagan in Pittsford
Tuesday. The bird flew so hard against
tire window that fragments of the glass
were found at tho opposite side of the
room.
stone, hurled as it was struck
by the auto OF Albert Narcotic in Bur
lington, went through the plate glass
window of Main street restaurant there
Wednesday. The stone was about the size
of an egg and made clean hole in the
glass as if it had been a bullet.
George Larose, for breaking his patrole,
has been sent back to Windsor to serve
three years. His original sentence was
for horse stealing. He disappeared from
Middlebury last February and was not
located until he appeared there again re-
Gently and was arrested.
Allen Corey of Highgate, who was
charged with stealing a box of underwear
from the store of Victor Cohen in St.
Adams, was arrested after several days
hunt at farm on Lake Carmi. In court
he was found guilty and fined S. and
costs, amounting TO S2l, which he paid.
A horse beyonging to Frank S. Como.
Burlington painter, was instantly killed
at Starr Farm beach Tuesday when it
slipped over the edge of cliff and
dropped so feet, striking on the rocks.
Mr.. Como had hitched the horse to
tree and it wandered too near the edge
of the bank.
An unoccupied farmhouse in Brandon,
owned by Frank NJ. Keller, was entered
recently during the night and thoroughly !
ransacked. Nothing of great value was
taken, though revolver and several
small articles are missing. The parties |
also killed and dressed several chickens |
in the hen house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Parker were con. !
siderably hurt Monday evening while
driving from their home in West Rut-
land to Rutland A barrel in the mid
die of the road frightened their horse,
which SHE'D and took them over steep
embankment. Mr. Parker was uncon-
scious for several minutes and Mrs |
Parker's arm was hurt.
Mrs. W. S. Fem of Westminster was |
seriously injured Monday in an auto. !!
mobile accident. With her husband, she
was in Ford truck, going to Walpole
N. H., when Mr.. Fem lost control of it |
and it overturned on an embankment
Mrs. Fenn's arm was broken, both bones
in her right arm were fractured, her
back and side were badly wrenched and
she was much bruised
E. R. Murch of Hardwick, granite man
ufacturer, has recently purchased six
acres of granite bearing ground near the
old abandoned quarry on Corkscrew hill |
about mile and half from the village
Auo4son QoIol