Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-06
NORTHERN VERMONT.

L. l.. Woodforth Of Wcs'ficld claims to
be tic champion lumbcrman this winter ds
he and his two sons, Harland and Dan, have
cut and drawn n distance Of three miles,
loo log, making 100000 feet of lumber.
In doing this they have not met with an ac-
cldent To themselves, teams or even sleds.
Furthermore they have not tipped over a
load or started with a load but what they
went through all right. With a span OF
horses they have averaged over 100 feet,
and with pair OF thrtc-year-old steers 100
feet Besides this they have Kept their farm
work along on what is now the largest farm
in the town of Wos'iield which lies in a
body, consisting Of over five hundred
acres MIR. WoJdworth says he is land
poor.
A young man in Swanton narrowly cs.
capped instant death, last Wedncsi ~, by n
peculiar accident. While drawing hay to
the press barn OF f w. Jcwett, and when
turning corner, the ncckyOke on one of the
horses came of and the young man was
thrown over tie horses to the ground, strik-
ing on his face and shoulders, receiving Sc.
we're, if not fatal injuries.
Another lot of immigrants arrived at ST.
Adams on Friday night from Castle Garden,
and will be put at work in the vicinity.
Mr., and Mrs. Smith A. Brooks of St. AL
bans celebrated the 50.h anniversary of their
wedding, March eth, family participating.
Vim. Robnsonof Swanton recently caught
seven foxes in one day.
A young man in Swanton narrowly escaped
instant death, the other day. While draw
ing hay, and turning a corner, the neckyokc
on one OF the horses came of and the young
man was thrown over the horses to the
ground, striking on his face and shoulders,
receiving severe if not fatal injuries
line new dwelling house of Rodney Austin
in Fairfield was burned, Sunday morning,
with most of Its contents. The cause of the
fire was presumably, defective hue. Loss
about $1,000 insured for some s400,
Fred Osier of Richford whose death we
have recorded, swallowed IS shot as a rem
edy for boils with which he was afflicted
He lived about 4S houis.
Lorenzo Hatch aged ~ years, who has
been long and highly respected resident of
East Fairfield, fell TO the floor in Lis home
Tuesday afternoon dead. He had been
about as usual during the fore part of the
day, and had not complained of feeling any
worse than usual.
st. Albans village meeting was held We'd
ncsday. The election of the following officers
was accomplished without struggle Trus.
s. S. Allen, 5. II. Wood, NJ. j. Hill, T. |
5. Miller and Willard Pierce clerk and treas
urer j. 5. Weeks collector, j. w. Barnes
auditors, Il. j. Houghton, II. c. Adams, |
{. ID. Rubee; chief engineer, Geo. W. |
Cushman; first assistant, JAS. Longeway |
second assistant, b. c. Hall. Appropra-
tons were made as follows for the several
departments-the sum named for each being
the limit beyond which the trustees were not
to go: Fire department, $500; salary Of
clerk and treasurer, 5000; salary of super
inendent Of streets and water commissioner,
$1,000; rent of land, S3S legal services,
5000 printing and advertising $3.50 gas
and street lamps, 5000; care OF clock and
repairs, 500; repairing street lamps, $3.50
Slj0 interest on bonds,
81, 100. The sum of $4,000 was voted TO
pay expenses of the coming year.