Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-04
NUMBER 40

j; j. Estev has purchased the property
IN BrattlebOro, known as the /" Devens
place, owned by Henry Willard of Wash
ington, d. C., for ST 200.
Books arc to be opened at once for sub
scrlptiOns to the stock Of the Bellows Falls
and Grafton railroad
Brattleboro has had # snow-stormS. this
winter.
Brattleboro has a liquor war, IN which
Morey of the Brattleboro House is the man
they are after. After a lOng-continued bat
tie, he was Deaten, fined $50 ard costs, but
appeals to the higher court.
Some turbulent boys in Whitingham ere
ated quite disturbance in school, not long
since, treating the teacher in most un-
becoming manner The leader, Frank Bliss.
was arrested in behalf of the State. and
hned St and costs, amounting to S26.
\ Fenian ball came off, recently, at Bel
lows Falls
The Nlndham roads run over fences. and
IN some places are four feet above them.
The farmers, presuming there is to be a sea-
son oi " slumplng that shall make the
roads impossible, are hurrying up, and
larry oyerwhelm the millers with grists. so
as TO have prOyender for man and beasts
during the expected suspension of travel.
The town hall at Brattleboro came near
being burned on a recent Sunday. The fire
caught from one Of the stoves used in heat
ing the hall. and burned through the floor
into a lower hall, which is used by the
Methodists as n place Of worship. The
Sunday-schoOl was in session. 80 that it was
discovered at once, otherwise the flames
must have got beyond control. Several
other Sunday schools were broken up by
the alarm.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
George Nero, colored and remembered of
all who have been often in Woodstock, died
suddenly last MONTH
The estate Of the late Nathaniel Fuller
ton, of Chester, ioOts up some three hun
| dred thousand dollars
Eight cents per quart is asked for milk in
| Windsor, it being the same price for which
| it Is sold in Boston. while good fall butter
/ goes at - to 30 cents Ii would appear
| from this that farmers had best quit making
butter, and go to selling milk
| The roof and one side Of the old Congrega-
/ ti0nal church at Bridgewater Corners. fell
/ in a week or two since, leaving the belfrv
still standing, much 10 the regret Of one
| citizen, whose house Is within falling dis
tance Of that belfry.
The wooden manufacturing firm of J.
/ * F. NJ. Whipple Of Cayendish are said to
| be seriously out Of order, and all their mill
property and stock has been attached BY a
Providence firm, on a claim of So 900
Plymouth has had a very high wind. and
barn belonging TO George swan was blown
down.
Plymouth has the champion hunter in
Horace Pinney. lie has this winter, caught
thirty-tw0 foxes, several ~kunks and a few
raccoOns.
Helena Barrows. Of Bridgewater, left
iatherle>s when quite young, Is soon to
leave for Montreal TO enter a monastery.
much to the grief Of her friends.
Oscar Burke, Of Woodstock, has lost by
various casualties. within the'last eleven
months, five valuable horses.
Harry Quint, an engineer on one Of the
passenger trains over the Vermont Central
railroad, met with a painful accident re-
Gently. On arriving at White River June
ton, where he resides, and just as he was
stepping from the engine, he slipped upon
some ice, and fell 50 as to break a leg.
The Plymouth correspondent Of the Wood
stock Standard. being too late one dly for
the mail, started for Woodstock on the
double quick and made the distance, ~
miles, in Just two hours and twenty-five
minutes, arriving ahead Of the stage.
The Vermont Novelty Works Company
have Just finished an elegant carriage for
children. which l. to be sent 10 the Vienna
exhibition. This company employs about
one hundred hands at present. EStab-
lished in 1853 at Springfield, its busi-
ness has steadily increased to the present
time. The original company we're twice
washed out by flood. first in 1868 or 1864,
then again in the great treshet Of 1863.
The present company was organized Janu-
AIRY lSt, 1870, with a capital of S70. 900,
and their works are now running to their
fullest extent.
George W Alexander, Of Bethel, while
on a visit to H. II. HOward's, in Braintree.
fell through a ~cuttle in the barn floor, dis
locating his right shoulder and otherwise
severely brui>ing him. lie fell about six
teen feet
Stephen Far, Of And0vcr, thought it was
a hedgehog which his dog was barking at
under a fallen tree, and proceeded to punch
it. Presently big black bear crawled out.
and when the woodsman tried to strike it
with his axe he found himself without any
thing in his hand. While the dog was at
tacking the creature in the rear his master
made some pretty good time. even though
the snow was deep.
The Standard SAYS Pomfret youth
bloomed ont with the measles, while al
dance.
Geo. ). Redfeld, formerly o. the Ludlow
Woolen Mills, i 4 partner in the Crane
Manufacturing Company Of Chicago, which
has capital Of million dollars. They
manufacture steam engines. pumps, eleya-
tors, heating and ventilating apparatus,
wrought iron pipe Of all sizes. also brass
goods needed for all these machines. The
fire has compelled intense activity. and the
profits correspond. Their business extends
from Montreal TO San Francisco, and
through the Southwest. They now have
contract to furnish the Pacific hotel with
steam warming apparatus for 5000 Mr..
Redheld Is the financial managerof the con-
cern.
Three young men have been fined s. and
costs each. for disturbing a religious
meeting in Bethel.
LIE IN New YoRK.-The residents Of
New York do not lack Cor incidents ofadven-
ture and excitement. Setting aside the daily
murders, there l. enough rufhanism preya-
lent to render life there agreeable to the
most inveterate lover of sensations. \ case
in point is furnished by the experience of
Mr.. Stanislaus Antoldi, n citizen Of Brook
lyn. who on Sunday evening visited friend
on East SD street, in New York, and after
leaving the house was accOSted at the cor
ner Of Madison avenue by John Coughlan,
aged Is. and John Green, aged Il, who ac-
cused him of having wrOnged their sister.
Antoldi, becoming alarmed at their threat
ening demeanor, jumped On board a Madison
avenue ear. The young ruthans followed
him on the ear, and attacked him with
Sheath-knivcs. The conductor elected An
t0ldi and his aSsailants from the car One
of the Scamps thereupOn stabbed AntOldi in
the face with a knife, and the two robbed
him of a gold watch and chain and 81 in
money Antodi fed from his assaiants,
and made his way to police station where
he related his adventure, and two officers
sailed out in pursuit of the ruthans, and
captured them on a Madison avenue ear,
which they had boarded and were attempt
ing to rob the passengers, threatening to
kill them with the large sheath knives
which they freely brandished. They were
taken to the station house and fully identi
fed by Antoldi The watch and chain
stolen from him were found in their posses
sion The rascals were committed for trial,
bail being refused by the justice, which is a
remarkable circumstance and a good sigr
for New York.
The New York Times calls attention to
the danger of overworking children in our
public and private schools, as follows:
There can hardly be question that,
taking the country through, parents are do
ing a serious injury to the physique of their
children by requiring excessive brain-work
and too many hours in close school-rooms.
We hear complaints on every side in regard
to the pale faces, nervous habits and liabili-
ty to disease of children of good healthy
stock. Instances are not uncommon of
children suffering under that malady which
ought to belong alone to that period Of life