Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06


Mr. Leonard is survived by 30 grand
children and q great-grandchildren Mr..
Leonard's wife died about three years ago
at the age of 90. They had lived together
as man and wife for Ga years. Mr.. Leo
nard was born in Germany and at the age
of nine years was brought to Canada by
his brother and placed in charge of a sea
captain. He was at one time government
inspector of meat and was wealthy Until
within few days he could read common
newspaper print without artificial aid.
Frank Thwing and John Dennison OF
Bellows Falls have constructed home
bicycle trainer which, 1t is said, promises
to be very efficient machine. 1t consists
of wooden frame supporting three cylin-
ders % inches wide and II inches in diam
eter. This Is aid to be the only trainer on
which the rider can practice without hav-
ing the machine braced The motion, 1T Is
claimed. is perfectly natural, and the en-
tire arrangement works like charm.
Last week as l.. ID. Smith of East Lyn-
don was driving his last load of wood
from his sugar place he met with
severe accident while driving up sharp
pitch on a side hill He was walking by
the lower side'o the sled. when 1t Slowed,
the load hitting him and throwing him
over the bank, down the hill several feet
The load came after him leaving the for
ward sled on the road. The hind sled
and load turned over, the forward bunk
striking him on the head and left shoulder.
displacing the end of the collar bone
wNere 1t coins the shoulder and breaking
the socket
Miss Mary Griffin, an employee in the
overall factory at Brattlcboro was run
over by Guilford farmers team at the
junction OF Flat and Main streets Thurs
day noon and severely bruised, though
no bones were broken. She was carried
inSenslble into Bakers grocery store.
but soon revived and it is believed that
no permanent injury will result.
A Baptist chapel has been dedicated
at Norton.
The committee on a State bankers as
ISOLATION report that all of tho banks and
trust companies to which invitations to
join the association were sent, AZ replies
have been received, among which SO
have sgnlfied their willingness to enter
such an organization. The committee
will call a meeting about March 1, for tho
purpose of completing the organization.
1t is expected that as soon as the asso-
citation Is organized and proved a success
most of the State banks will become iden-
titled with it.
James Gould of Barnet, in his oath year,
goes to the woods with his ak, cutting
wood for his next years stock of fuel.
Within the past six months Taft, Bur-
bank Murdoch of Proctorsville have
added to their mill an annex 40 by 100
feet and two stories high, the lower part
to be used as a shoddy mill and the upper
part has 20 new looms which, when
placed in position, will make so in num-
Der. They are now putting in an electric
plant. When complete there will be $50
lamps Of 80 candle power each.
One of the teams of George Wright of
Vernon. which were drawing wood to
Ia ha ri ha
on the ice, broke through recently. some
distance from the shore. The driver es-
capped, but horses and load went under
water. one horse was drowned and one
was rescued, but was chilled and nearly
drowned.
Merton Bailey of Dummerston met with
| a painful and serious accident one day
last week, when at work for Henry Scott
saving up \ tree in the woods The tree
| was down and the butt rested on the
stump. Mr.. Scott ana John Noonan began
near the butt TO saw the tree into four
| fot wood with a cross-cut saw. The log
was partly cut off when the tree fell from
the stump and crushed the bones OF Mr..
Baieys left ankle. breaking both bones
on the same leg near the knee.
| Wednesday night, as George Dunn was
returning from East Pownal, near Arthur
Ladd's house, large man wearing wom-
ans clothes jumped from the roadside and
got on the step of the wagon, when Dunn,
| in the twinkle of an eye, hit his horse
blow with the whip. The animal jumped,
throwing the man to the ground, the rear
wheel passing over him. He was left there
! in the darkness
! A chimney which burned out in Rut-
| land Sunday afternoon, while causing no
| fire and very little smoke proved quite
disastrous for the fire department. An
alarm was rung to which the fremen re-
/ Ia1 IN, 90 -
wheel of hose wagon No. . struck the cleo
trio car track. The wagon swung round
and struck lamp post, breaking the post
| short off and throwing one of the firemen
to the pavement. At the corner of West
and Grove streets the wagon again slid
| on the ice and struck a large electric
| light pole. The driver and fremen were
thrown headlong to the ground and Capt.
/ Caten was dashed against the pole. The
| captains thumb on the right hand was
crushed, but otherwise he and the fire.
men were uninjured. The entire trappngs
on the side of the wagon were stripped off
| by the blow and the wagon box cracked
and wrenched, but not so badly as to pre-
vent its use.
A new hose company at Brandon was
organized Saturday evening. The COM
pany has 81 members and Is made up Of
business men and clerks. who have large
interest at stake and are greatly interest
ed in having an efficient fire department.
A large barn in Brandon belonging to
Charles Washburn, was burned to the
ground Friday night There were about
four tons of hay, three cows, two horses,
two wagons, three harnesses and 10 or 20
hens, and some farming tools in the barn
when the fire broke out and only the two
horses and one wagon was saved. The
fire was caused by the explosion of Ian
tern which Mr.. Washburn had in the hay