The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-28
ABOUT THE STATE
HappeninEs Of Interest from
Different Sectiesa

Different SectieaA
r. e. Foote OF Cornwall was al
pointed a justice of the peace by Go
James Hardness Tuesday to succeed
Harrison i. Sanford, deceased.
Middlebury voters have authorize
the selectmcn to purchase $500
stone crusher. A special five-cent Ia
will be levied this year and next 7
pay for it.
Sterxen Coli had one arm badly in
iured and will probably lose severa
fingers of one hand by the falling o
a lift on one of the loading cranes j
the marble yard at Proctor Wednes
day.
A gang Of men who were In Eas
Fairfield last year, drilling an. artesial
well, have returned to resume work OF
the we'll. Last fall, they reached
depth of 40 feet, and have gone lO'
feet further this spring without strik
ing water.
Harvey Coburn, who died this wcel
N Bakersfield, passed his Tooth ami
sersary last February, being nativ'
OF Bethel. For many years Mr.. Co
burn resided in Enosburg, but hat
lived in Bakersfield for many years
He is survived by two children, Alval
Coburn of Boston and Mrs. Eda STRAIT
ton Of Bakersfield, with whom N
lived.
Harry M. Fay, farmer of Willis
ton. has announced his desire to rep.
resent Chittenden county as its SEN
ator in the coming session of the leg
islature. Mr.. Fay received his edu-
cation at the academy in Williston and
at Goddard seminary, Barre. In 1904
he represented Williston in the legis-
lature.
Since, 1908, the state has paid boun-
ties on lSs,40O hedgehogs, it was
stated by State Auditor Benjamin
Gates Thursday. The amount paid was
s52,297.20 Nineteen hundred and
twelve was the biggest year, with $l3,-
1920 paid in bounties on 46,074
hedgehogs.
Mrs. Sophie Sembric, at whose rooms
in Bellows Falls quantity of moon
shine" and more in the making was
found last Saturday night, was fined
$500 and costs in court, which she
promptly paid. In the same block,
March "a, Mrs. Mike Menaski was ar
rested under similar charge and fined
$500 and costs, making an income to
the state of 5000 from that one place
in month.
State Fish and Game Commissioner
n. p. Sheldon expects to recommend
to the mex legislature law which
will govern the taking of smelt, at
present not provided for by any of
the fish and game laws. The taking OF
thousands Of the little fish as they
swarmed out of Lake st. Catherine
into Arrowhead brook to spawn was
recently reported from Rutland.
The board Of control on Thursday
authorized the publication of 1000
copies of a bulletin of the corporations
an partnership doing business in YER
mont, the size to be nine inches by six
inches and the number of pages to be
governed by the number of corpora
tions and partnerships, the cost to be
81 rs per page. The board also author
lied the employment of Laura M. Kent
as part time assistant in the Office OF
the free public library commission.
F. d. Hunt Of Intervale avenue, Bur-
lngton, has reported to the secretary
of state that his car was standing on
Main street near the postoffice in Bur-
lington on April 26, when it was run
into from the rear by Ford driven
by Roland Archambault of Burlington,
who stated that the brakes on his car |
failed to work. Scott Gillette of Ran
dolph reports that his car struck a
boy in the leg as he was driving in !
that town. The boy was one of
group playing tag.
The smelt in the Poultney brook,
Lake st. Catherine, are now |
making their annual 'run" and the
brook is so full of them they have |
10 squirm their way over each other.
Large catches are being made, even
with the bare hand, it being fact
that one man in one grab in the dark
caught seven of the fish, four in one
hand and three in the other These
fish were originally planted in Lake
81. Catherine seven years ago and have
grown to from five to eight inches in
ength. Landing nets are commonly
Used but one man few days ago made
iis catch with a common ash sitter.
The state budget committee passed
t meeting in Montpelier Thursday
resolution which will cover the pay
nent Of bills for the publication Of the
ournal Of the House and Senate for the
ast legislature salaries per diem sndex
enses of Roswell Austin, clerk of the
louise, and Millward c. Taft, secretary
{ the Senate, for the their work on the
nurnals, publication of the legislative
irectory and some minor expenses.
he meeting of the committee was at
ended by all the members of the
osrd Of control except Henry r.
haw. secretary Of civil and military
fairs, and Roland e. Stevens off ,
White River Junction. and by George I
!. Durham, William Dyer BENJAMIN
Villains and Frank E. Barber.
WAIVED rxAuInArIon I