The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-15


church will be observed Oct. IL, wit
an all-day session.
church in Milton has been taken dow
because it was feared its extrem
height made the spire unsafe.
Rev. G. w. Bishop of Townshend la
accepted call to the pastorate of tn,
West Brattleboro Baptist church an,
will begin his duties there Oct. 30.
Captain Walter r Adams, formel
Vermonter and second lieutenant il
the Vermont National Guard, has beer
transferred from Camp Devens to the
University Of Maine az assistant in
structor.
After the town hall in Ira had been
locked for the night, following chick
en-pie supper held there one evening
hast week, someone broke in and car
ried away several OF the chicken pies
and other food that was left from the
supper
I. w. Paris has killed II skunks in
his yard in Fairfax recently. They
were eating his honey bees. Skunks
are very plenty and tame this fall.
One was seen recently sitting on the
front porch of the Methodist paTson-
age.
The Ernest Simonds Manufacturing
-. l..
ations in the building leased from the
Remington Arms Co. and although the
working force is not large it is expect
ed to be increased Boys blouses,
shirts and similar garments will lee
manufactured.
Willard II. Mitchell, 10, for so years
employed by the Howe Scale com
pany of Rutland and prominent as a
Civil war veteran, died Thursday in
Rutland. He gave up work with the
scale company about eight years ago
and has had heart trouble for three
years.
For taking his stepmother and sister
on Joy ride at o'clock Monday
morning in borrowed automobile,
Clarence Naylor, 81, of Essex, was sen
fenced Tuesday in Burlington city
court to serve not less than four nor
more than six months in the house Of |
correction at Winsor.
Lightning during a thunder shower
Oct. 10 entered the house of Weston |
Snow of West Dover through the pan
try, lifted pan of pumpkin that was
prepared to be used for pie filing rom
the moulding board, and set it on the
floor right side up. Some of the pur,p-
kin was spilled, but no damage was
done.
Capt Blaisdell G.. Kennon has been
appointed assistant military instruc-
tor at the University of Vermont.
Captain Kennon has a long war rec
ord and was among those wounded in
action. He is descendant of james
Kennon, who was a member Of The
first graduating class of the univsr
sity.
Blister rust eradication work IN the
state has been dropped for the ie-
mainder of the year because IF the
falling leaves which make the work
practically impossible. According to
State Forester Hastings, the work will
be seriously cut into by lack of funds,
unless extraordinary measures are TAX
en-. The federal government is now
paying nothing beyond the salary Of
one man to direct the work.
While her mother was hanging out
clothes back Of their home on South 7
Main street, in Brattleboro, Tuesday !
afternoon, Katherine May Morrill,, 10 G
months old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs 9
William S. Morrill,, gained entrance to 4
the bathroom, and while playing there =
fell into half filled bathtub and was I
drowned. When Mrs. Morrill, returned :
to the house the baby was missed ard
was found lying in tile bottom of the
bathtub.
In bovine tuberculosis tests BIZ the
cattle department of the department
Of agriculture in three herds in Chit
tenden county 257 reactors were found
put of total Of $50, the largest per-
,rntage of reactors found by the de- :,
partmeBt in years. This was in a sec
ton where little testing has been done :,
Tor years and in the district that was !.
} storm center during the days that
Governor Bell was cattle commissioner
The cattle were shipped to a Massa-
'husetts slaughter house. The cattle
expected to last two n
months, is said to have been practi- "
ally wiped out by the finding in Chit
'enden county. .
One of the 10 paper-making ma
hines in the International Paper ccm-
,any's plant in Bellows Falls was l.
'tarted Thursday for the first time :,
'ince the GOO or more employees went a
IN strike last Nav against a reduction
Il wages. From 30 to 40 men have re-
urned TO work and about $50 striking
employees have applied for work in the .
asst two weeks. These can be taken =
Jack only as fast as enough certain u
,inds of workers apply so that a com "
'lete unit can be put to work. NJ
A Baltimore oriole. which Mrs. z. :
Richardson Of Springfield took into '.
he house and cared for after j. fell 4
rom the tree when a Hedging and
fter its mother had fallen victim to y
cat. has become so tame that al =
hr..~b - = ,.srf emf ~ lr..-- $780, - "