The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-14


attendance of 442, the largest in his
tory.
The state board of charities has two
pairs of twins for whom it is looking
for homes. One pair is Protestant and
one Catholic. All are boys.
D. j, Waller of Lyndonville is suffer
ing from bad wound in one foot re-
ceived while in bathing, having an en-
counter with piece of glass He is
obliged to use crutches.
The Altar society of st. Aloysius
church, st. Johnsbury, made sll5
Wednesday afternoon and evening at a
lawn party, at which Hon. W. Bourke
Cochran of New York City was the
speaker.
The E. T. Dupon de Nemours COM
pany has offered a $3.50 scholarship in
the University of Vermont to some
senior in the institution who is max
ing chemistry or chemical engineering
his major study.
Arthur Rohrer, lame and compelled
to use crutches, has recently arrived in
Vermont, after a l,3o0-m mile horseback
trip from his home in Georgia. He ex.
poets to make the return trip the same
way. He is now visiting in Burling-
ton and Jonesville.
Il A brown trout, believed to be rec
ord fish for this section, was taken
from the Battenkill river in the town
of Manchester Monday evening by
Clyde Blackwell. The fish, which cap
tured on fly road, weight an even
nine pounds, measure 301s inches
through the body at the widest point.
Champion Auburn Harry, jr," a
Boston terrier, owned by Charles H.
Mower of Burlingtort and said to
have been the best bred terrier alive, !
having won more than $50 first and
second prizes at dog shows throughout |
the country, died at veterinary hos /
pital in Chelsea, Mass, few days |!
ago. The dogs death followed an OPP |
Grafton for tumor.
Being found responsible for encour,
aging prostitution, Charles Mahr of |
Burlington was sentenced to 10 months |
in the house of correction; his wife,
Mrs. Esther Mahr was found guilty of
aiding and abetting prostitution and
was sentenced to ii months in the
same institution; and Nellie Coburn,
married woman of 20, was found guilty
of adultery and was sentenced to six
months. The arrests followed the in
yestigation Of deplorable conditions in
the northern part of Burlington.
H. z. Gray of Greylawn Farms, Inc,
Of Waterbury proposes to move his
proprietary medicine business to New
port If he gets satisfactory induce
ments. Mr.. Gray was in the farm bus
mess and his stock became troubled by
insects, so he manufactured a remedy
and applied it with good results. II is
this medicine he proposes to manufae-
tiire under the name of fIouse.chase"
and Fly chase" Newport is consid-
ering
The Continental Highway Corpora
ton of Chicago has brought suit
against the Rutland Theatres Inc. of
Maine to recover for signs erected for
the Strand theatre on the outskirts of
Rutland. The suit has been entered
with County Clerk George n. Harman
by Attorney Walter S. Fenton for the
plaintiff and is returnabe at the Sep
TENDER term of Rutland county court.
The suit is brought for $500, alleging
that the stipulated contrary price has
never been paid by the Strand theatre
or its former owners.
While driving a hayrske on his IA
Tiers farm in South Newport on Mon
day morning, Alison Blanchard, nine
year-old boy, was thrown from the
drivers seat and sustained torn ear
and fracture of the skull in addition Z
to numerous bruises and scratches. He
was taken to the Sherbrooke hospital I
in the afternoon, where he remains in
a critical condition. :
A Vermont officer has gone to JEFF
ferson City, Mo, to get William H
Wheeler, who is wanted in Vermont
for breach of probation. Wheeler came
to MorrisvilIe last fall from South
Paris, Me, having recently served two
years in the Maine penetintisry for
forgery. At Morrisville he began forg-
ing again and was convicted in La
noble county court, being sentenced
TO five years in the state prison and
the sentence being suspended After
being on probation for time, Wheeler