The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-08
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Dif'
ferent Sections.

The Congregational ministers of the
state are to meet in Middlebury this
week for their annual convocation.
Noted religious workers are to be in at
tendance.
sioThe Rutland Railway, Light and Pow
er company did the biggest business in
afts history Thursday, the number of
hfares taken totaling "a ,430 and amount
ing to S2,065s3 This was during the
Rutland fair.
The annual state meetings of the
Daughters OF the American Revolution
and the Colonial Danes are to be held
this year in Middlebury, the date being
Sept "a. The Vermont Society of Col
onial Danes will also meet there Sept.
rs.
Kenneth, aged three, the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Smith of South London
derry, was drowned in the tlume of A.
p Williams mill Wednesday evening at
Goodellville, between Winhall station
and Jacksonville. Crossing with his older
brother he sat down and lost his bal
ance, and when the body was recovered
il was impossible to resuseitate him.
Although assigned to another place,
headquarters have notified Capt. and
Mrs. Il. j. Trip, heads of the Salvation
Army in Rutland, that they may remain
in that city, both because Of the bene-
fetal effect the climate there has had
on Mrs. Trips health and because the
citizens in petition to headquarters
asked that the Trips be allowed to
continue with the Rutland assignment.
At meeting of the Commercial club
in st. Johnsbury, held last week, the
members voted unanimously to recon-
mend to the town and village that they
give George c. Cary 10 years tax ex-
emption on a big maple sugar factory If
he will erect it in st. Johnsbury Mr..
Cary has already purchased lot in
Summerville and will erect the building
there if the tax exemption is granted by
the voters.
A Nelson reunion was held at the
home Of John Nelson at Ryegate Aug,
90. There were Al present These in
cluded the families of the four Nelson
brothers, John, Fremont, Harry and
William, their children and grandchil-
dren There were a few outsiders in.
vited Two sisters in the west, Mrs.
Jones and Mrs Mcbride, were unable to
be present. A bountiful dinner was
served and good time enjoyed by all
There had been no reunion for several
years Much thanks is due Miss Mar
garet Nelson for the success of this one.
w. D. Bull of Castleton has in his pos
session for mounting one of the largest
trout ever taken in that part Of Yer
mont 1t is brown trout, 20 inches
long, the live weight of which was eight
pounds The fish was taken from the
Battenkill river at Manchester 1t was
caught under rather odd circumstances.
The angler cast his fly onto big pool,
and small fish snapped it, not getting
hooked The wielder of the rod made
the customary strike, but in the instant
before he could recover the line. the
eight FOUNDER took the feathered lure.
Miss Josephine M. Webster, now EN-
ployed as executive secretary in Ouch
ess county, n. Y, has been engaged in a
similar capacity by the Vermont Chill
dren's Aid society and will begin her du-
ties in this state Oct. l-~.FiEe thousand
dnilars, the minimum amount necessary
+ starting the child welfare work, has
bKfn received by the society. A finance
cchamittee consisting of March NJ. Will
son of Randolph Charles Tuxbury OF
Windsor and Guy w. Bailey of Burling
ton was appointed to raise funds as the
future of the society may demand The
annual meeting of the society will be
held at st. Johnsbury Oct. at the same
time as the Vermont conference on so.
cial work, with which the children's or
ganization is connected