The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-21

school meeting last week voted TO erect
q new high school building at a cost
not to exceed $4,000.
Sixty three girls are taking the
teacher training course at the Uni
versity of Vermont which was started
BY the state board of education this
fall.
The cover design on last weeks is
sue of the Saturday Evening Post is
the work Of the clever young artist,
Frederick Stanley, of Essex junction,
who is at present in New York City.
The Groton Manufacturing company
has received an order for 100000
pipe stems from one firm, besides
smaller orders, and business prospects
are brighter there than for some time.
Probably the youngest successful
deer hunter in the state is John Han
gas OF Bartonsville, aged IL, who on
Saturday, Nov. II, while out alone and
not far from home, brought down y
buck.
Mrs. Burke and Mrs. Hall of White
River junction, who were camping
with their husbands in Sherburne dur
ing the deer season, were very sick
for several days from ptomaine pois-
oning resulting from eating canned
sardines.,
I. j. Currier, freight conductor in
charge of an extra running between
Newport and White River Junction,
was thrown from a moving car on
Wednesday night and received brok-
en- collar bone and two ribs. The
right leg was hurt and be was badly
bruised and famed. The accident hap
pened in the st. Johnsbury yard.
Mrs. Walter Whitney of Salisbury
met with peculiar accident recently
when, one evening, the top OF a lamp
chimney broke off, with about two
inches of glass above the break. 1t
fell on her right hand, seyering an arr
terry and nerve Mrs. Whitney cord
ed her own arm and then went to
physician, who dressed the hand.
Morris Savage of Grand Isle was
fined $40 and costs for failure to turn
out with his automobile when a ma
chine in the rear signaled repeated
Nv for him to turn out. The car be-
hind happened to be occupied by two
state inspectors. Three times he
blocked their way and almost forced
them into the ditch.
Proctorsyille weather prophets see in
the removal Of large numbers of pine
grosbeaks from the forests to that
village, seeking to build nests near the
shelter and food supply of houses, an
augury of hard winter. Only once
before in the memory of old residents
have the grosbeaks been seen to de-
sert the woods and come to town. and
that was the severe winter OF l9lS-l9.
Last July W. B. Melcher of West
Burke missed one sheep from his flock
of Is and although he searched the
neighboring woods and pastures care
fully he was unable to find any trace
of the missing one. Several weeks ago
he sold the flock, to be shipped to
Boston, for mutton. On Tuesday, Nov.
8, when Mr.. Melcher went to the
barn, he found his lost sheep, waiting
for something to eat. 1t was very
poor, but all right otherwise and
seemed glad to get home.
Rev. William F. Wilson, pastor of
the First Baptist church in Burlington,
has resigned, his pastorate to end Dec.
4. Mr.. Wilson has accepted call to
be educational pastor of the First
Baptist church of Fall River. Mass.
The church has more than 1900 mem
bers, a Bible school of about 1000
member and there are nearly 1000 in
the mems class. Mr.. Wilson will have
charge of the entire work OF education
in the church and Bible school and
the young people. He has made
speciality of religious education and or
ganized Sunday school work Mr. Will
son has been pastor of the Burlington
church since Sept. l, 1920.
Chester Page of Groton last week
killed deer with little pocketSnife,
hardly bigger than pen-knife, after
the deer, wounded by another, turned
on him. Page was coming down the
road above the village when he saw
the buck shot through one leg, tangled
in a barbed wire fence. He went aft
er the deer, and when II broke away
and started to run, followed II. The
deer, frightened and unable TO run
fast, turned on his pursuer. Page
grasped him by the horns as he came
on and after hard struggle, in which
he was aided by another man. threw
the deer and cut its throat with the
little knife. In the struggle the other
man was cut about the face
Deputy Sheriff Victor Hulburt
seized a new Studebaker car contain.
ing lbs quarts Of Canadian govern
ment whiskey on side road in Grand
Isle leading to Camp Abnaki Friday.
He had been tipped OF that a liquor
car had succeeded in getting through
Alburg, so laid his plans 10 catch IL
as il passed through Grand Isle. See
ing his auto across the middle Of
draw bridge which connects Grand Isle
and South Hero. the occupants Of the
car swerved about and attempted a
gateway. but fndin gthey were over
taken they left the car. after driving
II into the side road and made for the