The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-23
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings If Interest from
Different Sections.


Different Sections.
The Handy Gamers club of West
Rutland has put up over 1000 jars OF
fruits, vegetables and meat the past
year.
Rev. A. j. Bowser of Pennsylvania,
who once held pastorate at Reads
boro, has begun his new pastorate at
Windsor's Baptist church.
Nathan G. Williams of Bellows Falls
has filed voluntary petition of bank
ruptcy with the clerk of the United
States court. His liabilities are S274,-
97051 and his assets $l29,029.l3.
Frank H. Chapman, for many years
in charge of the Office of the United
States marshal at Rutland, will seek
the appointment for the district. He
has been in the office for 20 years.
A new rest room has been opened
for the shop employees of the Vermont
Farm Machine corporation at Bellows
Falls. IT is equipped with card ia
bles, reading matter and many other
things that go to make it comfortable
and coy for the workmen.
Seven men employed in the construc-
ton of large dam, being built by the
Hortonia Power company near their
plant in Middlebury resigned and LETT
the Job few days ago, their com
plant being that their pay had been
unreasonably held up for several
weeks,
Fred H. Harris of Brattleboro, who
has been in a hospital in Boston two
weeks with blood poisoning in both
hands and one arm, caused by getting
briars in his hand while hunting, will
be obliged to have the first finger OF
his left hand amputated at the first
joint.
Louis Chambo and Henry Murray,
four year men at Windsor, who escaped
Oct. 81, are still at liberty. The were
TRUSTEES and were working in the kitch
en-. 1t is still mystery how they man
aged to scale the high walls. Chambo,
IS, was in for burglary, and Murray,
So was in for larceny.
Henry Pratt, Pownal farmer, on
going to get in his young cattle for
the winter, found one missing and on
investigating saw where it had been
butchered the night before, leaving
only the hide, head and intestines.
The animal was a valuable Guernsey
two year odd hefer.
A bronze tablet is TO be placed in
Main street park in Rutland nj memory
of all the Rutland boys who took part
in the World war. The tablet viii
contain the names of the boys from
there who died in the war. The local
chapter of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution has charge of the
matter.
The Methodist church has licensed
three women to preach in Vermont.
Mis- Mahelle /. Whitney was licensed
at Pittsfeld She was a supply pastor
and previously had served as pastor
of Congregational church in Maine.
Miss Capitola B. Lochner was licensed
by the Proctorsville church and Miss
Ellen H. Wagner, public school teach
err, was licensed at Milton.
Walter L. Forbes on Nov. Is picked
basket of ripe berries from his snow
covered strawberry patch and on Oct.
20 picked % quarts, which came from
his Superb Everlasting beds. Mr.
Forbes realized more than $1,000
from his one half acre of strawberry
vines the past year. He has so planned
his crop that he picks both early in
the spring and late in the autumn.
The residence of Colonel Walter w.
Brown, one of the finest in Springfield
village. was Quilted by fire early Mon
day morning with loss estimated at
from $4,000 to 5000. The fire had
gained considerable Roadway before il
was discovered about 2: 80 o'clock. and
the interior of the house was practi
cally destroyed before the flames could
be brought under control
Albert L. Austin, deputy fish and
game warden of Addison county, was
arrested Friday on a warrant eharg-
ing him with election fraud. Mr.. Aus
tin. who lives in Middlebury, ordered
his name placed on the checklist of
Middlebury before the September pri-
mary. His name was also on the
checklist in Weybridge, where he for
merlv lived. He voted in the primary
at the latter town, voting in Middle
bury at the election on Nov. 2. He was
taken before Judge Albert w. Dickens
Friday afternoon, pleaded not guilty
and was held in the sum of 500 for
his appearance in court at a late date.