The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-02
MONTPELIER

| Ohio Williams, president of the Young
Alumni association of Montpelier sem
mary, is completing lis plans for the
annual banquet, which takes place at the
dining roor. of the institution Friday
evening, Sept. TO-
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Chenett and child
of Schenectady, N. T., are visiting rela-
| tives here
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Marie of Revere,
| Mass, and Miss Thelma Swallow of that
| city are visiting Mr.. and Mrs r. II.
| Tracy.
William Coryin has gone to Rutland
| for the week. Fred Doucette and G. III.
Cote accompanied him, returning to-day.
u. g. Miles, who is employed this sum
| mer IN Glens Falls, was home over the
holiday.
a complaint was made Saturday to
Grand Juror John Stone by man named
ioar relative to someone who had tried
to poison his dog The matter is under
investigation and prosecution will follow
Il the statutes provide penalty for
such a misdemeanor. II appears that
the dog came home with what appeared
to be Paris green about its mouth. An
| emetlc was given the dog, which showed
that it had been fed meat upon which
Paris green had been placed.
JAMES, the eight year old son of Mr..
and Mrs, James Leno, Sunday fell from
the back veranda of their home in the
Cross block in Montpelier into the
Worcester branch. He suffered frac-
| tured wrist and other bruises. He fell
about 10 feet, landing on rocks.
Thomas Lackey surprised his family
here Monday by his arrival home. al
though he was injured in an automobile
accident last Friday. He walks lame,
having received a bad cut on one leg be-
tween the ankle and knee, while one hip
was also bruised. He is feeling pretty
good as a whole II appears that in
company with a f,ssend they were riding
| along street where a construction gang
had neglected to put lanterns. Their
ear ran into pile of brick in the road,
which resulted in the accident The po-
| lice had notified the contractor about the
lights previous to the accident, but the
matter had not been attended TO-. Mr..
| Lackey's appearance relieved the anxiety
which the family had relative to his
condition.
Capt Fl. ID. Gibson, who has recently
returned from France and was in camp
for a time, is home on furlough, hav-
ing joined Mrs Gibson here.
Anna Deem and Mae b.. two horses
owned by A. w. DAILY of this city, made
good showings at Middlebury fair last
week. Anna Deem appeared in two races,
getting first in one and second III the
other, while Mae b. was inside the mon
| ey in large field in two races.
=, Chenette crHght COW which is
day afternoon, and led it from his gar
den to the pound, which is at Smith &
Kcnt's stable, where b. j. Stewart is
poundkeeper. He placed the COW in the
pound. Mr.. Chenette notified Months
family that the COW had been lodged
therein and that he, Chenette, expected
Month to settle for damage that had been
done to the garden. 1t appears that a
complaint was recently made to the
grand Juror about the matter, and that
although Monti was notified relative TO
the matter, his COW gave the people near
Mr. Chenette's more trouble. Notice was
served by an officer on him that an APP
prasal could be made as to damage.
Miss Linda Crane is taking vaea
| tion from her work as telephone opera
tor at the State House.
Miss Christine Murray of Barre is as
sisting with the work in the adjutant
| generals office.
Miss Bertha Davis Of Coaticook, p O.,
\ has commenced work in the Office of the
state highway commissioner.
There WI be no teacher training
course in Montpelier high school this
year and Miss Elizabeth G. Hoffman of
| Chatham, Y. Y, who was teacher here
last year, will have charge of the teacher
| training course in Groton. Miss Edith
Leslie of johnson has been assigned to
teach the course in Mortified. The se-
lection Of the teacher to take the place
of Miss Clara Robinson in Montpelier
seminary has not yet been made. Miss
Robinson gives up work for a year be-
cause Of her health. She suffered in
fuenza last winter and has not fully
recovered
George c. Carpenter, bank commits
sioner, has appointed II. +. Pease Of
White River Junction as deputy com.
missioner to take the place of Charles
Heath, who resigned some weeks since
G.. II. Lackey received notice this morn
! ing Of the death Of Mrs. L. 0. Thayer of
Randolph. cousin. She died this morn
! ing of pneumonia at the age of about 40
years. She leaves a husband and a
daughter eight years Of age,
G. F. Lackey and family have re-