The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-24
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

DIFFERENT SECTIONS
To fill a vacancy in the office of first
lieutenant in the Brattleboro company Of
the V. N. g., Second Lieut.. Roy b. Miner
was elected.
The price of chestnut, stove and egg
coal, which have been selling for 81 a
ton in Brattleboro through the winter
has been reduced to $40.
Rev. Hugo Perdewitz, pastor of the
Universalist church at White River june
ton, has rendered his resignation, to take
effect May Ia. He resigned because OF
poor health.
Louis, l4-year-old son of Chauncey
Young of Brattleboro, had one finger on
his left hand broken Wednesday when a
revolver which he was handling was ac-
cidentally discharged.
Michael Duggan of Brattleboro re-
ceived injuries about the chest, hip and
shoulder Wednesday, when he was
knocked from the tender of an engine by
the spout of the standpipe, from which
the engine was to take water.
Lucian Bailey, aged 6S, died instantly
of cerebral hemorrhage Thursday after
noon while returning to Pittsford from
Rutland with load of coal. Mr. Bailey
was walking up hill behind the load
when he was seen to fall. Only an in
slant before he had waved his hand in
greeting to men working in field near
by.
Col Fred B. Thomas, Maj. j. NJ. Ash.
lev and Captains Charles Il. Pell, Bert
S. Hyland, Fl. A Wilcox, H. NJ. Howe,
and r. L. Corey have been selected TO
represent the Vermont National Guard
at convention of the national assoca
ton, to be held in New York City March
1929
Two petitions in bankruptcy were filed
Friday Lewis T. LeClair Of Sutton gives
his liabilities as $,l3sl4 and his assets
at $685. with $50 exempt. William e. |
Palmer of South SALISBURY has liabil |
tiles of 81 .920.34 and assets of $63S, with |
S34u claimed exempt
A beautiful fawn, chased by dogs, was
driven into the river at Bolton, where it |
was found by the May brothers. They |
took the animal out of the water, carried |
her to their home and cared for her dur |
ing the night, but she had been in the icy |
water so long and been so thoroughly |
chilled that she died.
The senior class of the Swanton high |
school have given up their proposed trip |
to Washington, d. c., following the re-
ceipt of letter by Prin. r. c. Kimball |
from Senator Carroll s. Page, advising
such action. The senator states that at
least so per cent of the public buildings
in the nations capital are closed and ex-
IRENE precautions are being taken.
Mrs. Fremont Hamilton of Brattleboro
lost diamond from the setting of her
ring the other day and after searching
the house and the walks outside she re-
membered she had been making ice cream
before she missed the stone. The ice and
snow were melted with hot water and
the contents of the freezer strained, and
Mrs. Hamilton was rewarded by finding
the valuable stone.
Forest Grant, aged eight years, saved
the life of a nine-year- odd companion,
Guy Brickey, at White River junction
Thursday. While playing on the bank
of the Connecticut river, Brickey slipped
down the icy bank into six or eight feet
of water. Grant made his way down to
the waters edge and pulled Brickey out
by the hair of his head. The rescued
boy was nearly unconscious when taken
from the water
Miss Rose Allen, former teacher of 4
German in the Brattleboro high school,
has been removed from the list of substi-
tute teachers in Portland Me-, because
she wore German flag concealed in her
waist on the day the teachers had been
asked to wear American flags in pre-
paredness demonstration. She wore a
small bow of the national colors on the 4
outside of her waist, but took pains to :
ell the other teachers that the German
emblem was the one she loved best. She Z
IS American born, but studied for sew
sral years in Germany.
Sugar utensil manufacturers report
hat many more sugar maple trees are to
We tapped this season than ever before.
Twelve cents per pound is being offered
n Burlington markets for sugar in tubs,
when from five to eight cents is the usual
rice for this time of the year. A. A.
1arleton, former president of the Yer
mont Maple Sugarmakers' association,
$ planning an exhibit to be given in Bos- :
on later, one feature of which will be
maple sugar model of Bunker Hill monu-
nent.
The contract for building the first sec
ion of the plant of the Vermont Milk
'hocolate company at Burlington has
cen awarded to James f. eastman of
hat city, his bid being the lowest of five
ntered for the construction of the build.
ne. The highest bid was $4,000, by
he r. TT. Howes Construction comnany