Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-22

Silver medals were awarded Fl % Walker
Louise Cox and Lucia Fairchid Fuller
and bronze medals to n. q. Fuller. Edith NJ
Prelwltz and Henry Prellwitz. A silver
medal was also awarded Maxfield Parish
for drawings. Among those to receive
honorable mention for paintings was
Charles p. Adams of Denver, Col, a
nephew of H. C. White, esq. Of Windsor
and an od-time Windsor high school boy
| TROLLEY ROAD SCHEMES.
Reports of important electric railroad
combinations are being quietly whispered
1t Is said that the organization Of ~ COM
| pany with several million dollars behind
1t is under consideration to take in the
| Earre and Montpelier electric road, the
| White River Valley electric road and the
Mad River Valley electric road The last
two companies have charters only, and
the company that is under contemplation
is to build and equip the roads, all Of
which will beu nder one management The
| White River Valley road has charter to
run from Barre to East Barre and tho
| quarrics into a section of Willamstown
to Orange The Mad River Valley road is
| chartered to run from Montpelier to
Waitsheld and Warren. New York man
with large financial backing is said to
be behind the scheme. He has visited
Montpelier in company with the directors
of the Barre and Montpelier road, and it
Is said that civil engineers have gone over
the route to estimate the cost Important
developments will take place in a few days
ono way or the other.
SUICIDE AT GLOVER.
Mrs. John Hoytt of Glover. committed
suicide in "A peculiar manner during "A fit
OF temporary insanity. She had been in
very poor health of late and a times had
been mentally unbalanced but was not
: considered violently insane Mrs. Hoytt S
On "A
daughter Friday morning and going out
on the piazza, found her lying across the
clOthcslinc. the line passing over her
windpipc in such a manner as to stop her
. breath. The aged mother held her daugh-
tcrs head up and shouted for help. but
no one heard and she was obliged to leave
the body hanging there while she went
into the house for knife with which to
cut the rope. Mrs Hoytt was about 81
years old, and was highly respected. She
was active in church work and was a
valued member of the choir at the Glovor
Methodist church. For long time she had
served the society as organst. Besid, 5
her mother she is survived by a husband
three daughters and brother.
SILVER IN BRISTOL.
: While locating ginseng beds at the bass
; of South Mountain in Bristol. a few days
ago Randolph Mead a Boston root hunt
/ metal having the appearance of tin. He
took 1t to a jeweer, who tested the bar
and found it to be silver, very fne II
, weighed II ounces. When 1t was learn d
that Mead had found the ingot about a
hundred yards south of Money Diggers
Caves public interest was instantly
, aroused, and it seems likely that the los,
. treasure fever" that struck that section
of the State 70 years go may break out
again NIeads find which seems to b.
bona fide, brings up once more Vermont
oldest and most remarkable Indian tradi-
tion and adds another chapter TO a my s.
terry of buried wealth that has never beer
solved. The story is that at the time tn,
! Algonquin Indians wre driven from tn,
valley Of Otter Creek by the lroquois they
deserted their treasure vault, whrein was
concealed tons Of precious metal and e.
: capped to the Connecticut Valley. never
: to return.
VERMONT FAIRS.
Orleans County Fair Association, Sept
. lob; d. D. Bean. secretary
: Brattleboro Valley Fair Association
, Sept %. &c; c. l.. Stickney, secretary.
city of Rutland Vermont State Agricul
=, trral and Rutland County Agriculturi
Society Fair, Sept. 3-5; F.. ". Chapman
secretary
Fair Haven, Western Vermont Agri
cultural Society Fair, Sept l7-2o; +. A
= IOrN secretary.
Northfield. Dog River Valley Fair As.
= ISOLATION, Sept. 2426; w. w. Holden, sec
rrtary.
Sheldon Junction, Franklin County Ag
a ricultural and Mechanical society. Sept
: 3, g. c. a. Oliver, secretary.
, Woodstock. Windsor County Agricultur.
( nj Society, Sept 24-26; John $. Eaton
secretary.
MARRIED. FIFTY-THREE YEARS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo G. Remington OF Zen.
, nington observed the fifty-thrd annivor
sary OF their marriage at their home sun
: day. MIR Remington was born In Hines
hurgh. the second youngest of five chill
,, dren. one sister who resides in Crane
Lake. y. Y, has observed her 10Th ami
Vcrsary, and another has in Bolton, y. 7.
celebrated her 59th anniversary He Is q
cousin Of George e. Johnson, of Rurling-
ton, and second cousin of Lieut.. j. H. Hol
ton, |. S, n, who was on the Maine wher
: II was blown up. Mrs. Remington WI:
I born in Dandy and of FIVE children she /!
= the last. Eight children have been borr
a to them, of whom six are living. They
{ came here fifty years ago and he has beer
l constantly in business since. Of those
present at their wedding not over two arr
9 now living as far as known. They have
t over twenty grandchildren, and severa
great grandchildren, and four generation
live on the same street. Mr.. Rcminsto,
is an old line jefferson democrat, but ha
: filled several town Offices having been
seloctman. village trustee, and justice o
the peace. With possibly two exception
= he has attended every democratic count,
= convention in fifty years and nearly a
Z many state.
t TROUBLES OF A CIRCUS.
,. The Walter l.. Main circus exhibited t
. over 5000 people in Bennington Saturda
/, afternoon and nearly half as many in tn
= evening. During the afternoon In respons
to "A telegram from the secretary OF state
= First Selcctman Powers and Judge bar
@ ling visited the manager, and made hin
s pay a State license Of $1,000 before the shoy
f could 60 on The train that brought
: to Pennington was held up at Eagle brdg
o until some difficulties In regard to the NeS
n York State license were adjusted. Will
= in Pennington an old board bill contract
: in Hoosick Falls three years ago had [
r BE- settled One of the men connected wit
. the show broke both legs while takin
' down the tent at night, and one of the hes
r horses died after the evening perform
. ancc.
J. BAPTISTS MEET AT BRANDON
The 12lst annual session of the Shaftsbur
# association will be held with the Bapts
J. church in Brandon on Tuesday and Wed
$ ncsday, August 81 and rs. The annua
r sermon will he by Rev. Thomas Gull O
= West Pawlet on Tuesday morning. Letter
r will be read from the churches, with dis
o cussions. Tuesday evening Rev. w.
II Bcaman, a missionary from western Chi
n ma will speak. The doctrnal sermon wi
e be by Rev r. F. Kellogg Of Powna o