The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-22
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

There is one case of scarlet fever at
Camp Vail, Lyndonville, and the boys
are in quarantine.
Z. NJ. Holden has been appointed mu-
nicipal Judge in Bennington, vice ID, A.
Guiltinan, deceased
Rev Thomas Stratton, formerly pas.
tor of the Universalist church in Rut.
land, was installed Sunday as pastor of
the church of the same denomination in
Woodstock.
C. T. Maynard, for II years chief en-.
gineer for the Vermont Marble company
at Proctor, has resigned and leaves soon
for Rumford, Me-, TO take position as
engineer for the Rumford Falls Power
company.
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a bridge in Grafton collapsed a few
days ago when a loaded team belonging
to Frank Smith and driven by John Rice
was passing over it. The horses were in
jured, one OF them severely, and Mr..
Rice was also injured.
Ernest r. Bemis, AZ, employed with
the Vermont Phoenix and Brattleboro
Reformer in Brattleboro since 1883, died
there June 10, after several months OF
failing health. Mr.. Bemis was an ex
pert in all departments Of the business,
Fred Knights of North Bennington
was injured in the factory of the II. c.
White company there June 10, having a
fractured jaw and scalp wounds, and
possibly fractured skull. A load of
lumber fell from car, about 1000 feet |
of it, pinning Knights against wall. !
He is about 20 years old.
DR.. F. T. Kidder of Woodstock, a |
member of the state board of health, at |
the request of the war department, has |
been at Saxtons River looking over the |
possibilities Of Vermont academy az the |
site of an army hospital. The insti- |
tuition was suspended as school three
years ago. The plant consists of six or
eight buildings and the location is finely
adapted to hospital purposes.
Mrs. Mary L. Henshaaw, mother of
Miss Mary d. Henshaw, assistant prin
cipal of the Brattleboro high school, died
in Brattleboro June 20 after a shock.
She was born in Hudson, O., and in 1864
married Marshall Henshaw, principal of
Williston seminary in Easthampton,
Mass. Later Mr.. Henshaw became pro-
fessor at Amherst and died in that place
in 1900 For Is years Mrs. Henshaw
had lived in Brattleboro with her daugh-
ter.
The five ounces Of wool from the flock
of sheep kept on the White House
grounds at Washington, which Harry
c. Roster of Bennington secured, when
the 1925 bid by four Bennington man {
ufacturers was the only bid made, has
been sold by Mr.. Roster in part to Mr..
Drysdale of that place, who purchased
it as a keepsake for his children. The I
check in payment for it was turned over |
to the Red Cross. In some states the
five ounces of wool sold for 500 an
ounce. 9
All the buildings on the farm of !
George n. Crosby of Dummerston were :
destroyed by fire at 80 a. m. Thurs !,
day. Mrs. Crosby was away visiting and :
Mr.. Crosby was alone in the house. Prac- :
tically all the contents of the house were
burned, but the livestock was removed I,
from the barn, so that none burned ex- =
cept few hens. The loss is estimated at !
SO 500 with 81 900 insurance. 1t is sup !,
posed the fire started from chimney, as
the smell of SCOT was noticed Wednes-
day afternoon and evening, but no fire
could be found then.