The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-28

Among the voters at the primary in
Barton were Reuben Christie, who, il
his 9lst year, walked three miles in or
der to vote, and Augustus French, who
is 81 years old.
Justin Dix of Centerville has invented
machine for playing the piano with
the feet and while using il himself also
plays the violin. Mr.. Dix has shown his
device at various fairs.
From the place in Castleton termed
"The Old Homestead" has been gathered
this fall pumpkin which weighed SO
pounds, and on the same vines is ore
which weighs SO pounds.
Joseph A. Dennison of Boston, the at.
torney who was recently lost in the
woods at Dixyille, n. H., with his wife
studied law some years ago in the office
of T. w. Moloney of Rutland.
Rev. G. c. Chappell rendered his resig-
nation last Sunday as pastor OF the First
Baptist church of Bristol, to take effect
the last of October. He has a position
as instructor in Yale university.
A big auto truck loaded with furni-
ture, consigned from Massachusetts,
firm to parties in Burlington, became
caught in a bridge in Shelburne Monday
and delayed traffic an hour and half.
While running to catch a trolley car
at West Rutland Saturday, Miss Monica
Collins suffered fracture of one OF the
foot doubled under her as she ran, caus-
ing the accident.
Geneyieve and Cecilia Bliss of West
Rutland, aged IS and IL years, respec-
lively, were awarded II premiums in the
boys and girls department Of Rutland
fair this year. The prizes were on sew
ing, cooking, canned goods and essays
Twenty cans of steelhead trout finger
lings are to be placed in the West river
above the West Dummerston dam, and
more will be planted there later. The
steelheads, under favorable conditions,
often reach weight of 10 to IL pounds.
When Mrs. Charles w Boswell leaned
against the railing of the piazza porch on
the second story of her home in Rutland
Saturday, it gave way and let her fall
to the ground. No bones We're broken,
but she was badly shaken up and bruised.
Nathan F. Smith grew in his cornield
in Bennington a freak this season, con-
sisting of a cluster of ten ears of field
corn all growing from single head like
a bunch of grapes. The center ear was
fully developed, but the other nine were
not.
On the occasion of his 10th birthday
anniversary, Rev. Alfred j. Hough was
presented travelling bag at his home
in Lebanon, n. H., by his children. For
more than half century Mr. Hough was
a member of the Vermont Methodist
conference and only recently moved to
Lebanon.
The grill at the Hotel Bardwell in Rut-
land has been closed by order of the IL
cense commissioners and no more liquor
can be served in that section of the hotel,
which also has frst-class license. 1t
is said that numerous reports of infringe
ment of the law are the reason for the
closing order.
The engagement is announced OF
Leroy Harpham of Quincy, Mich, for
merly vice president of the +. & T. Fair
banks company of st. Johnsbury, and
Miss Shirlie Beatrice Wheeler, an Amer
lean opera singer, at present appearing
in this country with the Chicago Phila-
delphia Opera company. Miss Wheeler
studied in Italy, sang for two seasons
at the San Carlo opera house, Naples,
and later at the Contazi theatre, Rome. |