The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-22
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

DIFFERENT SECTIONS
Alden Walker of Grafton observed hi
Goth birthday anniversary March ID.
The Grafton tavern, which has bee
closed all winter, will be opened abou
April |.
A few gallons of maple syrup hav
been put ON sale in Brattleboro, tn
price being rs cents higher than yea
ago.
AT the annual village meeting in Ben
nington March 20, it was voted to buy
three motor driven fire trucks at an ex
pense of $4,000.
The large quantity of pulp wood which
is being cut is given as the reason fol
the shortage of fire wood in East Hard
wick and vicinity.
Miss Dorothy Jocelyn, daughter Of
General and Mrs. S. p. Jocelyn of Bur,
lington, sailed from New York Satur-
day to do Red Cross work in France.
Charles Niles and Floyd Brown, stu
dents in the Brandon high school, were
burned Monday while they were exper-
imenting in making gunpowder in the
school laboratory.
Rev. Washington r. Laird, former
pastor in st. Johnsbury, has resigned
as pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of West Chester, Pa, where he
preached for % years.
Rev. Thomas w. Owens, who became
pastor OF the Methodist church in Brat
tleboro five years ago, has announced
that his pastorate there will end at the
close of the conference year.
The South Peacham creamery shipped
over 5000 pounds of butter to Boston
Saturday and Monday by express, not
daring to send it by freight because of
the threatened railroad strike.
After trying out the plan of closing
their stores Monday nights, at spe
cial meeting of the Business Mems as
ISOLATION, of Rutland, through public de-
mand it was decided to keep the stores
open on that night, as formerly.
Mrs. E. L. Nichols injured one eye so
seriously while chopping kindling wood
at her home in Bennington that it is
feared she will lose the sight. A stick
flew into her face, striking the eye, and
several large splinters were removed
from it by a physician.
Brandon selectmen have received
statement of the expense incurred in
building the underpass at that place last
year. The total expenditure was S27,-
39307. OF which the Rutland railroad
pays Sl7,s0549, the state $6,S40.27 and
the town of Brandon S2,7393l.
The Mortified Hotel company has been |
with Frank Plumey as pres
dent, John L. Moseley as treasurer and |
Walter c. Middlebrook, secretary. At a |
recent meeting it was voted to capital
ize for $4,000. making the shares S. |
each. Papers will be filed with the Sec
rotary of state at once and committees
have been elected to decide on a site
and transact other preliminary business.
By the will of the late Henry L. Leon
ard, the Methodist church of Brandon
Is to receive his home residence and lot,
which adjoin the church property, pro.
vided the church raises the sum of ST.
300 on or before July IL, 1917 possess
sion of the property to be given on that
late. The income is to be used to help
iefray the support of the pastor of the
,hurch.
Lemuel Page, native of Essex and
Teteran of the Civil war, died Tuesday
n Westboro, Mass, at the age of SO
7ears. When the war broke out he en-
listed in Co. /, 18th Vermont volun-
GERS. He saw service for four years in
nearly all the important battles and es-
sped without an injury He leaves three
Lemuel b. Page of Randolph
center, Eugene II. Page of Essex and
Archie Page of Waterbury.
George j. Dunklee, for more than 50
ears a resident of West Burke, died
farch Is in Denver, Col, at the home OF
lis son, where he had lived for the past
2 years. Mr.. Dunklee was known as
Mr. Longfellow" to the children of Den
err, because of his resemblance to that
oct. He would have been "a years old
ad he lived until June 25 He had never
cen i'll a day in his life and his death
'as merely a falling asleep, due to his
reat age Through northern Vermont
e was known as a skilled veterinarian
5 long as he lived here. Burial VIZ be
4 Lyndon Center
c. Z. Severance, road master on the St.
4 l.. c., says that road has not had
, fight the snow so much for IL years h
: this winter. Monday drifts 25 feet
Ugh were encountered over Walden way. 4
ccording to the snow record kept at the
t. Johnsbury museum, the first snowfall i.