The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-30

A fire which started IN the ash pi
of The boiler room nj the plant OF tn
international Paper company In BELOW
Falls Jan. 2S caused damage oil sluu'
Tn TO date some l75 frozen metre'
have been taken out of Burlington resi-
dences, every metre taken out haNihl
been found broken or otherwise damaged
This number is record,
Mrs. Hvacinthe Lanthlcr, aged 10, an
honorary member of the ~. Johnspury
Red Cross, is knitting her 50th pair Of
socks for the Red Cross, and this par
ticular pair IL designed for Chaplain
Paul Dwight Moody.
Three hundred thousand lake trout
eggs have recently been brought into
Vermont from Albany, n. Y, 100000
going TO the Roxbury fish hatchery and
like amount 10 the Bennington and
Canaan hatcheries.
James Martin, for 20 years an engi.
neer on the Central Vermont railroad
and for 30 years on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford road died at Fall
River, Mass, Jan. "a. He was II years
old. The funeral and burial were in
Richmond.
The two-year. old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Winn of st. Johnsbury was badly
scalded Jan. 26 when he fell into pail
Of hot water. The mother had filled
the mop pail and while her back was
turned for moment the child sat down
in the scalding water His body was ter
rbly burned, and although he rallied
somewhat for the next few days the out
come is in doubt.
The Vermont Milk Chocolate company
at Burlington has received a rush order
from the Belgian relief commission in
New York for 10000 pounds of sweet
chocolate and 600 tons of cocoa, the lat
ter to be delivered within three months
John Walker president of the chocolate
company, announces that the new order
will keep the plant going night and day, |
including Sundays, for four months to
complete the orders.
j.. f. Hills of Middlesex lost valuable |
horse as the result of an accident which |
happened in the woods. The animal, one
of pair of big grays, fell in the deep
snow and its side was punctured by n
small tree which had been broken off |
and was sticking up. The tree trunk en-
tered the horses side for about 10 inches,
and the animal died shortly after. hr.
Hill valued the horse at over $500.
In the vicinity of Vernon and Newfaue
dogs are chasing and killing deer The
- ctr apatuh 70 baar tho
dogs but not the deer, which gives the
former a distinct advantage. One dog
in Vernon was seen chasing a herd of
five deer. Attempts to shoot it failed.
but two other dogs were rounded up and {
four dead or dying deer, mangled by
dogs, were found between Williamsville I
station and Newfane.
Vermont as a state, has far out dis
tanced New Hampshire in the knitted I
goods, surgical dressings and hospital S
produced during the month of I
December, according to the New England
igures, received by Secretary II. S. How J
lrd of the state chapter. Vermont sent !
nut 9,749 knitted goods against New ;
9,32l; 1880 surgical dress /
ngs against New Hampshire's so, l65 and u
f,ooo hospltdi SdiHeHlS against new | !,
Las. /
Fred, Peter and Thomas Hall, three 0
and Fred Frasier of South g
Vheelock, are in Caledonia county jail
o await trial for alleged burglary. AT =
hearing in st. Johnsbury they We're ;
'ound over to the June term Of county 9
curt. They are charged with having e
roken into the summer home of Stephen n
Waterman of Providence, r. L. at North .
)anviIle and with taking number of Il
aluable articles, including silver serv .
&c, china, bedding and go pounds of SUI u
ar. u
Vallingford Man Found beaded in Bed. "