The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-27
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ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

Springfeld's town liabilities were low.
cred by Sl0,940ss during the last year.
Rev H. II. Stetson preached his fare
well sermon in the Baptist church Of
Ludlow last Sunday and begins his new
duties in Brockton, Mass, March 2.
James G. Healy of Barton, carpenter,
has filed petition in bankruptcy. He
has liabilities of $495,60 and assets of
$500, all Of which is claimed exempt.
Eight hundred cows have been pledged
for milk plant to be established at the
Orwell station, 40 farmers meeting the
first of the week to discuss the matter.
Green Mountain lodge, No, ], l. 0. 0.
f., the oldest Odd Fellow lodge in Yer
mont, celebrated the 74th anniversary Of
its organization in Burlington Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow Sanders observed
the Goth anniversary of their marriage
at their home in Brandon Feb. %. Mr.
Sanders is rs years old and his wife
" years old.
Mrs. Lydia Austin of Poultney, rs,
and who has been totally blind for 30
years, has completed for the soldiers her
Tooth pair of socks, Is sweaters, eight
scarfs and u pairs Of wristlets.
Kimball Tiff was badly burned few
days ago as he was filing the water
tank of truck belonging to a Dorset
firm with boiling water. The funnel
slipped and the boiling water came onto
his left arm.
The highway between st. Johnsbury
and Wells River is now impossible for
automobiles for the first time this win
ter. In the storm of Saturday night and
Sunday, about ID inches of snow fell and
this has drifted badly in places. At
Newport, about 20 inches of snow fell.
Opening door into the cellar, instead
of into the pantry, as she supposed Mrs.
Robert Allen OF Rutland fell down the
cellar stairs in a house she was looking
over with a possibility of renting it. She
has fractured knee and is at the Rut-
land hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher N. Amadon
observed the 50th anniversary of their
marriage at their home in P0wnal Feb.
"a, with a neighborhood gathering Both
are natives of Pownal, have always lived
there and for the so years of their mar
rage have always lived in the same
house. Mr. and Mrs. Amadon have three
sons, all of whom, with their families,
were present at the anniversary celebra-
ton.
Everett Z. stockwell, employed at the
Connecticut River Power company's
plant in Vernon, was badly burned a
few days ago when trying to start one of
the generators. 1t is supposed that he
opened a switch of a live generator,
causing short circuit. He was burned
about the face, his hair was burned off,
the palms of both hands were burned
and both eyes are closed by the swelling
of his face, but the sight was not de-
stroyed.
man who represented himself as a
general in the French army, by the name
of George Melville Boynton, appeared in
Bellows Falls Monday to solicit funds
for home for disabled soldiers, to be
built in Iaconia, n Fl, Boynton's scheme
was to lecture in picture houses through
the state, and he claimed to have taken
sos at Claremont, n. H., and S33 at
Windsor. He said he was a member Of
the French army, participated in the bat
tie of the Marine and March 2, 1915, was
transferred to East Africa as a member
of the Royal Fusiliers. After distribut
ing circulars about Bellows Falls, adver-
tising his lecture at the picture houses,
the police interviewed him and not be-
ing satisfied with his credentials, he was
asked to leave town, which he did. 1t was
also learned that in other places he had
not been allowed to operate, one of
them being Laconia, where his visionary
home for soldiers was to be located,