The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
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The First Baptist church Of Vergennes
to-day Is celebrating the 50th year Of
its organization.
Bellows Falls will try to subscribe its
quota Of $325,000 worth of fourth Lib.
erty bonds in a single day, Oct. 5,
Charles Barnes of Brooklne pleaded
guilty to having deer meat in his posses
sion illegally and paid a fine Of 500.
A resident of Sharon has hydrangea
one blossom cluster of which measures
two feet and eight inches in circumfer.
ence
a yellow squash grown in the garden
OF L. A. Weeks in Mendon measures As
Inches in circumference and weighs 4e
pounds
Mrs. Ann Leach of Binghamville, aged
81, has knit for the Red Cross five pairs
of wristers, three scarfs, one helmet, Is
pairs Of socks and 80 sweaters.
Rev Richard G. Woodbridge resigned
last Sunday as pastor of the Congrega-
tional church in Vergennes, the message
being read by Rev Heryey -Gulick of
Bridport, who exchanged with the pastor.
While Robert Smith was taking load
of logs down hill in Ludlow few DAYS
ago, a bolt broke in the wagon, tipping
the load over and pinning Smith under
the logs and wheels. One leg was badly
cut.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Library association will be held in Rut.
land Sept. %, when plans will be dis.
cussed for the hbrary's part in the gen.
eral war drive to take place in Novem,
Der.
Andrew Walsh of Rutland was sen.
fenced to six months in the house of cor.
rectlon for stealing a suit case of cloth.
ing from the stable of John Coniff of
Rutland, selling the grip and hiding the
clothing in barn.
Damages have been adjusted with Mr..
Trombly of Goshen, where deer de.
stroyed his field of buckwheat and oats.
The heads of nearly every spear were
eaten off and what the deer had not eat
en- they had trampled down.
The number of books sent by the
American Library association from Yer
mont from March to August for the
use of soldiers is 1858 not including
those sent to various receiving centers
in the state or those sent by clubs or
individuals to special destinations
A severe electric storm in Burlington
last Friday put the lighting system ont
of order, lightning striking in several
places In Addison, during the same
storm, lightning struck the gable end of
the stock and hay barn on the Brevoost
farm, knocking the whole south side
out without setting the hay on fire.
Lueien Howe of Boston has been en-
gagged as organized and choir master of
the Baptist church in Bratteboro, be-
ginning Oct. 8. Mr.. Howe, who is a ma.
tive of Brattleboro and held the same
position 20 years ago TO which he has
been called again, has been in musical
work in Boston for some years.
Tourists from Vermont and outside
were seen in Brattleboro in much larger
numbers last Sunday than previously
and in view of that situation a record
will be made of the number Of every car
that passes through the place if the ban
is still on next Sunday.
Mrs Bradley, who came from West.
port, Conn, to spend the night at the
Heights house in Lunenburg last week,
mistook the door at the head of the
stairs for another and fell the length
of the stairs, fracturing two ribs and
breaking her collar bone, besides cutting
her neck and face badly
Luman c. Beckett of Providence r. l.,
has been sentenced to not less than
year nor more than two years in the
state prison at Windsor. Beckett plead
ed guilty to the charge of grand larceny.
having stolen a number of articles from
the hunting camp of five Springfield,
Mass, men at Newfane.
Upon leaving church in Bellows Falls
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Thayer
found their team missing, which they
had left hitched outside They walked
home to North Westminster, thinking
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