The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-03
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Dr.
ferent Sections.


OF belated flu in Dorset.
Budd Warren of Stowe caught in War
ssn recently trout 1874 inches in
length.
Neal Ward, Hardwick boy, landed a
l4-inch trout in the river near the Dun
nell place last week. 1t weighed pc, nd
and half.
Clyde, four.year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perley Andres of Hardwick, has
been quite sick as result of eating half
yeast cake.
Rev. c. o. Denham of Georgia has &C.
cepted the call of the Baptist church of
Dover to become its pastor, beginning
his new duties June Is.
Charles A. Greene of Pittsford died
suddenly June | as he was walking in
the garden of his home with his wife and
daughter. He leaves ii children and "a
grandchildren.
For the first time in Is years, physi.
clans Of Arlington have decided to raise
their prices. Their prices after the raise
are much lower than those in other
places before the last increase.
An automobile containing four people,
Charles Bouchard of Burlington, his par
ents and Mr., Root, railroad man, went
over a l2-foot embankment in Burling-
ton Saturday evening and turned turtle.
Not one of the persons was injured and
the oar was NOT damnued
Thrown into the hood of the machine,
Mrs. Il. A. Burnett of Swanton suffered
broken hip when the automobile in
which she,. Dr. Burnett, and j. r, Nor
rill were riding ran into a telephone
pole Friday DR.. Burnett was injured
about the head.
A party of 30 from Boston and
Worcester, Mass, arrived at the Caspian
Lake house, Greensboro. Saturday morn
ing for short fishing trip and the first
day of their stay brought down from
the lake three-foot salmon, which they
had baked for supper at the inn
Mrs. S. X Burbank of Pittsford, who
loaned the u. s. government spy glass
for use in the war, has just received it
back from Washington. Attached to the
instrument is metal tag. A dollar was
enclosed for rental, also an engraved
certificate from the government
David Willard of New York and Brat
tleboro has presented to the w. G. I. u.
of Newfane granite drinking fountain
for man and beast, which was dedicated
on Memorial day. The fountain is of
West Dummerston granite, seven feet
long, six feet high and three and half
feet wide, and is erected in memory of
Mr.. Wizards mother and grandparents.
Arson Hawks, IL, Bennington boy,
is in the Putnam Memorial hospital with
broken leg and other injuries received
when he was run down by an automobile
the evening of Memorial day. The vic
tim of the accident was riding bicycle
when he was into by car from Hoosick
Falls, n. Y. From appearances it would
seem that the boy and wheel were
dragged about 20 feet after being hit.
The Whitecap club of the Knights of
Columbus of Maiden, Mass, about so
members, travelling in nine cars, was at
the Hotel Berwick in Rutland over Sat.
urday night. This group of men had been
touring the White mountains of New
Hampshire. Each year the club takes
some such trip, usually into Maine, but
the members were SO enthusiastic over
Vermont scenery they intend to take
their whole trip in this state next spring.
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Lieut.. Commander Walter G. Rich
ardson, IT, S. n, who was instantly
killed May 30 in an automobile acct
dent near Laconia, n. H., was a former
resident of Bennington and his first wife,
who was Miss Helen Fairbanks, gave to
the village of Bennington the memorial
drinking fountain near Putnam square.
In the car with Lieut.. Richardson were
his son, Frederick aged 20, and Z. NJ.
Matteson, who had been a teacher in
the Newton, Mass, high school for 80
years, and both were also instantly
killed when Boston & Maine train
wrecked the auto in which the party Of
thre were on their way to the Richardson
summer home at Asquam lake in
Holderness, N. Fl. Lieut.. Richardson was
in business in Bennington for nine years
and left there q years ago. He was 50
years old and graduated from the naval
academy at Annapolis, Md, in 1880, re.
firing from service in 1889 because of
i'll health, but being recalled at the open
ing of the war with Europe.
Rutland is determined to make ex.
amples of law breaking this year so far
as automobiles are concerned, and on
Saturday Herbert t. Proctor of Water
town, Mass. was arrested, charged with
leaving his machine in front of a nv.
drant while he got lunch. Mr.. Proc
tor, tourist, unfamiliar with the ordi-
nances of the city in that regard, paid
a fine of So and costs, but within a few
minutes after he had done so pointed out
to the police at the same hydrant where
he had been arrested the delivery wagon
owned by former alderman of the city
within the restricted district, which i
six feet either side of all hydrants with.
in the inner traffic district. Three other
automobile parties were taken to the pc.
lice station during the afternoon, all
alleged to have been guilty of disobey.
ing this same ordinance. It is asserted
that in other cities where such an in,
Engagement of local ordinances is discov,
cred by the police, the tourists are
warned and instructed, but not arrested