The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-02
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS


The Federated church in Bristol dedi'
Gated a ld.star service flag last Sunday,
The senior girls of the Burlington high
school are 10 wear MILDLY blouses at the
graduation exercises.
The New Haven river In Bristol over.
flowed its hanks the first of the week
and when the ice broke up il nprooted
large trees and carried away some of the
smaller bridges.
The Hooker, Corser 4 Mitchell Overall
company at Brattleboro has commenced
work on government order for outside
working garments 10 be sent TO Camp
Gevens at Aver, Mass.
Mr.. Putney, teacher Of Greek at the
Burlington high school, observed his
18th birthday anniversary Feb. 20, and
his pupils presented him an American
flag. He has been connected with the
school for number of years.
Chauncey l.. Young, fireman in the
American building ut Brattleboro, was
ihufu III " tNdiI III iHe DOiltF room FeD.
u with the fires out and with his face
badly bruised. II was evident that he
had been assaulted, although in his part
ly conscious condition he was unable to
tell much of the circumstances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter 8. Brown of
Cambridge, Mass, have sold their farm
In Underhill Center to William Rick of
the Canadian northwest for $4,000. The
sale includes a creamery plant, machin
cry and supplies, all the farm maehn-
cry and many household furnishings.
Mr.. Rich has been engaged in wheat
growing in Canada.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Society of Sons of the American Revolu-
ton was held in Burlington Feb. 81.
Nine members of the society are now in
the service, Byron N. Clark. Capt. w. ID. |
Fletcher, Col. John Howard, Capt. G. +. |
Nelson, G. l. Parker, Redfeld Proctor, |
Mortimer Proctor, Capt. j. Watson Webb |
and G. ii. Wyman.
Katherine, three-year old child of Mr. |
and Mrs. Philip Franklin of Guilford, |
narrowly escaped drowning recently |
when, as she was sliding, the sled got |
away from an older sister, and with the |
small child on it slid into the brook and |
under the ice. The father came to the |
rescue and the child was taken to the
hospital in Brattleboro for treatment
Mrs Margaret Ryan suffered a com
pound fracture of her right leg in pc
cuiar manner recently at her home in
Rutland. As she had hold of a door
which opened outward and was calling
to some children, a gust of wind blew
the door farther open and took her with
it, swinging her clear of the piazza She
landed on some ice and the fracture re-
suited.
Nelson P. Brown of Everett, Mass,
who has been appointed to the superior
court bench of Massachusetts, by Gov t,
Mccall to succeed the late Justice Shat
tuck, spent the first 10 or II years of +
his life in Bellows Falls. His father
was for three years principal of the Bel
lows Falls high school. and after tax
ing a law course at Harvard returned
to Vermont and practiced law in Bel
lows Falls for several years,
Rev. Henry Lamb formerly pastor of
he First Congregational church at West
and later of the Congrega-
ional church in Bridgewater, resigning
he latter pastorate on account of poor
health, was found guilty in Boston Feb.
Is of stealing clothes from three order,
les at the City hospital He was at one
line in an institution in Burlington for
treatment of nervous trouble. Mrs.
lamb and her son, Halsey, have been
living in Bridgewater and Mr.. Lamb has ,
been employed in an institution in Bos- !
on. .
William French chapter, d. A. R., of :
Bellows Falls, may purchase the Quartus /
Morgan house for a home and also to
preserve the most historic house in town. !
The Tooth anniversary of its building
vas celebrated with ceremony June s. !
I9l4. Its first owner was Quartus Nor ! !
IAN, the landlord at Morgan's tavern
25 years ago, the first tavern in town. :
Ihe house is still owned by his descend !
lnts and is perhaps the quaintest relic T
n this part of New England. Forming !
stock company and raising money to /
make the purchase by selling shares has
,een considered. =
The death of Arthur w. Paine of Fair v
ee removes one who had been very t
Ictive in town interests until failing v
lealth made his withdrawal necessary. t
For more than 80 years he was town n
Jerk, he twice represented Fairlee in S
he legislature and for many years was Il
superintendent of schools. He was a
delegate to many state and county CON O
rentions. Mr.. Paine was cousin of e
he late Marcus and Cassius Peck of VI
Srookfeld, and leaves besides his wife RI
nd two daughters in Fairlee, son in Il
Derby Line and another son, Walter II. t,
'aine of Barre, also a sister, Mrs. Al II
Mira p. Libbey of Randolph. Mr.. Paine b
vas born in Tunbridge, Aug. 7, 1876 Il
nd died Feb. "a. He was member of q
he Congregational church for more than a
0 years. A
Results, Not Excuses, Are Wanted.