The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-20


fall from a load of hay recently in Isle
La Motto.
From 1875 to $50 women in st. Adams
have filed their tax inventories and be-
come voters.
Morrisvile milk dealers have an
nounced that beginning Monday April
%, the price of milk will be nine cents
quart.
Fifty four persons we're received into
the Methodist church, Rutland, on pro-
baton and nine by letter recently, the
largest number taken in at one time in
many years.
1t is expected that the wooden mill at
Saxtons River is to shut down Saturday
night. The mill has for years been the
most important industry of the town
and employs about 80 hands.
DIR. Hollis Godfrey, president of Drexel
institute of Philadelphia, and promi-
nent member of the council for national
defense, is to be the commencement day
orator at the University of Vermont.
The Patch Manufacturing company of
Rutland has purchased the Glens Falls,
N. Y, machine works, located in that
city, and will engage in the manufacture
Of paper making machinery.
Pittsford is to have plant exchange
May 8, when anyone may bring plant,
shrub, bulb or seeds to exchange with
his neighbor. The exchange will be in
charge of the Housekeepers' club.
Helen, little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton Murray of Ryegate, while play
ing with children in the barn a few days
ago had three fingers on her left hand
cut off with the knife of hay cutter.
George Tice, employed by the E. I. Fair |
banks Co. st. Johnsbury, was badly hurt |
Wednesday when his right hand became |
caught in burr machine. His wrist was
fractured, the hand was badly lacerated |
and it was necessary to amputate one
finger
The Congregational church of Rutland
VIII OPEN tile hbusC 1
owned by the denomination on Wednes-
day, May 0. Although it is to be under
the supervision of the pastor of that
church, it is planned to conduct it to
serve the whole community.
The use of fiat cars in which to ship
automobiles, because of the shortage of
box cars, is said to have resulted in
tramps using them to travel in the
canvas coverings being cut in some in
stances so that the hoboes could crawl
inside On one shipment which reached
Rutland, it was found that the tool kit
had been removed and an evident at
tempt had been made to remove the
storage battery, as all but one of the
connections had been loosened.
Irene, eight-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Blaisdell, who live in
Fletcher; near the Cambridge line, fell
from the high beams in the barn, a dis
tance of 20 feet, a few days, ago, the
fall resulting fatally. She was taken
to the hospital at Burlington, but died
on arrival. The family had lived in
Fletcher only year.
Mrs. Ralph Daley, formerly Miss Jen-
ME Radke, aged l6 years, who ran away
from Pittsfield, Mass, to Bennington
with her soldier sweetheart two weeks
ago and married him there, will become
Miss Radke again if her father has his
way. She gave her age as Is when they
applied for a marriage license, although
she is only Is, and her father has petit
toned the superior court to annul the
Young Daley says he did not
know she was under the age when she
could marry without parental consent.
A. L. Pratt, president and manager of
Our Husband Manufacturing company of
Lyndon, a St. Johnsbury concern manu-
featuring dairy medicines, has made a l.
formal tender of the company's real es
tate holdings in Lyndon for the use of |
the government. This real estate con-
ssts of $50 acres of land or little more
than one half of the incorporated limits
Of the village of Lyndon. The land can
be used for the growing of any crops. !
On the land are three big barns which
AN be utilized for storage.
bfs. nOWdTu u. 0nluley. dReu %
years, died unexpectedly at the Congre-
ystional parsonage in Winchester, Mass,
April Is. Mrs. Chidley was native of
Cleveland, o., and came east with her
husband two years ago when he accept
ID the pastorate of the First church at
Winchester. She leaves two small chill
lren and her husband. The body was
aiken to Cleveland for burial Mr.. Child p
ey is well known throughout Vermont
some years ago he lived in Randolph,
With his brother, Rev. w. H. Chidley,
Who followed Rev. G. w. Morrow as pas
or of the Christian church in that place.
ftcr Mr. Morrow became identified with
league. He attended the II
of Vermont and has spent a,
many summers in camp at Greensboro.
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Charles ID. Phillips was severely burned <
tuesday while attempting to extinglIish
grass fire at the rear Of his home in
Worth Bennington. The backs of his
'gs and thighs were so badly blistered
hat sections of the skin peeled away, his
ars we're scorched at the top and his c
yebrows were burned of. Mr.. Phillips -
built a fire in the back A.
ard to burn rubbish and the wind car
led the flames into the dry grass. When 4