The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-23


an electrical storm, caused Hyde Park to
be without electricity all last week.
Arthur Willard, Morrisville fisher
man, was found by the game warden
with eight short trout in his possession
and settled by paying fine of $50 and
costs.
Rev Frederick Buttery Of Norwich will
assume the rectorship of st. Marks
church in Newport Sept. |, taking the
place of Rev. Walter G. Bernard, who
resigns to accept a call from Brattle-
boro.
Mrs. Lavina Wakefield, an aged Bur
lington woman committed suicide at
her home Saturday, taking paris green
and also slashing her throat with ra-
zor. It is supposed she was respondent
over i'll health.
DR.. j. w. Courtney, Burlington doc
tor, has been notified OF his commission
as captain in the medical reserve corps
and is awaiting further orders, while DR..
T. S. Brown Of the same city, who pre-.
viously had been commissioned as a cap
tain, has been ordered to report at Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga, about Aug. /.
Leonard D. Wheeler Of the Wheeler
Bros. Co. of White River Junction has
announced his candidacy for nomination
as representative to the legislature from
the town Of Hartford, He is president Of
the First National bank and treasurer
of the 0ttaquechee Wooden company of
North Hartland.
Herman A. Howe, Brookline farmer,
has pleaded guilty to killing deer out of
season and was fined 800, but the fine
was RENTED and Howe was put on pro.
baton for year and six months. He
Is 80 years old, has a family and is not
IN prosperous condition financially.
Jars of sailed venison were found in the
cellar and deer's leg was found under
the barn.
One hundred thousand feet of oak has
been sold by the S. A. Smith Manufae-
turing company OF Brattleboro for gov
eminent use. The timber Is cut into
sticks Of various lengths and sizes and
is shipped to Gardner. II is not known
at the local factory for what branch of
the government work the contract was
placed. The oak is being taken from
that cut on the lot bought by the Smith
Co. some time ago Of Joel Flagg in Gull.
ford.
The family Of Frank French in Hyde.
vile is recovering from an illness caused
by using arsenate of lead instead Of bak-
ing powder. Mr.. French bought guam.
tity Of articles, flour and substitutes,
baking powder and, among other things,
a can of arsenate of lead He told his
wife to take care Of the lead, but in
some way she used it instead of the bak-
ing powder in preparing food to bake A
doctor had to be summoned, but all the
family are recovering now.
Charles A. Harris Of Brattleboro lost
his seven-passenger Hudson touring car
while his son, Fred, and daughter, Ev-
elyn, were attending a dance at Paragon
park, Nantasket beach, Saturday night.
Mrs. Harris and daughter went to Bos-
ton to visit the son, who is at the naval
aviation ground at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and it will
when the party came from the dance haIl
that the car was found missing. Boston
police are searching for it.
An automobile owned by J. Il, Lam
bert of Boston and occupied by him and
his family ran into and overturned
carriage with three occupants near North
Londonderry Sunday, while the car was
on its way from Manchester Mrs. Bert
Howe and two children of Peru were
sitting in the carriage by the side Of the
road while waiting for Mr.. Howe, and
the auto failed to turn out far enough
to avoid hitting 1t. All were thrown
out, one wheel was stripped off the
wagon and the horse ran short dis
lance. Mr.. Lambert offered to send
doctor and then it is alleged he made
of without revealing his identity or get
ting the physician. Telephone messages
resulted in his being arrested and he
settled by paying $50 damages.