The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-23
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Three Barton men, Malcolm Buck
George DeGreenia and George LOOMS
are recruits for service in the navy,
Six sheep belonging to Harrison
Wright of South Newport were killed by
dogs during Tuesday night and sever
others were badly wounded.
Hugh Henry quietly celebrated his
10Th birthday March p at his home in
Chester. He is commander of Henry
post, G.. A. r., and is president of the
Vermont Soldiers Home at Bennington
He is in very good health and attends
to his office work regularly.
Rev. c. NJ. Redstone, pastor of the
Methodist church at johnson, announced
at the service last Sunday morning that
he had been transferred from the Yer
mont to the New England conference and
that he had been appointed pastor OF
the church at West Quincy.
Miss Mary Coburn, who died recent
iy in South Ryegatc, at the age of rs
years Of age, was employed as a book
keeper BY the United States Shoe Man
ufacturiDg company of Boston for 40
consecutive years She came to South
Ryegate about year ago to make her
home with her sister.
Hiram Mcclellan OF Barton was one of
a party who tried last week to climb
Mt, Washington on skis. After reach
ing the halfway house, all of the party
turned back except five, who made the
ascent to within a mile OF the top when
they, too. struck blizzard which caused
them to descend.
Albert Rumery, who died March IL
ut his home in Holland, represented that
town in the legislature in 1910, He was
member of the Methodist church in
that place for almost go years and had
taught in the Sunday school for 5s
years. He was rs years old, one of the
oldest men in town.
The Rutland Business Mems associa-
ton has taken the responsibility of dol
ing out plots of land which have been
offered for the project to any who are
willing to carry on gardening operations
thereon this summer. A New York firm
will furnish seeds at five cents per dozen
packages. If enough enthusiasm is shown
a supervisor may be engaged.
Edward Adams, resident of Wild |
err, and a successful amateur gardener,
has in his possession watermelon, a
product of his garden the past season,
and that is to-day not only well ripened
but sound and of high quality. The
watermelon was kept in his kitchen pan
try and is one of collection from which |
one was eaten Thanksgiving day, a |
second Christmas, and third New Years. |
Two holdups have occurred in Ben
nington within a short time. The VIC
tim of the first one was Newman Ell
we'll, who was assaulted by three men
and was struck over the head by what
he thinks was bottle. They were
frightened away by something and did
not take his money. Albert j. Hufna-
gle was held up Saturday evening while
on the way to his home and was re-
ieved of "a by two men, who threw a
;Odl OF DihHkel over MS Htdu.
Famous for 40 years as the original
'Humpty Dumpty' clown, Tony Denier,
who appeared twice in Bennington, died
recently from a fall on an icy side
walk. He was 70 years old and had been
IN inmate of the almshouse since June.
He retired as clown eight years ago.
Two years later he married the widow
ii Daniel Sully, an actor. He won re-
emily a $4,000 Judgment from her in
,uit to recover $4,000 he claimed to be
lifetime savings advanced as loan to
Ter.
T. J. Carroll of White River Junction
5 the owner of pair of spectacles that
n the opinion of an optical company are
more than 100 years old. The spectaeles
AVE an added interest in that they were
ound the past year on the Morey farm
n Fairlee on a newly ploughed piece of
and. The Morey family was one of the
rst in Fairlee and the estate was near
he lake that to-day bears the name. The
pectaces are of solid silver, have slid
ng temples and lenses that are but one
nd a quarter inches long by l5-l6ths
{ an inch in width. The frame and tenn
les are large and in perfect order.
A decision has been handed down in
he case tried in Rutland city court
hereby Richard Leavitt of Providence
ecures verdict of Sl57.29 from Nathan
'lumberg. Mr.. Leavitt is Unknown
1r salesman and in January he sold Mr. :
'lumberg some muskrat pelts, estimat-
l TO be worth between 35 and 40 cents
piece. The defendant lated claimed he
ad been defrauded and payment was
og Licenses: Notice to Owners and