The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-22

MISS Maria Il. hagar observed mel JuIh
birthday at her home in Burlington on
Thursday
Rev. James L. Atwell, formerly of
Bennington, is critically i'll at his home
in Albany, n. Y.
The 50th anniversary of the dedication
of the Methodist church in Williston is
to be observed Oct. 3 to 8.
Rev. Robert Taylor, pastor of the
Pittsford Methodist church, has resigned
TO study theology in Boston.
The Woman's association of the Brat
tleboro Congregational church raised
over $500 during the fiscal year.
Arthur Munger Benson mail carrier,
Is under arrest charged with stealing two
Ford tires from George Hawkins of Cas-
Teton
Alphonsine BEDFORD lost two fingers on
his left hand Thursday while working
about mechanical knife at the brush
factory in Burlington.
The duck hunting along the Lamoille
river is said to be the best for several
seasons, at least 200 hunters cunning
along the river banks. The bag limit
Is 20 and several got just within that
limit.
Mrs A. w. Hyde fractured both arms
IN fall down the stairs at her home in
Sudbury Sept. 49, The right arm was
broken above the elbow and the left was
broken in the wrist.
j. G. Burick of Fair Haven, who has
been given q federal Office, has resigned
as town clerk, and Miss Katie Mae Will
liams will be candidate for the Office
at special village meeting to be held
Sept 20.
A bad freight wreck occurred at st.
Johnsbury Thursday evening, when car
loaded with pulp wood came down the
siding and sdeswiped an extra freight,
which was going with considerable speed.
Five cars were thrown off the track and
badly smashed, but as they were loaded
with lumber, the only loss will be the
rolling stock.
The work of razing the property now
standing on the ground where Rutland's
new Jail is to be located, has commenced,
and as soon as possible the new build
ing will be erected A sum not to ex
coed $4,000 is to be thus spent The put
ting up Of new jail was made neces
sary by the moving OF the house Of cor
rection to Windsor
Allen D. Vittum, for more than 40
years a leader and prominent member Of
bands and orchestras in Addison coun.
ty, died Sept. Is in Middlebury. He had
been in poor health for some time, but
severe attack OF indigestion, which re-
suited in heart failure, was the immed-
ate cause of his death. He was SO years
old.
The expensive boat house Of George II.
Allen of Shelburne was DESTROYED by fire
Wednesday evening when the family
failed to come to the terms of a black
mailer and leave $1,000 at the boat house
within a specified time. No arrests have
yet been made, but the affair was kept
quiet number of days to permit of an
investigation.
Milton NJ. Huntley, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs w S. Huntley Of Middlebury, was
married in Paris last July to Miss Ruth
f. Dennis of Mason, Tenn, whom he
met at base hospital in France, accord
ing to word just received by his par
ents. Mrs. Huntley was Red Cross
nurse She has been. released from serv-
ice and has arrived in the United States,
where Mr.. Huntley viii come soon. He
was sophomore in Middlebury when
the war broke out and he enlisted
Pupils of district school in Vergennes
went to play at a stack of hay in an adj
Joining lot belonging to John Driscoll
and three of the girls climbed TO the top
of the stack, whereupon some Of the old
er children decided to smoke them out
and set fire to the hay, with the result
that the stack was destroyed and the
girls narrowly escaped being badly
burned The stack was estimated to con
tain five tons Of hay, which was valued
at 1928 and was without insurance. A
barn nearby would also have burned had
it not been for strenuous work by neigh
bors who carried water from the creek
some distance away.