The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-03

pastor Of the Baptist church III whiting
ham, to take effect March 30.
Albra Harris of South Windham lost
q COW last week from its Oyereating. 1t
got loose during the night and ate about
so pounds of corn meal and peck OF
bran.
Mrs. Helen Barrows was badly bruised
about the head at her home in Coventry
last week when she caught her heel in
coming downstairs and fell head fore
most against a door.
Mrs Bert S. Miller of West Brattleboro
has hen which has adopted a family of
rats. When Mrs. Miller feeds the hen,
Bddy clucks and from various directions
come the rats, Mrs Miller counting 10
at one feeding last week.
Rev w l.. Wood has resigned the
pastorate of the Congregational church
at South Hero, after four years there.
He goes to a church at Providence, r. l.,
and in that field win study at a univer-
sity to pursue advanced studies for the
degree of doctor of philosophy.
George W. Grow, veteran of the Civ
ii war, died at the home of his daughter
in Holland recently of bronchial pneu
mona He had been a member of BaX
ter post, G. A. r., for 81 years. AT the
time of his death IA persons were i'll in
the homes of his two sons-in- law, and
during his funeral his daughter, Mrs.
Ernest Judd, passed away.
Henry P. Morgan narrowly escaped
being hit by train at Castleton last
Thursday, when he was caught on the
Hoyt crossing with a load Of lumber. Mr.
Morgan got his load, which was on sleds
partly over when he saw the train COM
ing and unhitched the horses, saving the
team and himself The lumber was scat
tered and the sleds damaged by the
train.
On account of an unusual noise in the
rooms occupied by William A. Pomfrey,
insurance agent, in a BrattleborO business
block one day last week, the janitor I'M
locked the door and found the room
filled with steam, the radiator valve be-
ing wide open and the window closed
and Mr.. Pomfrey was sleeping soundly
in bed. Every article in the room was
dripping wet, including the bed clothing
George X. 'Wyman, for IL years over
seer of the poor and for 80 years manag-
err of the town farm in Springfield died
Feb 81, following a shock suffered last
October. MIR. Wyman had been almost
continuously connected with the town
farm since he was 10 years old, as he
then went there to work for the overseer
in charge. After two years he married
and left the place, but at the age of Is
returned to the farm as its manager and
had remained there ever since. So we'll
had he carried on his duties that the
Springfield poor farm was rated the best
i'm the state except that in Burlington.
which has newer buildings and better
equipment.
Miss Marilla Elizabeth SWEET, born in
Bethel, the daughter of the late Rev.
DR. Josiah and Mrs. SWEET, died at the
home of her brother in Southern Pines,
Feb. "a. DR.. SWEET was one Of the most
prominent Episcopal clergymen in the
state when in his prime, his last parish
being at Highgate. For 20 years he was
chairman of the standing committee Of
the Vermont diocese and had filed the
Office Of professor of ancient languages at
Norwich university and at one time was
acting president of that institution. His
daughter, who has Just died, had in re-
cent years occupied several responsible
positions under the various foundations
Of the Episcopal church, her last position
being in New York City. Her body was
brought to Vermont for burial in Bur
lngton.