The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-30
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT sEcTIoNs

The opening of the University of Yer
mont at Burlington again has been post
poned this time to Nov Z.
Mrs. Walter Boomhower, wife of ont
of the officers of the Vermont industrial
school at Vergennes, died last week o.
pneumonia.
George G, Walsh, private at Camr
Meade, Md, who was arrested in Bnr.
lington on the change of forging checks
has been taken back TO camp. where tbt
military authorities will deal with him
A shipment Of LOO pounds Of nut
shells and fruit stones was made from
Brattleboro last week and another truck
load will be sent soon. These are for
government use in making masks for
soldiers.
Five unusually lasye ok logs cut on
the Hale company's timber lot in the
town Of Sunderland were recently hauled
to the company's factory at East Airing
ton. From the five sticks $500 feet of
lumber was sawed
Dr. N. r. Caldwell has been commits.
stoned acting health officer in Buring
ton under DR.. G. r. Dalton of the state
board of health, until permanent officer
is appointed to succeed DR.. Francis En-.
mis-, who died fewjdays ago.
Influenza conditions throughout the
state are much improved and it is ex-
pected the ban ON public gatherings will
be removed next Sunday automatically
except in communities where local CON
ditions require longer quarantine,
Last Sunday Rev. A. A. Mandigo of
st. Johnsbury, secretary of the Vermont
Methodist conference, Rev, F w. Hazen
of the Congregational church and eigh-
teen others dug and stored the potato
crop Of neighbor who was i'll with
pneumonia.
Frederick N. King, jr. son of y. NJ King
Of North Clarendon, while riding horse
back Wednesday evening was thrown. of
the horse against tree, when the ami
NAL became frightened at an automobll
truck Kings leg was broken below tn,
knee and he was bruised.
Peter Teelon, teamster for the Yer.
mont Marble company at West Rutlana
was seriously and perhaps fatally in
jured Friday afternoon when three slabs
Of marble fell upon him, pinning hun
to the ground, breaking several ribs and
possibly causing internal injuries.
Alton Carpenter broke both bones of
one leg below the knee last week while
trying to move gasoline engine at his
home in Lunenburg. He was alone at
the time and had to lie with the engine
pinning him down until he was heard by
neighbor, who released him and got a
doctor.
Maj. W. W. Townsend of Rutland was
a speaker at the dedication of LaFay-
cite house, q conyalescent home for
American soldiers and sailors at New
York. Mai. Townsend belongs to the
medical reserve corps of the army and
is stationed at New York as visiting |
specialist at embarkation ports.
w. F, Parker, vice president of the
Vermont jewelers. association, died Oct. |
Is at his home in Fair Haven after sew
eral months illness. Mr. Parker was rs
years old, He entered the iewelry trade
in Rutland in 1862, went to Fair Ha.
ven in 1871 and for Az years had con-
Quoted a store there.
On account of high cost of materials
and lack of patronage, the following
we'll known hotels, the Hardwick Inn,
Hardwick; American house, Richford,
and Green Mountain inn, Stowe have
been closed for the winter. Hale's tav-
ern at Wells River also has been closed,
but j. T. Hale, the proprietor, has LEASED
a large house for the winter, which Is
well equipped and which will be opened
as The Tavern annex. Lack of fuel tc
heat The Tavern was the cause of its be.
ing closed
Corp. Delmer r, Borah, the first +. :
land boy to be invaded home from.
France, is with his parents, Mr.. lid Mrs Il
Delmer F. Borah, ST., in that city. he Is
received bullet wounds in one knee and
one hand was shattered at the battle o.
Fere- en- Tardenois. Many of his Yer.
mont friends were killed about that
time, Private William Lynch losing mis-
life the same day that Borah was in
iured, and Privates Mylott and Joseph
Taggart Of Ira, who went across with
him, also paying the supreme sacrifr
Mylott died of wounds and TagQart
was killed in action. Borah's hand up
doubleday will be permanently crippled
Ebert G. Tenney, who for II years
had Been manager of the Frederick Hol