The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-03
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from
Different Sections.

Six hundred dollars worth of prod.
uce was raised in the school gardens
of Burlington last summer.
Middletown Springs has fund Of
S3l0 toward community memorial for
the boys from there who served in the
world war.
The largest deer so far reported are
300-pound doe shot by Edward j.
LABEL of West Rutland and 300
pound buck shot by William Howard
Of Pittsford.
st. Charles council, knights of Co
lumbus, Sunday evening conferred the
third degree on class of 60, the work
being done in the state armory at Bel
lows Falls. A dinner was served in the
Knights Of Columbus hall.
Rev. Clifford II. Smith, who was act
ing pastor of the Congregational church
in Ludlow during the absence of the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Ballou, in France, is
to continue his work another year as
assistant secretary for the national
council of Congregational churches.
Henry G. Rumsey, rs, who died at his
home in Castleton Dec. !, had been
member of the Congregational church
there 81 years and for AZ years was
n member of the choir. He had filed
most of the public offices in town, rep
resented it in 1908 and was director
Of the National bank at Fair Haven.
A business deal was completed in
Burlington whereby the Horatio HEX.
ok company, one Of the oldest lumber
concerns in that city, passed into the
hands of A. p. Buell., one of the part
ners in the business. 1t. is probable
that several other prominent Burling-
ton men will be associated with Mr.
Buell. in the new company. The HEX
ok company is capitalized at 100000,
and is one Of the largest plants of box
shocks and crates OF all description in
New England.
The Deerfield Pulp company's camp,
No. 2, in Searsburg burned to the
ground last week Tuesday evening.
The fire was started by one Of the lunl-
berjacks accidentally squirting some
bed bug juice into the straw of one Of
the upper hunks and it leaked through
on to a lamp. The lamp exploded and
everything was blazing in no time,
Some of the men lost all Of their
clothes, but were taken care Of by the
company. The loss was partially COW
cred by insurance.
Bnrlington's treasurer has been au-
thori2ed to borrow $4,000 with which |
to pay a state tax, current expenses !
and to repay money which has already |
been borrowed and spent since the |
taxes were collected in September |
There is no money left in the street |
department and the commissioners |
have threatened to remove no snow |
from the streets this winter until they !
assert that the appropriation for
streets should be spent on road repair
work and not in removing snow, and |
ask for refund of $4,000 which was
spent during 1919 in that way and for
an appropriation of 81 900 to be used
in removing any snow which falls be- H
fore Jan. |. The city attorney is said
TO agree with the commissioners in the
Interpretation of the law The alder
men compromised by appropriating ST. 4
300 for this month, but the mayor has
until the next regular meeting of the
board which is in January, to consider
the matter, which will not get the mon
sy into the street commissioners hands
during December, so there is a prospect
that pedestrians will plough their own
way on the Burlington sidewalks if
snowstorms come.