The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.

Happenings of Interest from Diff
ferent Sections.
Waterbury Center is making plans for
a community playground, with play.
leader
The centennial celebration Of the set.
Ting Of the French homestead in Gloy
er in 1919 was held at the farm July 2,
Alex Gardenell got one foot caught
in one of the gears at the pulp mill in
East Concord, Monday, cutting off three
toes and tanning the other two so that
they had to be amputated.
A building boom has struck Benning
ton, IL houses being under construction
there at the present time. For some time
there has been a great scarcity of tene-
ments in the place.
A special town meeting has been called
for Saturday in Townsend to see if the
voters win authorize the leasing of the
property of the Leland and Gray semi
nary to be used as high school.
Mrs. W. b. Atwood fell the length of
the cellar stairs at her home in st,
Johnsbury few days ago. breaking her
left wrist and right arm, besides injur-
ing one hip and badly bruising herself
otherwise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pliny Duprey passed
their 65th wedding anniversary at their
home in Mortified June 30. They are
brother and sister of Mr.. and Mrs. Zeb
puprey, who have been married 80 years
and who also live in Mortified
Several Starksboro farmers have lost
cattle within the past few days from
Paris green poisoning, having secured the
poison in some way from an adjoining
field, where potatoes had been treated.
Edward Sorrell lost one heifer, John
Dixie four and Henry Dixie one.
Walter Peatman, ll-year old son of
Mr. and Mrs Norman Peatman of Stowe,
had his right leg broken in Waterbury
on July 4. He was riding bicycle when
struck by an automobile. After being
taken home he came down with the
mumps.
G. T.. Moody of Waterbury has pur.
chased the so-caled Slayton farm be-
tween Stowe and Waterbury for &c.,
600 This farm has been in the Stay
ton family for nearly 100 years, Abial
H. Slayton, who died in 1917, being born
there in 1929 and his father settling
there in 1921.
Nelson A. Goss, an employe of the
Middlebury branch of the Vermont Mar
Bile company got his left hand on the
rail of the travelling crane at the plant
Wednesday and the three middle fingers
were nearly severed at the knuckle
joints 1t is doubtful If any of them
can be saved. Goss had been in the
marble business for n years.
Two samples OF water have recently
been sent to Burlington from the Brat
tleboro water works supply, the report
on one being favorable, while the 9th
er was reported polluted unsafe for
domestic use" The sample marked ia
vorable" was taken from the Office of
Dr. Henry Tucker and the other was
from his house.
After nearly IA years of continuous
service as health officer for Brattleboro,
DIR. Henry Tucker relinquished his du
ties Tuesday because of the decision of
the board of selectmen not to employ a
special health officer for the town in ad-
dition to the district health officer, who
is appointed by the state board of health
under the provisions OF the new law en-
acted by the last session OF the legis.
lature.
Several hundred dollars damage was
done to Hupmobile car owned by j. J.
Stakeholder of Bennington and like
amount damage done to WHY'S knight
Overland owned by Roy NJ. Paddock of
the same place, by the collision of the
two in Bennington. One person was Sc
verely cut and both cars were complete
" smashed up. Both cars were trying
to turn out for Ford and in the mixup
the other two collided.
A serious runaway occurred at Bing
Evansville a village in Fletcher, July I,
when team belonging to Miss Spauld
ing was left standing in front of a store
with small boy in the wagon. pass
ing truck frightened the horse, which
ran, throwing out the boy and also run
ming over three year-old girl Both
were quite badly hurt, how seriously is
not yet known, and the wagon was COM
pletely demolished.
NEW PROFESSOR AT MIDDLEBURY.