The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-06
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Harley Kaiser found some pussy viii
lows in Stowe March 3
John Cox of Searsburg, aged 80, is in
the North Adams, Mass, hospital with
both feet so badly frozen that he may
lose them.
-Four hogs nave died at the Ethan AL
len farm in Burlington from eating
broken glass. which was in swill col
.ecteG from house to house.
The number of prisoners at the state
prison in Windsor is considerably small
er than for the past two or three years,
there being l6S, of whom IL are women.
More than $l50000 has been sub
scribed towards the building of a choco-
late factory in Burlington and it be-
gins to look as if that city would get
the business
On account of the scarcity OF coal this
winter, the National Acme company of
Windsor has bought four ears of it and
distributed it among the employees of
the company.
Wilmington is hard pressed for liv-
ing quarters for The men employed there,
many being unable to bring their fam
lilies for want of suitable tenements, and
even single rooms are at a premium
Rev. George Fl. Bennett has resigned
ms pastor OF Christ church in Island
Pond and will not take another charge
Tor about three months, spending the
intervening time in Boston and New
York.
George T. Hazen, for SO years ticket
and freight agent for the Boston &
Maine and Central Vermont systems at
Windsor, has been relieved from the
duties of the freight department at his
request
Harold A. Pinney of Rutland has just
completed two yiolins, and it is alleged
that Mr. Pinney is the youngest violin
maker in the country. Expert violinists
have remarked on the excellence of the
Instruments.
ExGov. Samuel L. Pingree of Hart
ford undoubtedly holds the record of
being town clerk for longer period
than any other man in New England, as
he has completed term of 81 years. He
is So years old.
While repairs were being made on a |
gasoline tank in the basement of an Es- |
sex Junction hardware store recently, an |
explosion occurred which threw LOYAL |
Remington Is feet and badly burned the |
face and hands of Elmer Taft The ex-
plosion also blew out four windows in
the basement
The senior play at Mt Holyoke college,
THE Owls Feather" was given Friday
evening and is of especial interest to
termonters in that Miss Clarissa Gibson
Of East Ryegate suggested the plot, for
the play, which was written by Helen
Mobert of Windsor, Conn, and Gladys
Whitehill of Watertown, Conn. Miss
Rosabel Miller of Brattleboro took one
Of the principal parts in the play.
Two employees of the Deeerfield Lum-
Der corporation at Deerfeld, Wilfred
Lefebre, aged Is, and George Remick, were
injured when the roof on a shed collapsed
Ind fell on them. Its weight, covered
with watersoaked snow and ice was con-
siderable. Lefebre has compound frac-
ure of one leg, which may cause him to
ose that member. He is at a North
Adams, Mass, hospital. Remiek suf-
cred mostly from the shock. l
Windsor claims she has basketball
player Arthur l.. Bradbury, who has ,
established a world record in making 81 .
baskets in one game, 20 baskets, made ;
~ Montpelier player, having been con-
idered the record number up to game ,
n Windsor Feb. "a, between the team !
# that place and one from Bethel, when
Bradbury made 81. :
In the darkness and unbeknown to e
leighbors, an unoccupied house at the /
orner of Cherry and South Champlain |
treet in Burlington has been torn down '
" degrees until only the shell remains. f
few clapboards at a time have been r
appropriated, evidently to keep some. /
ody's fire going this winter, until any K
hing removable has been taken as far u
S persons arm could reach. ?
tar Grange Association Has a Success !,
full Year. O
The council of the Star Grange asso-
Iation held its first annual meeting in
.gricultural hall, Randolph Center, on :
thursday, March |. The association in =
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