The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-20
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

DIFFERENT SECTIONS
From Saturdays tag day, the Brattle'
boro rest room cleared s266.
The freshman class of the Brattleboro
high school is the largest this fall of
any time in its history, having SIS mem
beers.
Two prisoners escaped from the state
prison At Windsor Sunday and are still
at large. They are supposed 10 have
gone towards Rutland,
Rev. A. +. Montgomery. for II years
rector OF the Church OF the Atonemcnt
at TenaAy, n. j., begins his duties as as,
sistant AZ st. Paul's church, Burlington,
Oct. /.
Since the first of March, measles and
whooping cough have caused 2l deaths in
Burlington. During the spring months
there were 402 cases OF measles and 1876
of whooping cough in that city.
When Roy Powers of Kirby lost con.
troll OF the auto which he was running
on the Lyndon road one day last week,
1t overturned and three OF Mr.. Powers
ribs were broken. He was also badly
bruised.
Frank Il. Roberts, released from state
prison Monday after serving a sentence
for burglarizing a building in East Rye.
- in which thara MA ppatnff,a
rearrested at once for the federal au
thorities on the same charge.
w. s. WEIGH has built on his farm in
Morrisville the first round barn in that
town, and il is up to the minute in all its
parts. One hundred and forty barrels of
cement We're used in the construction OF
the foundation and the floor walks
Miss Lena Drake went from Castleton
Corners a few weeks ago to Albany, y. |
", to take nurses training course and
soon after her arrival pricked her finger.
Blood poisoning set in and she has been |
having serious time as result, but will |
recover.
Vernon Wilkins, for many years a |
prominent citizen OF Stowe, died there |
Monday. He was born March 6, 1888. |
For 25 years rheumatism had kept him
from active work, but he had served |
many terms as seectman and represent |
ed Stowe in the legislature of 1870.
A five passenger touring car said to be-
long to Omer Terrien of Randolph and |
driven by him, ran into a telegraph pole
in Winooski Monday evening, splitting
the pole, damaging the auto considerably
and cutting the arm of his nephew, who
was with him, to the bone. Mr.. Terrien
was uninjured.
A fire Saturday night in Bennington
destroyed four barns belonging to Miss
Eliza Flynn, with their contents, two
horses and one calf, 20 tons Of hay, $50
bushels OF oats, a large amount of corn
and 200 feet OF lumber. The loss is !
partly covered by insurance. The house
was saved only by hard work.
George Beecher, who for 40 years had
been engaged in the culture of bees, died
Monday at his home in Essex Junction.
He developed from one swarm an apiary
Of l25 swarms. He was born in Bavaria,
Germany, but came to the United States
with his parents at the age of 10 years.
He served in the Civil war and had served
in most of the town offices of Essex.
Nineteen automobile loads, rs people,
attended the annual "bee tree" party of
H. b. Farrar in Enosburg Falls Saturday
,vening. A. W. Woodwork, aged "a
years, struck the first blow to fell the
.ree. The company had for refreshments,
beside the honey, bushel of potatoes, ,,
200 ears OF corn and 90 loayes of bread l
Hydeville has been right on the map
ibis summer At the present time the a
'edar Grove house has % boarders and Q
will probably remain open all this month !
md perhaps longer, while the Prospect !
house has 35 guests. On Sunday, at the !
after hotel, were registered 40 guests '
rom New York, Brooklyn, Boston, c
Woodstock and Rutland. /,
The Howe Scale works at Rutland
passed from the hands of John A. Mead
nto the possession of capitalists on
tuesday. According to terms of the sale, n
he plant will remain in Rutland for at Il
east ten years and Mr.. Mead will be re- t,
aimed as president. At the present time v
here are LOO employees and this num- o
er will soon be materially increased. t
he transaction probably involved more II
han 81 100000. h
Mr.. and Mrs. Ischabod Niles are 10 OBJ. 81
erve the 65th Anniversary of their mar a.
lage next Friday, Sept. p, at their g
ONE in Rutland. Each will be So years
Id this fall. Mrs. Niles does all the
in a family of three, while -
lr. Niles cares for a good-sized garden,
hich produces corn IA feet tall and