The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-23
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

r, J. Mckenzie, for Il years rira
mail carrier in Hinesburg, has neve
missed a trip.
Albert Larrabee of Hardwck has bee
seriously i'll as result of getting hi
face frozen a few weeks ago, which de
veloped into assesses,
Rev. S. l.. Vincent of Townshen,
found his horse dead on recent morn
ing, having broken through the barr
floor. II was 20 years old.
Rev. b. M. Kent Of Rutland. superin
tendent of the Burlington district o.
Methodist churches, is seriously i'll at hi,
home with pneumonia and complications
A new pipe organ, given by Mrs. Hell
en- Hinsman to the First Baptist church
Of Newport, is ready for use. II was
made by the Estey Organ Co. of Brattle.
boro.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
filed by Leslie j. Robinson of Windsor
He has liabilities of S20,90030, of which
$4,000 is in secured claims. His as.
sets are $3.50, of which $3.50 is claimed
exempt.
John Seamon, a native of Germany and
well-to-do farmer in Ferrisburg, at
tempted suicide Feb. 81 by cutting his
throat with razor A bad wound was
made, but it is not likely to prove fatal
He is about so years old.
Miss Bertha Laeassa, bookkeeper in
the office of the St. Johnsbury Republi-
can, was married Feb. 81 TO James Ar
thur Spare, a salesman for the Il. p.
Sanderson company of Boston. They
will live in st. Johnsbury.
Mrs Edward Waite and daughter of
Whiting are recovering from ptomaine
poisoning, caused by eating sausage. Mrs.
Emery Patnode of the same town is re-
covering from bad case of poisoning
from using poison sumack for fire.
One day last week there appeared in
Dorset chickadees, blue Jays, English
sparrows and phoebe bird Meadow
moles have been much in evidence there
ldttly vi but suIIdIt VI tUe SHOW. WHICH
goes to show that they have survived
the winter.
Mrs. Margaret Reynolds Dyer, widow
of Patrick Dyer, died at her home in
Rutland Feb. 81, after weeks illness
with pneumonia. She was born in Mont
pelier 73 years ago and was married |
when Is years old, going at once to Rut
land to live,
Floyd l.. Hemenwav, formerly of Sax
tons River, prominent singer in Bos-
ton, died at hospital there Feb. 81. He
was born in Grafton Feb. TO- 1888, but
lived most of his life in Saxtons River
In Boston he was first tenor of the Park
Street church and leader of the Apollo
quartet. His wife is organist at the Park
Street church.
Edward Jarvis Mathews, aged 90 years
ind 10 months, died at his home in Mid
iebury of complication of diseases re-
emily He held many town offices and
,or eight years was selectman. He was
,lso county commissioner for eight years
md acted as highway surveyor and
lister.
During the two days thaw Of this
week, the Mead brook in West Rutland
,verflowed its banks and the ice dam I
inder a bridge turned all the water
Town one Of the main streets. Pupils
lad to be taken from the school houses
" auto. Water in the low places ON
he street was several feet deep.
Arthur Westover, Bellows Falls con
ractor and builder, is erecting a large
poultry plant. He has one house 60 by
5 feet, which is housing 300 hens, and
second house is nearly completed. Mr.
Yestover has several varieties and some
Ugh priced stock A flock of Sicilian
suttercups was imported this winter
IT is probable that st. Anne's academy
4 Swanton will not be run as paro-
HAL school after this year Father
principal of the academy, states
hat the expense of maintaining Cath
lie school is too great in war time. This
-ould turn about $50 children into the
ublic schools of Swanton and would
resent problem which the school au
lorities would have to solve. =
Rev. Joel r. Metcah, minister of the
Winchester, Mass, Unitarian church, and
,rmerly pastor of the Unitarian church
/ Burlington, goes abroad soon to serve -
! Y, M. G. A. secretary in the war zone.
e will also do some lecturing on scienti