The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-01

Order of the Crown by King Albert OF
Belgium.
Fifty-one carloads of Christmas trees,
consisting of not less than 1911 trees,
have been shipped from Chester and vi.
entity. The trees are tied four in a bum
die and about $50 trees can be accom-
modate on each car.
Henry DeMar has been bound over
under 500 bonds on charge OF shooting
buck with horns less than three inches
long. DeMar, who is a Stowe man, be-
ing unable to furnish the bond, was COM
mtted to jail at Hyde Park
There Is a possibility that the Phoenix
Cheese company of New York City may
locate a factory in st. Johnsbury, as
representative of the company was look
ing the ground over last week. The com
pany manufactures all kinds of plain and
fancy cheese.
Robert, little son of Harry Hubbard OF
Wheelock, was taken seriously i'll in
school few days ago and soon became
unconscious. 1t was found that the
youngster had drinked half bottle OF
cough medicine just before leaving home
in the morning unbeknown to his par
ents. Swift measures saved his lie.
The Howe Scale works is receiving so
MANY orders that its plant at Rutland
is rushed and the concern is 10000 scales
behind in its contracts. 1t is expected
that the manufacturing plant OF the Al
nine Safe and Lock company, which the
Howe company took over some time ago,
will be sooner or later brought to Rut-
land.
Bernice St. Jock recently captured
wildcat which went up tree near her
home in Elmore. Her father wanted to
shoot it, so the daughter went after it,
poked it out with stick and when the
rat landed, her father stunned it with
stick, after which he took it to the
house and Gagged it. Miss St Jock, al
though over 20 years old, is only four
feet tall and weighs less than 80 pounds.
William Peters, an employee of the st.
Adams Grain company, was buried for 10
minutes Tuesday under 200 bags OF
grain, which fell on him as he was
irving to get some of the bags from
tier. Each bag weighed about 100
pounds. His legs were strained, but
it is thought his njuries will not prove
serious Two other men were partially
buried by the bags, but without injury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ovando 4. Randall OBJ
served their 5oth wedding anniversary
at the Masonic temple in Brattleboro
Nov. 27. The event was a surprise to
them. They were given $50 in gold and
other gifts. Mr.. Randall is "a years old
and his wife is a little younger For
80 years they have lived in Brattleboro,
going there from Woodstock. Mr. Ran
dali is in the jewelry business. He is
member Of many lodges.
Bert Mundell made good trade in
Bratteboro few days ago, when he
took up NJ j. Sherry's offer that ne
would sell him three two-year -old heifers
for SIS. These heifers were on the
Sherry farm and had become so wild
during the summer that Mr.. Sherry could
not catch them. Tired of the attempt,
he agreed to sell them for SIS and let the
new owner take the risk. Mr.. Mundell,
with the aid of two companions, sight
ed the heifers and brought them down
with q rife. The hides were worth the
sI5 and as he sold both those and the
beef, the bargain brought him gain OF
from $75 to $50.
Ferd w. Chase, aged II years, died
Monday at his home in Loon Lake, n
Y. Mr.. Chase was native of Wheel
ock and has taken great interest in his
state and home town. Last summer he
spent much time with o. ID. Mathewson
in collecting material for a Wheelock
town history, which is nearing compile
ton. It was he who caused to be built
the spring house over the sulphur spring
in that town, which was dedicated last
summer. and he was active in preserv-
ing the old landmarks, only recently hav-
inc had 25 bronze plates cast and placed
over historic spots in the vicinity. He
was the donor and prime mover in the
erection of the monument to the soldiers
and sailors of the Civil war. which stands
in the common, and he had a smaller
stone erected TO the memory of the sol
ders of 1912 and the Revolution. Mr..
Chase served during the entire period of
the Civil war After his return from
the war he was at different times a
conductor on the Central Vermont rail
way, and express messenger for the old
u. s. and Canada Express Co, and from
1874 to 1878 he ran the Central house
at Essex Junction. In 1873 he went to
Loon Lake, y. Y. where he constructed
what is the largest hotel in the Adiron-
dack mountains. 1t has accommodations
for between six and eight hundred peo-
pie.