The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-29
ABOUT THE STATE
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Mrs Chaplin picked a dish Of ripe Wild
strawberries in West Milton Monday.
Two horses owned by Mr. Shaw OF
Bridport were struck by lightning and
killed during a storm Saturday.
The Jackson brothers Of Panton won
81 frat premiums on sheep at the state
fair They amounted 10 about $500.
The high school attendance in South
Royalton is 10 large that IL has been
necessary 20 hire a third assistant teach
or.
Schools in Wilmington, which were
opened last week, were closed again
through fear Of an iniantile paralysis cpl
demic
Miss Mildred NJ. Greenwood Of Lowell
has gone % Cuba, where she will be an
instructor in English in a Cuban fam.
lily.
Andrew I. Bowen Of South Dorset,
known as Isl Clone 20 newspaper read
ers OF that section, died at his home
Tuesday.
The George f. Creller house at Al
burg, 100 years old and landmark, was
destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The
FIRE is thought TO have started around
the chimney.
G. NJ. Norton has built on his farm in
Huntington n silo which will hold 200
tons OF ensilsge. His corn crop this sea
son is excellent. Many stalks measure
IL feet in height.
Because the young men in Brattleboro
are busy working afternoons, the man
ager OF the Auditorium in that place
has decided TO employ young women for
ushers at matinees.
A beet 10 inches high, sla inches in
diameter and 1917 inches in circumfer
ence was found in Cambridge Junction by
Fred Martin as he was gathering veg
etdDleS from MS ldnu.
Leonard Goodrich, while playing with
another boy in Rutland Sunday, was hit
by bottle in such way that one of
his arms was cut to the bone and sew
eral cords were severed
The corner stone OF the new 100000
cathedral high school building in Burling
ton is to be laid next Sunday afternoon.
The building will probably be ready for
use in the fall of 1917
Mrs. F. j. Martin, who lives with her |
daughter, Mrs Charles Brooks, in South |
Royalton, fell downstairs few days |
ago and her recovery from. the fall is
doubtful She is Sc years OF age.
When about so feet OF ix-inch sewer
was dug up in Montpelier recently, it
was found to be filled with roots OF elm
trees, the pipe being so clogged that only
an inch or two of space was open.
Frederick, four year old son of Fred
erick Bushey of Hinesburg, was kicked
bv horse on his fathers farm Wednes-
day and a big cash was cut over one
eye. He was taken to the Mary Fetch
err hospital.
A barn in Shelburne, owned by Yon
kers, n Y. people, was burned to the
ground Sunday, with its contents, tools
and corn fodder 1t is thought that a
tramp. staying in the barn, accidentally
set fire to 1t.
About Is employees of the st. Adams
Grain company half the men employed
there, struck Wednesday afternoon over
trouble resulting from the creating of a
new position at the plant. The difficult
ty was adjusted and the men returned
to work next morning
A runabout bearing a Massachusetts,
number and containing a man and WON
an went over the bank III South Newfane
Wednesday, while turning out for a
load of lumber. The occupants were not ]
seriously injured though considerably :
bruised, but the car was too badly dam {
aged to use in continuing the journey. t
Last Tuesday, Ri Rev. Jerome NJ. ,
Clorace, who p years ago on Oct. 30, |
1890, married Charles Myers and Alfred E
z. Barber to their respective brides, Off !
ciated at the marriage of the son of the i
former and daughter of the latter, in a
Burlington. Their fathers attended them. 3
The automobile of L. NJ. Hays OF Es- +
sex Junction hit a telegraph pole in a
Winooski Wednesday, breaking the pole c
of close to the ground, The radiator
and bumper of the car were damaged 7
Thomas F. Leary, who was with Mr.. t
HAYS in the auto, was cut over one eve. I
Mr.. Hays was uninjured. G
GRANITEvILLE.
Remember the date of Washington
fair Oct. 2, and 4. All indications are .