Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-16
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Items Of Interest to yermonters at Home
or Abroad-hn EnrIy Electric Motor.

| Items of Interest to vermonters at Home
| or Abroad An Enriy Electric Motor.
| Warham a. Chase Of North Calais, who
| is the owner of one of tho first electro
magnetic motocs ever made In this coun-
/ try, recently took it to Montpelier propose
| irE to donate 1t to the State Historical
society.
| Mr.. Chase first went to Montpelier in
| 1928. when he became "a member of the
| firm Of Chase e AirSworth jewelers. It
| ' as at this time that Mr.. Chase conceived
he idea of making the motor which he
| Cmplet ID and set running in his shop
window.
The machine is about 10 inches high and
consists of stecel bar in the form of an
elongated oval about two. thicds being
VI Ound with wire n TIE ordinary way.
spindle runs through the certre on which
is n steel bar which Is also wound. The
current was alternately on and broken by
silt cuts in the spindle and power to run
lit was furnished by means OF an ordinary
battery, which Mr.. Chase also made. 1t
was placed in tho window and ran like
tho wind" as Mr. Chase says. 1t will
make VARIABLE addition TO the coec-
ton of the Historical society.
The fish and game commissioners are
giving considerable attention Just now to
the care of the spawn of lake and brook
trout, with view TO making the fishing
better, here and there throughout the
state in the near future. At Lake Dun
more about 10000 eggs have heesl obtain.
ed for propagation and the estimate for
this year will reach 3,G000.0. This estimate
does rot include these at the State and
nutioral hatchery These eggs Will be
carefully propagated and the dngerlings
will be used to stock the streams of the
State.
A COWS LONG FAST
q. Il. Ba,cholde9 of Plainheld found
last week he;fer. which was lost from
bis pasture ten days ago. in spring that
had been dug in the field where she had
been III that time without food. When
she was taken out she was strong enough
to run back to join the othcy stock APP
paren.ly none the worse for the long fast.
by the will of Mrs Lucy Daniels re-
Gently deceased, Grafton receives from
her estate the following requests: Five
hundred dollars as fund for the support
of the public library and 500 the income
of which Is to be Iscd in taking cage Of
the village cemetery Mrs. Daniels also
left $3.50 to the Congregational society of
Grafton, the income of which is 20 be
Used for the support of preaching at that
church.
DURABLE WOOD.
In repairing the road last week in
Plainheld Joseph Lane unearthed hem
lock that had remained in the ground for
over 40 years. or ever since the road was
builtlt was perfectly sound, and when
cut gave out the characteristic homock
odor.
Sidney HescOclI Of BrattlebOro trapped
n silver grey fox recently. Foxes Of this
kind are very rar. and their pelts are
quoted al SO to 500
RUNAWAY GIRLS.
Chief Of Police Hail Of Erattlehoro
caught two runaway girls last week. They
We're about II years cid each, and one liv-
ed in Hinstlale and the Other I'm Ashuelot
Thc girls left home Wednesday night Of
last week. but no enc knew in which di-
rec,ion they went. The Ilinsdale girl had
run away before and come to Rrattleboro,
so it was surmised that she would come
here again. Mr.. Hall was notified Mon
day and on Tuesday afternoon he saw
the girls go into "A house on Western ave
nuc, where he caught them. The girls
'wcr kept in the selcCtmens room until a
team came for them from Hinsdae
HIGHWAY ROBBERS.
rr. r. C. Goss of Hartford reports that
four men attempted to waylay him in a
, lonely place near Rocky mountain as he
was returning from visiting q patient at
r West Hartford Thursday night. He saw
: the men jus: as they sprang into the road
ana hAl'lilIlfh " tdltN MS noTSc by the
! hit. lie shook the lines, aud his horse
sprang forward so quickly 1t knocked over
the nearest man and left them behind.
Recent experience Is teaching the resi-
dents of Thetford that it Is not safe to
hire strangers Last week Oramel Sayre' $
hired man left, taking with him 500 in
cash and a check for S54, while his en-
ployCr was at the station. lie was a strang-
who came along asking for work "A few
, weeks ago. A Russian jew that had made
his home at Mr.. Woodwards recently de-
camped with horse and wagon and Wood
ward IS out some $50.
BRANDON'S HATCHERY.
t The following account is given by the
Brandon Union of visit to the local fish
hatchery TO see the spawning beds:
The boat was provided with a light in
the prov, shadedby large reflector which
: threw rays of light on the water directly
ahead of the boat. The boat skirted the
shore, in from two to three feet of water
and before lorg the first trout were seem
They were not by dozens or by hundreds
: but thousands In such masses were they
that they looked like huge rocks in the
water and it seemed impossible to push
the boat through them without crushing
them to death Some idea of the numbers
of them may be gathered from the fact
that one draw with the net brought out
, Jos swallow tailed beauties which ranged
in size from 8 10 ~ pounds each. This
shore secured to be mass of trout
and other localities visited showed that they
were not particularly partial to this
shGse. Each favora BILE locality visited
was tho same and all became thoroughly
convinced that this was indeed the home
of the lake trout. The trout are handled
by the commissioners very tenderlv and
not one out of 500 is injured In the slight
est, even by accident. After being strip
ped Of their spawn they are returned to
the lake.
A DOCTORS CLEVER DEVICE
Dr. j, W. Gregg of Brattleboro took out
a patent last week that was granted last
) lJuly on an egg holder and alarm invented
by him. The idea was suggested in his
practice by the difficulty of getting prop
erly boiled eggs for invalids or where the
alhumen had not been rendered indigesti-
bile. His device insures the cooking slow
} ly and equally from circumference to
center and the ringing of an alarm when
1T Is done to notify the cook. II consists
simply of basket resting on lower
lpato and with a crooked rod on which
hangs A bell. Placing this device in water
that Is cold or just warmed-boiline Wator
} Imeans the cooking OF the white to mdige;-
} Itibility,-.he right amount OF cooking will
lbc done when the water reaches the boil.
ling point. and the steam, which starts at
1.-THE bottom, will then cause ehulltion
enough to raise the basket and ring the
bel.