The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-04

The potato demonstration ear has nm
ished the trip over the Rutland lines.
G. II. Savage caught n l7-pound bob
cat in a trap back of his house in White
River Junction recently.
Mrs. Wilbur Burnett caught large
henhawk in "A trap at her home IN Green
River recently and has il prisoner.
DIR. Thomas Mound OF Rutland has
been quite i'll from infection which de-
veloped after he had cut his nose with
a razor.
Fred Martel of Wells River is with
the English aviation corps near Brming'
ham, Eng, and has recently been made
lieutenant
At the Thanksgiving dinner given in
Barnet by Mr.. and Mrs, Sherburne Moore,
the platter on which the turkey was
served was used this year for the SSth
successive year for that purpose.
After a welded life of many years,
during which they raised family OF
three children, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ora
peau of Vergennes, who were divorced
some years since, were married again
Tuesday.
The state papers have been featuring
the fact that Isaac Aldrich of Burke,
1902 years old, was one of the voters at
the November election, and it is also
of interest to note that his wife is 10
years old.
While on the way by train from Mont
pelier to her home in Barton Wednesday,
Miss Hazel Miles lost a handbag con-
tanning about 500 in cash. Trainmen
were unable to find it in the car, where
she supposed she left it.
John Mageen of Mendon was robbed
last Monday night of his horse and
buggy and 81 in money by a man alleged
to be Eugene Curtis of Claremont, n. H.,
formerly employed at the Mageen place.
The police have not yet located Curtis.
The Jelly mill of w. C. Ballou in New
fame has used about 10000 bushels of APP
pies in the season now closing. 1t is
modern plant and manufactures cider,
boiled cider, vinegar and IDLY. Mr.
Ballou is also a grain dealer and station
agent.
George S. Dalgetty, general superin.
tendent of the Redpath Chsutauqua sys-
ten. and Miss Mildred Luse. children's
supervisor during the Redpath Chsutau-
qua circuit in the state last summer,
ii h., af
the bride in Iowa.
The concrete work on the new bridge
spanning the creek at Cuttingsville, which
was washed away during eloudhurst
last summer, has been completed. The
bridge is so constructed as to eliminate
a bad curve which always bothered mo.
torists The bridge is built to stand
90 tons of weight.
A Lyndonville muskrat, wandering far
from its native haunts, was found on
the second floor of the Norris block in
that place recently by Mr.. Dahlback,
baker. The wandering rodent put up
fight and Mr.. Dahlback had to use
poker to kill the animal.
Napoleon j. Jarvis, aged 63 years, who
died Thursday at his home in St Adams,
held the office of overseer of the poor
in that city for several years and had
been q member of the board of alder
men since 1898. He had also been truant
officer for number of years.
A. E. Powers of Ludlow shot a deer
one Saturday during the open season
and, being far from camp, left it until
Monday morning. When he returned
for it. he found wildcat eating the
deer and killed it on the spot, adding
another trophy to his game-bag.
It is probable that stores in Rutland
will not remain open Monday evenings
after the new year, closing at 6 o'clock
every week day except Saturday, At
meeting of the Rutland Business Mems
association the closing plan was approved
and a committee was named to inter-
view heads of firms. The association
made arrangements to open rest rooms
December 4 for visiting shoppers. The
city will have community Christmas
tree in Depot park
The Newfane inn has been sold by
the Newfane Hotel Co. to f. A. Whit
comb of Dorchester, Mass, formerly OF
the Hotel Poinciana at Palm Beach Fla,
and the Ottawa house, Gushing island,
Me. The Newfsne inn was at one time
the headquarters for the stage line from
Manchester to Brattleboro, across the
Green mountains. 1t is typical New
England inn of 40 rooms with modern
conveniences, billiard hall, ball room,
stable containing 40 horse stalls, garage
and outbuildings.
After less than two days freedom aft
er being pardoned from the state prison
at Windsor, where he had been serving
sentence for being a tramp, David Full
Ter of Albany, n Y, was sentenced to
60 days in the house OF correction in
North Adams, Mass, Wednesday. He
begun a disturbance in a North Adams
saloon and when reprimanded kicked his
feet through $50 plate glass window
When he was arrested. the copy of his
pardon was found in his pocket.