The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-14
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Dit.
ferent Sections.

A grange is to be organized at Dandy
-Four Corners tonight.
Nine cases of influenza and four of
mumps were reported to the Rutland
health officer Wednesday
A Jacksonville man has offered to
give building lot free to the first man
who will build residence costing at
least $1,000 on new street to be opened
there.
The Williamstown Board of Trade has
filed articles of association with the sec
rotary of state. There is no capital stock
but the organization is authorized to re-
ceive gifts.
Mr., and Mrs. A. j. Ladd observed their
50th wedding anniversary in East Rox-
bury March 4. They received over 500
m gold as well as many other appropri.
ate gifts.
G. A. st. John and son, Bradley, of
Castleton, have just finished the season
of ice fishing, having secured Al pike and
$50 pickerel; total weight, 45l pounds,
the largest pike weighing nine pounds
and the largest pickerel weighing IL
pounds,
A group of farmers meeting in Swan
ton Tuesday night voted to start a CO.
operative creamery there. A survey had
already been made, the results showing
that about 40 farmers, owning 800 cows,
had pledged themselves to buy stock in
and support creamery.
Mrs. NJ +. Pierce, resident of Grand
Isle for many years and now SO years old
and in hospital near Cambridge, Mass,
has presented to the Grand Isle library
500 books, which are to be known as the
Charles Fay Memorial library. Rev.
Charles Fay was the father of Mrs.
Pierce.
ARENAS and Rufus Houghton, broth
ers, who live in Brattleboro, were arrest
ed March II on the charge of having
stolen eight hens and rooster belong
ing to Ray Mather of Marlboro the day
before Thanksgiving. They pleaded not
guilty and furnished bail of 500 each to
appear later at trial.
Rev l. M. Compton, pastor of the West
Brattleboro Baptist church, rendered his
resignation March u to the trustees, in
tending to close his pastorate there April
@ and enter upon his duties Easter Sun.
day with the Baptist church in Brandon.
MIR, Compton has been in West Brattle-
boro five years, and has had three calls
under consideration.
Joseph G. Hoyt of st. Adams. an en-
gineer on the Central Vermont railroad, |
is recovering from injuries which he re.
ceived in the st. Adams yards March IL. |
He was cut about the left side of the |
head; half of the ear being taken off. Mr.. |
Hoyt runs the switching engine and it is |
supposed he was leaning out of the cab |
window and was hit by a projection from |
a car standing on an adjoining track.
Between 400 and 500 bushels of pea |
beans changed hands in North Hero |
within the past 10 days at $3.50 a bush |
ell, having been purchased by local buy |
ers. AT this time a year ago they would /
have brought twice the money thew did |
now. Some farmers in the vicinity of /
North Hero have 200 or 300 bushels on |
hand, which they are holding in hopes of |
getting higher prices later.
The trustees of the Green Mountain |
club held a meeting in Rutland Wednes.
day and reelected all the officers of the
club for the ensuing year. The sum of /
$500 was appropriated for work on the |
Long trail, with the expectation that To-
cal sections of the club throughout the /
state would provide 81 900 more. The |
Long trail win be finished between Mount |
killington and the Massachusetts, line.
The Workmen's Progressive Associa- |
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