The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-01
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

The spring conference of the Vermont
Modern League association will be helC
Mt Middlebury college during the third
week of April.
The business men of Island Pond have
formed Village Improvement associa,
ton. A. w. Bosworth is president. The
association will hold soeials every week
through the season.
John Velnski of Dandy pleaded guilty
to charge of selling cigarettes to a
minor and was fined So and costs which
amounted to $50. Several complaints had
been made against him.
Mrs. Joseph Jarvais was badly burned
at her home in Readsboro JAN rs when
she stumbled while carrying a washboil-
er OF boiling water from the stove. The
water splashed over her face and arms,
burning her severely.
Norma, two-year- old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. r. G.. Forbes of Brooklyn, N.
Y, who is with her mother in Rutland,
woo painfully HlJuieu 6uHudy. NHiit
sitting in a chair she slipped and struck
in such a way that she broke the middle
finger of her left hand.
Mrs. Addie Comstoek of st. Johnsbury
is in Brightlook hospital in that place
suffering with broken arm, the acct
dent happening when she fell two steps
as she stepped off the stairs at her home.
She had already lost the use of her other
arm, so is now practically helpless.
Miss Pauline M. Royce, daughter of
Mrs Ellen G. w. Royce of Rutland, and
country wide authority on japanese
prints, died in New York Monday fol-
lowing an operation. She painted, drew,
dealt in antiques, lectured, and was a
frequent contributor to the magazines.
Mrs. Olin s. johnson, wife of De-
troit, Mich, business man and prominent
socially, shot and killed herself Jan. 30,
because of i'll health. She had been sick
in bed for several weeks and secured
revolver during the absence of her nurse.
Mrs. johnson was born in Woodstock 65
years ago.
William Thomas, charged with break
ing into a schoolhouse in Ferrisburg
Jan. 22 and burning the school books in
an effort to keep warm, was tried in
Vergennes Jan. 30. The respondent
pleaded not guilty, but was held under
$1,000 bail for the June term of Add
son county court.
The engagement is announced of Judge |
James A. Merrill of Rutland, until re-
Gently United States commissioner for
number of years, and Miss Evelyn Chris
tina cambridge of New York. The we'd
ding will take place in April Judge |
Merrill has been member Of the Rut- |
land county bar many years. He was
formerly city Judge His bride to-be is
sister of Jay cambridge, the artist.
w. Fl. Story of North Georgia has in
his possession book which is 225 years
old and another 100 years old. The first
is second edition of christian Blessed
ness or Discourse Upon the Beatitudes
of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
written by John Norris, NJ. A., rector of
Newton st. Loe in Somersetshire, Eng
land, and fellow of All Souls college,
Oxford. 1t was first printed in 1892 in
Cornhill. No pages are missing and the
binding is stiil intact. The other old
book owned by Mr.. Story is Common
tary on the Bible"
The lumber camp at Somerset has
been having its troubles the last week
Allan Connolly fell ten feet from plat
form and injured one arm and hip. An
other employee cut his foot while at work
in the woods, an axe severing an artery.
Jim MacDougall sustained a scalp wound !
s& inches long when tree fell on him.
Twenty stitches had to be taken. Will
liam Meva and another lumberjaek are
in the hospital at North Adams, where ,
they were taken for treatment for severe
cases of pneumonia.
Ira d. r. Collins, man who had done
much for Orleans, died there Jan. 81.
With his wife he celebrated the 63d an
niversary of their marriage Jan. 4. Mr..
Collins, who was born Aug. 20, 1881, in
Corinth, received his education there and .
in Bradford and afterwards taught
school, In 1853 he purchased farm in
Wolcott and lived there 20 years, dur
ing which time he filed various town Of
fees and represented it in the legisla-
ture of 1864. In 1873 he moved to |
Barton and for % years was in business
there. He was an organizer of the Bar
ton Congregational church, one of its !
ieacons for 10 years, chorister, church
treasurer, teacher in the Sunday school
and also superintendent. In 1878 he rep
resented Barton in the legislature. To
number of papers he frequently contrib ]
tied and heln To nrpanize the frat water |