The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

.year.old Merrill Bailey Of East
Haven picked 25 quarts of wild rasp'
berries this season.
Miss Edith McCully Burlington's new
protective matron, wants six women vol
unteers to assist in patrol work.
DIR. G. NJ. Goodenough, aged II, we'll
known veterinary of Newfane, died ON
Wednesday morning of heart trouble
Mrs. r. j. Ashton has a hollyhock in
her garden at Sheldon which measures
llls feet high, with 20 buds, 10 blossoms
and 65 seed pods
L. d. Melvin of underhill Center acct
dentally shot himself in the leg few
days ago, inficting a serious wound. the
weapon was 4S.calibre.
Clayton St Glare of Addison fell from
a motorcycle Monday afternoon, break
ins his leg so badly that he was inme-
diately taken to hospital in Burling-
ton.
Frank Archer of South Woodbury., who
injured one hand severely a week ago,
has been obliged TO have portion of one
finger amputated on account of blood
poisoning.
Mrs. Robert Clegg of Craftsbury, while
trying to save a lantern from falling
from the wagon dasher, fell over the
dasher herself to the ground breaking
one shoulder.
The small son of f. r. Stockwell of
Waterville severed the cords of three
fingers recently when he grasped the end
OF a scythe to save himself from falling
from hay rig.
Charles r. Wright has been elected a
director Of the National bank of Bellows
Falls to succeed Lucius B. Richardson, |
deceased Mr.. Wright is proprietor of
the Bellows Falls Flour & Grain com
pany.
DIR. Lloyd G. Robinson has been given
commission as first lieutenant in the
dental reserve corps He has practiced
with his father in Morrisvile for several
years, He is the second professional man
from Morrisvile to be accepted for serv-
ice.
Mrs. Albert Charron Of Orwell has
news of the death of her brother, who
was killed somewhere in France He
had Just left the hospital and had re.
turned to his regiment when he was
killed while in action at the front.
Mrs. Martin Spaulding suffered a seri-
GUS accident last week while berrying in
Gilmore. She slipped on a ledge, crack.
ing the outer bone of her leg just above
the ankle. She then crawled on her
hands and knees nearly a mile to where
she could get help.
Arthur Bartlett and Walter S. Brown
were the chief losers in Underhiil Center
by the recent hail storm. Mr.. Bartlett
lost 30 acres of oats, equivalent to 1900
bushels and also had % acres of cornf
badly injured. Mr.. Browns loss was in
several acres of wheat and oats.
James Young of Benson died Friday {
after lingering illness. He was born
in Canada 81 years ago and was the sofaffi
of the late James Young. He served in ]
the Civil war with credit and at the bat.
tie of fredericksburg got a wound in his G
1cf+ Al 4 I
from which he never fully recovered. $
growing strawberry plant on which !
there are six sprays of ripening berries I
comes from the strawberry beds of F. X. t
McNiel of New Haven, who expects to be $
able to ship berries until Thanksgiving.
He has been harvesting this late crop of
berries since August and sending them {
three times week to Burlington. :
Scott Tinkham has sold his general !
store and buildings in Quechee and given :
possession to n. b. Pratt of Mount
Holly. Mr.. Tinkham has been the lead
ing merchant and occupied and owned
his present store and buildings for over =
As years and he is one of the best known Q
men in that section. The transaction
also includes his residence in Quechee.
A car owned and driven by Lee II. Gale L
of South Londonderry carried Mr. Gale
over an embankment between the viii g
lagos of South and North Londonderry
and after going over rocks and stumps z
landed badly battered on its side in West .
river. Mr.. Gale was dazed for time .
but was not seriously hurt. He was
alone in the machine and could not ex-
plain how the car happened to leave the
road. There was no protecting railing I
and the bank is very steep, going down
II TO Is feet =
George Adams, aged Is, Grafton boy. =
who was riding his bicycle home early -
Monday evening, was held up by
masked man, who demanded the wheel.
the boy. The boy gave it UP
and the man rode off toward Saxtons n
River, leaving the boy TO walk six miles Q,
to Bellows Falls, where he notified his =,
father, who works in one of the paper =
mills there. The police were notified. but Y