The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-29

ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
There are o. entries on the Addison
county fair racing card,
There were 20 people registered at tho
Valley house in Orleans Wednesday,
Michael Halpin of Middlesex and ma,
Uve OF Ireland, is dead az the aged OF
q.
Fifty.two Sunday schools in Orleans
county will convene at Newport on La
Dor day.
Between 400 and 900 people attended
the exercises at McIndoes on last We'd
nesday, Old Home day.
The poliomyelitis scare is prolonging
the resort season in Vermont, the camp.
ers being afraid to return home.
Last Thursday was gala day for the
Shoreham Improvement society, snd
about 500 was added to the treasury.
Mrs. Luther Brown OF st. Johnsbury
Center was rather badly bruised Friday
when she was thrown from team.
Work is being hurried on the brick
paving on Merchants row in Rutland in
order to have it done before fair week
j. j. Lamere, 1916 graduate OF Mid.
dlebury college, has been appointed prin-
cipal of the West Rutland high school.
Temporary recruiting stations TOR the
LIST Vermont Infantry will De established
at the Middlebury, Rutland and the
fairs.
Middlebury has stopped the using of
water for the sprinkling of streets and
lawns, the washing of autos, ETC., because
of the drouth.
In Stowe, 80 out of 80 cars were vio-
lating the automobile laws, according
TO Officer P. j. Henry, who spent Friday
in that town.
P. R. Eaton, prominent Fitchburg,
Mass, business man, has purchased the
old Governor Smith house in Rutland
and will live there.
Middlebury was in darkness for an
hour Saturday night due to the breaking
.Nf the in gnaI IS he NItJ,I1ab
Electric company.
New entries brings the number OF
Rockingham candidates for representa-
tives up to six. Two are Democrats and
the Others Republicans.
The Unitarian church at the head of
Church street, Burlington, has been
painted white after having been re-
tlring brown for many years
Julia Banks. the Burlington girl who
was sentenced to eight months in the
house of correction for night walking,
has been put on probation instead,
Three automobile accidents were re-
ported in Burlington Saturday and all
were said to have been due to the recent
oiling of the streets. No one was in
iured.
The relay team representing the Rut-
land high school track team won the
match race at the annual interscholastic
meet held last Saturday at Lansingburg,
n. Y.
Automobiles driven by Flo Land and
NJ. W. Kelly in st. Johnsbury Friday, ;
crashed together and we're badly smash
ed, none of the occupants being injured,
however.
The steamer Ticonderoga on Lake
Champlain one day during the present /
month carried 900 regular passengers, 10
automobiles, four horses and two blue
berry carts.
Addison county fair will bar all chill
iren under the age of Is years entering
The fair grounds as precautionary step !
towards the prevention of an infantile :
paralysis epidemic in Vermont. !
nc COsU Oh buc spcCldl SesslOI OF blS :
legislature was $4,9S4, according to pay :
nents made through the Office OF the U
state treasurer. Fourteen absentees le- 7
,eived no pay; 5000 was paid out in :
rli.ates.
A hearing is in progress in Bruttleboro
n probate court before Judge A. Il.
schwenck on the petition of Mrs. Car T
lie A. Perry, sister of the late Col b
kittredge Haskins, for the removal of n
he guardianship over her. @
Mrs Mary Austin, %, gave three Rut-
and officers hard fight Saturday when
hey attempted to arrest her in Mer-
hant's row on a breach of the peace
barge. She fought like crazy woman
nd it is thought that she was doped.
Humane Officer Fuller of Burlington
tates that there has not as yet been
eath or prostration due to heat among
he horses in the Queen city. Usually,
lie says, even in summers cooler than
his one, there are between Is and 20
uch cases.