The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-17

Edward F. Smith of st. Adams ha,
been appointed assistant to the presi
dent OF the Central Vermont railroad.
Henry Hall of Chester Depot recently
tested some seed corn eight years old
every kernel of which but one sent
for sturdy shaft of grain.
Wilfred Wolfe of Windsor has been
fined $25 and costs for fishing without
a license. He was found at Lake St
Catherine by Deputy Warden Paul G.
Ross of Poultney.
Chauncey Sharp, an aged resident of
Fair Haven, has been missing since last
Saturday evening. He is in his seth
year A posse Of 25 men have been
searching for him in the woods there
abouts.
DR.. Theodore r. Waugh Of st. Al
bans received the senior prize for a
thesis awarded by the Mc(1ill society
of Montreal. He graduated from the
university June and is to be intern
pathologist at the Royal Victoria hos
pital, Montreal.
Building materials have so advanced
in price that the trustees of the Rut-
land Fair association have placed addi-
tional insurance of $4,000 on the build
ings so that in case of fire between now
and fair time they would have funds
enough to rebuild.
What is probably the largest price
ever paid for piece of land in Rutland
was recorded Saturday when the Texas
Oil company bought of Charles M.
Smith of that city site for distr!b-
uting plant for Vermont which is to
be erected there. The tract is 1855 feet
by l27 feet. The company paid $3.50
for it.
Frank H. Burgess, one of the best
known horsemen in the eastern states
and native of Bennington, died Fri
day at his home in Goshen, n. y, of
cancer. He had been in charge of rae
ing stables in Bridgeport, Conn, Mt.
Kisco and Goshen, N. Y, and was con-
siutItu OIt vi NBt iuVSb anu
competent trainers in the country.
Rev. Edgar L. Sanford, son of Rev.
David l.. Sanford, former diocesan mis-
sionary in Vermont, was ordained to
the priesthood at st. Paul's church,
Burlington, Sunday by Rt. Rev. Arthur
c. A. Hall. Rev. Mr.. Sanford has been
doing educational work at Shanghai,
China, and he returns to that country
to continue in missionary work. His
father, who preached the sermon at the
service, was formerly rector at Bel
lows Falls and at Hardwick, leaving
the latter place to go to Pennsylvania
some years ago.
A fire in the hardware store of Bill
lings and Davis in Rutland at l;53
o'clock Wednesday morning, caused the
firemen considerable trouble by the
blazing oil along the top Of the
water and by the dangers from ex-
plosions of cans of paint, varnish, etc. |
Several hours after the blaze had been
extinguished there were explosions
from these cans. The fire was entirely 1
in the basement The goods on the first
Hoor are badly damaged but only by
smoke. The contents of the basement
are practically all destroyed and the
walls and ceilings of the cellar are
badly charred. The loss is estimated at
several thousand dollars.
DR.. Prentiss C. Hoyt, prof. of Eng
lish at Clark college, Worcester, Mass,
and native of Addison, died Friday.
Burial was in his native town. Dr. Hoyt
was born Aug. |, 1869, attended Mid
dlebury high school and college and
chen Harvard university, afterward
becoming principal of the Parsons high
school in Kansas City and then return
ing to be principal of Middlebury high |
school from 1898 to 1898. From 1898 to |
1904 he was connected with Harvard |
college, went TO Clark college in 1904 |
as assistant professor of English, was
advanced to a full professorship in |
1900 and remained there until his |
death. For 10 years he had been SUI
perintendent of the Sunday school of |
the Pilgrim Congregational church and |
for the same length of time was at
the head of the boy scouts of the
church.