The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-18
MONTPELIER

that the supreme court will convene a
10 o'clock Tuesday, Jan. |, the regula
time, but that an adjournment would
Immediately taken until WedDesda
morning at y o'clock, when the bushes
of the session will be commenced, non
being done on the first day of the session
This will afford the attorneys, at leas
a part of them, chance TO be at HON
for the holiday.
Mrs. Angus Mcneil has gone to Brock
J ton, Mass, where she will visit with he
son, John, after which she will go I,
!, New Britain, Conn, to visit with James
her son, who is recovering from an III
! jury received in an automobile accident
Deputy United States Marshal q.
Lackey left this morning for Brattleboro
where he attends this week session o.
the United States district court.
The fatal accident Nov. 20 at johnson
to Eldridge Jones, who was employed by
the Parker & Stearns company, has beer
reported TO the commissioner Of indus
tries. The report has been considerably
delayed. The deceased leaves wife and
two children. His skull was fractured
by a limb falling on him while employed
in the woods
Judge +. G. Mower of Burlington has
been appointed by President Wilson as
member of the local exemption board
in Chittenden county, taking the place of
A. G. Whittemore, who resigned because
he could not give the time to the work
The report of the appointment arrived
this morning at Governor Grahams Of
flee.
State Auditor Benjamin Gates and
Deputy j. 4. Joslyn left this morning
for st. Adams for the regular visit
Mrs. Julian Dimock of Corinth and
Miss Holden of the farm extension serv-
ice of the state college are holding
school on domestic science in Middlesey.
They have recently closed one in Sails
bury, where they found last year large
number of berries went to waste and
are suggesting that some way of com
mercializng these be developed, that
jam may be made and sent to Europe as
food for the soldiers. Mrs. Dimock
has tried out a new substitute for -four,
namely, middlings, in place Of bran and
has been very successful with it. She
finds that the foo dmade is very palat-
able but she is now investigating as to
the healthfulness of it before advising
the use of it to anybody They also
find in some communities the farmers
are buying oleomargarine to use in place
of their butter, which they sell at a
higher price than the other product costs
them.
Col. II. r. Johnson who spent Sunday |
with his family in Bradford, had to go |
by the way of White River Junction to |
make the quickest time getting to this
city Monday. The northbound train on
the Boston & Maine railroad was two |
hours late, which was enough so that it |
missed its connections at Wells River
Colonel johnson, approaching that it I
might occur. took the southbound train,
arriving here a little after o'clock in
the afternoon instead of a little after 6 /
rs he would had he come the usual way
and lost the morning connection at Wells
River.
The first war savings stamps flag in
Vermont was thrown to the breeze Mon
lay afternoon when one was displayed
rom the front of the National Life prop
arty, formerly known as the DeBoer
nome This is the building from which
he war savings campaign in Vermont is
,eing conducted f. A. Rowland, direc-
or of the work in Vermont, has sent for
ldyiee as To the expense of the flag.
These may be hung from any place
where the stamps are on sale and they
include banks, postofiices, railway sta
ions and other places.
Manager Raymond Ledden of the
Western Union office has received in
tructions relative TO cabling to foreign
which provide that where a
able is to be sent to a country with
Which the nation is at war the license of
he man sending the message, showing
hat he has authority to do business
nth that country. as we'll as the initials,
!. T. L., must be attached to the cable
he initials refer to the enemy trade
st, for which persons must have Ii
,nse in order TO do business in an enemy
ountry. If the instructions are not fol-
WED then the cable will not be for
arded
Gov. Fl, +. Graham viii leave Thurs
ay for Washington, d. c., where he will
.tend a conference relative to the coal
tuation in the New England states.
e will go with the other governors of
lie New England states, Governor Reyes
,ing day ahead because he has a CON
renee on other matters preceding the
al conference. The united efforts of
e governors will be used to get an i'm
owed condition in the states they rep
sent Vermont is in bad shape, al
ough probably not as bad as the 9TH
5; but the conditions do not bid fair
improve. In order to take this trip, =
nich is considered more important than
e addresses Gov. Graham was to make, pl
has cancelled three engagements, p{SS
mely, speaking at Forefathers' day in -
iddlebury, a patriotic meeting in Addi-
n, and a meeting of the board of CON "a
81 TO be held while he was in that part =
the state.
John Fowler of Plsinfield brought TO 81,
2 city to-day Is fox skins and IS skunk -
ms, representing value of about $500
st week he brought in $3.50 worth of :.
ins, including mink, skunk and fox. v.
In city court to-day a verdict for the -
lintiff to recover S2375 was returned n ma
the case of Frank Calcagni vs. Arthur on
Ills, alleged fraud in the sale of cow ba
The funeral of Mrs. Rachel Avery, who an an
d Sunday of pneumonia and a general wi
,aking down, was held this afternoon ha
North Calais, where she had lived for ire
NY years. Mrs. Dean Holt ofliciated. hi
5. Avery was about so years of age yor
4 she leaves no near relatives. her pa
ter, Mrs. Betsey March, having died oel
mi five weeks ago