The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-10
ROXBURY.

II. +. Flint Of Randolph visited a
the home of j. W. Howe last wee
Tuesday
Judge Il. S. Stanton was a bushes
visitor in Waterbury Monday.
r. b. Kidder spent the week end a
his home in Burlington. He left thi
station about 10 o'clock Saturday even
ing. on the first train northbound dur
ing the day.
Word was received here the first o
the week by Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Roy
of the death of Luther Bailey OF vii
Jamestown, who passed away after
short illness of pneumonia and the tu
Mr.. Bailey was born in WILLIAMSBURG
July 4, 1875, and spent the greater part
of his life in that town. Fourteen
years ago he married Lephie Duns
moor of Roxbury, niece of Mrs. q. A
Rows. They lived on the Dodge farm
between Montpelier and Barre for a
short time and - years ago, Mr.
Bailey purchased his fathers farm
where they resided at the time of his
decease. He was a very prosperous
farmer, had held several town offices,
was veteran of the Spanish American
war, a member of the LIST Vermont reg
iment. He is survived by his wife,
one son. j. Frank Bailey, aged II, be-
sides other relatives. Mrs Bailey's
mother, Mrs. Julia Dunsmoor, has re-
Gently made her home there.
The receipts from the town meeting
dinner were $500. The society held
its annual meeting and voted $50 for
the repair of the church sheds. The of
ticers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Oney yice-president. Mrs.
p. Flint; secretary, Mrs B. C. Hall;
treasurer, Mrs. II. w. Tilden.
Dr. Shaw made some trips on snow
shoes and Saturday several village peo-
pie were on snowshoes for house-to-
house calls.
Mrs. Jennie Richardson and Mrs.
Ethel Kerr arrived here the middle of
the past week from Woodstock and
stopped with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Rich
ardson till Friday
George Roys was in Williamstown
Thursday to attend the funeral of his
nephew, Luther Bailey.
The Warren stage could not reach
here Saturday and Winfield French
was able to make but short distance
Of his mail trip because N the severe
storm.
Several young calves were brought
here to the cattle yards Friday and
Saturday morning and had to be fed
milk from bottle, DIS the stock train
was not able TO make its trip Mon
day.
Elmer Cram, who has been in West
field, Me. during the winter, working
for Carroll Barrows, and who went to
Woodstock for the remainder of their |
household goods, returned with them |
Tuesday evening, March 2, and Friday, |
with his mother, Mrs. Jennie Richard |
son, and sister, Mrs. Ethel Kerr, he |
went to his farm.
The heaviest snowstorm of the sea
many years started Friday morning |
following rainstorm. Saturday morn
ing nearly all kinds of traffic were tied
up. The storm and wind continued
most of the day and only two passen-
ger trains passed up this line during
the day. All others were cancelled.
One passenger train went down through
about noon and the first northbound
train for the day reached this station
about 10 o'clock in the evening. The
snow scrapers ON the Central Vermont
railway were reported stalled north
and south of here. Sunday morning
the night express went south, following
the snowplow, which was the only
got across the rails at Sharon. The
engine did not leave the irons, but be-
came helpless caused by a blown out
cylinder head and broken rods, having
to await the arrival of wreck trains.
The one from st. Adams reached here
late in the evening and turned and
went back north. The noon express
IS reported to have come as far as
ordered back north. The
through passengers Were cared for at
he hotels in Montpelier. Monday the
passenger service was about as usual,
'nly little late, but it was local serv-
&c. as the other roads were said to be
still tied up. The freight service was
'ancelled.
Mrs Ida Tilden was visitor in
(orthfeld and Montpelier Thursday Of
he past week and Mrs. F. B. Tilden
vas in Montpelier he same day.
+. II. Merrill was in Waterbury on
of last week TO attend the
uneral of Mrs. J. b. Eldredge Of that
ilace. 3
The following account of the death
# Louis II. Janvrin was copied from a :
saratoga Springs paper: Louis Jan
rim died at the Saratoga hospital on
evening, after an illness Of 4
bout 10 weeks. He was the son Of I
.ouis II. Janvrin and Mary G. Bryant,
nd on his fathers side was a descend
mt of the French family known in the
sland of Guernsey for upwards of a
years Mr.. Janvrin was born
a Saratoga Springs and was in his v
9th year He was educated in the I
aratoga Springs high school and Mid b
lebury college He had Travelled ex-
having spent considerable /
ime in Germany and France, and had r
$50 made trips to the far north and "
, the Canadian Northwest. as well a Il
he entire United States He always
Saratoga Springs as his "
ONE, although he spent little time d
ere for many years. He is survived $,