The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Perry observed
the 50th anniversary of their marriage
at their home in Randolph Center Feb.
s. Mr.. Perry is 10 and Mrs. Perry IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Philbrick OBJ
served their 5Oth wedding anniversary
at their home in Rutland Wednesday.
It took the form of a family dinner
at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Il.
j. Egelston.
A. X. Powers, a st. Johnsbury man
who keeps close tabs on the weather
situation, SAYS that 2S inches of snow
fell in that town during January. This
was the heaviest snowfall in That
mont since 1857.
NJ. u. Adams of Newton, Mass, the
owner of a summer home near Thur
ber's hotel in Danville, was attacked
by a shock while in the South station
in Boston one day last week and died
before an ambulance arrived.
William M. Lockwood, the l3-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fl. Lock
wood of Burlington, a member OF the
Green Mountain Poultry club OF that
city, made a profit of SlS2,lS off his
flock of Rhode Island Reds last year.
Albert B. Griffith was srraigned in
Burlington city court recently on a
charge of practicing dentistry without
a license. His case was continued until
Feb. "a and he was released in the sum
of 500 bail. The offense carries with
it a maximum penalty of a 500 fine
or three months imprisonment.
c. NJ. Kontos, a Burlington grocer,
was in city court Thursday, charged
with giving short weight to customers.
He was fined $50 and costs of $3.50,
which he paid. There were a large
number of charges against him, most
Of which we're not pressed. One was
that on a sale of a bushel Of potatoes
the weight was nine and one-half
pounds too little.
c. Z. Whalon, a Rutland railroad con-
ductor, who had been spending a few
weeks in Cuba, stopped off in Rich
mond, Va, and while there attended
the movies" One of the pictures
shown on the screen was that of the
wreck on the Rutland road at Grand
Isle. when the ears left the track n
one went into the lake. This was the
first Mr.. Whalon had heard of the acct
dent.
When the stage was going from
Grand Isle to Plattsburg n day this
week, one of the horses sunk into a
water hole in the ice and was with
difficulty extricated. The passengers
had to walk back to Cumberland head,
more than half a mile, in a binding
snowstorm and wait for another outfit
to come for them from Plattsburg, the
horse that fell being too nearly ex-
hausted to carry passengers in the
stage.
Eden has been as much afflicted with
the flu as any town in the state per-
haps, the disease breaking out there
about Feb. 5. BY Saturday night OF
that week there were about 40 cases
and many others have developed since.
Austin Lowering died Feb. IL, Clayton
Whittemore died Feb. IA, James Fetch
err on the same day, Mrs. OrTin White
more on Feb. Is end Mrs. Clayton
Whittemore, whose husband died the
l4th. on Wednesday, Feb. is. The
deaths of Mr.. and Mrs. Whittemore
leave six children orphans. The Felch-
err case is particularly pitiful. Mrs
Fletcher and twins were i'll with the
disease and the husband and father
was caring for them, his own tempera-
ture being up to los when the doctor
found out his condition. He died on
Saturday and the next day a son was
horn to Mrs. Fletcher. She Is critically
it'll with pneumonia and the baby is
not expected to live.
Clear the Path for the R. F. d. Man.
1t is up to jewellers in the country to