The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-29

ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from
Different Sections.
burlington is to issue bonds for
100000 year for five years LOT per
manent streets.
The Second Congregational church OF
Bennington celebrated its s5th ami
versary last evening.
D. w. c. Potter, Castleton mason,
is still actively engaged at his trade,
although 81 wears of age. Last week
he laid chimney on the roof OF the
house of George Spencer.
Frederick T. Laing, for two years con
nected with the editorial department OF
the Burlington Daily News, has accept
ed a position with a bonding house
in Boston and will commence work
there May !.
Ilewellvn Kent of Grafton went fish.
ing Monday and as a result pleaded
guilty in Brattleboro municipal court
to taking l3 short length trout, some
Of which were but three inches long de
was fined SIS and costs of $3.50, when
he paid. Kent had been under SUI
picion FOR some time.
A sawmill in Hyde Park, owned by
Gates & Morrow, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday and practically nothing was
saved. Some 10000 feet of lumber
was in the mill and burned, but logs in
the ward were saved There was only
81 900 insurance. 1t is probable that
the mill will not be rebuilt, but port
able mill will be installed to saw out
the logs.
Mrs. Charles Dutfault a middle-aged
woman of Burlington, is at the Mary
Fletcher hospital suffering from burns
which she received OF her home Wednes-
day afternoon. Mrs. Duffault had been
using an electric f1atiron and was hur-
riedlv called from the room, leaving the
iron standing on newspaper, when
she found on fire when she returned
to the room. In attempting to put out
the flames her clothing was set on hre
and had il not been for neighbor, who
heard her cries and administered first
aid, she might have burned to death. i.
On North Union street in Burling-
ton, Wednesday afternoon just after
the new fire truck had passed over 1t,
a hole 40 feet long, 10 feet wide and
10 feet deep appeared in the road. 1t
was found that the water main had
been leaking there for some time and
had undermined the road for the dis
stance which caved in. One Of the rear
wheels of the truck went in to the hub,
but speed was applied and it emerged
without sinking further.
Instead of there being from Is to
25 graduates from the Newport high
school this spring as usual there are
but eight in the graduating class, Harry
Savage, son of Mayor E. w. Savage
of Newport, president of the class and
captain of the basketball team, won
high honors in scholarship He will
Be awarded the 500 honor scholarship
Which the University of Vermont gives
TO the senior boy who stands highest
in the class at graduation. Miss Ma
talje Alhee is the girl with highest
standing in the class and also wins a
500 scholarship from the U. V. NJ.
Irwin F. Holhrook. eight year-old son
of Mrs Lizzie 4. Holbrook of st. Johns
bury, was run over and dragged for
several feet by an automobile owned
by Mrs. Della B. Mulliken of that place.
The accident happened Tuesday eve
ming and was the result of children,
playing, suddenly running into the road
In front of the car. The wheels went
over one hip, bruising that, and his
face was bruised from contact with the
road, but his injuries are not serious.
Charles A. Philips, Civil war veteran,
died Tuesday at the Vermont Soldiers
home in Bennington. He was a native
of Winhall, born April II, ls4l, and |
enlisted from that town Aug 2s, 1862, |
in Co. C of the l4th Vermont regi- |
ment of volunteers and was mustered |
cut in July of the following year. He !
had lived at the home since the sum
mer of 1909. He is survived by a |
brother Sumner Phillips of Putney,
and sister, Mrs. John Barnard of
Bonneville.
Because Charles II Resseguie of Ben
nington addressed letter intended for
Worthwhile, n. Y, to "York state" il |
went all over the United States and |
to several foreign countries and came
back to the sender a few days ago
with the information that the place of
address could not be found. The post
marks showed that the letter had Wis
tied Argentine, Peru, Chilli and prac
tically all the states in our own coun-
try. One Chilean postmaster had writ
ten on the face of the envelope, mot
here; try the United States Of Ameri-
"a"
Mr.. Cross, a surveyor of Clarendon.
got lost last Thursday while on the
mountain in East Wsllingford doing
some surveying. He did not appear at
dark so a party of about 20 men with
lights went 10 look for him. Mr.. Cross
eame out. near Weston and reached a
telephone as soon as possible to let the
people know he was o. X. Signals that
had been agreed upon were given, but
the men on the mountains were unable
10 hear them, so about midnight they
returned home somewhat wet and tired.