The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-18
ABOUT THE STATE
Happcnings Of Interest from
Different Sections.

Happenings Of Intsrest from
Different Sections. II
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An epidemic OF colds and grip has
truck Bennington and AZ pupils were
absent from the high school Wednes-
lay morning.
The Clarendon Congregational
church is TO observe the Tooth ami
versary of its organization to-day and
tomorrow by memorial service.
South Londonderry reports pecul-
lar sight In the sky last Saturday
night. when there were seven complete
circles Of colored light around the
moon, vertible rainbow by moon
light.
Mrs. Don Hewitt of Djmmerston
shot and killed fox Tuesday in her
ward. She saw the fox near her chick
Ell house, got her rife and the third
shot killed the animal. The skin was
Of fine quality.
A pair Of gray squirrels that came
from the woods in Bondville last tall
III search Of food have made their
home through the winter on the roof
of the house and barns of Mrs. Flora
Burbank in that place. They eat their
meals on the piazza and stay in the
barn at night.
The horse barn and COW barn and its
contents, consisting of two calves, a
Dig and 35 chickens, on the farm of
Napoleon Richards in st. Adams, were
DESTROYED by fire Thursday morning
The estimated loss is $1,000. The men
Of the family were away when the fire
started and the cause is unknown.
The house and barn in johnson be-
longing to Arthur West were destroyed
by fire Monday night. No one was liv-
ING in the house, but cattle were
housed in the barn and it was while
George West was going up ladder
to feed the cows, that the ladder broke,
letting him fall several feet, breaking
the lantern and setting the barn on
fire. The cattle were saved.
Albert Case of Rutland, a minor, has
asked the city court to reimburse him
for money he lost in "a poker game,
Andrew Winters as next friend, bring
ing the suit. Case makes Thomas
Sheridan the defendant in suit In
which he seeks to recover 5000 claim
ing that as a minor he was not obliged
to pay over the money and also. that
Sheridan wrongfully took certain sums
from each pot to pay the expense
of the game.
Mrs. Emma Larson of Wilmington,
who has recently been brought into
public notice by publication in the
press OF the work she has been doing
on her farm and caring for a large
number Of cattle alone, lost her
dwelling house and horses barn by fire
last week while she was in the lot
watering her stock. She knew moth
ing of the fire until she returned and
found the house and contents had been
entirely destroyed. The buildings were
not insured.
Capt. Horace French of West Leba
non was rendered party Thursday at
Hotel Rogers in that place in honor of
his S5th birthday. At this time was
also held the annual banquet ,of the
unique Quartet club" of which he is !
"a member The other members of this
quartet are Elias H. Cheney of Leba-
non, ex-Gov. Samuel f. Pingree OF
Hartford and Clarence f. Carr of An
dover, all Civil war veterans The
combined ages of these men totaled
1888 years.
Daniel Wright of West Brattleboro
was badly cut ON the head last
Wednesday when he was working in
a woodIot. A tree which had been
felled lodged in another tree and Mr..
Wright climbed the standing tree to
dislodge the other The limb on which
he was standing broke and he fell Is
feet to the ground, landing on his axe,
which had fallen blade up, his head
striking against the blade. A wound
four inches long was cut to the bone
Just below one temple. He tainted
from loss of blood and is confined to
his bed.
The town of Underhill received near
ly half of the $4,000 paid by the state
in bounties for dead porcupines for the
period from July |, 1921, to Feb. !,
1922. The amount paid TO Underhill
was S3,747.l0, which, with one bay
lynx bounty of S., brought the total
bounty payment made to Underhill by
the state to-day to s3,755.l0. The por-
cupine bounties represent l0.706 por
cupines, most of which were killed by
three men, NJ. b. and G.. w. Streeter
and Fred Bacon These three men are
said to have devoted practically all Of
their time since last summer to the
killing of porcupines.
Some kind of a bird. thought by
those who saw it to have been an
eagle, killed and partly ate cat on
upper Main street in Burlington about
$3.50 o'clock Thursday morning. The
cats CRIES and means awakened a
number of the residents in that vi
entity until some Of them, tired of the |
noise. investigated and found the bird
attacking the cat. Stick-throwing |
proved of no avail and finally one man |