The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-02

boys from war on Bennington Battle
day, Aug Is.
The Green Mountain Dairy, Inc, Of
East Bethel has filed its certificate of
paid.up stock with the secretary of state
1t amounts to $4,000.
c. F. Smith of Swanton "a, for many
years proprietor of Hotel Champlain,
died at his home May 20 after being in
poor health for some time,
As result of the petition of White
River junction merchants, daily local
freight train from Boston to White Riv-
er Junction has been set in operation.
Two new cars for use through the
summer on the electric road between
Bellows Falls and Saxtons River arrived
in Bellows Falls Thursday morning and
were put into service.
recent casualty list contained the
name of Private Edmund B. McCauley of
New Haven Mills as severely wounded,
and Private Harry S. Holbrook of Pas
sumpsic as wounded, degree undeter-
mined.
In fire in Grand Isle recently black
smith and repair shop owned by Fred
Nartell was destroyed by fire and in it a
new car owned by Joseph Blanchard was
completely destroyed and Mr.. Martell
lost three wheels from his Velie.
Mrs G.. Morton Lord of Burlington
died suddenly the evening of May 20 of
acute indigestion. She ate supper with
the family and the attack came on soon
after She was very i'll in March and
since then had had trouble with her
heart.
John Stannard, an Arlington young
man, is in the hospital at Bennington
with a badly crushed left leg, Stannard
and another man were trying out mo-
torcycle with a side car when Stannard
lost control of il and it ran into stone
wall
In order that an automobile truck
load Of goods might pass under the high
way bridge at three bridges in Brattle
boro one day last week, it was necessary
to dig channels 10 inches or more deep
in the road in which to run the truck
wheels. After the load had passed the
channels were filed.
The L. A. Macomber nurseries in Fer
risburg have been sold by the executor,
Richard D. Booth, to G. Z. L. Badlam of
Rutland, consideration 81 $50. The prop
.erty consists of 25 acres of land on
which there are three barns and about
255 fruit trees. Mr.. Badlam will erect
house and plans to set out about 1000
more trees.
Wednesday completed the Matching of
the first hatch of pike perch eggs at the
United States and state fish hatchery,
located on the wharf of the Champlain
transportation company in Burlington
at the foot of King street. There were
several million small fish secured out of
the eggs, according to an estimate made
by Commissioner Henry n Rowley of
Shelburne.
Owing to a confusion of dates, Rev.
Warren H. Wilson of New York, who
had been engaged as commencement
speaker for the University of Vermont,
is unable to be in Vermont on that date
and in his place the college has secured
Dr. L. H. Bailey, for 10 years dean of the
college of agriculture of Cornell univer-
sity. He delivered the dedicatory ad-
dress at the university in 1907, when
Morrill, hall was opened
Hubert Trudeau, the young son of Mr..
and Mrs. Gerry Trudeau of Middlebury,
obtained match Sunday and entered a
store room and started a fire. He after
ward told his father, who was on the
outside of the house, that the house was
on fire. Mr.. Trudeau upon entering
found lively blaze, which he finally
subdued after hard fight. The damage
to the house, clothing and other articles
will amount to about 500.
In Hinesburg on June II, between sun
rise and sunset, community canning
kitchen is to be erected, all the people
uniting in the work. The men are to
put up the building and the women will
provide dinner, so that it is expected
night will find the building completed.
Here the canning of the vegetables and
fruits of the community will be done
this summer, a charge for the work OF
five cents for pint jar, six cents for a
quart jar and nine cents for a two.quart
jar having been decided upon.
An iron pulley attached to painters
outfit, which was in use near the roof OF
the New Sherwood hotel in Burlington
May 20, became detached in some way
and fell to the sidewalk, where the pull,
ley wheel smashed to bits by contact
with the sidewalk and several pieces OF
the iron badly bruised Mrs J. w. Con-
nor of Burlington about the legs. She
stood talking to friend when the wheel
struck and broke. She had to be taken
home in an automobile and in addition
to her bruises suffered severely from
the nervous shock of the accident.
Secretary f. l.. Davis of the Vermont
state fair announces the following APP
pointments as superintendent of depart
ments at the coming fair Horticultural
hall, Dana Stafford of Brattleboro; ma
chinery hall, G. j. Sargent, White River
Junction; floral hall, S. +. Leonard of
North Pomfret; cattle, George Terrill of
Morrisville; sheep, Walter Harrington of
3 Pomfret; Morgan and exhibition horses
: +. A. Smaller of Morrisville. The prize
list of the coming fair is expected to be
in distribution by June 20.