The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-15
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Charles II. Dryer, Aged ~, Died on
Wednesday Evening.

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Wednesday Evening.
Charles II. Dwyer, aged ~ years, died
Wednesday night after an illness OF near
~ two weeks preceded by many months
OF failing health. lie was born in Rich.
ford. came 20 Stockbridge and married
in 1870 Amira Mack OF that town, who
survives him, with a daughter, Mrs, Fan
nv Wheeler, and two sons, George H.
Dwyer and Charles c. Dryer. They
spent about 10 years of their married
life in Richford, the rest in Stockbridge'
Randolph and Bethel. Mr.. Dwyer also Is
survived by two brothers, Herbert Dryer
of st. Adams Bay and Cortis Dryer OF
Boston, and two sisters, Mrs. May Tag
CART of Gaysyille and Mrs. Altha Stone
of Waterloo, Que.
Mrs. George w. Clark went to-day TO
Mortified TO spend a week before going
TO Sank Rapids, Mimi, to join her hus'
band for the winter.
Mrs. Robert Aldrich is much better
after very severe illness which reached
its height early this week.
Miss Fleda Hassam is employed in the
Brooks & Washburn store during the
holiday season.
Miss Anna Coughlin of Randolph, Ray
mond $. Dennis of Upper Lake, n. Y"
and f. II. Chapman of Rochester were
among yesterdays guests at the Bascom
house.
Mrs. r. A. Howe of Windsor, formerly
of this place, is at hospital in Hanover
n H., where she was operated on for
appendicitis recently.
Grover Bowen is living in the lower
part and Charles Wilmot in the upper
part of T.. ID. Gilson's house in rear OF
the town hall.
While moving household goods with a
yoke of oxen from Rochester to Barnard
over the Camp brook road in this town
Wednesday evening, the rear wheels oil
b. II. Whitaker's wagon slowed on
steep downgrade, throwing the front OF
the wagon into a ditch and up against a
bank in such a way as to break the
brace OF his wagon pole rendering fur
Their progress impossible. A chain from
rear wheel TO front axle saved the load
from going over a bank. Chester Whit
aker, the young son of the owner, who
was alone on the job, hired Frank Han
sons sleds and with the help of Carl
Flood transferred his load and put up at
Mr.. Floods for the night. The load in
cluded a hog and flock of hens, car
ried in bags Yesterday he finished his
trip, using the Hanson sleds and his own
oxen and leaving the wagon for repairs.
Harold Shiverett of Bristol is spending
a week at r. A. Abbott's.
Charles II. Ford returned Wednesday
to Randolph after finishing building job
for Frank Church.
Fred C. Putnam shot a l2-pound fox
yesterday.
Mrs. C. d. Cushing has begun to build
a residence on the lot near the Congre-
gational church. A. II. Dustin is in
charge of work on the basement.
Road Commissioner F. G.. Dutton has
made his annual report to the state high
way commissioner concerning the perma-
nent road work done this year. On the
Gaysvile road from the Stockbridge
town line to the creek house ass rods
were laid, costing S2,520.20. In the vii
lage on South Main street l05 rods cost
Sbl.9O, making TOTAL eAPchee VI 60
2S2.l0. OF this the state gave outright
$500. the town voted $1,000, the state
matched it with $1,000, the proceeds of
the per cent tax were $50, and there
was an overdraft of $40.
Mrs. C. F. Waldo, Mrs. John c. Gilman,
F. N. Chapman and +. Fl. W. Owen are
attending the state grange in Rutland.
Monday afternoon A special car loaded
with lumbermen from Boston arrived
here en- route for Rochester, Pittstield
and Stockbridge. where the men were to
be distributed in the various camps of
the American Realty company.