Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-18
tin had the ring hneer on his left hand
cut on a bout a wear ago at the Same mill

cut of about year ago at the Same mfl'
MIR and Mrs Thomas highland. par
enta Of Mayor J. NJ. Highland oi Sac CITY.
are perhaps tho oldest married coulle in
Iowa. They were married at l'radfofd,
Vt, Juno q 1896. 10 years ago. Mr.. High
land was q years of age ana Mrs. thigh
band % when they wtie married. and are
now IS and S. respectively. TheN carry
their age well For number of years
thcv have made their home with their
SOFT Walter who resides near sac CITY,
Iowa.
Mrs Esther white Hooker 81 years old,
mother OF Col George W. Hooker Of Brat
tlcboro. died Wednesday at her homo i'm
Londonderry. She was tho widow of John
Hooker and. with the exception of sevelcl
wears spent in New York, she has AWAY $
lived In Londonderry, whore she was hofN
in 1872. being the daughter Of Rcuel White.
who was prominently cen injected with the
carly history Of the town. BcsrSes COL.
Hooker she leaves one daughter, Mrs. A.
A. Curtis. OF Londonderry
the annual fair of the Windsor Horse
and Cattle Show association will he h. III
August 2s and 20. Entries already received
hy secretary II l.. lockwood .iNes aSsur-
ance Of a fine exhibition with serlcS OK
nrst-,lass races. Special prizes are offore
as follows: nv Winston thUrChii for
carriage horses; by Mrs. Nina X. Hayes.
for the best jumping horse, ny william II.
Boaman, for the best brood mare. Sprci II
prizes are also announced for the ne -
lraurht oxen. The premium list and purse
aggregate upwards Of SJD. Entries VIII
close August i.
News has been received of the
sudden Ccath Of Melvin Holdcn AMI
Milton Holden. aged 80. twin sons of Henry
Holden of chester who died of scarlet
fever in I}everly. Mass. wn"re they were
cmnloved IN the same business MclVit
Uoldcn died Friday morning and the re-
mans were tak"r to chester saturday
night Funeral services were hold in the
Ealtist church sunday afternoon At 40.
Soon after the funeral the message
received telling Of tho death Milton liol-
d,n who died suddenly sunday afternoon,
not knowing Of his brother = death. HIS
remains were taren HON" Monday night
and the funeral was held In the same
chIrru Tuc>d4r afternoon ut f:N. Th -
int"rment WAS in tho new cemetery on the
Hill Much sympathy l. felt for the 'anily,
especially for the mother, who is In feeble
health
The competitive examinItion for an APP
puintment from tho second rongres~lon
district to Cadetship at the MIC
States military academy. West Point. \.
y was held at White River Junction.
Eight candidates presented then1S' t"S.
. They appeared to he all healthy. robust
young men. but only two, Fred Allen Cool,
Of Post Mills and Harry q. Smith NJ Ran
dolph passed the physical eXamiuat ion
. on the mental test Cook received Il "ut I
a possblc loo merits, and smith e. The
. rel ort of the board Of examiners has h. ef
: forwarded to Hon. kittredge Haskin7 ''
: I;rattleboro, NJ. -, from tho Sc ond dis
trict.
f Edward Edmunds, who is cmployod h'
? the city At the steam stone crusner "r
. North Main street i'm Rutland received
10 serious injury Wednesday from a blow !
an iron bar. which foll from 4 ledge auoN
5 here he was working Tho bar Stru'l
" him in the head ana inflicted an ugly -'a|l
. wound about four inches long. IT. ~"
. carried i'm an uncons cious condition to tn
house Of =. Cooke, who lives on the OF
s posto side of tho street, and Or j. +
e Thomson Was called. Or. Thomson foun
~ il necessary to take several slit ches in II
r wound.
Two pieces of real estate In Pttsfor
known as the Ben Stevens and Rollin Z
smith farms. have been bought by IN
Rntland- Florence Marble company n
Rutland and will be combined with IN
y ccnpany's property. The deeds to tn
prol erty we're passed Thursday, Georg
~ g. -ndarhill md f. @. Swningtor repre-
~ .ortinc tho marble company in the det
The lands acquired by the marble com
prnv constitute two of the finest farms !
J. ritsford Both are adjacent to the orgi
r. nal Rutland Florence purchase and in IN
Il saiae marble vein. ! lac Ben stevens f'rr
n contains about IN acres and on 1t *
j. house which cost over $1,000 rho farr
has recently hcon carried on by :
80 liinds There Is a Branch track about w
. miles in length, part of which run
10 through tho property TO the company
~ marble qua rr1es The Smith farm COZ
800 tains over 10 acres and is locat'' jus
north Of the stevens property.