The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-23
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Dit
ferent Sections.
Lilac trees in Middlebury are budding


Lilac trees in Middlebury are budding,
Oryille Hutchins killed l6-inch snake
in Morrisyille Tuesday, which is said TO
Indicate an open winter
Mr.. and Mrs. e. p. Sherman of Fair
field have been notified by the war de-
partment that their son, Harry Sherman,
was killed in action Oct. %. He was 2S
years Of age.
! John J. Kelley of East Poultney, who
went overseas with a contingent from
Camp Devens in the spring, has returned
~ this country, wounded, and is in a
hospital in New York.
1t is estimated that the net receipts
from the bazaar held at the st. Adams
city hall last Friday and Saturday by
the st. Adams high school Victory girls
will be over $500 There are about 100
girls in the high school
Things look very favorable for the re-
establishing Of the Tauber, Ryttenburg
Co, plant in Rutland, after its being
burned out recently. The company car
ried an insurance of $4,000 on its stock
and there was insurance of $4,000 on
the building.
Rev. Edwin M Bartlett, pastor Of the
Vergennes Baptist church from 1898 to
1901, died recently at Holyoke Mass at
the age Of so years. Mr.. Bartlett had
also preached in Brandon and Whining
ton in this state, before going to Hol-
yoke, Mass, II years ago
While number Of concerns in Rutland
which have been doing war work have
been obliged to lay off help, the Yer
mont Marble company has announced
that 1t will furnish work for 200 extra
men, which is expected to take care of
the surplus labor for many.
There is prospect that the finishing
shops of the Vermont Marble company
at Middlebury will soon be reopened and
a force of men at work there. The
shops have been closed since the Proctor
company bought the plant several years
ago and transferred the men employed
there to the Proctor shops.
A reserve officers training corps will
be instituted at Middlebury college with
the opening of the new term Jan. 2. re-
placing the students army training corps
recently disbanded In announcing re.
ceipt of authorization for the officers
school, Acting President Collins said that
about 100 students would be permitted
to enroll,
Sometime Tuesday night vandals
sawed down and carried away. presum-
ably 10 be used as Christmas trees two
valuable and rare Black Hill spruces
which had been set out only few weeks
ago at the entrance to the Burlington
park and bathing beach They were
from six to eight feet high, purchased in
Dakota and were worth not less than
sl2 apiece. The police are investigating
Several changes have taken place re.
Gently in the customs division Of Yer
mont Winfield W. Stiles has been pro.
NOTED from deputy collector and inspec-
tor to the position of deputy collector
and inspector, class two. His station re-
mains at Alburg. Deputy Collector and
Inspector Cameron G, Gale, who has been
on duty at Island Pond and Quebec has
been transferred and appointed as depu-
ty collector in charge at Swanton, vice
T. NJ Tobin deceased.
Pvt. Frank Gorouso, nephew of Domi
nick Gorouso of Rutland, is reported
missing in action since October, accord
ing to telegram from the war depart
ment which Mr. Gorouso, ST., received
last week. He is q years old and was
born in Italy Six years ago he came t.
America and has since resided in Rut
land with his uncle. He enlisted about {
year ago and went overseas with tn,
26th infantry last July. Pvt, Gorousc
has a mother, two sisters and four broth
ers in Italy, two of the brothers serving
on the Italian front.
About 25 trainmen and other employees
of the southern division of the Contra
Vermont railway assembled in the Unior
station in Brattleboro Friday and Con
ductor George L. Stafford of New Lon
don, who has been employed by the roat
nearly 46 years, presented Supt. e.
Guthrie of New London a gold watel
having 23 jewels. The presentation wa,
made as q Christmas gift from the EN-
ployes in recognition of their just ant
fair treatment since Mr.. Guthrie becam
superintendent four years ago, A golt
pendant set with large pearl was hand
ed to Mr.. Guthrie, a gift from the em
ployes to his wife.
Hosea Mann of Worcester, Mass, s
former resident of Wilmington anC
Brattleboro, who has been interested il
number of banking institutions, is il
correspondence with Otta Pradger, sec
ond assistant postmaster general, rela
tive to continental air-way No. 4
proposed by the Aero Club of America
Mr.. Mann wants the route between AL
bany or Troy, N. Y, and Boston to G,
by way of the old state route, touching
Bennington, Wilmington and Brattle
boro in this state, and Nashua and Man
chester in New Hampshire.
If You Do Your Own Insurance,
your widow will do her own work. /