Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-12-07
Bellows Falls Times
THURSDAY, DECEMBER Z, 1899.
; VERMONT EVENTS.

The joint meeting Of the Horticultural
society and the Bee-Keepers' association
of Vermont will be held at Burlington
Tuesday and Wednesday, December ~
and Is.
Henry w. Putnam, Bennington multi
millionaire, has just completed a $685. 900
residence at San Diego, Cal, where he
has spent number of winters and where
he has been continuously since the fall Of
1897.
Edgar F. Smith, manager of the cream
cry at Plainfeld, has brought suit agains
Hiram G. Moore, also OF Plainfeld, for
$4,000 damages for SANDER. 1t is al
legged that M. Moore has circulated the
report that Mr.. Smith has stolen butter
from the patrons of the creamery and has
been crooked in his management of the
business.
The store house near the shoddy mill of
Crawford & Carney in Bennington. togeth-
er with the contents, including stock and
some machinery, was compile. ely consumed
two miles south OF the village. The fire is
supposed to have originated from sponta-
neous combustion. The loss was $1,000 on
WHICH Un6rb WAS 10 Insurance..
Miss Mabel Esther Jump, daughter of
Rev. M. d. Jump, prominent clergyman
in the Troy conference is to be presented
this week with gold medal by the Volun-
teer Life Saving Corps OF New York, for
bravery last winter when she rescued at
the risk of her own life, a friend who went
through the ice into the Hudson river
while they were crossing.
Some unknown patriot OF Rutland gets
off the following: Give licked doz n
stamps today tor kilograms sent. I licked
and stuck one On bill with which l paid
my rent. l licked a stamp to paste upon
a note which renewed, and then / licked
another one to make my mortgage good.
I've licked those stamps to show that | re-
spect my country's will, and now I'd like
to like the man that introduced the BILL
A letter was received recently from ex-
Senator George F. Edmunds by the treas
urer of the Vermont Bar association. stating
that by reason OF circumstances he had
ceased to be cit'zen of Vermont. He
considered that this affected his member
ship in the Vermont Bar association, but
according to the constitution he is still a
member, although a resident of another
state. The only difference is that he is ex-
cused from the payment of dues. Senator
Edmunds now looks upon Philadelphia as
his home instead of Burlington.
The Rutland News says that lockwood
Barrett Of that city will not attempt to
start any marble quarries on bis Burlington
property until next spring. He has not
had time to give much of his personal
attention to the work and it is considered
too late in the season now to accomplish
anything. He consequently does not know
how valuable his possessions are, for
although the marble is handome enough
and apparently there is enough of it, it
may be of no value from the fact of its not
being hard. This of course cannot be
learned without extensive workings.
Work at the copper mines in Copper6eld
has been progressing favorably. Some 81
men are employed now, most of them being
at work in the mine proper under Capt.
Paul A few are outtide repairing some OF
the buildings at the DRIFT and getting things
into shape for winter. Nearly all the ex-
perienced miners who have applied fov
work have been given employment, but
present. Some very good copper is being
work will continue through the winter.
There is certainly revival in the copper
industry in Vermont and the old Ely mines
NAV yet see as prosperous days as in FORM
er times.
E. H. Everett and Hiram Shiffer OF Phil
adelphia have had a number of men at
work along the line of the Montpelier and
Wells River railroad lately, cutting and
hauling fir balkans to the different stations,
the same to be .hlpped to New York and
Philadelphia, and sold for Christmas trees.
In the neiehborhood of 40 car loads of trees
will be shipped from that section, and if the
market is favorable will net these men a
tidy sum. The TIRE es are from two to four
inches through at the butt, and are approx
imately 10 feet high. Only symmetrical
trees are used. These men pay one cent
each for the trees standing. They are cut
down, IN some cases the stump being left
several feet high. TIE branohrs are bound
comp ,ctly to The trunk with heavy Irvine.
and the trees then hauled to the railroad
station in wagons having rack body, as
many as 100 being drawn at load.
William McGurn, assistant superinten-
dent in the card room at the wooden mill
of Holden, Leonard & Co.. in Bennington,
was before the municipal court charged
with being the leader in strike among
the carders and also with intimidating
others, by threats, from going to work.
Under the laws OF this state this is state
prison off nse At the hearing one Joseph
Latour swore that he did not want to join
the striker. but was induced to do it by
the threats made TO him by McGurn. The
strike did not affect the working of the
mill which is now crowded with orders.
The owners of the plant state that they
are paying as much a, most mills, as they
only work ten hours day, while others
work IL. The mill has run every work
day for the last four years and has been
remarkably successful. The court found
McGurn not guilty of the charge, but fined
him $40 and costs for disturbing the peace,
which be paid.
JP. ". Gridley, son Of the late Cap
tain Charles v. Gridley, who commanded