The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-19


large incubator.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Peck celebrated
their Gath wedding anniversary at their
home in East Middlebury May l6.
A joint meeting of the Vermont Glass
steal and Modern Language associations
is to be held in Burlington May 10 and
IL.
Sylvester f. Smith, II, native of
West Rutland but for 35 years in the
coal and grain business in Rutland, died
there May 10.
Colored bellboys began work May l6
at the Hotel Vermont and the Van Ness
in Burlington, replacing the crew which
had formerly been employed there.
Miss Ethel Bullard of New Haven,
with the help Of dog, killed hen hawk
last week that measured three feet ten
inches across from tip to tip OF its wings.
The combined ages of the ii women
entertained by Mrs. r. f. Johonnot of
Bellows Falls on the occasion of her
birthday anniversary last week aggre-
gated s63 years, the average being near
ly 70.
During recent thunder shower, the
barn of Edward James in Twenty Mile
Stream (near Ludlow was struck by
lightning, which ran down the boards
and tore them off, throwing them quite
a distance.
Frank Button of the Brandon high
school won the first prize of SIS for boys
at the interscholastic prize speaking con-
test held att West Rutland recently, in
which the high schools of Fair Haven,
Proctor, West Rutland and Brandon par
ticipated
Rev. Lyndon s. Beardslee, for the past
two years pastor of the Congregational
church in Dummerston, resigned May IL.
He has accepted the passionate of a
church in Thomaston, Conn, where he
will begin his duties July 10.
At the big fruit orchards at the McRae
farm at Castleton Corners has been cs-
tabished the first open zone for the kill
ing Of deer under the new law. This is
Aul ttI Pt0tCCtiOI va tue btS
where much damage has been done.
Part of the upper Jones & Lamson
shop in Springfield is being converted
into one Of the largest and best gym.
nasums in the state. Capt. Edward H.
0Dowd of Boston has been engaged to
have charge of the activities conferred
there
Mrs. L. A. LaShier of Springfield, in
busting off shelf one day recently, ac-
cidentally knocked off a camera, which
struck her in the chest, infieting a bruise
which later threatened to develop into
an abscess. She had high fever for
several days, but is now improving.
John J. Sawyer of Rutland met with a
painful accident while coasting down hill
on bicycle at the home Of his uncle
Harry Taylor of Chittenden. The brake
refused to function and the lad was
hurled onto II pile of slate rock. His
face and arms were seriously bruised
Job Long 20, born in Ireland and com
ing to Brattleboro in 1850, died there
May 10 after long illness, although he
had been confined to the bed but one
day. Mr.. Long served in the Civil war
and later was employed for rs years by
the Estey Organ company as foreman
and finisher.
The Congregational church and society
of East Poultney having sold their
church building and disbanded they have
placed their four books of records with
the Daughters OF the American Revolu.
ton at Poultney for safe keeping and
these have been placed in vault at the
Citizens National bank.
Miss Elizabeth Ryder, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. f. @. Ryder of Middlebury, who
has been working in the adjutant gen
erals office in Washington, d. G., for the
past year, has been transferred to POI
stion in the Philippine islands and plans
to sail from San Francisco the last Of
June. She graduated from Middlebury
college in 1911.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos L. Nichols OBJ
served their golden wedding anniversary
at their home in Felchville May s.
Among the guests was Daniel o. Ma
honey of Windsor, who was one of the
two survivors of the serenading band on
the night of the wedding. Mr. Nichols
was born in Weston, June IL, 1912, and
Mrs. Nichols MARY Jane Putnam) was
born in Springfield Oct. Q, ls4s. Both
are very youthful for their age and Mr..
Nichols danced double shuttle just to
show the guests how it used to be done.
OF their four children, three are living,
Mrs. Walter LeBaron of Waterbury, Mrs
Arthur G.. Miles of Barre and Mrs. Mil
ton j. Pierson of Felchville.
Clarence Il. Kline, 81, who was found
guilty in Rutland city court Of stealing
shirts from the factory of Tauber, Lip
ton & Co. in that city, will go back to
the house of correction to serve year,
which is the unexpired term of an old
sentence on which he was out on proba
ton Kline admitted taking several
shirts for his own use and seven were
found in his room when it was searched
Kline had been serving a sentence for
entering house in Rutland in 1917 and
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