The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-17

visited his native town of Greensboro
last week, after an absence OF 5s years
and hardly recognized the place.
A COW with a broken leg was being
loaded on the stock train at st. Johns.
bury the first of the week, when the po-
lice took a hand and the animal was
shot.
The annual banquet will be omitted
from the usual commencement program
at Stowe this year, the price per plate
being invested in war savings stamps or
Liberty bonds.
Darius Fletcher of Felchervile has dug
Is bushels of potatoes which We're left
In the ground all winter and finds them
superior in every way to those kept in
the cellar for that time.
Mrs Frank West of st. Johnsbury,
whose husband died May 8 in France, re-
ceived Monday a letter of coincidence
from King George of England. Mr.. West
was in Canadian regiment.
Two big trout were taken from the
Lamoille river at Hyde Park recently
by Harry Foss, one steel head, which
weighed four pounds and seven ounces,
and the other a rainbow, which weighed
three pounds and one ounce,
OF the ST. 900 asked from Vermont for
the work of the American Woman's Hos
pital association, a little over $500 has
been raised. DR.. Grace Sherwood OF Bur-
hngton is the chairman in Vermont in
the campaign.
The following Vermonters have been
accepted for the aviation department of
the signal enlisted reserve corps and
have been ordered to report for active
service and training at Princeton uni
versity not later than June i: Edward
L. knight, South Royalton; Hugh c.
Perkins, Rutland; William R. Brewster,
Middlebury; Harry r. Jenne, Newport
Edwin C. Weinreber, Rutland.
Nine hundred cavalrymen from various |
environments throughout the country |
have arrived at Fort Ethan Allen. These |
men are the advance guard of regi- !
ment that will be formed at the fort and |
their arrival is supposed to clear away |
the rumor that regiment of men of |
German birth would be sent there this
summer
Announcement was made at Dart
mouth college, Hanover, N. H., this week
of the name of the donor of the Sl0-
600 organ in Rollins chapel, which was
used for the first time publicly and dedi-
Gated at the annual Sing Out exercises
at the college Sunday afternoon The
donor is General Frank S. Streeter, IA,
of Concord, N. H., trustee of the col
lege and former st. Johnsbury boy
William and Cheney Williams of Will
Evansville have accomplished remark
able amount of knitting for the Red
Gross, and William, aged 10 years, has
recently turned in pair of socks per
fectly knit and with heels turned and
toes finished without help. The two
boys, the other of whom is 70 years old,
have knitted two helmets, three pairs of
wristers, five nurses bath mitts, four
eight-inch squares and each has a sweat !
er nearly finished. They have also pieced
one quilt.
Lyndon Barnet and Monroe, n H..
suffered much from Friday nights storm. !.
In Lyndon, two barns belonging to
George P. Ide were wrecked. The sugar
house and other buildings on the Ell
lery Gray farm were demolished and
two barns were partially unroofed
Frank Trefren in the same town lost
shed and the new barn on the Joseph 4
Randall farm was completely unroofed | !
G. B. Bradshaws barn was lifted, car
ried about ten feet and deposited in
many sections. In Monroe, n. H.. just ?
across the state line, Freeman Johnson's
large stock barn was blown down and
seven head of valuable stock were killed.
On the road from Concord Corner TO v
Lower Waterford four silos were blown a
down and chimneys, roofs and sheds i
were scattered about promiscuously W
Donald Wilson was hit on the head by A
flying board as he ran from the barn to
the house and for nearly two hours he
was unconscious |