Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-19
VERMONT HAPPENINGS.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
The Happenings of sevon Days on Our
Hills and in Our Valleys Condensed
and Photographed for Busy
Free Press Readers,

The regular mixed train from sherbrooke
to Newport was thrown from the track
about two miles north of Smiths Mills
Monday, the 9Th, about II a. m. Fifteen
oars were derailed and badly smashed
No one was injured Engineer McVickar
jumped and was shaken up considerably
A wreck train arrived at D. m. and the
tack was cleared. Passengers were car
ried by that night. The Stanstead spur
train about p. IN. Monday ran into car
at Stanstead Junction, doing some dam
a&e to the car. The engine was slightly
damaged.
The night passenger which left Newport
at 1910 p. m. Monday night got off the
track near Fairlee. 1t required wreck
train to get the cars on again. No one was
injured and little damage was done.
In the high winds of last week a regular
Cyclone struck the smokestack of the
electric power house at West Derby, and
lifted the entire stack 10 feet in length
away from its fastening and hurled it into
the river below. Fortunately the water
power was so good that steam could be
dispensed with.
One of the freight trains last Sunday
week had five cars loaded with 80 horses,
which, because of high water, had to be
unloaded and kept in Lyndonville till
Tuesday.
The Ryegate Granite Works company
and the Blue Mountain Granite Works
have consolidated and outside parties
have put In money, making II a solid COM
pany with good credit, the capital stock
being Sl260O The company was organ
ICED last Saturday and the following Of
1cers elected President. II. w. Bailey
of Newbury; vice president, Alexander
Cochran of Groton directors, M. II. Glib
son of Ryegate, Alexander Dunnett of st.
Johnsbury; treasurer, Nelson Bailey of
Wells River. lutte a number of the old
w,p IA Ia ~ L.
ers will be employed as fast as stock can
be had. The old X. T. Garter sncu, tuc
Blue Mountain sheds, and the sheds at the
Quint place will all be operated tho COM
Ing season, so report says.
The Blue Mountain Granite company
of Ryegate has received an order to build
large vault for the Rogester family of
Leroy, N Y. The structure will be made
to contain eight catacombs.
AS one of Dufresne q Hapgood's lumber
teams was coming down the mountain at
Manchester Depot one day last week. the
runner chain became unfastened and the
horses were unable to hold the load. The
driver was thrown off and somewhat hurt
and one of the horses had its neck broken.
Brighton stands at the head, so far as
reported, for profits at the town liquor
agency. The sales last year amounted to
more than $4,000 and the State received as
its share of the profits s70059
Mrs. j. f. Tucker of Chelsea has q hefer
coming three years old, which she raised,
which gave birth to pair of twin heifers
Feb 29, weighting-one, 42la pounds, and
the other Il pounds.
A three-yearold colt belonging to Frank
Powers of Newbury was killed by the
cars on Saturday. His hired man, George
Hartwell. was trying to break the colt
and 1t baked at the crossing above the
depot and refused to move when the train
came along.
The musical convention at Hardwck
was q great success, considering the
weather. There were about 20 in the
chorus and about S175 was taken.
A branch library has been established at
South Ryegate. The books will be ex-
changed from the town library at Ryegate
from time to time.
The Washington Agricultural associa-
ton is to hold meeting at the town hall
in Washington March II at o'clock p. m.
to see if the stockholders will vote to in
crease the capital stock and whether they
will vote to hold fair the coming fall
and if so, to fix the date.
c. II. More & Co. of Barre have received
the contract to make soldiers and sail
ors' monument for the town OF Monticello,
N. Y. The shaft will be 20 feet high, sur.
mounted by an eight-foot standard bear
err with a flag, carved in granite. The
company was a successful bidder out of
II designs that had been submitted An
oruer mas been secured from q New York
regiment for a monument so feet high,
to be placed on the battle grounds of An
tietam.
Orson Adams of Eden was seriously in
jured last week Monday by hemlock
splinter penetrating one eye.
new trestle at Duxbury Is being put
In for the iron railroad bridge, which the
high water carried out.
The following Vermont pensions have
been granted Original, Octave Forgue OF
Canaan restoration, George W Lee OF
Burlington; increase, Auburn NJ. Story OF
Fairfax. original, widow, Nellie Kilburn
of Bellows Falls.
The Masonic building just completed al
Lyndonvile was erected by the Masonic
Building association, a stock company or
eanlzed for that purpose, at an expense OF
S26,0o) and is one of the finest business
structures in Caledonia county. The build
Ing Is 57hx7ll4 feet and three stories high
1t is built of solid brick, with brown stone
frontispiece 9x5 feet at the top of the build.
Ing, over the central entrance on Depot
street bears the inscription Masonic
building, 1895" in large letters. The in
side finish Is of hard pine with hard wood
floors. The first floor is occupied by a
drug store and grocery store; the second
floor by the Lyndon club rooms, a barber
and dental parloors The middle store and
several offices on the second floor of tho
building are not yet occupied. The Ma.
sonic hall on the third floor Is reached by
broad winding stircase, lighted by a
large Skyleht in the centre of the building
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