Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-27

the westminster kennel CLUB shows In
| 1890, 1892, 1898, 1894 and 1895 he won first
prizes. Wednesday Mr. Winchell's two
mastiffs, Black Prince Brompton and Miss
Constable, won first prizes in each of their
| classes at the New York show.
| Rev. w. d. Cell, the evangelist, Is hold
| ing a series of revival meetings in the Con-
gregatfonal church at Castleton.
At meeting OF the Native Sons of YER
mont held February Z, in odd Fellows
| hall, San Francisco, the following officers
| were elected for the ensuing year. Presi-
dent, +. Dillingham;; first vice-presdent
Prof. George Partridge second vice-presl-
| dent, Judge r. b. Carpenter; third vice.
president, DR.. James Townsend; secre-
| tary, Capt. s. G. Cheever; treasurer, r. A.
| Jewell.
The annual report of the town of Wood
stock shows the Indebtedness OF the town
to be $40, 5S6.S9 less than one year ago, the
present net Indebtedness being $57045.S5,
of which the amount of $53, 100 Is bonded,
| Suit Is 10 be brought against the town
| of Brattleboro says the Reformer by direc-
ton of Gov. Woodbury. and State Auditor
Hale for the liquor agency profits for the
year ending Feb LIST, 1895, which, the town
declined to pay on the ground that the law
was unconstitutional. The law which was
passed by the legislature of 1894 and went
into effect Feb. /, 1895, required towns to
pay to the State all the profits above 10
per cent on the liquor business not only
in the future, but for the fiscal year ending
on the day 1t went into effect. The town S
refusal to pay was based on the advice of
| Waterman, Martin and Hit. There were
also is other towns in the State that had
q balance Of profit that refused to pay,
and all the payments made for 1891 have
amounted to only about $1,000. The pur-
pose of the suit Is merely to test the con-
stitutionality of the statute, so that 1f
~ ct NIT
and II not the money paid may be refund
ed. The case will go up to the supreme
court on an agreed statement of facts.
The suit Is brought against Brattleboro
as the best one to make the test, because
of the thoroughness of tho study which
the towns counsel made of the case and
tho strength of tho opinion they rendered
against the validity of the statute. They
Will appear for the defense while Joel c.
Baker of Rutland who also made thor
ough study OF 1t and gave a strong opinion
just the opposite way, will have charge of
| the states side.
Timothy Wheeler of Waterbury is quot
Cd as saying concerning the prospect of
the sugar season this year: "As my
opinion has been asked concerning the
nature of the coming sap season | would
say in reply that the signs and indica TONS
as l have them point to a good medium
not the best nor the poorest According to
the old Indian sign, we are to have a good
one, for the leaves ripened without frost:
this was the sign, but l find it fails &C.
caslonally. Trees ripened and matured
well last fall This generally secures fine
products, for with ripened starch in the
tree, from which our sign is derived, fine
syrup and sugar usually result. The
amount and quality of sap in any given
yeard9pend a littleon the previous season,
as to whether 1t was a warm or cold one.
In
growth than they do in a cool season; the
warmer the season the thicker the ring or
growth of wood, which gives us more and
swceter sap. We had warm summer last
season. which will help the sugar crop this
year so much"
man living a short distance north Of
Florence felled a tree across the Central
vermont track shortly before the south
bound train was due Monday afternoon.
Luckily the engineer saw the obstruction
in time to stop his train and prevent an
accident. The trainmen turned out and
helpcd remove the tree The train was
delayed about 10 minutes
The property of the Green Mountain
Summer Home company which includes
Camp Comfort, Big pond and several large
tracts OF forest land in Woodford will be
sold at auction unless the interest on the
bonded debt of the company be paid before
March 10.
CONCERNING VERMONT PEOPLE.
George Meigs, who was son of DR..
John and Laura Waterman Meigs. WAS
born in Johnson. in 1915, and died in Wells.
Nevada, Feb. 4, 1896 at the age of II
years. He received his education in the
old academy of Johnson, and began his
life work as a clerk in one of the villa ge
stores while yet in his youth, and after
wards ne was with VIM Eaton, of Cam
bridge for two years, and then with n
mercantile firm in Chicago. There he re-
NAMED three years and then went to
Wells, Nevada, where he engaged sue
cessfully in mercantile business for him
SELF FOR twenty-five years, uniting 1t with
stock ranch for some years During
the last six years he has held the office
OF County Treasurer and Recorder, hav-
ing his office at Elko, the county seat.
The duties of these important Offices he
mas discharged with fidelity and ability.
His active life has been one of exemplary
integrity and marked success.
Ebenezer p Dyer. managing editor of
the Springfield, Mass, Union, who died
February 16 of pneumonia, was q native
of Stowe, where he was born November o
1899. He graduated from Amherst college
in 1861. and soon after went South He
was for some time superintendent OF
abandoned plantations at Beaufort. S. C..
Port Royal. On his return to the North
he was employed for year in a bank al
Newton. Mass, and afterward engaged IN
business for himself. He then became edi.
tor of the Roslindale Suburban News, and
in 1879 became connected with the Union
lie worked his way through the various
positions until he was made mana ging cdi-
tor last year.
Mrs. Cordelia Kimball Ross died recently
at Horizon, Warren county, NJ T., at the
home of A.A. Ross, aged 81 years She was
a native of Vermont and sister Of the late
Charles kimball of Westford and sister OF
Mrs. Eleazer Taft late OF Williston. Her
husband was Lnsey Ross of Starksboro
where the deceased spent the early part
of her life.
Rev. George II. Ide. pastor of the Grand
Avenue Congregational church of Milwau-
kee and native of ST. Johnsbury, has re-
covered from long and serious illness.
President ii. +. Fuller of Drury College
Springfield, Mo, former principal of St
Johnsbury Academy, has received check
for Sa5.NO from DR.. ID. x. Pearsons OF
Chicago. The total endowment of Drury
College now, inclusive of buildings and
grounds, is nearly $250,00O.
Miss Annie L. Gorham, youngest daught-