The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-15
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

Several cases Of scarlet fever in New
fame have caused the closing Of schools
there
Harold T.. Mofiitt, superintendent of
the Windham southeach district, with
headquarters at West Brattleboro, has
resigned,
From the estate of Laura B. Wright,
a former resident of Rutland, the old
ladies home in that city will receive
$l66S.
Miss Louise Hurley was quite badly
poisoned in st. Adams recently through
the mistake of drug clerk in giving her
the wrong medicine for throat applica-
ton
The postoflice at Westmore was dis
continued to-day and some arrangement
will be made for distributing the mail by
rural carriers from the Barton post
Office
The property ON Fairlee lake owned
BY Rev. Francis A. Poole has been pur-
chased for camp site and will be occu
pied by Waumbck, a camp for boys, the
coming season.
]. Herbert Best, a Morrisyille man
who is in France with the A. Il. f., has
been selected as one of three out of
school of $4,000 officers to act as in.
struetor in military science.
The drive for $4,000 by the Kwn
Hattin homes Of Westminster is pro-
crossing WELL over $4,000 in cash and
pledges being received up to March IL.
However, the drive will he continued un-
til the required amount is secured.
An option on the old Greeley house at
East Poultney has been secured by the
committee appointed by the Vermont
Press association. If purchased, the
building will be restored and preserved
and suitable memorial tablet erected.
IT was here that Horace Greeley learned
the printers trade, working for the
Northern Spectator.
Fl. M. Knight of North Springfield has
an interesting and valuable paper, it be-
ing the address delivered by Samuel E.
Godfrey on the gallows at his execution,
which was the second one in the state of
Vermont. He was hung on Woodstock
Green, Feb. Is, 1918, for the murder on
Nov. S, 1914, of Thomas Hewlett, the
keeper of the Vermont state prison, and
it was estimated that there were 10000
people present at the execution
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James Scarev, three vear-old son of
Mr. and Mrs James Scarey of Benning
ton while at play pushed an eraser from
a pencil up one side Of his nose. The lit
tie fellow did not tell what he had done
and few days later it was noticed that
his nose was becoming affected, 1t was
feared that an abscess was the cause.
James ir,, was taken to physician and
with little difficulty the eraser was eX-
tracted much to the surprise of the par.
ents.
Ebert s. Whitcomb, an employee of the
Hotel Vermont in Burlington, while at
tempting to get on moving electric
car in Winooski Monday evening, slipped
and injured his left foot so seriously he
was taken to the Fanny Allen hospital,
where one toe was found so badly
smashed it had to be amputated The
ends of three other toes were cut off
when he slipped, Mr.. Whiteomb had
just been to the hospital to see his
daughter, Beulah, when the accident hap
pened, She died Tuesday,
John Sears and Louis Sears, brothers,
were reunited in Swanton recently after
not seeing each other for S. years, and
for many years each man not knowing
even where the other was located Both
are Civil war veterans and for the IS
years John had been in soldiers home
in Washington, D. c. while Louis is
barber in Swanton. The Washington
man little thought that he would find
his brother alive, but came east in the
hope Of finding some relative or &C.
quaintance.
Oliver Brothers, one of Hartland's best
known business men, died March 4 Of
erysipelas. Mr. Brothers was born in
Burlington and while young man,
about so years ago, after working in
wooden mill, invented a patent to be
applied to spinning jacks. Upon receiv-
ing substantial sum for his invention
in 1872, he erected the Ottaqueehee wool.
en- mill, North Hartland, which has been
the successful business and maintaining
power Of that village ever since. A later
invention was labor saving street
sweeper, extensively used in the city of
Worcester, Mass