The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-05-26
ABOUT THE STATE
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The village of Middlebury owns a new
spraying apparatus for use on the trees.
In to-day's casualty list, only one Yer
monter was mentioned, Private James
Z. Dick of Bennington, who was listed as
wounded slightly.
A party of business and professional
men from New Britain, Conn, spent last
week in Peru, this being their annual
fishing trip to that place.
Edward Stringham of Rutland was
fined SIS and costs of $40 in Rutland
city court this week for furnishing liq-
uor to John WEIGH, posted man.
Rev. ]. B. Stewart has resigned as
pastor of the church in Starksboro and
has accepted call to the passionate of
the Community church in Sheffield.
The store of H. l.. Drugg in Proctors-
vile was broken into one night recently
and from it were stolen clothing, shoes
and other articles to the value OF 5000.
Rev. Paul Weller has resigned as pas
tor of the Uniyersalist church in Wash
ingten, to take effect June 30 Mr. Well
er and family win go to Bridgeton, Me.
Will Coffee of Lake Bomoseen killed
a hedgehog last week and got well filled
with quilts. Two men worked all day
pulling the quilts out of his flesh and
they are not all out yet.
Erman Provost, who was hit in the
face by a crank at the Morse box fac
tory in Jeffersonville May II, died in
the Fanny Allen hospital this week Of
blood poisoning and scarlet fever.
Albert Hutchins Of North Clarendon,
who has been suffering with blood pois-
oning in both hands, is improving but
it was thought at first he could not live.
He got the poison from skinning calf.
Rev. and Mrs. w. II. Dean celebrated
the 50th anniversary of their marriage
at their home in Middlebury May 49,.
Mr. Dean is SO years old and for over 30
years served as pastor in different towns
in Vermont.
1t is reported that William Hill of
Bennington caught one of the largest
native trout that has been brought to
town for some time. The specklea beau
ty weighed one pound and 1874 ounces
and was taken from the Battenkill.
An appraisal of the property of Miss
Maude Hanrican of North Hero, who
died some time ago, leaving all her
property to the Mary Fletcher hospital
showed a total of about $4,000 Miss
Hanrican had nearly doubled her prop
erty since the death of her father sew
eral wears ago. The will conveying
everything to the hospital was made II
years ago. 1t is understood that her
brother will contest the win.
An interesting fact connected with the
golden wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs George S. Russell of Middlebury is
that Mrs Russell's grandfather and
grandmother lived to celebrate their SD
wedding anniversary; that four out of
five of the latter's children lived to cele.
brate their golden wedding anniversary
and that six out of the nine grandchl.
dren have also had golden weddings. The
record, including the anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs Russell, makes an even dozen
of these occasions in three generations
of one family.
Mrs Marie Haley, 50, living with her
daughter in Newport, died from the re-
suit of burns caused by her clothes catch
ing fire May 10. Her daughter, Mrs.
Turcotte, was making repairs under a
sink and in order to see was using
lighted candle. Mrs Haley, out of GU
riosity, stopped over to see what her
daughter was doing and the shawl which
she was wearing came in contact with
the candle fame, the blaze spreading
over her clothes. A fire extinguisher
finally had to be used to extinguish the
fire. 1t is supposed that the flames in
hailed, rather than the burns themselves,
were the cause of her death.
Rev. William A. McIlwaine and Miss
Georgia Il. Clifford were married May 10
at the home of the bride in Springfield
Mr.. Mcllwaine was born in Japan, the
son of missionaries who are still in that
country. He came to the United States
for his education and sometime in June
will be ordained to the ministry at a
church in Champe, Va, where his grand.
father was pastor for 30 years The
: bride graduated from the University of
Vermont and for the past five years has
been teaching at the Mount Hermon
school in Mortified, Mass. Both Mr..
and Mrs. McIlwaine are under appoint
ment of the Southern Presbyterian board
as missionaries to Japan and expect to
sail in October for Kochi, southern Jap
an, city of $4,000, where Mr. Nell
Maine's nennle are stationed