The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-15


risen eight inches because OF the recent
heavy rains.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Balch Of BELOW,
Falls recently celebrated their J0th wed
ding anniversary.
The seventy.first annual fair book
and prize list for the Rutland fair Of
1915 has appeared.
A barn in Little Notch. Bristol owned
by William LaFranee, was burned with
all its contents Friday.
Many days this summer there have
been 25 auto parties at a time at the
Hotel Berwick in Rutland.
Edgar Fletcher of Milton narrowly es-
capped death when a splinter from a buzz
saw struck him in the neck, cutting his
throat severely.
The New York Times of August II
contains several letters that have to do
with the case of Prof. Appelmann of
the state university.
Mrs. Lucy Barbeau was found dead on
the floor of her home in Winooslii Sun.
day, death having resulted from a hem.
orrhage of the lungs.
The road on Chestnut hill in Chester
is in such poor condition that the rural
carrier has been obliged TO discard his
automobile for horses.
One hundred men and women have
thronged the Ekwanok golf course at
Manchester each morning and afternoon
during the past month.
Over the week end two elderly st. Al
bans people, Mrs. Luth Olmstead. aged
SO, and Charles Roy, aged SIS, who lived
with his daughter, passed away.
When Horace Ferris fell from the root
of his barn in Middlcbury few days
ago, he broke his right arm between the
wrist and elbow. He fell 20 feet.
One horse was killed and another bad.
~ injured when a team of horses after
dumping a load of lime at the lime kiln
in Burlington, backed into an old kiln.
Grand Master H. H. Ross of the Yer
mont grand lodge of Alasons will pre-
side at the laying of the cornerstone
of the Henry W. Putney hospital at Ben
nington Wednesday afternoon.
Because it became exceedingly hungry,
a fox captured as cub and reared by
Fred f. Taylor at the top of Hurlburt |
hill in Waterford returned to the farm
after having made good an escape.
Horace Ferris of Middlebury, while I
patching the roof of his house, slipped
and fell a distance of 20 feet to the
ground, breaking his arm between the
wrist and elbow, but otherwise escaping
uninjured
New heating plants are being installed
at the Lawrence Barnes and Converse
high school buildings in Burlington, the
guaranteed saving of coal in the two
build being l24 tons annually, amounting
to nearly 5000.
Postmaster j. f. Burke of Burlington
is now acting as recruiting officer for the
United States army for that district as
the result of new act of Congress and
has already received his first application
from would-be soldier
The owner of LaFortunes restaurant
in Bennington has been in a state of sus- +;
pense since early Saturday morning be- (
cause young crow roasted for several I
minutes on the roof of his shop. He !
thinks it may portend evil. |
When Hupmobile turned over in |
swamp in an attempt to avoid striking I
a Quebec car near Grand Isle Saturday
afternoon, Mrs. Marion Grswold of Bur ,
lington was slightly injured Six Others
in the car escaped without scratch.
During the day Friday, P. J. Henry (
of Burlington was in Hardwick seeing f
how the autoists are keeping the state t
laws and found no less than 25 without 5
licenses or proper number plates. He
went to Morrisvlle for his next investi- 8
cation. a
Cornelius Barlow, and Harry Russell, e
aged IA and eight respectively, were SEN |,
fenced in municipal court at Burlington n
Monday to spend the remainder of their B
minority at the industrial school at G
Vergennes, because they stole from V
meat cart. +
The Eight Weeks club of Rutland, one
Of zoos such clubs throughout the coun-
try, whose prime motive is to transport
to stay at homes some of the activities
Of college girls, is to present a pageant
in September with the title, "The Spirit
Of Sisterhood" :
Orlen Kennie Lang, aged 81, commit
ed suicide at his home in Lyndonvile I
by shooting. 1t is supposed
that the combination of continued poor
health, overwork and the excessive heat
brought about temporary insanity. He
vas the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sherburne
-Ang of Lyndon.
c. A. Parkhurst, the only man in bus W
ness in Rutland who was in business :.
here 30 years ago, was found dead in N
,ed Saturday. Had he lived "a hours -
onger he would have been II years old =
lie came TO Rutland on the day of his n
Wedding. Dec rs, 1864, and had ever
ince made his home there.