Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-04

odist Episcopal societies of Gouldsville
and Berlin, has been compelled to reln-
quish his pastoral work for while on
account OF impaired health and will visit
his home in England in September and
October.
Comrade A. G.. Bean of Abraham Lin
coin Post, Hartford, suggests the fOrina-
tiCn of II larger reunion society than the
Windsor county, that q permanent meet
ing place be established at some conven-
lent railroad point, and that good, sub
Stantial barracks be built.
George VI. Cureys barn and contents at
West Westminster were burned Sunday
loss about Slll covered by insurance
The fire is thou lht to have been set By a
tramp who wa seen hanging around the
day before.
The man who was appointed to weigh
the mails on the Central Vermont road
between st. Adams and Rutland has Just
been suspended for not attending to his
business. a man has been sent up from
Boston to take this delinquent weigher's
place. As this is diStinctively an era of
reform comment is altogether unneces-
sary.
John DOYLE. a Swede ii or II wears of
age, brought to Jail at Newfane on charge
of stealing, escaped last Sunday evening
While jailer Underwood was taking two
prisoners upstairs for the night, Doyle,
who was ahead with a light, threw the
] I y Il
| cash and partly stunning him, then rush
ing into rear chamber he jumped from
/ an open window and has not been heard
from.
/ Ira Linnell, young Boston dry goods
clerk, while on his vacation in Vermont
last week engaged in bear trapping. On
one day he went alone to visit a distant
trap, and finding it empty went in to ar
range the bait. The trap was a big box
arranged to catch the animals alive, and
! Lnnell accidentally sprung it, and found
himself imprisoned. For thirty six hours
he remained in his prison with no water
and but little air, and his only food was
the repulsive raw meat with which the
trap was baited, and which hunger finally
compelled him to eat.
Alexander II. Douley of Windham, aged
81, took Paris green, SUNDAY and will die.
Cause temporary insanity.
Every one of the go electric lights have
been taken at Rutland and although the
inside wireing is progressing rapidly and
has been finished in nineteen places, il
will take about four weeks to complete
the work. There are 81 business places in
that town that will have the light
The motion to mortgage the Vermont
copper mine at Nershire, now in the hand,
of Il receiver, was denied yesterday by
Chancellor Rowell at Randolph. The
debts amount to 100000. The mortgage
was to raise $1,000 with which to settle tn,
claim, but was opposed by most of tn,
creditors.
The father of all the toadstools was
found Friday on Green Arnold's farm
= south of Rutland village. 1t is of tn,
l white, spherical kind of mushroom which
becomes Il puff ball" ordinarily the size
of a mans fist, but this specimen would
+ nearly fill a bushel basket 1t is fifty
inches in circumference, and weighs sew
enteen pounds.
l Fred Sherburne of Barre, one of tn
best riders in the State, recently covered
112 miles in one day. He started from
5 Barre early in the morning and rode t.
l Waitstield, where he took breakfast
From there he rode to MiddleSeX and t,
= Mortified. There he took dinner, goin!
q from Mortified to West Randolph, owe
the gulf road, reaching the latter plac,
about pm. He then rode to Bethe
5 through WilliImstown, arriving at Barr
= at about o'clock
Henry X. Goodwin, who killed Swan a
=, Lawrence, Mass, Thursday, was born i
Tunbridge, and is IS years of age. H
went to Lawrence when two years of age
!. and has been there ever since. Durin
:, the war he was a drummer boy in CON
o pany H., 2d Massachusetts heavy artillery
and was imprisoned nine months in Al
< dersonville He married about seve,
N years ago and his wife has worked most c
the time in the mills at Lawrence II
|, was a tirst-class electrician, did nc
!, drink and people speak well of him. II
spent money freely when he had it. Som
two years ago he entered the employ {
:, the Molecular Telephone company, an
u worked for it in Cleveland, o. The d,
Tense will be emotional insanity.