The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-12
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

ferent sections.
The Rutland Salvation Army has re-
ceived $500 from the Wallingford war
chest.
Redfeld Proctor few days ago gave
500 for the use of the library at Mont
gomery Center.
Mrs. T. J. Murray broke two of her
ribs at her home in Bristol by falling
into a potato bin.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Baptist association will be held
in Rutland July %, % and "a.
The farm of A. A. Hier OF Bristol has
been purchased as a town farm, the price
paid being $4,000. OF the l25 acres of
land, so are tillable and the rest is
woodland.
A public meeting of the board of trade
was held in White River Junction this
week to consider plans for building
dwelling houses there.
Admiral Mayo, during his visit in Bur
lington last week. called on Mrs Helen
Phelps, who was his Sunday school
teacher so years ago.
Rev. George Gaby Rice, U. v NJ, As,
the uhiversity's Oldest alumnus, will be
100 years old in September. He resides
in Council Bluffs, Ia, as a home mission
airy of the Congregational church.
A southbound train on Monday struck
two cows belonging to Agel and Miller
of Essex Junction, killing them instant
ly, These cows, together with the rest
of the herd, We're being driven from the
pasture to the barn for milking.
George Sargent was badly burned
about the face and hands at his home
in Sharon few days ago. Mr.. Sargent,
who lives alone, was frying doughnuts,
when the fat caught fire. He was so
badly burned he had to be taken to the
Randolph sanatorium
Two representatives of the Cogg Stu.
do of Boston are guests at the Lake
4 Mansfield Trout club house while taking
photographs for scenic moving picture
HAhtss tpiihESlNlc Npbiu hdS NLstLtu vi
Tuesday and a large number of views
were taken of this celebrated defie and
vicinity.
Bomoseen park, tract of about nine
acres of land at Lake Bomoseen, has been
sold by the Rutland Railway Light and
Power Co. to the Lake company, Inc, the
latter company being made up of Rut-
land men, who will cut the land up into
building lots and develop ii as a summer
resort,
Benjamin Winship of Essex Junction
was severely injured Monday, when a
skyrocket which he had lighted burst in
his hand The first finger was complete
ly torn off and the thumb hung by a
little flesh. His left hand was also in
jured, and both legs and his face were
burned with the powder.
Willard l2-year. old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. S. Hall, IT,, of Enosburg Falls,
swallowed three and oneh half inch hat
pin one day last week, while trying to
show his sister how far he could put the
pin down his throat without losing it.
1t was a week before he felt any i'll eff
fects from it, when he began vomiting.
The pin was located by means of an
Xray and the boy was taken to the
hospital at st. Adams for an operation
for its removal from his stomach
The sum of 100000 is to be expended
in Bennington ma nurses home and adj
dition to the Putnam Memorial hospi-
tai, which will increase the capacity at
least so per cent. During the fiscal
year the hospital has received $50 pa.
2 tients, lib of them being influenza cases.
There have been IS births there and 81
deaths. During the year there were 343
surgical cases and 295 operations. Sew
enty-six free patients were also cared
for. Receipts for the year did not quite
meet expenses.
Two women, one about 80 and the
the other 20, who are hiking from New
York City, have arrived in Vermont on
their way to Canada. They went up the
west side of the state, taking a cross
country walk over Hubbardton noun
tan, expecting to strike the Lake Cham
plain section at Benson Landing. There
they took ferry across to the New
York side of the lake and viii return to
the city on foot by different route
Both were dressed in MILDLY blouses
with soldiers trousers and puttees.
Doria Bessette of West Woodbury. was
held up few days ago as he was on his
way from the bank in Hardwick to his
farm with between 5000 and $500 on his
person. with which to pay off the helE
that was at work on his new barn. A
man and LARGE boy were the two whr