The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-27
MONTPELIER
Suspected Case of Smallpox Placed IN
der Quarantine.

health was notified of the case Sat
urday and, pending further decision in
the matter, the sign warns people
against what us believed to be small
pox, Mr.. Winslow was yaccinated three
wears ago but the case looks like
! modified attack of the malady. No
| trace can be secured of the origin.
A hearing is expected this afternoon
relative to condemnation OF the old
wooden bridge which spans the Worces'
ter branch in this city and which in
spectors from the Boston Il Maine rail-
road condemned last week without Civ
ing the local transportation depart
| ment of the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad a chance to get the empty for
eign ears off the tracks each side OF the
bridge and upon which demurrage has
to be paid each day by the company.
The same day that the bridge was
condemned some 500 tons of equip
ment and loads passed over the bridge;
but the inspectors, when they complet-
ed their job, condemned the bridge at
once and irected the transportation
department not to allow any equip
ment to pass over the bridge. Until
repairs, or some change in the order
is made, the Montpelier & Wells River
trains are using the Central Vermont
track and bridge between the two sta
tions. incidentally G. B. Andrews Is
handicapped in handling his coal be-
cause cars on his siding cannot be re-
moved off the siding until the order is
changed.
John Robinson and Alex. Mcdonald
of Barre have appeared in Montpelier
city court, pleading not guilty to tho
charge of fishing or boating on Berlin
pend contrary to the regulations Of the
state board of health, and their case
has been continued following trial in
the other eight cases in which arrests
have been made.
The condition of DIR. II. L. Watson,
who has been i'll since he returned from
Manchester, N H., last week, is i'm
proving He does not have the use Of
his arms or legs and ii is sort OF
sleeping sickness due to overtaxing bis
nerves.
S. G. Hutchinson, superintendent OF
schools, has announced the following
new teachers for the coming year in
Montpelier; Miss Helena Howe With
row, head of the English department, a
graduate of Dalhousie university, Hal
flax, Nova Scotia; Miss Marjorie L.
Turner, assistant in the commercial
department, has had five years sxpe-
rience; Erwin +. Trask, who will teach
mathematics, coach athletics and have
charge of the physical training for
boys in the high school, is a graduate
OF Bates college in the class of 1920,
and has held similar position in
Keene. n. H., with excellent success
during the past year; Edward A. Suiii-
van Is a graduate of Harvard uniyer-
sity and has substituted in the Mont
pelier high school in the French de-
partment very successfully during the
spring term Just closed; Miss Gabrielle
Marie Roy OF Lewiston, Me-, is grad.
uate of Bates college in. the class Of
1921, having specialized in French and
Spanish; Miss Mary f. Gerrish is
graduate OF the New Hampshire State
college in the class a 1921; Miss Amy
l.. Adams of Claremont, y. H., is
graduate of Bay Path institute, class
of 1921; Miss Della Rich, whose home
is in Warren, is a graduate OF Castle
ton Normal school; Miss Lillian Paul
is a graduate of Keene, n. H., Normal
school; Miss Elizabeth Barber is the
daughter of r. p. Barber, % COLLEGE
street, having graduated from the
Fitchburg Normal school; Miss Helen
| {. Searle OF Northampton, Mass, Is
graduate of the Fitchburg Normal
, school, 1921; Miss Agnes K. Garland
Of Henniker, n. H., is a graduate of
nd pf q
American Institute of Normal Meth
DDS.
The new train schedule on the Cen
! trail Vermont railway went into effect
Sunday morning. There are hardly any
changes. The south bound morning,
noon. evening and midnight trains run
as they have, as far as Montpelier and
vicinity are concerned. The south
bound Sunday evening train is % min
utes later than it has been. The fol
lowing north bound trains do not
change, one, three, five and 400. The
north bound morning passenger on
which week days the sleeping car Is
attached gets TO Montpelier at 1920 in
stead of 1865, as it has in the past,
and the Sunday evening train arrives
| 20 minutes later than it did.
George Mckee left last evening for
| Greenwich, Conn, where this week he
will play as a member of the Dart
mouth college golf team against the
teams from Is other colleges, inciud-
ing teams from oxford and Cambridge,
England. Mckee looks like the most
promising man for captain of the Dart
mouth team the coming season.
j. G. Brown. insurance commissioner,
left last evening for New York 10 at
tend meeting of the insurance com
missioners to-day.
The Barrett tarvia spreading equip
| ment. which has been spreading oil in
the road between this city and Barre.
went back to Burlington the last of
the week.
Mrs. +. W. Keenan, and son, who
have been visiting with Miss Mary
Kane and her sister, left last evening
/ for their home in st. Adams.
Gov. James Hartness arrives this
evening to attend. Tuesday, the ad-
| iourned meeting of the board Of con
| troll at which the salaries Of the cleri-
cal force at the State House the com
ing year will be under consideration.
The funeral of Thomas Farrell, the
old time engineer. took place at 2
o'clock this morning from st. Angus
tines church. A large delegation of
railroad men were present from out
Of town at the funeral. Rev. y. J.
Long. the pastor. paid a beautiful trih-