Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16
VERMONT HAPPENINGS.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
The Happenings of Seven Days on Our
Hills and in Our Valleys Condensed
and Photographed for Busy
free Press Readers.

rounding towns.
A man claiming to be an agent of the
government went to the houses of veterans
in walIngford Thursday and said that
the department was about to give orders
FOR several hundred thousand blouse army
shirts. Wishing to give the wives OF the
veterans a chance to make a little money
the government had decided to give the
shirts out to soldiers families to make
up When he received an order for the
shirts the agent" would look over the
sewing machine in the house, and finding
that the stitch was not just right he would
offer to change it for 81. the money to be
given back when the material for the
shirts was delivered by an assistant"
The people in Wallingford are now look
ing for the assistant
Barnet. McIndoes Falls and vicinity
were the scene of well worked fraud
q few weeks ago. A young man canvass
ed the locality, claiming to have found
q pair of gold bowed spectacles whose
value he said the jewelers. estimated
from So to SO, but which he would sell for
81 as he could not find the owner. Several
citizens bit The spectaclcs were worth
about 10 cents
Probably nowhere else in the State are
such extensive numbering operations be-
ing carried on within radius OF 10
miles of the village of Peru. Fifteen COM
plctely-equipped steam mills, besides
several water mills, are devouring the
forests adjacent, cutting the dry spruce
mostly as rapidly as capacity will allow.
Joseph burlington of Lyndon was found
frozen to death Sunday morning of last
week in Cyrus Deos field in South
Wheelock 10 or 10 rods from Elias AL
drlch's house. He was on his way from
his home in Lyndon TO Elias Aldrichs
house with axe and valise, to chop some
cedar posts for Mr.. Aldrich and stopped at
~ to n
there about o'clock in the afternoon
last Saturday. and that was the last ever
seen of him alive. 1t was supposed that
he was in his usual health when he left
Mr.. Moneys house. 1t is only about
three-fourths of mile from Mr.. Moneys
to Mr.. Aldrich's across the field and that
was the way he went. 1t is supposed that
It was heart failure that caused his death
for he never moved from the spot where
he fell. Mr. burlington was Ga years OF
age and had resided in Lyndon all his
life.
Norris Baldwin, living in the south part
of the town of Chseter, was arrested last
week Wednesday by officers from Spring.
field, charged with raising money on forg-
ed drafts on the Black River bank, giving
the name of Charles +. Howard of Caven-
dish. The drafts were cashed by Spring.
field merchants. Young Baldwin was
taken before the Springfield authorities
Court, and not being able to furnish bail
he was committed to Jail at Woodstock.
The academy at West Derby Is nearly
completed. 1t is a commodious and well
appointed building.
"Eperlau $685." French coach stallion
was sold at auction at Brandon Saturday
of last week for $l15. This horse was
bought by a stock company of Brandon
men about two years ago for $500. The
m syndicate
swndled, as were those who bought stall
lions in a similar way in many New Eng
land towns, including Middlebury, Ran
dolph and Montpelier.
r. b. Jaquth of Weston has contracted
to furnish the New Home Sewing Machine
Company of Orange, Mass 100000 feet OF
spruce boxing the coming season.
The narrow guage train had quite a
collision one morning last week at Will
mington when a car which was left stand
ing on the track while its engineer went
forward to do some switching near the
mountain MILL started out on it's own
hook to catch the engine, the result was
u crash firemen and others jumped in
time to save themselves from further pos
sible injuries than slight scratches they
received by jumping. The tender was
considerably injured and one passenger
in the car was shaken up in a lively man.
ner.
Arlington recently caused by the giving
away of a part of the dam at William
McAulays mill north of the village last
week. Mr.. McAueys cellar was filled
with water and his cattle were in water
to their necks when taken out of hi:
barn.
The immense Stratton wilderness, up
on the west side of the mountain, ha:
been invaded by steam mill erected
by Dufresne g. Hapgood, who own 250
acres of solid timber mostly spruce
around it. They run their mill the Who'll,
year around, and have million feet O.
spruce on sticks awaiting shipment.
Rollin Humphrey of Brandon narrowl,
escaped being killed in a runaway accden
last Saturday evening about s o'clock, II
is employed by Liveryman T. X. Rising
and was returning from Rochester in
single carriage with a pair of horses
When near the Allen mill in Goshen tn
end of the neck yoke pulled off, lettin
the pole drop, the wagon ran against tn
horses, and they started on wild rul
down the mountain. They had gone onl
a short distance when the pole struc
something. throwing the carriage com
pletely over. Mr. Humphrey landed abou
20 feet from the carriage, and the horse:
being freed, continued doSn the mountain
In trying to pass team one of them wa
thrown. The other disappeared down tn
road and was found on Sunday afternoo
in a pasture near Forestdale. Aside fror
being thoroughly chilled 1t was not injure
His mate horse was badly cut and 1t wi
be some time before he can be driver
Humphrey was somewhat bruised an
received severe shaking up.
One day last week Road COMMISSIONS
Hartshorn of North Danville with pa
of horses and dump cart was repairin
the road. when a team passed with a ma
wearing a fur coat. one of Hartshorn
horses took fright and runaway wa
started towards st. Johnsbury. on tn
way the team met Ora Bishop of Nell
does. Bishop saw the danger and pulle
to the right, but the horses made straigl
for him, the near horse striking the en-
of Bishops shaft, which entered him bac
of the foreleg, passed through him an
came out at the back The horse droppe
dead Instantly and the other horse fell b,
side him, Bishop and his rig being undo
the team, horses and dump cart smashin
the buggy into pieces. and tearing the ha
ness into splinters. Bishop was bad
shaken up but was able to go home thu
night There was nothing worth saving ,
his buggy except the hind wheels.
William Landers of Bellows Falls r.
ceived a severe scalp wound Thursday. i
was loading coal on an engine near Il
coal sheds In North Walpoe and a lun
Of coal Weighing over 100 pounds fell di
lance of nearly 20 feet and struck him c
the head and shoulders. Three stitch,
were taken in the scalp. The wound wa
a cash from the edge of the hair on Il
forehead to the right eye. The rigl
shoulder was also badly sprained.
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