The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

Mrs.. Margaret n Haywood is can
didate for membership on the school
board of st. Johnsbury
The Rutland Business Mems associa-
ton win have its seventh annual dinner
at the Hotel Bardwell Feb, Is.
Tonsils were removed from the threats
of Is children at the Putnam Memorial
hospital in Bennington Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow Sanders are to
observe the Goth anniversary of their
marriage at their home in Brandon on
Feb. %.
The Vermont Methodist conference
viii be held this year in st. Adams, April
MINI, presiding
Mrs. Jane Norton, rs, slipped on the
floor while at work in her home in Wey-
bridge and fractured her left hip just
below the joint.
At the Red Cross canteen headquar-
ters at the railroad station in Brattle
boro, TIC soldiers and sailors were served
during the month of January.
The proposed increase in the tax rate
is the only thing in the warrant for
the st. Adams city meeting that has
called for any exhibition of interest.
Carl B. Hinsman of Rutland, vice
president of the Howe Scale company,
has been elected president of the Scale
Makers Association of the United
States.
The Crystal Confectionery company of
Burlington, wholesale manufacturing
concern, is to open a branch store in
Rutland, not for the purpose of making
candy but as distributing point from
which statesmen are to cover the sur
rounding territory.
A. w. Woodwork, 90, Enosburg Falls
active nonagenarian up to a short time
ago, died Feb. 10. Until two years ago
he was at his desk every day. as presi.
dent Of the First National bank of Enos
burg Falls. He had held all the town
Offices and served as county senator.
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Theodore Roosevelt had been in cores
pondence with NJ. j. Hapgood in regard
to his spending a reCuperation visit at
Mr. Hapgood's lodge in Peru, This is
located several miles back from civil
zation and was built Of logs at an ex.
pense of $4,000
As an experiment, the government has
put the lid on freight traffic at Newport
between the hours of 10 p. m. Satur-
days and a. IN Mondays. Freight trains
which start before that are 10 continue
to their destination. The change is to
be tried to save a large expense TO the
railroads caused by overtime pay.
A fire was narrowly averted in the ten
ement of James Whittemore in Hyde
willie a few evenings ago when Mr.. and
Mrs. Whittemore went to Fair Haven
and left some small children at home.
One of them climbed onto the table,
which tipped over with a lighted lamp,
Mrs. Winchell, who lives in the ad.
Joining tenement, hurried TO see what
caused the noise and fell down, badly
hurting one arm. The lamp was thrown
outdoors before anything was set on
fire.
Farmers all through Grand Isle coun-
ty are organizing, choosing directors,
selling agents and other officers. In South
Hero alone the farmers pledged 5000
bushels of beans for market, bagged and
stored in the canning factory at South
Hero station, ready to ship or sell at
the storehouse. Buyers claim that it
costs 80 cents bushel extra when they
have to hire a team and ride over the
country in order to purchase a carload of
beans Under the new system it would
take only a short time to load car.
Similar steps are being taken all over
the county, which is the great bean pro
ducing section of the state.
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