Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-17
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

A wandering lunatic, coming from no
one knows whore, has stirred things III
considerably the past few days at Brat
tleboro. one night on the PutneY road he
emerged club in hand from the bushes
and demanded a ride from C. f. Glidden
but the latter whipped up and got away.
About midnight he appeared at j. Birch =.
off the Vernon road, and announced that
he was going to stay ali night. 1t was
with considerable difficulty that he was
persuaded to the contrary. About 4 o'clock
in the morning Mr.. Birch found a fire
started in his barn, made from corn stalks
and hay, under the stairs 1t was eN-
tinsuIshed with water, but evidently he
man had slept in the barn. He took din
ner at Mrs. Bushnell's and appeared there
again the next day She referred him TO
Chief Hall but, however crazy. he seemed
too shreWd for that and though Hall has
beer diligently looking for him every
spare moment. has not succeeded in set
ting eyes on him. The man is travelling
barefoot, in oVoralls and jumpers, with his
head and eyebrows shaved, indicating that
he may be of The convict insane, and as
he travels he carries a big bunch Of May
flowers to which he talks.
George A. Robinson of Bennington has
invented an open crate 12xl3x5a4 inches,
with a handle in which to store. preserve.
and transport apples, peaches. pears.
and other fruits. Each crate holds
one peck, and two Stats can be removed
thus enabling its use again The idea is
novel, cheap, practical. and Mr. Robinson
ought to make well with his invention.
AFTER GAME POACHERs
Game wardens of Orleans and Essex
counties are being kept busy by poachers
Two hunters We're captured and held I'M
der 5000 for county court last week. hese
men were found on the shore of Norton
but had complete outfit for taking deer.
In certain sections some complaint is he
ing heard about lack of activity on the
part of town officers which is explained
hy those interested by the statement that
deer are causing considerable damage to
farmers.
A DISTINGUISHED JOURNALIST
The May number of the Bookmsn con-
tains the following under the heading
"ChrOnicle and Comment" in regard to
native of Halifax: The present month
marks the Goth anniversary of The Dial,
which was founded in 1880 by Francis
Fisher Browne. whose photograph we
herewith present. Mr. Browne was born
i'm South Halifax. VT, Dec I, 1913, As
a boy he learned the printers trade in
his fathers newspaper office at Chcopee,
Mass. In 1862 he left school to enlist in
a Massachusetts regiment, serving for one
year in North Carolina and in the Army
of the Potomac. After the regiment was
discharged he went to Rochester ana be-
gan the study of law, entering the law
department Of the University of Mchi-
gan in 1866 He soon gave up the idea Of
the law as a profession, and turned to
journalism and literary work From 1859
to 1874 he was editor of the Lakeside
Monthly. then he became literary editor
of the Alliance Mr.. Browne is the author
of "The Everyday Life of Abrah m Lin
coin" a small volume of poems, "Nolun-
tecr Grain" He has edited and compiled
several volumes of standard verse. At the
Worlds Fair in Chicago he was chairman
of the committee on the congress of au-
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