The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23

BENJAMIN Mosher OF Newport had one
foot crushed when a heavy box fell ON It
The Rutland community chorus is ia
give It's last concert OF the season IN
May.
The dates Of the Valley fair at Brat
tleboro have been decided upon "a Sept.
II and II.
Conductor NJ, !, Powers is gradually
recovering from recent illness at his
home in White River Junction.
Clarence Clark. while returning from
Brattleboro TO West Halifax few days
ago, saw coon. He left the team,
chased the coon and caught Il, then killed
IL with a stick.
Peter Pirk of Sutton, who was draw
ing logs from Sutton mountain, was
found lying unconscious with a skid
across his face. He suffered concus.
sion of the brain.
Mrs. Emily X. Garland, over 20 years
old and living in Bradford, has split n
cord of rock maple wood the past week
besides doing her homework, sewing and
knitting for the Red Cross.
Henry A. Wood, lifelong resident of
Barnard, died March 10 in New Rochelle,
n Y, where he was spending the winter.
He was a veteran of the Civil war and
well known in southern Vermont.
Underhill is already making plans for
rousing Fourth of July celebration,
with baseball in the forenoon. farmer
dinner, consisting OF rye and Indian pud-
ding and like substitutes, and sports in
the afternoon.
Howard Goodrich of Stamford recent
" lost two cows from poisoning 1t is
thought the cause of their death was
eating hay which grew near potatoes
which were treated last summer with
arsenate of lead.
Edward f. Farmer of Poultney is SUI.
ing his brother -in-l law. John ID. Williams
of the same town, in Rutland county
court, the basis of the suit being loan
of Sl050 made by the plaintiff to the
defendant several years ago.
Rev. ID. f. Trout, pastor of the First |
Jniversalist church in Brattleboro is to |
preach in Fitchburg, Mass, Sunday, in 7
response to an urgent appeal from the |
committee of that church. Mr.. Trout /
has been pastor of the Brattleboro
church for l. years, his first regular pas
torate.
In the list of casualties from abroad
printed in Wednesday dailies was the
name of Private Martin j. Murphy. Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry Murphy of Bradford
have a son by that name in the service
in France, but inasmuch as they have re-
ceived no notification of his death from
the government they assume that it was
some soldier bearing the same name from
another part OF New England who had
been killed by accident.
In recent tennis tournament at Nj.
ami Fla, Fred II. Harris of Brattleboro
beat Ralph T. Racey of Miami in the
finals 81, go, 6-3 As Racey is the best
player in Florida, this means the Florida ,
Harris and Racey, pair.
ing together, won the doubles easily. :
Harris played on the courts of the Royal ,
Poinciana hotel at Palm Beach an exhib- ,
lion match for the benefit of the tennis ,
war ambulance fund and in this match
and the mixed doubles finals match, over +,
81 500 was realized, which will be used {
% fully equip some ambulance units
which are sent abroad, manned by tennis
men.
A romance begun on shipboard about
! year ago will be eliminated by the
marriage in England before many weeks
If DIR. Herbert Durham of Swanton and
Miss M. Beatrice Anderson of Toronto,
Jan. 1t was while both were returning !,
rom voyage to England that they met, i
md when they reached New York they 4
we're engaged to marry in two years. 4
When war broke out, the doctor left for 4
rance, where he is caring for wounded g
oldiers in a hospital, and he has sum '
noned his fancee to join him there, b
9here their marriage will occur. Miss
anderson sailed from New York March
5. DIR. Durham graduated from the =
of Vermont in 1909. 4