The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-23
RANDOLPH
Sensation Caused By Finding Dynamite
Under a Board.

| Onuci Doaius
Children playing on the land of Lyman
Hutchinson on Randolph avenue discov'
cred on Sunday under board which is
over an abandoned well formerly used by
the Abbott mill, box containing some
brass caps These were found to be full
minating caps, such as are used to ex'
| plode dynamite. The caps were passed
over to some men, who upon further in
vestigation, found under the same cover
ing four and half sticks of dynamite
and two fuses. Mr.. Hutchinson at once
informed D. d. Howe, the sheriff, who
took with him Mr.. Little, who is accus-
toned to handling dynamite, and they
took the sticks from their place. The
caps were bright and the dynamite indi-
Gated that they had not been long there,
and small piece of fuse upon being de-
tached burnt Mr. Howe took the same
into his possession and will try to solve
the mystery.
Mrs. Lewis Williams of Bethel arrived
here on Thursday to remain with her
mother, Mrs. l.. A. Jerd, for few days
visit.
Mrs. Florence Osteyee, who has been
in Springfield, Mass, for the last ten
days while visiting her sons, returned
home on Thursday.
Willard Dickinson has been the guest
of his aunt, Mrs. NJ. M. Wilson, this
week. He has been commissioned a pilot
in the dirigible balloon service of the Z.
s. A., and is now stationed at Rock
ville Conn.
+. II. Dewart of Burlington, civil
engineer, has been in town this week on
a business trip.
Miss Elsie Stebbins of Claremont, N.
H., was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
d. Gibbs this week.
NJ. T. Merrill will soon move from this
place to Bethel where he is to have work
on the railroad section.
G. A. Clough, formerly of Braintree,
has received news OF the safe arrival of
his son, Storrs Clough, in France. Storrs
is seaman in naval service and went
over on the Amerika.
w. T.. Rand, for the last seventeen
years mail carrier on route No. |, has
his position, to take effect Nov
30. Mr.. Rand has other positions which
he is investigating, two of which are in
Boston. His family will pass the winter
here, and the time until his son, Ralph,
graduates at the high school in June
Harold Gilman and Roy Bragg, who
went as alternates to South Royalton |
Wednesday, have returned, they not be- !
ing needed at this time, Dean Wiley and |
Henry Race went on with the others to |
Aver, Mass, where they will go in train
ng.
Mrs. II. r. Woods has received news |
IF the safe arrival of her son, Golden X |
Prentice, in France.
? Ten ladies from East Braintree and |
West Brookfeld were at the home of |
Mrs. j. p. Clifford last Saturday to re-
GIVE instructions in making surgical |
lressing.
The bear which Elmer Wilson killed
n Braintree weighed 4O2 pounds instead
If 300 pounds which was at first report +
d, and it measured, when hung in the
erd market, seven feet. George Mud
'ett purchased the hide, and the Jerd
'rothers will sell the meat from their
market
The last meeting of the Red Cross So
iety was attended by about forty-fve
aides. The usual business of the soci-
ty was observed and a gift of SO was
eceiyed from Mrs. A. A. Priest Fol- Il
owing the business it was announced
hat very fine concert would be given
or the benefit of the society next week,
nd Mrs. +. T. Salisbury reported from
be state meeting at Burlington
John Larock, who has been eoachman
Or c. F. Moulton for several years, has
nished work, and about Dec. will