The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-08
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
The Otto Palmer farm In ChaTlott,
ha, been sold 20 Canadians for a con
sideration OF $1,000.
Twin girls, each weighing about sN
pounds, were born Wednesday 90 Mr, and
Mrs. James Fletcher OF Morrisyille.
The Fairbanks museum at st. Johns
bury is displaying an interesting exhibit
al the footwear of various nations.
On Sunday, Sept. H. will be unveiled IN
Grace Methodist church, ST. Johnsbury
large stained glass window, memorial
10 II. \. Turner.
Burlington aldermen have asked that
lower Main street be lighted. that Ly-
man avenue have sewers, and that Nal
lets Bay have lights.
Rutland has completed its high school
faculty, Miss Gladys Fritz of Manches'
ter, n. H., having been secured TO head
the English department.
The engagement of Miss Zoe Hayner
Of Oakland, Cal, 10 Leland Hays, OF
the editorial staff of the Burlington Free
Press, has been announced.
There were four failures in Vermont
business during August, according to
Bradstreets latest report, none due 10
causes exterior TO the businesses them
selves.
Bertram Abro Of South Royalton has
been appointed a teacher in the high
school at Haverhill, Mass, TO fill va
cancy caused by the resignation OF one
of the faculty.
The annual old folks day will be OBJ.
served at the Congregational church in
East st. Johnsbury Saturday when din
ner will be served TO all those who are 90
years old and over.
The wall under j. L. st. Peters food
store and mill in North Ferrisburg gave
way recently, letting a large number OF
OF letQ INTO lHt ilNti iioul NhlN-'
they could not be recovered.
OF flock Of 46 sheep belonging to
James Rock OF Morrisville, three were
killed and eight badly bitten by dog
which as vet has not been caught. Four
more sheep are expected to die.
On Monday morning the Warren
Leather company, the Morse dressing
mill and the Morrisville Foundry com
panv. all of Morrisville, went onto the
nne-hour day schedule. About 100 men
are affected
According to States Attorney F. G.
Archibald of Bennington county, the re
port that Edward Shaw of Manchester,
who died in the Rutland hospital sun.
day night, was a victim of foul play,
was not borne out by the autopsy.
GUY w. Powers of Athens, formerly
principal OF the Leland and Gray sem
mary at Townshend and also formerly
proprietor of the Townshend inn, who Is
to be the new principal of the schools in
Saxtons River, has leased the Saxtons
River inn and will take possession Oct. |.
Trustees of the state school of agri-
culture met Tuesday in Burlington to
confer on the report prepared by Mr..
Brigham, chairman of the board, to be
sent to the general assembly, according
to the law. Those present were Theo-
dore \. VAIL j. L. Hills and George I.
Chaffee.
Arthur Platt Howard until recently
editor OF the Advance, a weekly paper
issued at Burlington, and also owner
of candy store there, will run for Con-
gress in Massachusetts this fall on the
Democratic ticket. Last fall he was UNI
der the Prohibition banner and in 1914
he was a Republican
Don c. Stiles of st. Johnsbury received
the prize of $40 offered the person, sc
companied by three other persons, who
came the greatest distance to attend the
Middlebury fair. Mr.. Stiles, with his
wife and two children, was on his way
home from Hopewel Junction, n. Y, and
stopped off at the fair.
Harold f. Spear of st. Adams, who is
playing with the Montreal City Baseball
league, has received an offer to play with
the Lowell Mass, club of the Eastern
league next season. Spear played with
the University of Vermont team during
the two years he was a student there. |
He has not signed the contract yet.
w. J. Parker. who splintered shout
der bone in fall from the scaffold of his
barn at South Burlington recently, has
submitted to an operation by which a |
piece of bone taken from one shin has |
been grated into the shoulder. Mr.. |
Parker is doing as well as could be ex- |
pected, but suffers much pain.
First Lieut. p B. Hartwell of Co. O. /
st. Johnsbury, has sent his resignation |
to the government and is probably now |
on his way home from Eagle Pass be- |
cause of illness. Having undergone an
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