The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-05
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
The library in Lyndonyille has beer
closed indefinitely on account OF the Goa
situation
The question of whether the RUTLAND
county fair will Le held this year has moi
vet been decided.
Fred A. Robinson and Charles kinsmar
of Rochester are with A. i, Batcheldei
at Dunedin, Fla.
The Unitarian and Universalist
churches OF Brattlebofo will unite FOR
III Sundays the rest of the winter to
save coal.
Little Paul Gouthey of East Arlington
was hurt while sliding recently, running
into barbed wire fence and cutting his
face
For $50 900, Fred u. Fuller has sold
to Harry Parker of Johnson all of his
timber land in the town of Eden, GOV.
ering 500 acres.
One Brandon farmer reports that he
had about 200 bushels of potatoes and
several barrels of apples frozen in his
cellar during the past few day.,
The hotel in Hyde Park got entirely
out of coal, but the town authorities
sold some of their supply to keep the
hostelry going until more arrived.
NJ. S. lash of Burlington has been
arrested on a charge of purchasing gov
eminent property from soldiers, the prop
erty consisting of shoes, Bail of $500
for his later appearance was furnished.
Mellen Goodenough aged II, we'll
known farmer of West Brattleboro and
n lifelong resident there, died Jan. of
double pneumonia. lie was the last sur
vivor of family of six children and left
mo nearer relatives than nephews and
nieces.
Miss Grace Wright and Winfred +. |
Burbank, the latter reporter of the
Brattleboro Reformer, were married i'll
that village Wednesday evening. Mr., |
Burbank has been in newspaper work |
several years and has a large acquaint |
ance throughout New England.
The Methodist church in Morrisville |
is in a thriving condition and last Sun
day in spite of the severe elod ten differ
ent families from outside the village
came to the morning service, OF these,
two families came from four to six miles
Rev. George W. Peck. pastor of the
Baptist church of Rutland, who left Jan.
3 for three months service in Y. NJ. c.
A. work at Camp Meade, Annapolis June.
ton, Maryland was presented 800 in
money at the annual church meeting
Wednesday evening.
In spite Of the extreme cold, % mem
hers and guests of the Green Mountain
slub of Bennington celebrated New
Years day by an outing at Hell Hollow,
With snowshoe trips, skiing and tobogan
1ing, the latter resulting in sprained
ankle for Miss Irene Murphy.
Charles William Written of East Gran
Vile and Miss Blanche Elizabeth Bis
'onette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. n. II.
3issonette of Burlington, We're married at
he brides home New Years night. Mr..
Written is accountant for the Eastern :
Tale company at East Granville a
When everyone else in Barnet was
bundled up to their eyes in wraps. {
lanes Gilfilan, aged % years, went c
Town to the postoffice one of the coolest z
lays last week without even an over
'oat on He is one of the towns oldest
inhabitants and one of the best preserved.
Rev. Z. M. Holman of Fairfield, Me-.
las declined a call to the pastorate of :
he Union Baptist church in Lyndon and /
he church has now extended a call to 0
Rev. A. B. Woodwork of Providence, s
+ l., who preached in Lyndon last Sun
ley. :
A st. Johnsbury man declares that
e said last fall we should have cold
weather. the first of the winter, for he
oticed that the front half of caterpil- / 4
ars was darker colored than the back =
art, a sure sign, he says, that the cold q
st part of the winter will come early. y
A strange bird seen futterng about p
honeysuckle vine at the home of Mrs.
:. A. Pierce in Westminster last week
'as identified by means of bird book
$ an American titlarlS. supposed to be
n arctic bird, which spends the winter
| the United States. The bird feasted II
n the frozen berries on the vine, appear W
lg half starved NJ
ell
J. NJ. McTeevers of st. Adams went fo
, White River Junction Jan. . in re. m
ponse to n call for more help in the
entral Vermont railroad yard He was =
ssigned to night duty and during the
rst few hours of his work he slipped and
I'll onto the point of low switch near
he American house, injuring himself Sc tn
srely. He was sent back to st. Adams ~
! the night train. ia