The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-19
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

George C. Everest of New Haven re-
ceived S3,400 for the milk from IL cows
for the year 1918.
]. S. Hall of Hydeyille handled l,O47
cakes of ice in one week, filling five ice
houses. He is in his 10th year.
1t IS stated that a number of out of
town parties are contemplating the build
ing Of summer homes in Stowe this sea-
son.
S. ]. Maynard, engaged in packing ice
for Olin Merrill Of Enosburg Falls, has a
badly crushed ankle, which was caught
between two of the cakes.
Merrill Belden, while helping cut ice in
Vergennes, stepped back out of the way
of a cake and did it so quickly that a
pike pole went through his leg.
After having been closed for year or
more, the Sharon house, at Sharon, will
be reopened Feb. "a, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Byers of White River Junction in
charge. ......
James Barrett, a veteran of the Civil
war, died at his home in Rutland Satur-
day at the age of 70 years. He served in
Co. 6 of the lst Vermont cavalry, rising
from private to lieutenant.
Pvt. Allen Yeti has arrived in Burling
ton from Boston and is minus his right
leg, which was cut off about four inches
above the knee, at base hospital behind
the lines in France on Oct 4.
Henry Allen had his collar bone broken
and was considerably bruised when his
horse became frightened and upset his
carriage last week Mr.. Allen is a Grand
Isle farmer rs years of age.
Bertram A. Brehmer has resigned as
organist and choirmaster Of the Trinity
Episcopal church at Rutland. Miss Helen
L, Perkins, organist and choir director of
Trinity church in Shelburne, will succeed
Mr. Brehmer.
Kenneth Lewis, five-year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Lewis of Fair Haven,
came near losing his life Sunday by
drowning. He was floating on the water
when passersby saw him. 1t was several
hours before he recovered consciousness
and his condition is critical on account of
the exposure.
The Sheffield Farms Milk company in
Vergennes is building an addition to its
milk plant, which it will use in the max
ing of milk sugar. Twelve men will be
employed in that department when it is
completed.
Hartwell Ward and Mr.. Edwards of
Shoreham left their automobile outside
while they were attending a dance in
Middebury and when they came out it
was missing A deputy sheriff found the
car ditched with a broken windshield and
the cap to the radiator missing
Prom thrift shop Ia variety of
rummage salel, which the members of
the Rutland Woman's club conducted in
that city last week, the sum of 1888 was
netted from the four days sale. The en-.
tire stock of the thrift shop" was donat.
ed.
A S5000.farm in Vermont has been
offered free and clear to some returned
soldier, according to w. Stanwood Field,
employment manager of the bureau for
returning soldiers and sailors in Boston
An elderly couple made the offer They
describe the farm as consisting of $50
acres, free of encumbrance. The farm
will keep 25 COWS. The one condition at
tached to the offer is that the soldier
who receives it must have had some ex-
perience and be physically able to carry
on the work.
In reading old records regarding the
early church life of the town of Barnet,
the interesting fact was discovered that
the first time that the sacrament of the
Lords supper was ever celebrated in Cal
edonia county was at Barnet Center
Presbyterian church. 1t was not an I'M
usual thing for 1000 people to gather
there on Sacrament day, four horse
stages from Danville and Newbury in
some instances bringing the people,
Earl A. BramaA. who has been in the
radio service at Camp Meade Md, the
last eight months, took up Monday the
duties of supervisor of music in the pub
lie schools in Brattleboro, succeeding
Charles Wood of Springfield, who left at
Christmas time on account of i'll health.
Mr.. Braman was supervisor of music in
Brandon twoyears, resigning eight months
ago to enter the service and at the same
time was organist and choir master in
Trinity Episcopal church in Shelburne.
He is graduate of the Grieg school of
music in Rochester, N. Y, and attended
the Leach school of music in New York.
He is q years old, a native of Westport,
N Y and unmarried