St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-08-16
BARNET
IL. r. Peck, Correspondent

Fred Pollard is spending few days
at E. D. Somers'.
Edgar Stanley from New York is
visiting his sister, Mrs. w. S. Brock.
Mrs. Claude GilfRan was a Wells
River visitor Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Brownlee and Miss Nettie
Gibson attended a meeting of the
Woman's Missionary society of the
Presbyterian churches, held at South
Ryegate.
E. D. Somers was a st. Johnsbury
visitor Wednesday.
DR.. H. A. Elliott, H. G. Holbrook, ].
r. Moore and D. A. Blaine inspected
the schoolhouses in the town of Bar
net Tuesday.
Mrs. Carol Edgerton of McIndoes
worked in the B. & M. station We'd
nesday, during the absence of H. c.
Holbrook.
Mrs. Dan Morrison and two chill
dren visited her mother, Mrs. Mabel
McCondach at McIndoes Wednesday.
w. H. Gilchrist of McIndoes was
business visitor in town Wednesday.
Joseph Pratt of st. Johnsbury was
a business visitor in town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Ray Welch of East
Barnet visited at E. o. Wilson's Tues
day.
Miss Gladys Mcdonald, who has
been working at NJ. E. Turner's has
returned to her home in McIndoes.
Elmer Berry from Portland, Me-,
was a business visitor in town We'd
nesday.
Mrs Julius Lang of Monroe visited
| at John Robinson's Wednesday.
Thomas McCondach spent Wednes-
day afternoon with his family at Lake
side, West Barnet.
The concert which was given by the
college boys from New Concord, o.,
! Monday evening at Barnet Center was
largely attended and much enjoyed by
all.
Mrs. John Gilchrist and daughter
1 Helen, spent Thursday at Dan Gill
christ's, at Monroe.
! Mrs. Sarah Webster returned to her
home in Newport, VT, Thursday, after
spending a week with her son, Fred
Webster and family.
Mrs. Douglass and two children
were st. Johnsbury visitors Thursday.
Mrs. w. c.. Clark, Mr.. and Mrs
Chester Somers and daughter, Muriel,
Mrs. Ira Albee, and the Misses Har-
riet and Virginia Elliott attended dis
trict meeting of the Sunday schools of
Peacham and Barnet, held at East
Barnet Thursday.
Miss Mae Gilfllan is spending a
week with her friend, Miss Helen AL
bee, at Joe's Pond.
Miss Maude Douglas returned home
Thursday, after spending five weeks
with relatives in Hardwick.
E. A. Morgan was a ST. Johnsbury
visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Oscar Frazer, Miss Hannah
| Frazer of Monroe, visited Miss Nettie
Lang Thursday.
Miss Lucy Buffum spent Wednesday
! with Mrs. Richard Watts.
| Mrs. John Champany of East Barnet
is visiting her son, Ra1nie Champany
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cade and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Webster attended the
funeral of Mrs. Barbara (Cade) Eel
lows, at st. Johnsbury, Thursday aft
ernoon.
Mrs. Ruth Gilfllan returned home
Wednesday night after spending a
number of weeks with her son, Hiram
and family in New York.
Miss Katherine Robe, who has been
spending a week with friends in West
| Barnet, returned home Thursday.
/ James Gilillan is on the sick list.
Little Caroline Nichols of McIndoes
| is visiting at Harvey Phelps.
/ Richard Johnson of McIndoes was
| a business visitor in town Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs E. o. Wilson were at
ST. Johnsbury Thursday.
i Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Underwood and
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Cutting of Barton
were in town Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Mrs. G. H Cushman of Barre yis-
tied at Oscar Browns Thursday.
/ Mrs. T. P. ROBBIE and Mrs. A. S.
II Peck were Lakeside visitors Thurs
day.
What might have been a serious
accident occurred at about O'Clock
Friday morning when Lawrence
Moore and Jim" Emery started to
ford the river at the usual place be-
tween Brooks meadow and the Jones
island to finish haying. The team
belonging to Howard Burrill and was
hitched to a hayrack which was at
tached to a horse rake. The water
had risen to depth of eight or ten
feet since the heavy rain on Wed
nesday and the horses were taken
from their feet by the swift current
For time it looked as thought both
horses would be drowned but the
boys with rare presence of mind man
aged to get to their heads, loosening
the names strap and belly girth thus
freeing the animals from their load
In the meantime the alarm was given
and help arrived in short order with