Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-19

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The Readsboro Chair Manufacturing
company are making many foreign ship
ments at present. large amount goes to
England. They are also sending several
shipments to Johannesburg, South Africa.
They are also making for the government
a solid oak folding chair. Their purchase
of logs will amount to over half q million
feet.
The building committee of the new High
school building Mt Bellows Falls closed
a trade with the heirs of tho late James IA.
Williams for the purchase of the st. Agnes
property, in accordance with the recent
vote Of the town. The price paid Is $1,000.
A large number of architects have applied
to the committee for chance to prepare
and refer plans for the building, without
cost to the committee unless they are ex-
cepted. They will ask five or six to make
such plans, and then choose from them.
Arrangements for commencing the work
at the earliest possible day are going for
ward rapidly
George A. Dinsmore and Charles w.
Bartholmes of Philadelphia have rented
the Valley machine shop at Brattleboro,
and they will begin about April the man.
ufacturo of fine machine tools. Both have
been employed by the Cramps of Philadel-
phia.
The prospects are that the granite bust
ness at Brownsville will be pushed the
coming summer a company with $4,000
capital having been organized to work the
quarries on Ascutney Mountain.
Charles Pettibone of Pownal has quite
curiosity; it is a calf without any eyes
or tail, and-is smart and doing well.
The buildings upon the Bethel fair
ground have not been sold at auction as
advertised, there being strong feeling to
keep the fairs up.
The hotel in Poultney had narrow es-
cape from a fire on Tuesday March 10.
Someone n tod tol1
into the waste paper basket, which caught
and the blaze charred the desk and black
ened the interior of the office. 1t was eX-
tinguished with no especial harm.
The Brattleboro Gaslight company has
contracted to furnish power for the street
railroad company for two years from
August, 1856
ton held in Bradford Melted profit of
S5o' which was equally divided between the
two local pastors.
John Tookey of Bennington has In his
possession two chairs that have quito n
history They are made of hickory trees
that were cut down and strewn about a
small place called Jackson in Washington
county, N. Y, for the purpose OF imped-
ing the army of Burgoyne In it's march
from Saratoga The chairs We're made by
carpenter named Culour of Cambridge in
Washington county, ~ Y. the trees from
which they were made being cut June -,
In. Mr.. Tookey bought 10 of them about
40 years ago at public auction. All except
these have been broken or lost On the
seats of the chairs the following inscrip-
ton Is painted in black letters:: Hickory
Jackson of Cambridge City, June 10, III.
tradition has IT that the Telling of these
trees delayed the British army six hours
In their march to Bennington.
CONCERNING VERMONT PEOPLE.
DR. II. II. Little died at his residence in
Cleveland, Ohio. March of stomach
/ trouble. lie was prominent Cleveland
citizen and one of the wealthiest men of
the city. His property includes large par
GELS of valuable real estate. a wife and
two sons survive him. The sons are HI
ram NJ Little and r. Bascom Little. DR..
Little was born in Morrisville, VT, on No
vember 2S, 1916. When q years old he
moved to Ohio and studied medicine at the
Cincinnati Medical college. TWO years
later he became a practicing physician in
Morgan county, where he continued in
this capacity for II years. In 1910 he
married Miss Hetty NJ. Reyes of Yer
mont. daughter was born of this mar
riage, but died in 1916 Mrs Little died in
1875. In 1856, DR. Little gave up the prac-
tice of medicine and removed to Cleveland,
where he became one of firm of Little &.
Reyes extensive real estate dealers. The
other members of the firm were Eli Reyes
and DR.. II. H. Little's brother, DR..
Lyman Little Immense tracts of western
/ land were handled, as well as large prop
critics in Cleveland. especially on the west
side. He was a director of the Citizens
Savings and Loan association, a trustee
OF University school, and a member of
Unity church. Before the war, DIR. Little
was ranked as one of Ohio's strong aboi-
tionists He did active work in Morgan
! nn In, i,,tn Of ~ LA
ground railway, and a number of excit-
ing incidents are told in connection with
his many successful efforts in securing
the freedom of the frightened and fleeing
| negroes.
Neale A. White, a former Barre boy,
died Monday, March 0, in Des Moines Ia.
where he has been engaged In the real es-
tate business for a number of years The
deceased was born in Calais 80 years ago
lie was a graduate of Goddard Seminary
in 1882 and Tufts College in SO After
! finishing his college work he went West
and engaged in banking and real estate
business first at Alton, Ia, and later NOV
ing to Des Mones. He was vice president
of the River View Land company of that
city and was held in high esteem During
the past four months he had buried his
wife and only child
Perhaps no other family of it's size had
a moro prominent part in tho affairs OF
Waterbury throughout almost its entire
history than that of Joel Bass. esq, who
was one of It's early settlers. He has in
his possession a list of his ancestors
back to the sixth generation. This list
is headed by Samuel Bass, who came tc
RoXbury, Mass, in 1890 A. d. On the Sd
day of February, 1857, his son John (the
second on the lisO married Ruth, dauEh-
ter of John and Priscilla NJ. Alden, who
came in the "Mayfower" in 1920 A. D..
and whose names have been immortalized
in New England history and song The
name OF Ruth has been found In at least
| two generations succeeding.
Wendell Silsby, an extensive lumber
dealer died at his home in West Burke
Saturday afternoon after a brief illness
with pneumonia. Mr.. Slsby had beer
largely engaged in the lumber business fol
many years, having erected steam mills
at West Burke and East Haven the past
year He was one of Rurkes most inhu'
entail and prominent townsmen, and ar
honorcd member of d, Battery post, G.. a
A.
Flavian LHeureux, president of tho
French Republican club of Rutland, diec
on Tuesday, March 10, of pneumonia, diet
66. He was a skilled mechanic and hat
lived in that city for 30 years. He was c
member of the Masonic fraternity.
Hon George E. Royce is the democratic
candidate for alderman to fill the vacancy
caused by the election OF Thomas III
Browne to the mayoralty of Rutland.
Miss Grace Wellington, a graduate O.
the Manchester seminary, has accepted
the position of instructor in Green ant
Latin In one of the best English schools ii
Paris, and will begin her work next fall.