The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-06

for this period of the year.
Miss NJ. jeanette Rogers of Burlington,
hutist with "The Birth of Nation"
company, has finished her seasons en-.
gagement and returned home.
License commissioners appointed for
Vergennes are the same who held the
Office last year--Wallace G. Foote, Will
liam j. Strong and Frank w. Warner.
H. C. Woodhouse, farmer OF West
Windsor has decided to sell his stock
and farming tools and sails for England
this week to join the army. He is a
veteran of the Boer war.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bates, former resi-.
dents of Waitsfeld, celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary at their home in
Chippewa Falls, Wiss., March 27. Mr..
Bates is SO years old and Mrs. Bates
81 Both are in good health.
The marriage of Rev. w. r. Hamlin,
pastor of the Hyde Park Congregational
church. to Miss Ada Chandler of Am
herst, Mass, took place in the latter
city Wednesday They will return to
Hyde Park in about two weeks
! Nergcnnes is planning a celebration for
July 4 in honor of the l50th annivers-
airy of the settlement of the city and the
coming of Donald Mcintosh. The pro-
ceeds of the entertainment will be used
for building a walk to the railroad sta
ton.
The story comes from Fairfield of a
woodchuck which was seen perched on
the limb of an elm tree some IL or Is
feet from the ground last Saturday. |
Someone gently poked it off and allowed
it to depart after being there all morn |
ing.
New Ravens correspondent for the
Middlebury Register has in her posses
sion an arithmetic printed in London
in 1892 by George Fisher accountant.
The book is bound in leather and the
letter #" is substituted for IS" through
out.
H. G. and F. f. Barber of Brattleboro =
have sued Mary G. and James H. Hooker
to recover $4,000 on a note, claimed to
have been given by the Rockers at Sche
nectady, n Y, July 20, 1910, to Charles
d. Whitaker, and made over by him to
the Barber brothers.
Operatives of the spinning room in
the Davis wooden mill at Mortified
Falls last week presented demand Tor
hsabnr with 10 mini | .
mum. A compromise was effected which
calls for an increase in wages, but not 3
for the amount sought. !
The house and barn on the George Hal \
oway farm in Stannard was destroyed c
by fire last Friday evening. 1t started t
IN the barn and had gained such head {
way when discovered that much of the r
stock was burned including two horses,
2 cows, three yearlings, 100 hens, two :
sheep and two pigs. The house caught 5
ire from the blazing barn and was
burned down, with part of its contents. o
A complaint has been made to the !
health officer that certain n
,arber shops in the village are not OBJ ]
erying the state regulations as regards
he sanitary conditions of their shops.
There has been an unusual number OF =
asses of slight infection and there are
everal cases of skin diseases which are
believed to be due to the barber shop
onditions.
Rev. William Laughton, pastor of the
BAPTIST church in Hinesburg for the
asst three years, has accepted a call
o the pastorate of the Nergennes Bap-
list church and will assume his duties
here April lG. For 90 years Mr.. Laugh
on was missionary in central China
nd Mrs. Laughton was with him for ten |
ears, until she was compelled to flee es
18th her children for safety during the
'oxers uprising. After her departure, :
fr. Laughton remained as interpreter
Or the British government. at
th
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Three deaths occurred in Greensboro u
n Monday and Tuesday of last week. ro
n the former day occurred the deaths
Andrew Hill, at the age of 81 years,
nd w. w. Goss. for many years prom
rent in the town. Mr.. Goss was II of
ears old and had been a deacon of the Of
church for many years. in
e was town clerk for 20 years and rep I'M
scented his town in the legislature of so
SIS. For many years he was justice
the peace On March rs, Mrs Sam OF
II Morse died, and Mr.. Morse died last =,
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