The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-18
MONTPELIER
An Attempt Being Made to Make Brick
Out of Granite.

weather only small attendance was
present James Linnchan of Boston ex-
| planned the composition of cement
brick that he proposed to construct The
members asked him to make up brick
| from Barre granite After the meeting
here they went to the office of Guy Var
mum of the Boutwell,, Milne & Varnum
company, who believed the brick could
be made from Barre granite and gave
| them figures upon costs of crushing and
other data. Mr.. Linnchan will make
some brick of Barre granite and another
meeting viii take place.
The records of Montpelier city court
! to-day show that f. w. Mitchell of
Montpelier appeared i'll city court last
evening and paid fine of $50 and costs
amounting to S775 after having pleaded
guilty TO an offense against the fish and
game laws which was set forth as "fsh-
ing in the waters posted by the state OF
Vermont and closed by the order of the
fish and game department" These are
/ in Warren. The prosecution was con-
Quoted by 4. s. Neweomb, game warden,
The complaint was made by George
Long, deputy game warden. 1t is under
/ oiObu hilub lVui hHi Ntit
on land that had been perpetually post
ed by the state.
Four candidates took the degree at
the meeting Of the Eastern Star Tuesday
evening.
| l.. G. Moody, L. H. Bixby and NJ, +.
Mcclure have returned from the st. Der.
nard club, where they have enjoyed fish
| ing. They brought home some nice trout.
On the way to the upper lake Mr.. Moody
caught six-pound lake trout but threw
| it back because there was no chance to
take care of it while they We're 10 days
| in the woods, and they would not have
chance to cook it for couple of days.
Some 80 of the boys who saw service
in the present war gathered in the
armory last evening and the formation
| of local chapter of the American le
gion took place. These signed the APP
| plication for a chapter and the data has
been sent to the national office. The
name selected was the Montpelier post
of the American legion. Upon the re-
ceipt of the charter, the officers will be
elected
The Capital City grange hclds its reg
ular meeting Thursday evening when it
will be childrens night and the program
will be given by them in charge of Miss
Anna Griffin, lecturer.
The secretary of state has received the
report of an accident that took place in
Rutland Tuesday when the car of Charles
A. Hoar was damaged.
Alvie Keith appeared in Montpelier
city court last evening on the charge of
intoxication He paid a fine of S. and
costs.
c. F. Lackey and Harry G. Shurteff
were in Rochester to-day on business.
The fire department was called to the
Capital garage this morning for a fire in
an automobile. The men were cleaning
| the machine when fire broke out near
| the engine. They put it out about the
time that the department arrived.
| Deputy United States Marshal G. f.
Lackey leaves Friday for Brattleboro
with Maxwell Auerbach and Albertus
Achpitzer, the two New York men who
were found guilty in United States court
Of smuggling opium and its derivatives
into this country. He viii be joined at
Brattleboro by Marshal A. r. Carpenter
and they viii take the men to Atlanta,
Ca, where they will serve from one to
two years in the federal prison.
The secretary of state is being de-
layed in the publication of the automo.
bile book by the fact that the paper,
which was bought by the state, has been
delayed in shipment
Persons living on Berlin street saw a
deer cross the street last evening. II
went across the Winooski river and then
left the city, apparently unfrightened.
The street department has sprinkled
State and upper Elm streets with oil
and this morning commenced the work
of sprinkling upper Main street. 1t re-
quires six horses to pull the sprinkler
up Clay hill. They have the sidewalk
and other work ON lower State street
completed.
Governor Clement has suggested his
willingness TO cooperate with Montpel-
Ter in the repairs of the piece of roadway
which runs along beside the Pavilion no.
tel in Montpelier and which has been in
bad shape for a few years This is a
driveway in which the state of Vermont
and T. II. Heaphy have joint rights, but
the city of Montpelier is interested be-
cause of the large amount of traffic over
it by the residents of the city. If this
street were closed it woud mean an APP
plication for another exit to that end
of Court street. 1t has been suggested
that the state, Mr.. Heaphy and the city
pay one-third each and the construction
be done by the state, which is one of the
owners.
William Currier, who was arrested on
Tuesday morning by Deputy Sheriff
Emery after his escapade at Montpelier
Monday night, appeared in Montpelier
I city court Tuesday evening, pleading
| guilty to the charge of disposing of
mortgaged property and was fined, which
he will pay, with costs, at the rate of 50
q week. The horse on which the mort
gage was held was considered worth
about $40. Currier was also instructed
by the court to keep away from his wife,
who has brought divorce proceedings
against him. This he promised to do.
Romidas Marine of Barre was brought
before Judge f. M. Harvey in Montpelier
city court Tuesday evening ON the charge
Of operating an automobile when intox-
icated, to which he pleaded guilty and
| then on the question OF penalty he
asked permission to say something and
| told story after this style: That
man called at his home to see the auto
mobile, which he wanted to SELL that he
had been driving the car, that they had
few drinks but that the man who
wanted to buy the car was the man driv-
| ing lat the time the machine went into
the ditch near the Asa Baldwin house on
the Barre road. He told the grand juror
that he did not know the mans name.
The court gave him fine of $40 and
costs, which he settled.