Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18
NEWS OF VERMONT
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press Readers Towns Must
Raise 100000 for Mont
pelier- Rutland Railroad.

between Montpelier and Rutland through
the towns of Middlesex, Moretown, Waits
field, Warren. Granville, Hancock. Roch- |
ester, stockbridge, Pittsfeld and Mendon
was surveyed last week by City Engineer
=. S. Smith of Montpelier and Engineer
a. T. Thropp of Buffalo, n. Y. They
found no serious obstacles and In their re-
port to be submitted to the railroad com
mittees appointed by Montpelier and Rut-
land they will recommend that the line he
lallt through these towns. They Will
also report that in their opinion the towns
exclusive of Montpelier and Rutland VIII
bond in the aggregate for at least SlpWo
to aid in the construction of the road
If this line should be built along the line
If this survey Barre and Rutland would
30 the terminals The citizens of Barre
are very anxious to have the line built
through the Willamstown gulf, but very
little encouragement for bonding is Of
fered by that route.
INTERESTING COLLECTION OF OLD
GUNS.
If the spirits OF departed hunters,
rangers, or soldiers who lived at any
period OF the last century would come
to Montpelier they would find familiar
firearms in the collection that has been
gathered at Wheelock * DaWley's gun
store, for in 1t is almost every concelV-
able kind Of a gun, from the long bar
relied fiint-lock of 1850 down to the latest
maPagine rife. The collection was not
made as SUCH hut during the firms long
experience In the busine IS many odd speci-
mems have come to them, until now II ~
90 large and varied that a gun lover can
spend few hours very pleasantly in
examining it, One of the oldest pieces in
the collection IL q nint-lock. English tower
gun with marks showing that it was
made in the reign of one of the Georges.
n no ST
iiar "U S. indicating that in some way
it came into possession of the United
states. perhars In the second war. The
Springfield rifle in all periods of its his
tory is represented the oldest being
nint-lock of 1909. Sporting guns of the
first half of the last century and ihe
various muskets. carbines. etc, used in
the Civil War are in abundance. and there
is e Henry rifle father of the Winchester
of the type that became familiar In st.
Adams after tho raid. In the collection
are several foreign makes. practically.
French EnElish and Belgium, and A mis-
mated pair Of ducling pistols one French
and one English. Altogether it is an in
teresting lot and valuable as illustrating
the evolution of the gun,
VETERAN FREEZES BOTH FEET.
Cyrus f. Prescott, who served in the
tth Massachusetts, cavalry during the
RorringtCr Saturdnv with both font rroz-
en- and otherwise suffering from frost
hites. He left tho Massachusetts home
a few weeks ago ana since then has been
on the tramp. He was a once taken
to the hospital and attended to and it is
r,ho oy,cioi, of tbo M,.socbuao+.s nome
49, hoo, ,,ot,t.a +h,+ bo ;s horn
| WALL lNtFORp III FiLAR SENT
,.i,,o., p,,o,a. 90 ,v,uir,to-d wbn
woe 1hargnI u,t,h hro,rirs ma mo stora
" NJ " Nvt,;on's ~ that riaco rhankse
st,.in., da, ava st,,ii,o ssn j., ,nonov and
60 ,',o,Js ,',,d Obj, u.,t,.ed o,n,ni,.tinn
and was bound UP to the grand jury, when
n tiontirs 81 ynIIinvrord ~ tho Uonse
nf Corr.rtion MONDAY morning the lst
Inc, VIC Wrought hofnra cit, I,,dya q l.
Hove If Kntlnnd Isridnv afternoon about
/ no n,clnck ar the lat,er,s ott,ce and sem
tenced to NOT more than thraa nor loss
tbop two ,.aors In tho state nrison Pow
nolds made unnlication several DAYS ago
10 tho citv cour, skirp that tho states
at,orn.,, be diractcd IN nle now infnrmo-
tiop against him so that no might have
an opnnrtunitv to Mead euiltv f. NJ
putle, aoroored as attorney for RevnoIde
and states Attorney ~ II Preston of
Foir Haven for thc state Mrs REYNOLDS
who has been held on the same charge,
ALI ABLE liElflD Of "a LIZ Dis
EASfD'
Roy. Wolls's registered herd of cattle
in Chester are down with the hOof and
mouth disease II is one of the best lot of
cattle IN Windsor county. several of
which took nrizes at the fair last fan
MIR. Wells has spent much time in getting
his herd together and the loss to him will
be very great. His swine are of blooded
stock All of which will no doubt have 10
he sIaughtered The work of Strengthening
and burning the infected cattle in this
section will begin in n dav or two.
/ lNIit MAN TREATMENT OF STOCK.
Humane OA,cor w VA -rouar of Put
hand uort to West Coetlo,or Erido, 70
inwa.tirate a cosa of nocIioorco IN nar,no
| for stock at INC form Of Ia,,oa C-IiSforJ
/, wns renorted IN Mr. Towar mat Mr.
| 1lit'or,i rod loft HE stocL ubjc, include
five horses and seven head Of cattle. out
III tlie p"''uic W"lout any pro'eotIoii
u 1!IHes we leceit ScNele "eati'er' MI
C''tolu ue''iuu ~ O.aa - uuI tne oii !t'.
Guys ne 10 s"t'a',u ma ms III otihdtiol'
was wen slou''"ei ne ci, oruers ~
nav 'ne Stpch p", III 'he Darn ever!
.Isli,' MI I'we' Sta'eu ''ial nc Is NOT
t''io"s' WI" viz '"se YET
FROZEN WATER FRONT EXPLODES.
- Dan hupleN OF LFndonViIle got up cary
luesuiS n'or"i's' punt Hre IN inc
k'tchen range ana theh went BACK TOT
iaS' shooze While thlhgs were warming
up a NIUE hut something he haoh
Planned on soon Drought MIN out or bed