The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-18
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

Vermont is one Of the leading states
IN the organization of posts of the Amer
lean Legion Vermont has now 43 posts
with the names of ! ,l23 men on her
charters.
Major Douglas j. Roberts, who is rec
pgnized as foremost X-ray specialist
with the American expeditionary forces,
Is visiting for short time with his par
ents in Burlington.
Lieut.. Frederick Phillips of Poultney
brought with him on his return from
France different kind of souvenir
Than seems to be customary. 1t was
pne Of the well-known German police
logs.
Charles Mills of Bennington, who
graduated last June from Dartmouth,
Twill sail the first OF the week for Tur.
key, where he has three years con
tract to teach in Robert college in Con-
stantinople.
The Bellows Falls supply of ice is
nearly exhausted and arrangements have
been made to bring ice from Chester and
Rutland for the rest of the season. The
price has been so cents for 100 pounds,
but the imported ice will cost them So
cents for the same amount.
Marshall Derby of Brooklyn, N. Y,
was arrested Friday in Lincoln for fish
Ing without License. He was fined
t25 and costs of $4. When first sccosted,
Derby said that he had a license, but
when the fish and game warden looked
The matter up he went back and arrested
Derby.
John Higgins of the Addison house at
Middlebury is to retire after having been
manager Of that hotel for % years. Mr..
Higgins is So years of age and is not in
very good health. He will live with his
bon, Edward Higgins, in Middlebury, The
new manager for the Addison house
has not yet been announced.
According to the Rutland Herald
swindler is passing through the state,
representing himself as the agent OF the
firm of A. R. Slader & Son Of Rutland.
in Hydeyille he extracted S25 from a
family for two cheap pairs Of sueetacles.
The firm disowns the individual.
Poultney, who were married in France,
were honored by sheyeral hundred guests
at reception at the home of Mrs. Mary
D.. Washburn Friday evening. Among
the guests were Frank Sibley, the Bos-
ton Globe correspondent, and Captain
Cooper, official stenographer of the 26th
division Lieut.. Washburn was in Ma.
jor General Edwards interpreting corps.
He will be an instructor of French at
( Dartmouth this winter,
NIiddlebury college brought to an end
last week the most successful session of
summer work that it has ever known,
about 300 students being there to attend
the French, English and Spanish schools.
Already the registration for next year
is large and they have deemed it ad-
visable to limit. the numbers to come
well within the capacity of the school,
that is, about 100 Spanish students and
125 in French. There is also to be
new department under the French school,
an eight weeks travel class through
France with headquarters at Soisy-sous-
Etoilles.
The State Ayrshire club members, to
Ine numDefOI ZUU, Heiu thef IOufbh an
nual meeting recently with Mr.. and
Mrs George Dunmore at the Fsyre farm
in St. Adams. The morning was spent
jim discussion of the eradication of tu-
berculosis. After lunch many other
speakers were heard and the officers were
Neglected for the following year. They
: are: George II. Dunmore, st. Adams,
president; c. N. Smith, Brandon, secre-
tary. treasurer; T. B. Catlin of South
Burlington, auditor; and county vice
presidents.
Large quantities of grasshoppers have
been washed up on the shores of Lake
Champlain near Panton, supposed to
have been brought from the New York
side by heavy winds, They lay in be-
tween the stones and along the gravel
in rows and the people gathered pail.
fuls of them for their poultry. It is
fortunate for the farmers in the vicinity
that they died in the water, or shortly
after being washed ashore, for it was
estimated that they would have made
short work Of the crops in that region
had they been alive.