Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-26
VERMONT HAPPENINGS.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
Tho Happenings of Seven Days on Our
Hills and in Our Valleys Condensed
and Paragraphed for Busy
Irree Pross Readers.

Newell, tie healer went to Hartford,
Conn, March 16 to treat the editor of the
Hartford Times. While aboard the train
he treated several, one being Mabel X.
Dewey, the l0-year-old daughter OF Harrl-
son Dewey of Royalton, whose speech was
restored to her by Mr.. Newell last week.
The greatest interest was taken In the
child and people crowded around her to
hear her repeat words. He also treated
Landlord A. Nj. Mills of the Woodstock
Inn, who is just about to sail for Europe
to see If he can obtain relief from chronic
dyspepsia When he arrived at Hartford
he went directly to Mr.. Burr's house at
S0i Main street. He found Mr.. Burr lying
in bed and treated him by his well known
methods. Mr. Burr, who has been afilict-
ed with a nervous trouble said he was
much benefited and sat up in bed before
the healer left. His daughter, who has
been troubled with deafness, was also
treated by MIR. Newell and she said that
her hearing was improved.
About 1880 o'clock p. m. March is
George H. Summer of Brandon discovered
smoke coming through the cracks of a
refrigerator in the rear of his market in
Wright's block on Centre street. On tear
ing off some OF the boards the flames
burst out. The Dunmore Hose company
responded to still alarm and had the
flames extinguished before many of the
occupants of the block knew there had
been q fire. The fire caught in wooden
partition from an old chimney which burn
ed out In the afternoon. The damage was
slight Had II not been discovered before
Mr. Summer closed his store for the night
the block would have been burned, as II
is an old wooden building.
The Brattleboro Phoenix of last week
published in full the opinion of the STU
prcme Court, delivered by Judge Rowell
in the case In Windham county of the New
= I~,a,rI rI,,,1 Sa1 TI
Mathcr. The club bought the South
Marlboro pond of 75 acres or more, and a
strip of land four rods wide extending
? all around II, with some acres of land a,
the north end on which ii erected clul
house; enclosed all with wire fence and
: posted it according to law. This vexod
the people of Marlboro who had been ir
the habit of fishing in the pond from "timC
whereof the memory of man runneth not
to the contrary" and several continued &c
, trespass, claiming that this pond exceed
l ing 20 acres i'm area could not be made Q
} private preserve The County Court with
out trial directed a verdict for the defend
> ant. The county carried the case to th'
Supreme Court where the previous de
cision was reversed.
j. O'Neill e. Co. of White River juno
tion have n curiosity in dollar bank note
that was found. with other bills, in ston,
wall on the Alonzo Shattuck place in Que
. chee. 1t is a greenback of the series o
l July, 1868. and was issued by the Wood
l stock bank. 1t was signed by p. Hatch
{ president. and T. Johnson, cashier. 1t /!
: as clean and bright as when first first is
: sued.
= A salute was fired b, he battery o
Norwich university In honor of the favor
!, able decision OF the Supreme Court recog
= nizing the students as a part of the Ma
y tional Guard of the State.
nj.
= crat of Davenport, Iowa, has complete,
t arrangements for erecting, before July !
@ next summer residence in Gruton cost
T. ing $1,000. II is to be located on a high hill
r north of the station, at an elevation o
l. 1sj feet from the village street. Mr.. Rich
>: ardson has named this elevation "Moun
Il Mcdad." From its summit a magniflcen
n sweep OF scenery Is spread out. aud crown
:, ed as It will he by the substantial resi-
|. dence Mr.. Richardson IS to erect, It vii
- be one of the most attractive places 4
ii Caledonia county.
II Frank Murdoch of Norwich. aged /;
= met with a fatal accident March !,
- While handling an old revolver It wa
discharged, the ball entering about tw
inches below the breast bone. He wa
taken to the NJ. II, hospital in Hanover
and after two operations it was found tina
;, the ball had puncturcd the intestines /
- er part of the abdomen.
l. The town of Eden voted at its recen
l. meeting to instruct the board of civil au
thority to furnish no more liquor for tn
year ensuing.
G Charles Winters. the l5-year-old son Q
II Charles H. Winters of Rutland left hi
& home Monday March IL without informin
his parents, and had not returned at las
IS accounts. Young Winters bought tcko
for Troy, n. Y, Tuesday afternoon, bu
e the conductors say that no ticket like tina
sold by Bennett was taken up on Wednes
y day. Numerous kilograms to surroundin
cities have brought no satisfactory az
y swcr. Young Winters is boy of goo
II habits and. so far as his parents know ha
~ no reason for leaving home, When las
> seen he had on a light colored mackintos
l' and brown derby hat.
n Fred Atwell of Eden got bew.ldered |
r BENJAMIN Scotts sugar place one day las
4 week and did not know what direction
l. take until he found the house Of John No
lg Gotin, where they took him in. 1t was
I'd narrow escape as the night that followe
$. was the worst of the season.
$. A block of marble fell on the foot
nr Bert Mattison at the Columbia mill {
Rutland Thursday and crushed it,
~ The following Vermont pension has bee
~ granted: original, widows etc. minor {
- Bradley Frost. Groton.
A so far as known no prctontious wor
m has ever appeared on Cats in LyndonVil
\ They have not differed materially frol
N the average Caledonia country feline.
n irregular intervals they have held not
4 turnal conventions for the purpose of W
w. cal culture but this proclivity is pecuia
l. neither to Lyndonville nor Caledoni
%. county. However. the monotony of CT
" life in the second Congressional distrit
~ has been broken, Joseph Schofeld an
= wife of Lyndonville own cat-a pet ca
y, In process of time they decided to Wis
p the Dominion OF Canada and iourned thitl
y, - er, leaving the aforesaid cat behind. !,
40 the end of three days they returne
y. Meanwhile the cat being lonesome ha
~ secluded herself under the piazza. an
'h careless of her surroundings, had fallo
= into a deep sleep, with her tail in a po
lo of water. The cat slept, but the wat,
IL froze and thereby hung a tail When II
- proprietor returned he valiantly seized n
axe, chopped around the tall took it, an
or the cat, to the fire, where our informatio
w. ends, In the words of famous write
ld 1--WE judge motive simply relate"
ne The case of G.. NJ. Ellis, now of Brattl
IL boro, against the Boston and Maine raj
as road company, came up in the Suffo
ru County Superior Court at Boston la
o. week, The suit was an action of tort
CT recover 500, ,0O0 damages for the loss of
IS foot and an arm Feb. "A, 1894, in cons
As quence of being run over by an engil
II while crossing the Boston and Mali
a tracks in Charestown, Mass. The cou
ne ordered q verdict for the defendant. M
~ Ellis lawyer has appealed to a high
NJ court.
LII Ferris Vaughan of Brattleboro Is min,
nB two-thirds of his moustache and most
e. his eyebrows as the result of a rather II,