The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-29

ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT ELECTIONS
The Congregational church of Barto
celebrated its Tooth anniversary Sept
81.
The new clubhouse Of the Champls
Country club at Swanton will be read,
for occupancy before Nov. ].
Joe Fountain picked a tomato from
self.sown plant at his home in Wilde
which weighed one and three.fourth
pounds.
At the last concert by the Springfield
the leader, rendered cornet solo anC
also duet with her father.
Pupils OF the home economics depart
ment of the Burlington high school hay,
canned nine bushels of string beans
harvested from the school plot.
The Tauber & Ryttenberg factory in
Waterbury has a large war order for
khaki shirts and large number OF
girls are soon TO be employed there.
In the interest Of church cooperation
and fuel.saving, the Christian Endeavor
societies of the Congregational and Bsp.
fist churchs in West Rutland are to
hold union meetings this winter.
N, D. Bickford raised eight acres of
squashes at his farm in Randolph Cen
ter this season, or about so tons, which
he took TO the canning factory at Ran.
dolph.
Raymond Miner is recovering from in
fantile paralysis at A. E. Shermurne's in
North Pomfret. The schools there and
in Hewittville have been closed for two
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ Tobin have had
in the public school of Swanton one or
more children in attendance for 81 con-
secutive years, without a break of
single term.
Mrs Henry Heath is Newbury's ban
ner knitter. She has completed 10 pairs
of socks for the soldiers. Mrs Robert
Lang and Mrs. Studley of the same
place have together knitted II pairs.
Capt. A. V. Seferovitch of Nyack, N
Y, consul of Montenegro, is spending a
month in Hinesburg, for the hunting
season. The French consul. Louis Net
tement of New York City, is to join
him for the outing.
Rev. Harry ]. Newton, formerly pas
ton of the Bradford Congregational I
church, has been given a years leave of I
absence from the church of Salem, Mass.
and viii sail for France next month
to do Y. NJ. c. A. work.
At the Postal Telegraph office in Bur
lington, girls are being hired as day
messengers, their pay being 20 per
month. This was made necessary by
shortage of boys and such action is quite
general throughout the country. Boys
are still employed for night work.
Because the teacher of the Hazcn
road school in Greensboro was taken i'll
after one week of school and Cancelled
her engagement, pupils in that district
are being transported to the village, as
no other teacher could be found on such
short notice.
T. D. Leonard of Clarendon is exhibit |
ing freak of nature in cluster of :
rars of corn numbering about 20 While
all are small and only partially deyel
oped, the kernels on each are ripe and
If normal size. The cluster resembles
bunch of small bananas All the ears a
grew from a single stalk. il
At surprise party given M. L. Dill
ingham in Stowe few days ago in hon
Dr. of his S5th birthday anniversary, q
here were present William Atkins. aged y
2; James Sleeper, 70 Daniel Daley, =
IS, ]. o. Freeman rs; w. M. Wood h
ward, IA Henry Stone, "a; and DR.. f. i.
!. Foster, 20.
The office and printing business of the n
springfield Reporter is to be removed :
rom the Bank block to the Furber
ouse, so-called, where two-story ad
ition, brick veneered, will furnish, with
he house itself, where the partitions
viii be removed, convenient and we'll
GIFTED quarters. The rooms vacated by
he Reporter will be used for mercan-
lie purposes.
Alex. j. Shannon, Chauffeur for w. d. II
yoolson of Springfield narrowly es- Z
aped asphyxiation in the garage on the r
lace, after starting the engine of the u
ar in the closed building. He became =
nconscious and undoubtedly his life was y
aved by the coming of young girls from Y
ne house to see some puppies which +
ere in the garage. He has been at G.
he hospital since the accident, being 9
'eated for the effects of the gas upon -
IS heart.
RED CEDAR SHINGLES
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