The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-05
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.


st. Johnsbury academy opened Tues
day with $50 pupils registered. The
academy has been in existence for 76
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Richardson, who for
IL years have had charge of the central
telephone office in Newport, have given
mp the work.
Mrs. George Williams of Roxbury tied
quilt this week which was the 57th
one that her mother, Mrs. Spaulding,
has pieced in the last Is years
The Newport hospital committee has
raised about $4,000 toward the erection
Of hospital building and an option has
been secured on site.
Dr. Charlotte Fairbanks sailed from
Havre Aug. 30 and is expected at her
home in st. Johnsbury around the middle
of this month, when she will resume her
professional work
st, Johnsburys new postoffice is to be
built of brick, with marble trimmings,
according to specifications just received
from Washington, and will be located on
Eastern avenue.
George Harvey of Stowe had the
thumb and three fingers of his left hand
cut off while running saw at the Smith
mill in Moscow few days ago. Mr..
Harvey had worked for Mr. Smith only
one day.
About 5000 people attended the third
annual field day of the f. & T. Fair
banks company at St. Johnsbury Labor
day. Nearly 800 children received bags
of candy or other gifts from the corpora
ton.
Camp Tela Waukett, the camp for
girls at Roxbury, closed last week, and
now between 30 and 40 relatives of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Roys, the owners of the
camp, are enjoying two weeks outing
there.
In the attic of his home in Cayendish
e. G. White recently found a cake made
for the golden wedding anniversary of
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott J.
Swift of North Springfield, in 1879 The
cake was in good condition and eatable
and even the inscription on the top of it
was readable.
Dr. NJ. R. Chase, who has been i'll for
long time at his home in Tyson with
rheumatism, met with serious accident
a few days ago. As his attendants were
moving him in bed, the mere attempt to
turn his foot resulted in the breaking of
his left hip.
Charles j. DUDE, who has had charge
of road construction in Burlington since
June, succeeds Arthur A. Wallace as
road commissioner in Brattleboro at
salary of $1,000 a year, he to furnish his
own transportation. He has wife and
eight children
After being out of commission since
1916 the steamer Chateaugay was re-
employed in the service of the Cham
plain transportation company Tuesday
on runs between Burlington and Platts-
burg, taking up the schedule of the I'll.
conderoga that stopped when that boat
ran on reef Is days ago.
Mrs. F. II. Perkins of st. Johnsburv.
driving her own car Monday, looked back
dt a ltdI Tire NHlle coming GOWN concord
hill and the machine ran into a bank and
turned over. She had her two children
with her, one Of which was quite badly
hurt, but she and the other child were
uninjured.
The directors of the Patrons Co.opera-
tive Fire Insurance company held a
meeting in Middlebury and ~ of the Is !
directors were present. President Willis |
n. Cady presided. They voted an assess
ment of So per thousand to pay the
losses last year, which makes the aver
age for the past four years only 50 per
Thousand.
Capt, and Mrs. e, j. Trip Of the Sal
Eation Army, who have been located in /
Rutland, have received word that they |
are to be transferred to another field be- /
cause their time of Ia months in one
place has expired. Because of the excel
lent work Mr.. and Mrs. Trip have done
IN Rutland, number Of the citizens pc
titioned the head of the New England
First Community