The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-08
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST FROM
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John Legier of Northhcld Falls has ar
ranged for the sale of his whole mapl
sugar crop to merchant in Salem, Mass
Archie Herman Austin OF Shorehan
died at Camp Greene, Charlotte, ~ G.
Jan. ~ Of pneumonia lie was u year
old
Henry Webster Of Roxbury nearly dis
mcmbcred one OF his toes while prepar
ing some stove wood recently. II will b,
anputated,
DR.. b. A. Holmes, who was burned out
la the Brandon fire Jan a. has decided
not 10 locate in that town again, but has
removed 20 Rutland.
Mr. Foss, while carrying shotgun in
Brookfeld recently, accidentally dis
charged il and the charge took of the
first and second fingers OF the right hand
at the second joint.
With the cold weather of the first OF
the week, the water in the Rutland city
rcsc<oir dropped II inches, due TO house
holders letting the water run from fau.
Gets so il would not freeze.
4 large service flag flying from the
Theta Chi house at Norwich university.
Mortified, has 50 stars, representing the
number of men from that fraternity who
are in the United States service.
Thursday morning there were in the
bins of Rutland dealers Just 2l0 tons OF
coal, four dealers being entirely out.
Fifteen carloads are said to be headed
for Rutland, but they may be diverted
elsewhere.
Beginning Feb. l. cheese factory
started operations in Concord, in con.
nection with the Trout Brook creamery.
Greek and Italian cheeses will be the
principal products. The company plans
to use 10000 pounds of milk daily.
Pvt. Wallace Sweetland of Co. A, 9Th
battalion, at Camp Humphrey, Belvoir,
Va, died at the Walter Reed hospital in
Washington, d. c., recently and the body
was brought to West Burke for burial.
Scarlet fever was the cause of his death
Hiram d. Skeels. clerk at the Hotel
Vermont in Burlington, has resigned, as
he has enlisted in the LIST Vermont regi-
ment and leaves soon for Camp Greene,
Charlotte. n c. His brother, Norman.
rural mail carrier in the vicinity of Mil !
ton, will accompany him.
The water in the brook at Roxbury |
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back into cellars on either side and in /
some instances was so deep that fires
could not be kept in furnaces. In such
cases the water has frozen hard enough
in the cellars to walk on.
st. Aloysius church in st. Johnsbury
last Sunday .unfurled unique service
flag, a cross of stars The center star
is for Miss Anne Peck, Red Cross nurse
in France and the II stars surrounding
it and making up the cross are for the
men from the church who are already in
the service or are awaiting call.
Rev j. Hall Long, for two wears pas
tor of the Congregational church in Fer II
risburg, has rendered his resignation, to
take effect Feb. l. when he will enter
INTO 4. vi. Y. y. WDFk. his TesipndtlOH
was accepted and he leaves next week
for the Brooklyn navy yard, preparatory
to going overseas.
The passengers on the trolley leaving h
West Rutland for Rutland Wednesday
afternoon got good scare when the
power went off just as the car got across
the tracks of the Delaware & Hudson
railroad. The car was vacated with no
lost time, and the passengers walked
much of the distance to Rutland before
it came along and picked them up,
Harry c. Sargent. aged % years, one
Of Brattleboro's well known young men,
lied at his home there Feb. of tuber.
,ulosis. At the time of his graduation
rom the high school in 1907 he won one
IF the four Austin prizes for scholarship,
which were awarded that year for the
irst time. He was bookkeeper for the
Vermont Printing company until i'll
lealth forced him to give up the position.
Farewell Supper to Business Man.