The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-20

Mrs Florence Hartwell has resigned
as pastor Of the Congregational churcl
at Jamaica and has removed to Brattle
boro.
Rutland raised over $500 the first
day Of the Red Cross drive for funds
this week The largest subscription wal
$500.
DIR. Victor P. Genge has closed his
office in Newport and joined the ambu
lance corps of the Red Cross, expecting
TO leave soon for overseas service.
Frank Rourke of Wells River has Civ.
en- up his position as train dispatcher
at Woodsville, n H., and soon goes ia
France with the railroad engineering
corps.
Charles n Walker, salesman of hand
embroidered articles who has piled his
trade about the state for thirty years,
died recently at the age of rs years at
his home in Claremont, N. Fl.
The Whipple lumber mill in Sutton
was destroyed by fire few days ago,
with a loss of ST 500 or more There
was no insurance A mill on the same
site was burned about six years ago.
Rev. DIR. Peterson, pastor of the Bap.
fist church in Wilmington, is in the
Memorial hospital in Brattleboro suffer
ing with a nervous breakdown. During
his absence, Mrs. Peterson is carrying
on his ministerial work.
Charles j. Hackett of West Rutland
was stricken suddenly blind while at
work in the finishing shop of the Yer
mont Marble company last week. He
had had trouble with his eyes before
and spent year in New York for treat
ment of them.
Charles F. Burdick of st. Johnsbury,
laborer, has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy with Clerk +. S. Platt of the
United States court. His liabilities are
S296,66 and he has assets of $l25, all of
which is claimed exempt.
p NJ Stoughton, for eight years a
member of the Burlington Free Press
staff, has resigned and gone to enter the
training school for aviators which the
government has established at the Mass
schusetts Institute of Technology. He
will later be commissioned as an of
ficer in the aviation section of the of
fcers' reserve corps.
The four year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Leslie, residents of Whit
ing until they went two years ago to
Bradentown, Fla, to reside, died recent
ly of bite from a moecasn snake as
she was walking through deep grass. |
The Leslies have now returned to Whit |
ing. The little girl was their only
child.
According to statement by Fred l. /
Davis, secretary of the State Fair as
ISOLATION, it is likely that the state fair
will be cancelled this year With the
increased war tax and the many other /
ways for spending money in more neces-
sary channels, it is the general opinion
of many concerned that it would be wise
to abandon the fair.
A COW and horse pastured together
in Rutland field had so desperate a
fight a few days ago that it caused the
death of the horse. The horse was found
sunk in the mire, with only its head
out of the water, with one eye gouged
out and bleeding in other parts of the
body, while the COW was covered with
mud and blood and showed marks of
the hoofs of the horse. Only one of
the cows in the field had horns and
that was the one which killed the
horse The COW belonged to Edwin Nor
gan of Rutland Town and the horse to
Thomas Hulihan of the same section.
Raymond Burleigh of Burlington, Is
years old last April, is managing the
farm of S. Z. Hunt in Hinesburg and
doing the entire work unassisted. He ,
has ploughed IL acres and planted eight
with oats, seven with corn and the re-
mainder with peas, beans and potatoes.
His sister and mother will aid during :
haying. In addition to this, he takes !
care of IL head of stock and aside from \
his regular work has found time to r
work eight days for neighbor, draw {
ng mans pay. He arises at 4:30 in I
he morning, is six feet tall and weighs \
l72 pounds.