The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-10-29


anniversary of his birth by entertain
ing friends at dinner at his home il
Riverside.
At Wilder ~ families are under
quarantine in an effort to check the
spread of diphtheria, which has threat.
ened to become a serious epidemic in
that section.
George Cary of St. Johnsbury has
offered to give the churches of East
Barnet and Barnet village winter
supply of wood if the men of the par
ishes will go and cut it. They are hav-
ing ''bee" to-day for that purpose.
The directors of the Newport Ma
tional bank lin Newport have pur-
( chased block, in which the institu
A-ton will be established. 1t is now oc-
cupied by the Orleans Trust. company
which is ready to move into new quar-
ters, and by three stores.
The night force at the plant of the
Vermont Milk Chocolate company in
Burlington has been laid off indefinite
ly. For the past few years day and
night shift has been used, but there
is lull in business and the day force
can handle the orders on the books.
With IL cases of smallpox in Rut-
land city, a number of suspected cases
and few in nearby towns, the physi-
clans declare the epidemic serious
nd he NH hot ia
running light will be more apt to cause
its spread as some are going about, it
is thought likely, without knowing
they have the disease. Six hundred
persons in Rutland have already been
vaccinated and | 800 more vaccine
points have been ordered, the supply
running out.
Four moth chasers for the depart
ment of agriculture are out on bail of
5000 each, charged with entering the
home of Claude Fields in Peacham the
night of Sept. 81 and stealing an army
coat, razor, wrist watch, alarm clock
and other personal property, most of
which has been recovered. The boys
pleaded not guilty. They are White.
hall, 81, both of Brighton, Mass, Will |
liam j. O'Neill, IS, and Joseph Durb, |
IL, both of Melrose, Mass.
Valuable hardware was taken
the night of October % from
H. 7. Seaver's store in Barton. amount
ing to at least a thousand dollars
worth including rifles, razors, knives
flashlights and other articles Practi- |
cally every frearm in the store was
taken, with quantities of ammunition.
Only one of two fazors were left and |
every iackknife was taken. These
knives had Mr. Seaver's name etched
on the blades, which the burglar prob
ably did not know. Only a few fash
lights were left Entrance was made
through the front doors, which were
pushed in with great force, the doors
being in plain sight of the entire post
Office square, which remains lighted all
night.
Deputy Collector of Customs A. C.
Mullen Tuesday night made another
big seizure of contraband liquor being
brought in from Canada when he
searched a Buick car which was
stopped about 40 rods on the Vermont
side of the international boundary
near Franklin and found it to contain
1856 quarts of Scotch and rye whiskey,
with retail value of about $3.50. The
car was seized and its occupants, who
gave their names as f. Mongeau of I
Attleboro, Mass, and Alfred Medro of
Pawtucket, r. l., were lodged in the
Franklin county Jail in st. Adams
they were given hearing
and were bound over under bonds of
$500 for appearance at United States !
district court. Being unable to raise
the money, both were taken to Jail. 7
Splendid Statue for Ira Allen. |,
Through the generosity of lanes n {