The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-07
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from
Different Sections.

W Mrs. Thomas p. Dempsey of Yves
Rutland has Christmas cactus whiel
has l56 buds and blossoms,
A handsome lynx, weighing q
pounds, was shot on Sterling mountain
in Hyde Park Jan. by John Burner
XIV Rev. r. w. Greene, aged 60 years, /
native Of Brattleboro and for rs years
pastor of the South Congregations
church in Middletown, Conn, died il
Jaffrey, N. H., Jan. a.
W. G.. Baldwin of the state forestry
department, who is staying at his camp
ION Long pond, Lanesboro, recently
caught two mink, which he sold to
Dwight Hollister Of Plainfeld for $50
Otis w. Barrett, formerly of Claren-
don, who has been in the employ of the
United States department of agricul-
ture for many years, has just left fol-
Africa after visiting his Vermont rel
atives. Mr.. and Mrs. Barrett have
sailed for Monrovia, Liberia, where
he is to work in the interest of the
United States government.
William Pritchard, an employee on
the quarry of the Durick keenan, com
pany in Fair Haven, had both of his
legs broken Monday. As blast was
to be set off, he took shelter under a
big tree, when a stone from the blast
struck the ground and glanced off, hit
ting him in the legs, breaking them
both.
Eight workmen who were digging a
trench for the Brattleboro Main street
sewer system struck Monday morning
for 81 day, instead of $3.50. Nine Of
the workmen did not unite with the
others in their demand for an increase,
and before night two of the strikers
had made application to return to work
at the old price, but were not taken
back
Rev. Clinton l.. Scott, well known
through this section as the reader who
accompanied the Tufts College Glee
and Mandolin clubs in their trips a
few years ago and who later became
pastor of the Universalist church in
Northfeld. has resigned the passionate
of Grace Universalist church in Buffa-
10, N. Y, and on Feb | takes charge
of the Church of Restoration in Phia.
delphia.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the st. Adams Cooperative
creamery. Inc, was held Monday and
the following directors were elected:
w. f. Cunningham, G. H. Dunsmore, #.
0. Collins, w. X. Warner, N. L. Corliss,
Eff Ryan and E. A. Curtis Auditors
cosen were +. B. Morton, w. A. Boyce
and Fl. Hubbard, and H. F. Mooney
was elected clerk. The company was
organized in May, 1915, but was not
active until it was recognized last
November.
4 Judge f. L. Waterman of Brattle-
boro, recently chosen a member of the
board of trustees of the Jamaica
Savings bank, is low the only living
charter member of the corporation and
Is the one who drew up the charter for
the bank in 1872. He was first vice
president of the institution, then pres
ident for Is years, after which he de
voted all his time to the practice of
law. Upon his withdrawal from ac-
tive business life, he was again elect
ed to office.
The largest theatre organ in the
world, built by the Estey Organ com.
pany of Brattleboro, has been installed
10 the new Capitol theatre in New
York City. Over $4,000 square feet of
lumber were used in making the wood
pipes; the smallest pipe is about the
size of lead pencil, while the larg-
est easily would contain $4,000 of
these smaller pipes. Many stops of
novel character are contained in This
organ, which is more than ordinarily
rich in fundamental tone.
The cases of State against Lyndon
Z. Durham, charged with PLAYING golf |
on Sunday; against Jacob Estey, GUY |
Johnson and Bernard Dunlevy. charged
with playing Sundsy baseball and |
against E. f. Thintekos, charged with !
conducting a fruit store on the Sab
bath were stricken from the munich
pal court in Brattleboro Monday bv
Judge A. y. Cudworth at the request
IF States Attorney Ernest w. Gobson.
These cases were entered last Septem-
Der, following complaint by the Brat.
ileboro ministers and after jury trial |
If Mr.. johnson ended in disagree
nent. The ministers asked the states
attorney not to carry the cases fur.
ther.
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