The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-07

ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
William Field. an aged resident
Richmond. fell on the Ice last week am
broke "A hip.
II has been decided that the Hote
Bardwell, destroyed by fire recently VII
be rebuilt some time this year.
Whooping cough has broken out in th'
home of Amos Blood of Orwell and there
are nine children in the family.
In South Royalton the Royalton Pow
or company has announced that here
after electric lights will be supplied onl,
when there is sufficient waterpower,
Charles Bpelow and his men cut 3
900 cakes of ice ON Mill pond in Shell
burnc. Then the water went out and
the Ice dropped to the bottom, total
loss.
Albert Worcester aged 81. one OF the
early merchants of st. Johnsbury, died
Jan. 3 after a years illness. He conduct
ed general store in s.. Johnsbury until
II years ago, when he retired.
Commencing next Sunday the Method
ist and Congregational churches at Ran
dolph Center will hold union services to
conserve coal Services will be held in
the hall at the agricultural school
Archie DeForge, sentenced TO the Chit
tenden county jail for 70 days for
third oflense of intoxication, was sent
out to assist man on his farm few
days ago, went home TO Colchester TOR
his clothes, and has not been seen since.
Since June 81 Mrs Clarence c. Butler
of Hartford has knit q pairs of socks %
pairs of wristlets, four sweaters, one
helmet. one three-yard bandage, two pair
nurses mtts hemmed seven dozen
handkerchiefs, and secured q members
and -four renewals in the recent Red
Cross Drive.
The house and barn of Lewis Barry in
johnson were burned few days ago,
with three cows, one horse and a hog.
Mn Barry and oe son were in the woods
choppng, Mrs. Barry and daughter were
in Burlington and two younger boys were
in the house when the fire started. Very |
little was saved from the furnishings !
or clothing.
A strip of shingled roof 20 feet wide
and 60 feet long was torn from the big |
barn on the John Niles farm in West I
Swanton during recent heavy wind |
storm. The wind was so strong that |
the whole section of the roof was lifted
clear of the gable aud the peak, rafters
and shingles and folded back over, touch
ing the ground,
Frank Ruscoe and f. n. Dean of Monk
ton won the prizes offered by the First
National bank and Bristol Railroad com
pany for the best fields of corn and po-
tatoes. yield and condition to govern.
The first named had potato yield of ,
1907 bushels acre, and Deans corn
yielded an estimated crop of l0l.3 bush
els an acre. The prizes were full blood.
ed bull calves, the winners to decide the
breed. Ruscoe took Guernsey and :
Dean an Ayrshire
About 81 100000 has been spent in
Sprinfield in the past twelve months in g
building operations, including a large a
addition to the plant of the Jones * {
Lamson company extensive repairs by t
the Fellows Gear Shaper company, the d
erection of 10 cottages by the above i
named companies, the erection of new :
buildings by the Vermont Snath com n
pany, to take the place OF those burned V
and a large number of residence. 70
team owned by David Freeman of
Highgate was seized there few days
ago, and the outfit, alleged to have been =
used in bringing in liquor from Canada g
contrary to the federal law, was turned !,
over to the federal authorities. The col y
|ector of customs found eight bottles of /
assorted liquors, brandy, gin and whis- 8,
key, at the home of Charles Bray, who is =;
alleged to have driven the Freeman team :,
% ST. Armand for the booze. !.
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Lila and Florence. lS- and l6-year old
daughters of Ross Clifford of Springfield,
we're arrested at their home a few days :.
Igo for shoplifting. Articles from cut !.
lass to needles were found in large "a :,
quantity, which one Of the Springfield ~ ~
lealers was able positively to identify, -
BESIDES numerous ivory articles, which !.
ther dealers in the place also carry and n
which he could not be sure came from :. =.
is store. Both girls pleaded guilty in aa
court and their cases were con- T.; s
inued. They are in Springfield high
chool, and the older one is in the senior
lass.
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BELLOWS FALLS WOMAN DIES. =.
frs. Frank Adams Stricken in New York Z.