The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-11
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interee4 from
Different Sections.

Osmer Clark of West Townshent
broke one leg below the knee Frida,
while coasting.
Mrs, T. P, Dempsey Of West Rut
land has cactus plant bearing "a.
buds and blossoms.
Fire Saturday evening destroyed q
large barn on the Charles Hall prop
erty in Bennington, with much hay
and a baling machine.
After Mrs. Catherine Grant Of Ben
nington had mopped a floor in her
home few days ago, she slipped on
the wet surface, fell and fractured
three ribs.
A double runner on which a mum
Der OF Brattleboro boys and girls were
sliding ran into telephone pole on
Sunday night and Katherine Lille
broke one leg in two places. Some
of the Others were slightly injured.
The right hand Of Ora Mosher Of
Sherburne was badly cut on bench
saw at the r. G. Spaulding mill, so
that he was taken to hospital, where
two fingers had to be amputated at
the second joint and the forefnger be-
low the first joint. The thumb was
badly mangled.
A big swarm of bees was discovered
Sunday in the roof of Lorenzo @.
Eaton's house in Lyndonville. An i'm \.
mense amount of comb had been built
IN between the partitions, some of it
black with age, but much Of It was
fresh and an astonishing amount OF
good honey was realized from the find.
The management of the Rutland
Community house has been taken over
by the Congregational society OF that
city and the house, given to that soci
ETY. by Ex-Governor j. A. Mead. will
hereafter be known as the Neal Com
munity house. 1t is to be used how
ever. for the whole community, ais
originally intended. the church merely
having the oversight and management
The appraisers have filed their in
ventory in the estate Of Governor Hen
ry c. Ide. who died in st. Johnsburya
June H. 1921. and the estate Is val
ued at S26S,s73. OF this amount $685.
sSl is taxable in the state Of New
York Governor Ide's only public be-
quest was gift Of So 600 to st. Johns
bury academy, The same being left as
a scholarship, to be named the Henry
Clay Ide fund" Governor Ide was for
d short time principal of this school
and president Of the board OF trustees
mt the time of his death.
4 verdict for SIS, the full amount
fsked Tor by the plaintiff, was rem
Tered by jury which considered the I
iase in Rutland of II. f. Fullam Of
Dandy VS.. Strcetcr and Sons, Massa-
chusetts corporation. The plaintiff /
alleged that the defendant ordered Of 1
linn some inch-and a half lumber to
be used in the road construction in and
near DANNY last summer; that he
delivered it and they refused to ac-
rept 1t. causing him quite loss.
Clarence Streeter, manager and treas
urer of the corporation. alleged on his
side of the case that his brother
Arthur Strectcr, and foreman were
ID charge Of the Dandy work and that
The lumber which Mr. Fullam brought
fould not be used for building forms
In sthe road construction because til
consisted OF only three inch boards;
that his firm tried to arrange TO pay
Mr.. Fullam something for the trans
portation of the lumber to the Dandy
job, but no agreement was made to
pay for the lumber because his firm
lid not use it. Eleven jurors con
sidered the case and decided in favor
Of the plaintiff after IL minutes of
elaboration.