The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-26
MONTPELIER

/ The funeral of Mrs. Mary +. Fislle,
| who died Thursday night of heart trou-
! bic, was held from her late home On
| College street in Montpelier at 2:30
1 O'Clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. Charles
st. Johns OF Bethany church otiiciat-
ing. The bearers were w. S. Smith, G.
O. Boyles, e. Fl. Prouty and Irving
Henson. The body was placed in the
vault in Green Mount cemetery and
will be later taken to Rochester for
| burial. Mrs. Fiske was native Of
Rochester. a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Loman Martin. and is the last mem
Der of her own family. DR.. Frederick
J. Fassett her son, in Seattle, Wash,
| has been III with spinal miningitis, so
he has been unable to come east TO
see his mother and only recently been
able TO be out Besides her SON, Mrs.
Fiske is survived by her husband, Rev.
+. S. Fiske, and a daughter, Miss Flor
ence Fiske of Montpelier. Her broth
in California. Mrs. Fiske was prom
inent in church work in the various
towns in which she had lived, includ-
ing Waitsfield, Bethel and Montpelier,
and was regent of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution in Montpel-
Ter. She was a great lover OF young
people and there were generally young
friends in the family beside her own
children.
G. NJ. Hogan Of st. Adams and Alex
ander Dunnett of st. Johnsblrry were
in the city Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. John Nancy and Mrs A. X.
Hall of Randolph visited in the city
Saturday.
NJ. r. Heating, az administrator of
the estate of Mary Coughlan. has sold
her house on Summer street to Harold
Pierce and wife.
Word was received here on Sun
day morning that James Eaton a
brakeman on the Central Vermont rail
way. suffered the amputation of one
arm Saturday as result OF an acct
dent in the White River junction
yards. The report was that the arm
was crushed between the couplings OF
two cars and had 70 be amputatcd.
The young man is well known in Mont
pelier.
See the new line of .Victrolas and
Sonora talking machines on sale at
Bailey's Music Rooms. Barre. adv.
j. T. Whitney OF the state engineers
Office has gone to Colchester TO run
the lines for the cement work that is
to be done on piece of highway
Willard Springer OF Mortified Falls |
has been appointed by II. I. Johnson,
adiutant general. as major in the ord
nance department of the state Nation |
al Guard and will have his office at his
home.
Miss Mildred House of the state pur |
chasing agent : office has been detained
At home FOR week by illness.
The report OF fatal accident at
Richford the I'D of the month has |
been received at the commissioner Of
industries Office. Ealgcne Broe was
Killed while employed by the Richford |
company handling logs. /
w. n. Taieot Of Rutland and James
toutts Of Barre, inspectors in weights /
and measures, were in the city Satnr
dav in conference with VI. NJ. Davis, the !
deputy commissioner, relative TO the |
program.
Miss Adelaide Teschout Of the secTe
tary OF states office is Ill. threatened i
with appendicitis. Mrs. Clair Temple
ton aud Mrs Hartigan commenced
work this morning as extra assistance
in the office during the automobile
rush.
y. Monti awoks this morning to find
hat one Of his horses was not in the
stable on Putnam street. II appears
hat the man allowed Il to wander
from his buildings and that one OF the
ieighbors complained TO the police. j.
was later found that the horse was in
he pound where il could he obtained
py paving charges Last summer a COW
If Months was placed in the pound be-
'auSc of similar trouble.
Mrs. Frank +. Howe OF Bennington.
who has been visiting here, has gone
% her home.
Thomas Redmond went 10 Heaton
,ospltal Sunday. He is suffering with
pneumonia.
The granite conditions in the two cit
Is are upsetting the members Of the
Montpelier Military band and the pro
ram for the summer. and il looks now
i though the city would be without
and for il the strike" is not set
led shortly It Is feared so many Of
he players who reside in Montpelier !
md Barre will go away so that il viii
,ot be possible to conduct a reasonable
lied band. Mr. Merrill Is waiting a
.ouple of weeks in hopes the conditions
viii clear mp before he proceeds with
If there is no band it will
% the first time in some 10 years that
he city has not been represented by a