The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31

John Burley of Hinesburg, aged 81
years, has trapped about $50 worth OF
fur SO far this winter
II. G. Crosby was recently reelected
as present of the Congregational Sun
day school in Brattleboro for the 30th
year.
The work of cutting about 400 cords
of wood on the lot owned by the Fitz-
gerald Lumber company on johnson
mountain in johnson, has been about
completed.
Through the free dispensary in Bur.
lington, 1920 charity cases were cared
for from Jan. 80, 1915, to Jan. |, 1917.
Among all the cases looked after, there
were only 10 deaths.
A. A. Sanders shot and killed a snowy
owl in Orwell few days ago. which
measured nearly five feet from tip to
tip of wings. He will have it mounted.
1t is thought this is the same owl which
had been seen about Orwell for the past
eight or ten years, which has often been
mark for hunters.
The chiropractors of Vermont met in
Rutland Saturday and formed state or
ganization with the following officers:
President, w. B. Gage, Rutland; secre-
tary and treasurer, Mrs. T, Mae Gage,
Barre; board of trustees, c. w. Brooks,
Bellows Falls, F. C. Kaatz, Burlington,
Frank f. Bemis, st. Adams, George B.
Gage, Barre, Mrs. Edna Kaatz, Burling
ton.
Charles A. Buss of Burlington, gro
GER, filed petition in bankruptcy with
Clerk f. S. Platt of the United States
court. His liabilities are $927.S5 and
he has assets of S732.07 of which sos is
claimed exempt. A petition has also
been filed by Bertram Perrier of st.
Johnsbury, laborer. His debts aggre
gate $306.6l and he has assets of $204,
with $500 claimed exempt.
Two of the four deer kept at the sum
mer home of G.. Tracy Rogers of Rutland |
at Chittenden were found dead Mon
day, there being suspicion that they were
poisoned. The matter has been put in
the hands of States Attorney Poulin of |
Rutland The deer were year and |
two ear-old buck and seemed all right I
Sunday afternoon when they were fed.
One of the two remaining deer is sick.
Miss Lucina Lyon, who died recently |
in Burlington at the age of 81 years, had
been blind from girlhood. The injury
to her eye was caused in peculiar way.
She was playing with some companions
when she ran against table fork, which
had been thrust through door. Infam-
nation set in, the sight of that eye was
lost and the trouble spread to the other
one. After an operation, she became to-
tally blind. She busted herself for many
years by knitting, and her skill was SO
great that people came from miles
around to have her make articles for
them
A reward has been offered in Rutland
for the name of the person so void of
kindness to dumb animals as to cruelty
mistreat them. Several valuable dogs in
that city have been poisoned lately, but
the latest mode of torture and the one
which may bring trouble to someone if
they are apprehended is the pouring of i,
boiling water on the four-footed ami !
mails. A Scotch collie belonging to Miss :
Valera Seward has suffered from the ,
scalding bath and on three different oc- :
casions full blooded Scotch collie, be- J
longing to Mrs James E. Kilburn, has
been cruelty burned. At present the an =
imal is at the hospital of Rutland vet =
Urinary and is in critical condition. !
Patches of fur and flesh as large as the !;
hand have dropped off the dog, which is
a valuable one. When puppy he was h
sold in New York for $3.50 and was a o
gift to Mrs. Kilburn. Mrs. Kilburn has a
offered reward of $25 for information !,
leading to the conviction of the guilty /,
party. In