The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-29

The son Of Lewis Busky OF Newport,
who is serving with Canadian contln'
gent in France, has been wounded, ac-
cording TO a telegram TO his father.
Little Dorothy Paronto of North Wal.
den has been unable to move since she
had fall about week ago. She has
been taken TO hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Frank Lyons was badly bitten on
one hand few days ago while trying
to break up dog fight at her home in
Pownal The hand was much lacersted,
Rev. Paul f. Mayer, Dartmouth coll
lege student who has been supplying this
summer the Sharon Congregational
church, has been drafted for service in
the United States army.
The barn of Henry B. Cummings in
South STAFFORD was struck by lightning
Friday night and burned, with all the
hay and grain. The stock and some
farming tools were removed.
z. J. Young and son, Charles, of st.
Adams discovered a bee tree on their
farm few days ago and from it secured
So pounds of delicious honey. Mr.. Young
was quite badly stung about the hands.
Fred L. Pippin, Q member of the firm
of Pippin & Miller of White River june
tion, was badly burned recently when,
as he opened the radiator cap on mo-
tor truck, the boiling water and steam
spurted up, badly scalding his face and
arms.
Miss Minnie Hurlburt of st. Johnsbury
narrowly escaped being painfully burned
when she put an electric iron into the
bed as foot warmer Sunday night and
fell asleep. The mattress was smouldering
when she awoke, but she extinguished it. |
A few minutes more and it would have
burst into blaze,
Miss Ethel A. Eddy, teacher in the
Brattleboro schools and during the sum |
mer the manager of the Green Mountain |
house at West Wardsboro, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the school dis
trict comprising Dummerston, Putney, |
Westminster and few schools in Brat
tleboro, She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Eddy of Stratton.
Burlington people reported seeing an
airplane pass over that city Sunday
night, many persons testifying to the
sight. Now Starr Farm beach residents
have the laugh on the former, as they /
sent up big red balloon just at dusk,
with tail attached that gave off some
Is flashes, but they did not suspect that
anyone would mistake it for an airplane,
The Barber sehoolhouse in East Pow
nal was struck by lightning during an
electrical storm last Friday, the bolt
struck the east side of the building,
going the length of the building and out
on the west Side, striking barbed wire
fence and running the entire length of
that, quarter of mile, completely
SCATTERING the end post of the fence. The
schoolhouse was set 90 ere and quite
badly damaged, but not destroyed. !.
Allen F. Sparrow, proprietor of the |.
Ideal moving picture theatre in Spring !,
field, died Aug. 26 of kidney trouble, at
the age of as years. Mr.. Sparrow be-
gan his business career as newspaper
man, being first employed as a reporter
on the Bellows Falls Times. From there
he went to Pittsburg, Pa, where he was !
a linotype operator for 10 years, later
being employed in the same capacity .
in New York City.
Ned Dallas. the only colored resident a
of Stowe, died there Sunday of neuralgia $
of the heart, at the age of So years Mr.
Dallas was born in slavery, coming 20 a
Vermont from Charleston, Va, when ne Z
accompanied the late S. A. Mansfield of ?
the 9th Vermont regiment home at the z
close of the Civil war He had since =
lived in Waterbury, Stowe and Montpe. P
lier In the latter city, his wife, who y
was Maggie Carroll of st. Adams, a =
white woman, died :