The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-27
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS or INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

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II IA estimated that there are 10 car
loads Of potatoes remaining in the ce
lars of Lincoln and Starksboro.
Brattlcboro responded heartily To th
call for clothing and bedding for III
French and Belgians, 3,5sl articles hay
ing been shipped from there.
Rev. and Mrs. +. NJ. Fuller observes
the 25th anniversary of their marriag
al their home In Richlord March %. !
purse of money was presented them II
behalf Of the church.
The Rutland womans club is givinJ
entertainments To raise money toward
the fund for building furlough houses
which the womens clubs Of the country
are planning TO erect in France.
Miss Sarah Jane Mead of White River
Junction, aged 81 years, has just com
Cross She gave II TO the Mddlebury
branch to send with their articles.
Rev Charles l. Staples, in response to
the unanimous request of the members
OF his parish at the Unitarian church
in Burlington, has withdrawn his res
ignation and will remain with them.
Wesley Sargent, a st. Johnsbury
farmer, died March % as the result of a
shock suffered few days before. He
was 70 years old Mr. Sargent was one
of the selectmen of the town for sew
eral years.
Mr.. and Mrs Solomon Carpenter oh
served the 50th anniversary of their
marriage at their home in Rutland on
March % Among other gifts, they re-
ceived $40 in gold from the Baptist
church people.
Mrs. Sarah Kenerson of st. Johnsbury,
who was sentenced last year to life
sentence in the state prison at Wind
sor for completely in the murder of
eight -year.old Alice Bradshaw, has been
taken TO the Mary Fletcher hospital for
an operation.
Word has been received from France
that President Guy Potter Benton of
the University of Vermont, has been
appointed Y. NJ. C.. A. representative on
the staff of Brig Gen. Sample, command
ing the advance section of the line Of
communications.
The problem of delivering groceries
in Rutland is to be materially lessened
after April |, when a charge of five
cents for delivering orders amounting
to less than 80 cents is to be made. Or
ders above that amount will be deliv
cred free, as usual.
Damage to the amount Of $1,000 was
done when big barn on the Hammond |
farm in Franklin owned by L. L. Marsh
of Enosburg Falls, was burned. The !
farmhouse was not damaged, but the
flames shot through the barn so quickly
there was not chance to save it.
Rutland has several cases of smallpox,
the latest victim being Mrs. Bert Par
sons, who has the disease in mild
form. 1t is supposed that she contract
ed it from the family of her sister in
the same city where five persons have
been i'll with it. Where they got the
disease is not known.
Although 81 years old and blind Mrs.
LaPlant of Glen Sutton knits one sock
4 day for the Red Cross. Mrs Mary
A. Sargent OF the same place. who is
% years old, knits one pair of socks
week Other records of the village are
ield by Miss Myrtle Bryant, who has IS
pairs to her credit, and Mrs. Marilla
Miller, an invalid, who has knit six
nuffers and AZ pairs of socks.
A warrant has been issued for Norris |
Reed, l6-year- old COY of Poutney, |
who is wanted on charge of forgery. !
It is claimed young Reed issued either {
zine or 10 checks varying in amounts {
rom SO to Sc, and cashed them at differ I
mt stores in Polltney. The checks {
we're drawn on the First National bank G
If Poultney and were signed by more a
han one person s
George Cunningham and Joseph As Ia
elm, workers on a dam being built in j
Il. Johnsbury were badly injured March /
3 when staging fell. The former fell 2
8 feet and landed on ledge. His chin 4
vas cut open and he was badly cut and
'ruised otherwise. He was taken to v
he hospital Mr. Asselin was on lad G
er under the staging and was struck d
y plank. His injuries were not so b
evere, but he is an elderly man and c
hey are serious for that reason. f
Mrs. Sherman F. Abbott was acct c.
entally shot in the foot March "a in O
'rattleboro. A party of four had been
ut for a days outing, and it was while
hey stood waiting for car that Dwight
arnum, member of the party, started -
a nlnnn lis MIN which he snnnnand ,ua |