The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-15

had not returned from their wedding
trip.
Mrs. Hermon A. Peek was stricken
with a shock IA she was entering movie
show at Middebury Friday and died
two hours later at her home, whittier
she was carried.
Rev. w. H. Dean of Middlcbury, aged
81 years and retired, fell down several
steps Sunday evening and it is feared
broke his right leg. Sixteen years age
he broke the same leg.
Percy Mears of Dorset aged 80, when
charged with killing deer out of sea-
son, pleaded guilty Friday and was fined
800 and costs of $l260, which he paid
He killed the deer last June.
For stealing steel traps from along
the river at Stowe, James Phillips, aged
81 years. was sentenced Saturday to
three and one half months at the house
of correction. The traps belonged to
tOrlo Jenney and Rodney Riley.
EVELYN, two and one half year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold b.
Perry of Brattleboro fell down the attic
stairs Sunday and cut long cash in her
head to the bone. The cut was dressed
at the hospital. She was unconscious for
some time.
Mrs. Della f. Borah of Brandon last
Thursday fell down IA steps of fight
of stairs while visiting at the home of a
neighbor. She struck the back of her
head, causing ceningial hemorrhages
which caused her death at the Rutland
hospital Friday evening. She was II
years old.
James Lapham, Paul Guyette and J..
S. Labier, all of Bridport, who have
been operating automobiles with New
York license number all summer, were
arrested in Middebury when it was dis
covered they We're all from Vermont and
were without chauffeur's license. Each
was fined $50 and costs.
Not less than $3.50 worth of silver
was stolen from the house of Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur II. Reyes OF Rutland
Thursday night while the inmates were
asleep Only solid silver was taken, in
dicating that the thieves were profess
SIGNALS. About $ll in money was taken
from purse belonging to Mrs. Reyes.
Because soap has increased in price
three cents pound, starch two cents
and bluing $3.50 a pound, the price Of
flat" washing has been increased from
five cents pound to six cents in Bur
lington. Last week the Standard Steam
laundry bought five pounds OF bluing at
$3.50 per pound and it is difficult toI
procure even at that price.
John A. Barrett. aged IS years, son OF
the late Judge Barrett of the Vermont
supreme court, Rutland man, died late
Thursday at his home in Maplewood, y.
j. His wife, who survives with three
daughters, was formerly Miss Laura
Cheney, of Rutland. John Barrett in
vented the underground telephone cable
and was an official of the New York
Telephone Co.
Considerable adverse comment has
been made regarding the failure of the
Burlington school department to reopen
the night school, which proved so sue
cessful last year. The department is,
However, without sufficient funds for a
night school and although it was at first
planned to reopen the school after Jan
uary |, it now appears extremely doubt
full that this will be done.
From the orchard of c. A. Bump of
Salisbury came this fall a peculiar freak,
an apple of the Northern Spy variety,
while one-quarter of the skin is Mcln-
tosh Red. The lines between the two
varieties are as sharply drawn as though
painted, coming to point at each end. /
Various explanations have been offered
for this strange coloring, none OF which, |
however, seem to stand the test.
At the office of the Rutland Herald |
during the three days following the pres
idential election, a special telephone wire |
was installed and so many calls were
turned in it was impossible for the reg |
ular help to tend the calls and extra I
help had to be hired for that purpose |
alone. The average number of calls
per hour for three days was 300, while |
as many as 500 were answered during
the busiest parts OF the day,
Z. c. Harlow and an assistant have,
after four days work this week, re-
stored the section of the Long Trail from
Barnes camp at Lake Sterling. During
the windfall of two years ago probably
100000 feet of spruce logs were blown
across the trail, obliterating it in many
places. The trail has now been put into
excellent shape, with not log across it,
and the signs have been restored The
absence of foliage gives unobstructed
views of unsurpassed scenery, making
this a favorable time for making this
trip.
There is some question as to the legali-
" of the result as given out from the
election at Brooklne last week. Two
votes thrown out, apparently intended
or J. c. Martin for representative, gave
he decision to Herbert Howe. Some
maintain that the vote was tie and
hat another ballot should have been TAX
n, asserting that since this was not
lone. the town will not be represented,
while others contend that the action of
he board of civil authority in throwing
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