The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-19

ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST IRON
DIFFERENT OcroNs
Pigs and vegetables are 20 figure large
ly in an exhibit which boys and girls {
Middlebury are 70 stage Oct, 4.
Brandon has chapter Of the Daugl
ters of the American Revolution, LAX
Dunmore chapter having been chsrtere
recently.
Over 1000 men and boys participate
In a Holy Name procession to Catholi
churches in Rutland Sunday,
When three trainloads of troops passe,
through St Johnsbury Saturday, ever!
last soldier was supplied with cigarette
by the Commercial club.
Chittenden county drafted men will b,
the guests at a banquet given in tn,
Sherwood hotel, Burlington, tonight.
G. c. Jones, recently elected president
of the Grand Trunk railway lines. left
st. Adams to make his home in Toronto
Ont, Sunday,
Burlington school children to the mum
Der of OILS have enlisted in the Patriotic
league and will do war work
Veterinarians have diagnosed as black.
leg the ailment which has been taking
toll Of Stowe cattle.
The Vermont volunteer militia com
papy of Bellows Falls marched to Barber
park Saturday, enjoyed an outdoor din
ner and then drilled.
When on duty about the State House
officers of the state military department
must wear their uniform, according to
an order issued by Gov. Graham.
Before any of the missiles had chance
toamiscarry in the direction of pedes-
TRANS, Burlington police broke up a
crowd of boomerang throwers recently.
Island Pond and Charleston checker
players recently met for an old fash
Toned tournament over the boards and
followed up the friendly clash by dining
together.
Springfield loses capable superin-
tendent of streets and water through
the resignation of William Devanny, who
is going back to his former home in
Pittsfeld.
At the Mcintosh home in Bethel Gil.
cad recently the Tooth anniversary of the
settling of the farm by that family was
celebrated.
Deputy .sheriffs hunting for gambling
devices found an, alleged illegal ma
chine at Meehan park, Lake Dunmore.
Mrs. Henry o. Nahum of Bristol hears
that her son, Ward Colby, has worked
his way up from a private to captain in
the qpartermaster corps of the regular |
army, al in comparatively short time.
Returning from a trip through Nova
Scotia, Merritt Hurd of Yergennes finds
the natives intensely loyal to the cause
OF the allies, many families having con.
tributed from one to four sons.
Rutland. physicians call attention to
the fact that many people of that city
are suffering from colds at the present
time and As in previous Septembers,
when the annual carnival was omitted,
thus proving that the so-called carnival"
colds "due to confetti and the dust" were
the products of vivid imagination.
Surrounded by their children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Danyow of Vergennes cele-
brated their golden wedding anniversary
Monday.
Redfeld Proctor has received a com
mission as captain in the engineering :
corps and sails for France in the near
future.
Norwich university began its Goth wear
yesterday but large number of up
perclassnnen were not in their wonted I
places. because of the war.
The family OF Rev W. L. Bocoiurt,
w etei gty AofiSltRhIiOHAHst clergyman
slated, TO do Y! NJ. G. A. work abroad.
hears that he has arrived safely in +
France.
". n. Crockett, general publicity man I
for the state, is in Springfield, Mass,
comforting with officials of the Eastern !
States Industrial and Agricultural ex.
position in regard to the Vermont ex- I
hibit.
Converse hall at the state university is
10 be utilized as barracks, the rooms :
to be used by members of the signal :,
.orps
Haven Bullard, son of u. s. District I
Attorney V. A. Billiard of Burlington, is
/ member of the first Windsor county =,
contingent In the national army group
It Camp Devens. :,
Clarence Buddington Kelland, who has - -
written popular serials for the Saturday -
evening Post, IS to move soon from viii, =
ningtoh to Long Island -
William Dudley Pelley. formerly en-. "