The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-14

George Wissell of Newark has !
boils.
Twenty-Five persons were baptized a
the First Baptist church in st. Alban
Sunday, 10 in the morning and II 1
the evening.
In Brattleboro a canvass Nov. 10 raise,
5000 for Armenian and Syrian reliei
and the returns were not all in when tn
amount was totalled.
The Durham Brothers Co. in Brattle
boro is preparing a shipment of l0,6O|
pairs of shoes to be sent to Russia. They
must be ready to ship Nov. "a
DR.. F. s. ToIman has resigned the pas
torate of the Baptist church at st
Johnsbury to accept that of the Baptist
church at Randolph, where he will begin
his duties Dec. l.
To avoid hitting and perhaps fatally
injuring motor cyclist in Burlington
Nov IL, +. E. Parent of that city ran
his automobile into an electric car, dam
aging both considerably.
N. w. Parker, for six months secretary
of the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. at Island
Pond, has been appointed to work at the
Brooklyn navy yard. For ten years he
/ has been in Y. M. c. A. work.
Mrs. Alma Clark, wife of A. ]. Clark, a
Hyde Park merchant, died suddenly Sat
urday night of acute indigestion. She
was talking to her fourweek old infant
when she fell over dead. Her age was 81
years.
A roll of honor containing the names
of the nine men who have enlisted iro1a-
the Episcopal church at Bellows Falls
was dedicated Sunday and service flag
containing nine stars was hung outside
the church.
While running threshing machine re-
Gently in Brandon, Joseph Mills of Fow.
Ter stepped onto the frame to hasten the
feed and stepped one foot into the hop
per. His foot and leg were mangled and
crushed almost to the knee before the
machine was stopped and at the hospital
his leg was amputated below the knee.
Several men worked all day Saturday
to get two cows and their calves from
a Stratton pasture, and finally succeed |
ed in getting one calf Monday morning |
Ernest Pike went on horseback and alone |
to the pasture and in less than an hour |
had the two cows and the other calf |
down and in the barn.
Clayton f. Fisher, graduate of Nor
witch university, who has been training
for the Unit I'd States signal corps at
N. Y, has been commits
stoned first lieutenant in the signal off
GERS reserve corps and expects to be as
signed TO technical work at Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Alpine Luce observed
their 50th wedding anniversary at their
home in Stowe Saturday. They were the
third couple in Stowe who have cele-
1rated their golden wedding anniversary
within a month The other couples were
Mr.. and Mrs. Presson K. Gale and Mr.
md Mrs. Henry T. Raymond.
Next Thursday will occur the dedica
ion of the new free bridge between New.
ury and Haverhill, n. H. Governor Ora
df1 Will hptdh lbT vermont anu Tower
or Keyes for New Hampshire The
ridge, which is of steel and cement, cost
yer $4,000 and takes the place of the !
Id toll bridge.
A young farmer in the vicinity of East a
'harlotte had last spring two ewes of the ;,
oarse wool breed. Both ewes raised !
win lambs this season. This fall the p
our lambs We're sold for $63.S9, and the P
eeces from the two ewes were sold for y
7.2l, making the handsome income for u
he season of SLID. Such prices should a
Emulate sheep husbandry. Yet the
Dung man has left the farm and has
one to Burlington to work. =
Mrs. P. w. Rancourt of Vernon was
ljured in peculiar manner at her home
few days ago The auto truck belong q
lg to the family was being backed to
ne steps with stove and Mrs. Ran
,urt stood on the steps. The driver
lrew in the clutch too quickly and the
lr jumped backwards, catching Mrs
ancourt's leg between the truck and the
,orstep. AT the hospital it was found o.
lat the leg was fractured &C
e,
Miss A. May Lentell, for nine months p
'sistant superintendent, of the Brattle- in
,ro Memorial hospital, has gone to the V
export naval hospital. being an en- tn
sted Red Cross nurse. Miss Lentell re-
Irned last winter from abroad where At
lie went with the first Red Cross unit n
ON Massachusetts. She was chief nurse n
LeTagne, Belgium. Miss Elizabeth ~
r.