Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-05-14
VERMONT HAPPENINGS.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
Tho Happenings of Seven Days on Our
Hifls ana IN Our valleys CONDENSED
and Photographed for Busy
free Press Readers.

ton, known as the Big Fish Pond. Mr..
Vail has taken measures to stock 1T and
Will make 1t q private preserve. Later on,
IL he has good success with 1t, he viii
erect club house and stock the surround
ing woods with game He has already
taken steps to procure n lot of pheasants
for breeders. Their eggs will be set under
bantams and the young birds thus hatch
ed and reared will be put ont in the woods
about the pond. Mr.. Vail Is a prominent
member of the Fish and Game League,
and the work he is doing, while for the
immediate benefit of himself and friends
will naturally have beneficial effect
in stocking the waters through which
Big Fish Pond has It's outlet, and also the
surrounding forests. The variety of phea-
SAINTS bred by Mr.. Vail will be the Mon
golian, 1t having been demonstrated that
they are very hardy, and most suited TO
this climate. Arrangements have been
made to place a lot Of brown trout in Big
Fish Pond, brook trout of somewhat
larger breed than the native variety. The
native variety will also be cultivated, and
the pond will be used by the L. S.Fish
Commission as a source of supply for eggs,
for supplying the national hatchery at st.
Johnsbury. Big Fish Pond has been post.
ed,and closed to the public. The Vermont
Fish and Game League has two Pheasant
ries, one at st. Johnsbury and one at Shell
don The birds Matched and reared at
ests of Vermont in various parts of the
State, and are protected by law until the
year 1900.
The Thomson & Hoag Cold Storage
company of Rutland Is rapidly completing
its buildings located on the banks OF east
creek fronting the Rutland railroad The
main building, which Is of brick, will be
used for general storage purposes. 1t is
two stories high, Is we'll insulated and
contains a perfectly cemerted basement.
The refrigerating apparatus will be oper-
ated by electricity. All the power will be
transmitted over wires from the COM
pany's electric plant about four miles
north OF the city. Here the company is
Harvesting a water power Of considerable
magnitude.
Or. j. A. Mead of Rutland has bought
from Troy N. Y, parties IS foot steam
cabin launch, which he will run for pri-
vate purposes on Lake Bomoseen this
summer.
The Rutland City band will organize an
orchestra of IS pieces in about week.
A gang of burglars are evidently operat-
ing in the Connecticut valley. Two weeks
ago several buildings were entered at
Charlestown, N. II. A bicycle stolen from
one of the stores there has been found I'M
der pile of brush. Two Charlestown boys
picked UP a bag of old coins on the ball
ground, and 1t now appears that this mon
ey was taken two years ago from the store
of MFR. Divor of Rockingham. Mr.. Walk
ers store at Westminster was entered re-
Gently. The burglars got their largest haul
Monday night, when they entered the store
of Carl ID. Britton in Westmoreland south
village, pried open the cash drawer and
distracted $3.50 in cash. At Putney the
Baptist church and railroad station at
that place were entered but nothing of
value was stolen.
James II. Bailey, superintendent of Mar
tin G. Fits lime kiln at Sherman. fell from
the track leading to the top Of the kiln, a
distance OF 20 feet, one day last week and
struck on a bed of rocks. His collar bone
and shoulder blade were broken and his
back was badly bruised, besides there were
several bad scalp wounds. The fall was
caused by fit Mr. Bailey is expected
TO recover.
Ira Gale Of South Windham recently fell
from scaholdfng in his barn and frac-
tured one rib in such a way that a por-
ton of 1t penetrated one lung. He was
not at first Thought to be badly hurt, but
he died of his injuries last Sunday.
L. f. Adams is the new president of the
rural Improvement society of Brattleboro
and w. II. Minor and G. c. Averill Vice
presidents. The work of the society has
already begun
The lumber mill of II. NJ. Adams and II.
L. Hadlock of Marlboro was burned there
Thursday night, entailing loss of about
5000. Of which only about $500 is covered
by Insurance.
The George f. Lyons Granite company
will soon double its force at the West
Dummerston quarries.
The new railroad station at North Hart
land is now nearly completed. The wait
Ing room and office are finished with
Southern hard pine. The roof and tower
arc covered with slate from Granville, n.
Y, and the sides OF tho building with red
cedar from the Pacific coast.
BY the will of the late Hon. B. r. Lin
coin the Congregational church OF Lyndon
receives $4,000, the income of which is to
be used for support Of the pulpit and other
expenses according to judgment OF trus-
tees. AT a meeting OF the society cornpli-
montary resolutions were passed in mem-
DRY Of Mr. Lincoln, who was a long time
active and helpful member OF tho society.
Bridgcmaster j. D. Clark and Engineer
Coburn OF the Canadian Pacific railway
were In North Troy recently making sur
Veys for the location OF the stone piers
and abutments upon which will be placed
the new steel bridge across the Missisquoi
The contract for tina stone work which
has been made with Woburn, Mass, par
ties, calls for the completion Of the same
August l. when the construction Of tho
bridge viii be commenced. The entire
length Of the structure as planned is PSI
feet and inch, In four spans. The middle
span Is a truss. 142 feet and l inch in
length resting upon two shore piers. The
one west and two east spans are each
about one-third as long and are plate
gtrders. The estimated cost of the struc.
ture Is SIS, 245
The John Hazel Granite company OF
Newport has purchased OF q. W. Buzzcl
special 10 inch James Leffel & Co. water
wheel. This wheel is to go in at West
Charleston on the Clyde river, under a 2s
feet fall and will have a penstock four fec,
In diameter and 500 feet long. The vince
is to develop 2i7 horse power, and requires
1898 cubic feet OF wator per minute. Forty
thousand feet OF lumber and eight tons OF
iron will be used In its construction. Thi:
will be boom for Charleston, as Mr.
Hazel will put In saws ana other Improved
machinery for dressing granite and will
EMPLOY sorne 10 men. This Is the THIRD
large Leffel water wheel, making nearly
1000 horse power that has been put In a
West Charleston within six months Bar
ton Nonitor.
Some time since a resident Of Fairfax
while nshing in the Lamonle river in thai
town, saw a piece OF carved wood project
ing from the river bank. Upon examinini
1t no found II to DO the handle of a paddle
evidently OF Indian origin. which meas
ured over four feet In length, The paddl,
is Of ASH and il remarkably we'll pre-
served. Further search In the vicinity re
vealed a large quantity OF spear and arrow
heads bits Of broken pottery and severa
rude implements fashioned from bone
From the abundance of these relics 1t Il