The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28

ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
While Mrs. Earl Sheperdson of Far
fax was dressing chicken recently sh
found ten-cent piece in its gizzard.
One hundred Burlington newsboy
were given dinner at the New Sher
wood hotel Tuesday by Mayor j. Home
jackson.
As result of Christmas ball glyei
in st. Johnsbury Dec. %, the sum o.
500 was turned into the Red Cross
treasury.
S. G. Ransom, aged 81 years, and foi
many years a railroad man. died at his
home in Bellows Falls Dec. %, after sew
eral weeks illness.
Charles Brown of North Hero has re-
signed his position as rural maii car
rier. to take effect Jan. |, and no one
else seems to want the place.
A barrel of Northern Spies packed by
Lee Hemenway of Bridport are to be sent
from a New York City store to President
Woodrow Wilson for his personal use,
DIR. Charles s. Caverly of Rutland,
president of the state board of health,
Is seriously i'll at his home. Doctor Cav
erlv il suffering with nephrltis com
plicated with oedema of the lungs.
The holiday gift of the Bottum & Tor
rance Manufacturing company OF Ben
nington to its employees was an insur-
ance policy to each. The entire cost
of the protection is met by the COM
pauy as long as the men remain in their
employ.
Mortified had its first community
snowshoe hike this week. There are no
formalities of membership, no officers
and no dues but the hikes will continue
through the winter. two persons being
chosen at each hike to have charge of
the next one.
Mrs. Roy b. Miner, whose husband is
lieutenant in France, formerly with Com
pany ! of Brattleboro, has applied to the
army signal corps for an appointment to
20 to France as a telephone operator.
She has been notified that blanks to be
filled out will be sent to her
So far there are three candidates out
for the Office of sheriff of Windham
county, to succeed Sheriff G. L. Mann of
Brattleboro, resigned. They are Deputy
Sheriff Earl Davis of Newfane, Deputy |
y. l.. Wellman of Guilford and Scion a. |
Richmond of Brattlehoro.
White River functions new district |
nurse is Miss Louise +. Warnecke, sent I
bv the town and country nursing service
of the Red Cross organization. She was
trained in Grace hospital. New Haven,
Conn. Bellevue hospital in New York
and last summer was with the Boston
Floating hospital.
Seraphine LaFrance, formerly OF Brat
tleboro, was among those rescued from
the French steamer Mossoul, recently at
tackled by a submarine. message re
ceived in Brattleboro stated that he had
landed safely in Marseilles. LaFrance
formerly was employed by the White
River Chair company
s. Marvin and Arthur Savage of North
Hero narrowly missed death by drown
ing few days ago when they attempt
ed to cross Lake Champain on their
tandem motorcycle and broke through
the ice. The men saved themselves by I
gaining solid ice and the machine was
later taken from the water.
Michael Madden veteran of the Civil |
war. died at the Soldiers home in Ben /
ninpton on Christmas day. His health ,
had been poor since he suffered stroke ,
Of paralysis last summer. He was born ,
in Ireland Aug. 6, 1874, enlisted in Co,
G. First Vermont cavalry from Airing
ton, Dec "a, 1863, was taken prisoner
March s, 1864, paroled April 80, 1864 and {
was discharged for disability Oct. 6, 1864 g
He had lived the largest portion of his
life since the close of the Civil war =
in California, coming east about two Z
years ago.
Negotiations are practically completed
or the purchase by the Missisquo Pulp I
thu dpti VI an eht iabu anu
premises at Montgomery Center owned '
" +. f. Hutchins of Pasadena, Cal )
This undoubtedly transfers the largest
ract of timber land individually owned
n northern Vermont The tract con. \
aims over 1000 acres of forest, together y
With mill site, water privilege, house, d
tore and several barns and tenement
Iouses. Fully half the timber is spruce. A
The new owner expects to begin cutting u
ext spring, running the timber out on =
he river and down to the mill in the Y
pring for use as pulp. L
Miss Elizabeth Mcmillan maternity
urse in Brattleboro for four and half
ears, and Miss Robena McGrandeI, dis
rict nurse in that place, have volun-
eered for service in the Red Cross and :,
xpect to be called for duty about Jan. ,,
Miss Mcmillan has had two brothers sr
nd three cousins fighting in the war.
4 the latter one was killed and the
Their two each lost leg. Miss MeMil.
ms mother took a six weeks course 4
nursing but was Obliged to give il I'D
aca1isa IL was ton har d for bar H.. n