The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-15


Mrs Lucy Van of Stowe is totally
paraiyzed, has been wholly deaf for many
years and now is almost blind.
The first case of infantie paralysis has
developed in Calais, the patient being
Mary Lathrop, 6.year.od girl from
Medford Mass, who was visiting at the
home of Clyde Fitch.
The steamer Lady of the Lake, which
for many years piled back and forth on
Lake Memphremagog, Newport, has been
sold to William Miller 4 Son of Montreal
for $1,000, for scrap iron.
The new Cathedral high school in Bur
lington is to have military training for
+! its students and an officer of the United
States army will be secured if possible
to act as military instructor.
Irene, l7-month. old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Louis c. Gardner of st. Adams, died
Sunday as a result of eating a lot of
cholccystitis tablets The child ate the
tablets early Sunday morning and died
after several hours of commissions.
Gordon Kingsbury of Hartford Conn,
while visiting at the home of John
Kingsbury in Sudbury, fell from an ap-
pie tree recently and broke both his
wrists. This was the second time he
had broken both wrists.
DIR. George E. Latour and DR. Walter
F. Mckenzie, both of Burlington, who
have been commissioned first lieutenants
in the medical reserve corps of the Uni
ted States army have gone to Fort Ben
inmin Harrison, Ind, to await further
orders.
The matter of removing the hitching
posts from the main street of Newport
came up in recent meeting OF the
board of trade, when it was decided to !
appoint committee, two members of |
which should be farmers, to consider the
question and report later.
The Green Mountain house in West I
Wardsboro narrowly escaped destruction
by fire Sunday evening when hang
ing lamp in one of the bathrooms famed
up and set fire to the woodwork Miss
Ethel Eddy, proprietor of the hotel, re-
ceived severe burns on one hand in ex-
the flames.
Earle Stowe, four year foster son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dow of East Char
lotte, was badly hurt recently when he
was run over by larger boy on BIZ
cycle The impact sent the boy rolling
and over in the roadway, cutting deep
cash and badly bruising him. A physi-
ian had to be called. The accident hap
oened on a steep hill.
George Baker, while driving his car
rom Orleans to his home in Newport
IN a recent night, turned out for a
milk team and ran into ditch by the
-oadside. Trying to get the car out
,aused the full gasoline tank to over
low and spread on the surface of some
water about the car and later when men
rom Newport garage were called to
-ssist in getting the car back into the
highway, one of them fell while CROP
ng about with lantern, the flames
communicated with the gasoline on the
water and the body of the car was
wholly burned up. The running gear
vas practically unhurt.
L. C. Squier of North Clarendon has
quarters of an acre of land planted
o gladioli and just now the place is
lot of color. 1t was Is years ago when
bunch Of the flowers given Mr.. Squier's
lother awoke liking for them in Mr..
quiers and the next year he planted 100
ulbs. Most of the plants now grown
re from seedlings. He has never made
ny money on the field, paying only part
( the expense from the sale of blossoms
'hich people order over the telephone
nd from a house to house canvass in
utland. Each year he sends a big bou.
net of the flowers to each church in