Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-04-13
THE TIMES.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL IS. 1898.
Vermont News.

James Smith Pierson, a wealthy resident
of Burlington, died in the Palmer house at
Chicago Sunday night. Mr.. Piersou was one
of the so.cslled "big four" who have been
roads in different sections of the state.
There were two deserters in Company G of
the Third cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen last
week. They are John Chisolm, who has the
following words tattooed on his right arm
SIN memory of my mother" The other de-
serter is Willis l.. Ingerham, who is supposed
to own property in Oneonta, N. Y.
One of the most important questions that
will probably come before the Troy confer.
ence at Saratoga next month is the removal
of the Troy Conference academy from Poult-
ney, VT to Round Lake 1t is said that the
academy pupils could be well cared for at
Round Lake, where there is ample room for
boarding and educational facilities.
The house of Elias Lyman of Burlington
was entered at an early hour Friday morning
by burglar. He was frightened away, how
ever, by The screams of Mrs. LYMAN, who,
awaking suddenly, saw some one with II
lighted match in hand fnmbling over the bu-
reau drawers. II was evident from the ap-
pearance of things about the house that the
intruder had planned quite raid but man
aged to escape with only little jewelry.
Dwight Tuxbury, aged so years, a business
man we'll known throughout eastern YER
mont, died Friday night from pneumonia.
He had been inbusiness in Windsor so years,
and had filed many town offices, such a.
representative, treasurer and selectman. He
leaves wife. two sons and two daughters.
The sons, William and Charles, will continue
the business. The business places were
closed on Tuesday, the day OF the funeral
DR.. W. Seward Webb, the well-known rail
road man and owner of the beautiful estate
of Shelburne Farms, rear Burlington, has
rendered the United States government the
free use of his magnificent yacht, Elfrida,
which cost him $250,000. General interest
attaches to this proffer, as the Elfrida was
built OF Chateaugay steel and is familiar
object in the waters of Lake Champlain.
She is one of the most finely equipped ves-
sells afoat, capable of high speed, and in case
of hostilities would be a valuable addition to
the nations fleet of war craft. DIR. Webbs
generous offer shows how fully he appreciates
his country and how ready he is to give it
aid in time of need
o. A. Field of West Cornwall gives some
results of sheep shearings at his stock farm
during the past month. March ii he had
sheared six ram lambs and six eve lambs, all
less than one year old. The weight of the
feeces we're: Ram lambs, q, lS, IA, IL, IA and
IA pounds; eve lambs, 8 IL, Is, I6, IA, ~ and
IL pounds. These lambs we've all sired by
the stickney ram that Mr.. Morris of Addison
sold to parties in Australia for 1880 On
March l6 MI. Field sheared II breeding ewes,
the combined weight of whose feeces was
228 2 pounds. The weights of the six ram
lambs fleeces aggregated SO pounds and
those of the eve lambs SSl2 pounds. Mr..
Field thus obtained 4l6 pounds of wool from
the % sheep sheared, which is pretty good
record, considering that the breeding ewes
had only ii IL mouths growth.
Arnold Manchester's large barn, situated
about a mile west OF Brandon, on the creek
road, was burned to the ground at about 10 80
O'Clock Friday morning. The grass in the
meadow caught fire and the high wind soon
carried sparks and set fire TO two large barns
belonging to Fred Harrington, both Of which
were burned The hose company responded
to the first alarm, but were notified that it
was too late to save the barns and returned
to the hose house, when word came that their
services were needed at the Frank Keller
farm. about two miles east of the village,
where the brush was afire and the buildings
were in danger of burning. The company
started for the farm with the hand engine,
but before they reached there were notified
that their services were not needed, as the
fire was under control. The company then
went to the creek with the engine, as another
barn had caught fire several times and was
in danger. The fremen worked there nearly
all of the afternoon to keep the fire from
doing further damage. All three barns were
insured. The other fire burned over consid-
cradle ground, but aside from burning brush
and fences did little damage, as it was kept
rom the buildings.