The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-17

the pastorate of the Congregational
church at Putney, has reconsidered At
the request of his congregation, and will
! remain.
Mrs. J. III. Woodwork of New York
who spends her summers in Brandon, has
rendered the agricultural department of
the Brandon high school the use of her
| greenhouse
H. A. Hawkins lost Is sheep killed
by dogs last week at his farm in Water
ford. Only one of his flock remained.
This was Mr.. Hawkins third attempt
to raise sheep with the same result.
Joseph Worden of East Dover observed
his S0th birthday anniversary Wednes-
day of last week, Oct 3. He was pleas
antly surprised by a shower of ITO post
cards from his relatives and friends,
which he appreciated
The high school and grades in Brat
tleboro gathered on the school lawn the
day before Columbus day and sang
america for Me-" accompanied by three
cornetists of the school.
An automobile stolen from Mr.. Benson,
a travelling salesman, at North STRAIT
ford n H., recently, was found near Is
land Pond in a badly damaged condi-
ton. 1t had been run over an embank-
ment.
James H. wilson, a graduate of the
University of Vermont and son of Mrs.
NJ. L. Wilson of Bethel is with Pershing
in France. He was a Rhodes scholar at |
Oxford and received the degree of b. A.,
with first honors.
Benjamin Conroy of Richford is in the /
ST. Adams hospital for treatment fol- |
lowing injuries received while at work /
for the Sweat Cummings company in Rich
ford. A tree fell on him, fracturing his
collar bone and causing other injuries.
Mrs Paul Dwight Moody of St Johns.
bury has received cablegram announc-
ing the safe arrival of her husband Rev.
Paul Dwight Moody, on the other side
of the Atlantic. He was former chap
lain OF the First Vermont regiment and
is now chaplain of the l03d L. S. infantry.
DR.. G. G.. Marshall the Rutland physi-
clan who last spring was commissioned
captain of the medical reserve corps, has
been ordered to report to the governor
of the Panama canal zone at Balboa
Heights and will sail as soon as posi-
BILE.
Violet. ll-yeaf old daughter of Mr.. and !
Mrs George f. Brush of Stowe, has the .
nfantile paralysis, that being the second /
Ease in the town Both legs are para ,
yzed and the child is not yet out of {
hanger The Brush home is two miles 4
rom the village. ]
L. w. Hastings Of st. Johnsbury has
purchased the old W W Grout farm of !
100 acres in Kirby. The farm, which is +
he largest in that section of Vermont I
vas formerly owned by Congressman a
trout. but since his death has not been A
;ept up as it should be. Mr.. Hastings i
viii stock it and bring it back to its for
ner productiveness. n
While putting the metal tubing into +,
he smiceway at the bend of the river a
vest of Johnson village a large swapping Q,
urtle is reported to have been found, h
rhich it is thought would weigh more n
han 25 pounds and so surrounded by +,
he roots of an old willow tree that he Z,
aust have been long time prisoner. a,
When freed he took to the water. h,
The body of Richard. three year old II II
on of Mr. and Mrs Wady Raymond, -
yrians, was found in cistern on the Al
remises on the Shelburne road out of :
arlington rented by Mr. Raymond, on I
unday, the boy having fallen in when
epping on rotten boards which covered
lie cistern He had been dead some =.
me when the body was found. I
Samuel Jerome was fined 500 and |
,sts of $3.50 in court at Middlebury
Gently after pleading guilty to using ~
set line in fishing. Two game war
ms, suspecting the men were using a Am
/ line. laid in wait for them one y
ght last week and caught them They 4
ID about so fish when apprehended and
set line Of 100 feet.
The two.year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
mn Balrd OF orleans was SO severely
Irned recently as to cause his death.
Is mother had placed pail of boiling
,ter in chair and left the room to get
me cold water when the child pulled d
c pail of water onto himself. Large y
rtions of flesh came off when the childs
thing was removed and he lived only
hours. II
r.
Richard, six-year,old son of Harry
innings editor of The Border News of =
naan, was killed Oct in the office
DIR. Kerr while playing with the doc 90,
IS son, Waldo. aged six. They were =
wing soldier Richard having an air (
e, when Waldo took his fathers rife .