Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-09-12
THROUGHOUT THESTATE.

con
siderable success In raising a $4,000 en-.
dowment fund. Edward S. Isham, a IA.
tive of fleming on and summer resident
OF Manchester, has subscribed s. QUO, and
Mrs. Henry j, Willing Of Chicago and
Mayor j. b. HOLSTER Of Rutland have
each subscribed like amounts. All three
subscriptions are contingent on the rails
ing Of the whole amount by July of ncXt
| year.
a friend Of Lyndon Institute makes the
/ following proposition: If the friends OF
the school will raise from anybody, any
whore, any amount of money from 5000
to $50 600 for a permanent endowment OF
the Institute, | will double the amount
whatever it may be. rhe present endow-
ment of Lyndon Institute is $4,000. An ad-
ditional $4,000 is just what It needs.
Tuesday Aug q, sixty. five quests were
registered at the Summit House. Mt
Mansfield, and siXty-eight We're entertain
cd at dinner the following day. Landlord
Adams has had his house well filled all
through the season and the fact that a
large proportion of the visitors como from
othcr States Indicates that Mt Mans
h'id is holding its own as Il health and
pleasure resort
+ " Merrill. formerly in charge of the
Y. NJ. c. A. in Montpollor, has been APP
pointed physical director of the Norwich.
Conn, M. c. A. The association has a
fine building and equipment and the field
is a promising one. Mr. Merrill dislked
to leave Montpelier, but as the association
there could guarantee no salary, and. If
he returned, he would have to raise his
own compensation. he very naturally con-
cludcd to accept a more flatterng offer
/ elsewhere.
Tho government has issued q circular
practically forblddlng its employees to
hold town. county or State Offices. In
consequence Porter H. Dale has resigned
the Offices of town agent and member OF
the school board for Island Pond. and
Capt. Randall his office of first constable.
The selectmen have appointed Nathan
Hohson town agent and r. A. Bems first
constable. The latter has qualified and
filed his bond No appointment has been
made as yet to the vacancy on the school
board
r. G.. Thomas, as representative Of Hon
Hcaley Alteey of Minneapolis, who ptr-
poses giving Stowe a memorial building
has visited several Vermont and New
Hampshire towns during the past week
exa mining public buildings, and has also
received plans for several well-known an
chitocts. one Of these plans, with which
Mr. Thomas Is quite favorably Impress q,
contains IL memorial hall. public librar!
room. postoflce, town clerks office ON the
first floor, and an opera house ana town
hall on the second. being practically a
three stored building
Tho Central Vermont ia reported as
planning to put i'm a new steel bridge this
fan at Hartford to replace the iron struc-
ture at that place Passengers op the
road have noticed the great amount Of
new steel rails along the line. About N
miles have been distributed between MONT
pclior and White River Junction, io be-
put in within the next few weeks The
ruadbed is also being ballasted near Roy
alton.
Silver Lake was the Mecca on Tuesday
and Wednesday, August 20 and 4, Tor me
I'niversalists Of the territory centerinS
at Barnard, and n series of grove nee tngS
was the attra citing power. Parties were
present from Woodstock, Rochester Hart
land Bethel. East Barnard. RoYalton,
Stockbridge. Pomfrot. GaYsVllc and other
places, making with the members OF the
barnard parish, a large and Inspiring
company.
At the meeting Of the Montpelier branch
of the stone cutters union Thursday even
ing further arrangements for the big Ia
hor day celebration We're made. Word mas
been received from the Mortified branch
that they will take part in the parade an.
exercises that day. 1t is estimated tina
there will be between 800 and 500 people N
line The Montpelier city council have
been invited to take part in the parade,
as we'll as the high school battalion and
St MiChaels cadets.
Merritt Thomas, an employee Of the Com
lination Cash store at Rutland, was badly
crushed in an elevator shaft shortly before
Is o'clock tn ,SdaY evening. Mr.. Thomas
was at work at tho time on the third floor,
and when found his head and part of his
body were protrudug through an open
ing at the side of the shaft, whore tn
balance weights of the elevator slide mp
and down. When the elevator started the
weights fell, and Thomas was cruShe d.
How he happened to be in such a position
no one knew. as the man was unconscious
when found. 1t is thought his injuries
will cause death. Mr.. Thomas is about
fifty years old.
The accountOf Judge j. NJ Tyler, admin
istrator of the estate of the late j. \. Bal
esther Of Rrattleboro shows balance OF
S336 400 This will he distributed accord
ing to the will, One-fourth going to John
A. Balestler. Onc-fOurth to Mrs, Anna ;,
Ealestier and her three children, one OF
whom Is Mrs Rudyard Kipling, and an
other is Beatty Balesticr, one-fourth to
Robert Balcstior, and ouo-fourth to j. y.
Ealesticr, tr The four principal lrgat"cs
arc Mr.. Balestiors children.
A scheme which has been discussed In
Rrattlcboro several years, namely. to build
a dam across West River and establish
there an electric power station for furnish
ing power to somo Of Brattleboro s power
industries seems likely to hc fulfilled at
an early date The scheme has the brat-
tlehoro GasliCht Company behind il, and
this is said to mean business. The dlrec
tors of the company are sending to the
stockholders statement to the effect
that ii is purposod to form an independent