The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-07

in pulley a few days ago and his cloth
ing was completely torn off, except his
shoes. He was badly bruised, but NJ
bones were broken.
The trustees of Leland and Gray sem
mary have purchased house in Town.
shend to be used as the residence of the
principal of the seminary. A. shortage
of tenements in the place made the step
seem advisable.
A. X. Rice of Suffield, Conn, aged 6J
years, has come back to Vermont, pur-
chased the farm in West Townshend
WHICH was his childhood home, and is
making sugar this spring He says he
is having the time of his life.
John, son CT Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Myers of Bennington, was seriously in
iured April 3 on q shaper in Benning-
ton shop. All four fingers, thumb and
palm of the right hand were badly torn
and bones in two fingers were broken.
Two of tho fingers were badly mangled
and amputation is probable.
One OF the New England performances
in 1875 years of the first American come
dy, "The Contrast" by Chief Justice
Royal Tyler of Vermont, is scheduled
to take place in Jordan hall of the New
England Conservatory of Music under
the auspices of the Drama league of Bis
ton Saturday evening, April 7.
I've I n4nin Of
Bellows Falls have three sons in Co. +
of that place, one of whom is Melvin,
the youngest boy in the company, aged
H. One Of the older boys, Herbert, who
enlisted April 5, had previously served
with Co. L and for three years was a
member of troop 4, 18th u. S. cavalry,
and saw service in the West and in the
Philippines.
George Bailey of North Danville, vet
eran in the Civil war, fell unconscious in
the street at st. Johnsbury April 5,
when he was there to see the guards
leave for Fort Ethan Allen. He was
talking of his own departure in 1861
when he fell. tie was revived and taken
home.
Eight year old Charles Kelley of Ben
nington tripped on a rocking chair in
his home and fell about a week ago, cut
ting his forehead. The injury did not
appear serious and court plaster was APP
piled, but several days later the place
became infamed and is now so bad that
it is feared blood poisoning will result.
The plans which had been begun for a |
state conference of older girls, similar
to the one for boys, have been aban- |
invited the state committee to hold the |
conference there on May 4, 5 and g. 1t
* now hoped that it may be held in the
,oming fall or winter.
The flying machine reported last week
from Dummerston, Brattleboro and
White River junction has been heard
from again, this time in Athens. Mr..
md Mrs. Samuel Smith of that place say
hat at $50 the morning of April
hey both distinctly saw machine,
which appeared TO be flying northward
over Bellows Falls.
f. c. Dixie gave a birthday dinner at
he Bristol house in Bristol Wednesday
light in honor of the Saith birthday an
liversary of Col. n. f. Dunshee, and of
lis own 10Th birthday. Mr.. Dixie and
Mr.. Dunshee are the two oldest mer-
hants in Bristol. For many years they
AVE entertained each other on their
birthdays, which come on the same date
Mrs. Bella Bolster, aged 10, who with {
Ter infant son, Floyd, was terribly !
'urned in their home in South London
erry March "a, died April 4 from her /
urns The baby died the night of the I
ccident. 1t is believed spark from
he stove fell into can of kerosene, j
which stood upon the floor, this causing I
n explosion which set the baby's clothes 7
n fire. Mrs. Bolster's clothing caught 4
re when she tried to extinguish the q
ames on the baby. t
Sugar makers in Townshend have ex-
erienced considerable difficulty with
eer, as they push the lids off the sap
tickets and drink the contents. Some
ave solved the problem by leaving a
nw buckets uncovered for their con-
enienee. Large numbers of deer have
cen seen close to the village streets
'ithin the past few days.
WILL HOLD A FAIR r