Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-20
NEWS OF VERMONT.
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press Read rs--Row At Knights
Island May Result In Murder.

killed Henry Cameron in Tuesday nights
drunken row on knights Island, was
brought before Justice o. r. Knight last
Thursday afternoon and fined $22. Poppin
was charged by Town Grand Juror Henry
1fazen with being drunk and breaking the
peace, to all of which he pleaded guilty.
Cameron is now at the home of viii Papa
loose and as one man described 1t rs the
worst looking man you ever saw" His
jaw and nose are broken and he has large
cut on the top OF the head. When found
by his wife on knights Island his feet
were laying in the water and by her as
sistance he was gotten to the house, Cam
eron says he don't know what Pcppn did
hit him with as the night was very dark,
but thinks ii might have been a stone.
After doing Cameron up Peppin 1t was
supposed, started for North Hero. but only
rowed out into the lake and returned to
the house and demanded admittance. Mrs.
Cameron had the outside door fastened
with butcher knives and as Peppin push
ed on 1t she fired one shot from a revolver,
the ball striking the ceiling. This fright
encd Psppin and he left, returning a few
minutes later when Mrs. Cameron fired
another shot but Peppin broke in and for
fear he might attack her husband again
she got him up stairs guarding the stair
way with her revolver in hand till parties
arrived from North island, who found
Peppin standing by the stove In an en-
ragged state. Cameron is now under the
doctors care and what the result of his
injuries may he no one can tell. The finine
of a man less than SIS for so seriously in
juring man is the talk of the whole
town. 1t is limited that the end is not vet
and some startling developments may yet
he made.
BUSINESS BLOCK FOR RUTLAND.
II. w. Vaughan Of Brooklyn. n. Y, SON
n-law Of DR.. George IL. Fox of Rutland,
is negotiating for the purchase of prop
erty on Centre street, with the object Of
tearing down all the buildings thereon
and erecting in their places an up-to-date
business block, which may include a thea
ire.
FARM HAND SHOT A BEAR.
Charles r. Davis of Bennington, a farm
hand, shot a fine specimen of a black bear
on Pownal mountain Friday. The animal
did not seem inclined to put up any hight
Davis sold the skin for good price and
received the state bounty Of ST. which is
a profitable days work for him.
COWS HAVE A PROLONGED DRUNK.
1t would seem that instead OF the refer
endum that high license prevails among
the i've stock in Rcadsboro. G. T.. Whit
cows that hnvn hoo" dr,'' t ~. neai r,. ~
u,ot 80, ,I ,,,,. VI I'm ~ n'nli; d
ious ana some OF them have been so far
over the bay as not to be able get out Of
the barn. They have had apples more or
less all the fall, but within the past week
have been turned into the moving of the
late fail feed and have eaten the applos
with the results MENTIONED Mr.. Whitney
has been obliged to buy milk as thcy have
shrunk from tvo-thirds of a pail to pint
since their dobauchery. This is the first
Of the high license or Clement law that
has demonstrated itself as yet
Ell lex GRIM NAL Ok INSANE.
Robert Walker of Hartland vas rccort,v
brought to iau i'm Woodstock h,, Den,itv
Sheriff kinirv of Windsor. He is charged
with assault and was mt under honds }or
his appcarance at Windsor co,Inntv court
For several wears Walker i. .afd 70 bar.
shown sign. of insanity. being somewhat
violent at times. and his mother was final.
" Obliged to leave hi. hous. where ho
has since lived alone Lately IL lie ronor.
cd. he has made one or two attcunts IN
break into houses at Hartand. What led
~ us ,,i',,' wa. d" 'lescu nolu up oil
t'o f! '''ppAHs o"iiies stevens
noi &C. '"h,!ik 'ht ni!ule from the animal
, ao 80, W. WnIis'h oustinlah' VINO
~ ut ~ 80 c,,c' ollct ms cohIiic-
,,;.,
.u,', showing no signs OF any mental
''o"oie'
A TREMENDOUS ELM
Up in the sugar place down on Horace
g. SherWln farm in Woodstock stands
giant elm, the "Old Settler Mr.. Sherwin
calls 1t. Back on the hill IL has escaped
genera observation, but it is n remarkable
tree IN some ways. d~ariug it's neighbors
and having apparently outlved all the
companions of lu-ty youth. 1t is probably
lot years old at least-Mr. Sherwin saws il
mas looked Just as it does now for half
a Ceniury-and begins to show great age
IN spite OF "a mighty vigorous constitution
ana right living. Just above the ground
tine spreading base OF the tree measures
"a feet, and little higher it is % feet in
circumference, from there the trunk runs
straight up at pretty nearly the same
diameter for about 20 feet to the branches
There are no pretensiOns to beauty no
graceful limbs, the top being dispropor-
tionntely small scrubby and broken. but
appearances don't count with its owner
Tho is properly proud Of it,
A BKATTIJ rRORo WOMAN cr-ID
BIS tiat martina ., nm practlced
"a, GU On 'ile ne:rs OF tne late Charies
W. uilci'oH Oh oHlcaSo Wnen She induced
,' ~, interest me III inc estate were made in
ii'' Ilou III the Cnlted states circuit court
was a cousin of Mrs. r. w. ChiLls NJ
Brattleboro, and Mrs. Childs and Mrs. r,
w. Gibson arc among the heirs IA his
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