The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-28
MONTPELIER

Ernest Rand of Burlington, who is
interested in welfare work in Vermont,
was in the city yesterday. Mr.. Rand Is
an authority on the history of north
crn Russia and has spent considerable
time in that section Of the world, OF
which history has not been written
and of which little is known other than
information which Mr.. Rand and 9TH
ers in the expeditionary forces Of the
American army gained during the early
part OF the war Mr.. Rand was in the
north Of the Arctic circle for some
months. He met these Semieds and
studied them considerably. They live
so far north that practically little has
been known of their pecularitics. Each
is rated In financial matters according
! to- the number of deer he owns, the
persons living in poor circumstances
having about 500 deer, while the
wealthy people of that class have in
the neigbborhood OF 10000 deer. Mr..
Rand is being urged by those who have
listened to the details of that country
to write history for the schools of
Vermont and may be prevailed upon
to do this.
The Marquis de Lafayette chapter
of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution held their March meeting at
the Woman's club rooms in the Com
munity club Saturday afternoon, The
meeting opened with the usual exer-
cises, including, for the first time, the
salute to the flag, the flags being
brought in by Mrs. Charles Kennedy
and Mrs. Ralph Brown. The regent,
Mrs. Hanson, thanked Miss Matte
Watson in behalf of the chapter for
the new standard for one of the flags.
After the business of the day, the his
torian read paragraph from the pres
ident generals monthly message. The
of the hostesses Of the day, Mrs. Henry
Holt, the chairman. presiding. Miss
Martha Hutchins rendered a piano solo
and George II. Redding was introduced
and gave an intensely interesting and
much enjoyed talk on Some Social
Problems social hour was then en-
joyed, the interest being about evenly
divided between the novel refreshments
furnished and table covered with old !
pictures of Montpelier, loaned by Mrs. |
Farnham Hostesses: Chairman Mrs. |
Henry Holt, Miss Ella Bailey, Mrs. A. /
N. Blanchard, Mrs. c. A. Gale, Mrs. |
M. j. Turner, Mrs. A. l.. Poole, Mrs. |
Mary Hollister, Mrs George Walton.
Mrs. Fl. H. Farnham. Miss Belle Mar
tin, Miss Matte Watson, Mrs. George /
Andrews. Mrs, Charles Bennett and
Mrs. L. A. Newcomb.
States Attorney Charles b Adams
Of Waterbury arrived in the city last
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Ballard ar
rived in the city last night.
Henry Norton this morning received
/ letter from Colonel Paul Norton, his
brother, that the body Of Captain John
Henry Norton, who was killed inI
France during tie war, win arrive in
New York the Both of this month. The
funeral will probably be at West Point
Y. Y. The deceased was the youngest
captain in the army at the time of
his death. He was an officer in the 4Tth
regulars An interesting thing in con
nection with his injury was that lie
met his father in the hospital, both Of
hem having been wounded. At the
time he was wounded, Captain Nor
.on was regimental adjutant Of the
t7th regulars.
George b. Carpenter, bank commits
ioner, arrived in the city last eve
ling in connection with his duties. He
las turned over to John II. Mimms Of
Burlington the papers in the Clark
company case and Mr..
dimms viii act as receiver in Vermont
n the matters OF the company, which
ad an Office in Burlington.
Governor and Mrs. James Hartness
rive in the city tonight. Henry b.
'haw, secretary of civil and military y
fairs, arrived to-day. The state high
gay board win meet tomorrow and
he board of control on Wednesday.
All forest fire wardens have been APP
ointed for the year except in half
Oxen or less towns, State Forester
v. G, Hastings said this morning.
Many orders for pine seedlings are
eing received by the state forestry
and il is expected that