The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-23

in,y of Vermont, 407 of them being men.
fhe guard that has been maintained
i the Canadian -four sheds in Newport
W. been discharged
rhe water in Lake Champlain is now
within Is inches Of the highest mark
reached during the spring,
Mr.. AND Mrs. Leon piche of st. Johns
aury have been married 50 years and
have eight children, % grandchildren and
npe grandchildren.
The Rutland Woman's club is to open
free school this winter for the benefit
Of those Of other nationalities who wish
e learn the English language.
A valuable year.old heifer be-
longing to James p Candon of Pittsford
was found dead in the pasture this week,
having been mistaken for a deer and
shot.
Dewitt C. Braman, a shoemaker in
Mortified Falls, was found dead in bed
Tuesday morning. He was not feeling as
well as usual the day before, but worked
"i'tii law III VIC evening.
Mrs Elmer Hooker, formerly of st.
Johnsbury but now of Clawson, Mich, is
in hospital in Detroit with fractured
skull She was in Detroit on shopping
trip when she was run down by motor
truck.
W R. Bristol who made the usual
Thanksgiving poultry shipment from
VeTgennes this week, purchased about
one ton as against four to six tons in
former years, He ascrbes the falling off
TO the high prices Of grain.
Influenza is quite prevalent again in
Bennington, SALISBURY and vicinity, as
well as in Hardwiek and Wolcott, but
aside from these places, the state board
Of health considers the situation through
out the state is about normal.
John Cornish, jr., shot buck in the
village street Of Barton this week. The
deer, pursued by dogs, was coming from
the woods into the village when Cornish
saw it, and when he shot and killed it
i was only few rods from his own
house.
Hinesburg has been notified that un-
less her roads are improved rural free
delivery Of mail will be discontinued in
certain sections. The postofiice depart.
ment has left it with the postmaster to
report if the necessary repairs are not
made
The Estey Organ company in Brattle-
boro has received rush order for 100
field organs for the Y. NJ C. A. service
in Europe, delivery to be made Dec. ].
The company has already shipped from
300 to 600 Of these organs. The organs
are Of the small folding type.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph LaFond of Rut.
land have received word from the war
4 department that their son, Sergt. Thorn.
il, ELaFond Of Headquarters company,
57th Pioneer infantry, died Oct II in
FRANCE Of bronchial pneumonia. He was
- years old and sailed overseas Oct /.
a Mr. Bressette, who was assisting
family from Sheffield in moving to Bar
ton. died suddenly in the yard Of the
new home Tuesday He was about So
years Of age and had been helping carry
x q lNftN y hlbNt' llbo but fllOusts WHICH uNtl-
taxed his heart.
Rev DIR. g. H. Sisson has been re
leased from his duties as pastor of the
Methodist church in White River June
ton for a term of war relief work. He
will be state secretary for New Hamp-
shire Of the Armenian and Syrian Relief
work, Rev. Dr.. Frost of Bradford is to
supply at the church during his absence.
Byron n Clark, state Y. NJ. @. A. sec.
rotary, sails soon for France, where he
expects to remain until next summer en-
gagged in Y Nj. ,C. A. work. Other Yer.
monters who are going overseas soon are
D. G. Joaes Of Waterbury, Rev. +. O.
Williams OF Chester and Rev. A. G. Will
son of Bellows Falls.
Rev. w, c. Arnold, pastor Of the
church at West Burke, who had enlist.
ed and received his call to service, ex.
pecting to 60 Tuesday Of last week was
notified at the last moment that he would
not be needed The farewell reception to
have been held the evening before was
turned into an evening of rejoicing that
he did not have to leave.
Edward Fl. Bancroft Of BROOKLYN. N.
" who with his family has occupied
his cottage, Ramblewood, at Birch point,
Caspian lake, Greensboro, for 20 sum.
mers, died at his home in Brooklyn last
week OF pneumonia, following influenza.
Sergt. Francis A. Guild, an Orleans
boy who died recently, had been in
France only few days when an attack
OF bronchial pneumonia proved fatal. He
was member of the 57th Pioneer in
fantry and sailed Sept, 20.
The grand jury of Orleans county, who
were called together last week TO hear
evidence against man called Cosmos.
who had operated Us medium in vari
GUS parts Of the state under different
flames, heard the testimony Of nearly
dozen witnesses and returned an indict.
ment against him consisting of seven
counts. Cosmos is thought to have been
The same man who operated as a clair.
yoyant n this vicinity under the name
Of Mowbray.
Claude Perry, young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. a. Perry of Jacksonville, has
been Ill over three months with rheumat.
ic fever, then had influenza and had just
got so he could sit up at the table for
his meals, when in trying to take steps
last week the bone of one leg broke en-
tirely off above the knee, due to the dis
eased conditions in which the bone had
been for so long. An operation was per.
formed at the Fanny Allen hospital in