Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-17

follow him later. Superintendent Lord
icaVes here at the close of two years of
most efficient service during which many
advances in our public schools have been
made. He will carry with him the best
wishes of pupils, teachers and the COM
munity at large.
GREAT DAMAGE BY THE ROSE
BEETLE.
The rose beetles arc doing much damage
IN Georgia not only to shade and fruit tire, s.
put are injuring vegetation and field crops
l hey Will even eat down large plants of
smart weed. The rose chaper or beetle
was iirst seen here last year on the cherry,
plum, ounce and apricot trees, but were
Lot nearly as numerous as at present
Ihey are very hard to destroy, paris green
being about the only thing that kills them
and cannot be applied on account of it's
poisonous nature in many places where
they are destroying foliage.
SLIGHT FIRE IN HOTEL BARDwELL
There was a slight fire at the Hotel Bard
we'll block in Rutland early Thursday morn
ing which scared some of the patrons of
the hotel badly but did little damage. Au
electric wire is thought to have been the
cause. Edward Langlois, an employe, no
ticed Il strong smell of smoke about II so
o clock. He tried to awaken the firemen at
ing unsuccessful. he sent in a telephone
alarm. A chemical apparatus was brought
TO the hotel and the blaze was disc covered
In storeroom belonging to the Rutland
city Electric company on the second story
OF the northeast corner of the block. The
FIRE was in the ceiling. A general alarm
was rung in and a stream of water was
used to extinguish the blaze. The release
was rung in about Ills o'clock. The dis
covery of an unnsulated electric wire led
to the belief that the fire originated from
this cause.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY CONVENTION
The Grand Isle county republican con-
vention has been called to be held at the
court house at North Hero, Saturday
July &c, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon to
place in nomination candidates for scna-
tor, assistant judges of county court
judge of probate. States attorney, sheriff,
and county commissioner. also to
elect county committee, says the Mes
senscr. The basis of representation will
be the same as has been obtained hereto
fore: Alburgh will have S delegates Grand
Isle 6. Isle La Motto S. North Hero s, and
South Hero s.
DRUNK ON PEPPERMINT.
John Rabideau was arraigned before
City Judge c. l.. Howe in Rutland Thurs
day morning on the charge of intoxication,
says the News. Rabidoau was fiued s. and
costs OF SS.ll which he made arrangements
to pay. When asked where he obtained
his liquor Rabideau said he had drank
nothing hut peppermint. He produced the
bottle of peppermint from which about
three ounces of the drug had been taken.
MEETING OF KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Grand lodge, Knights Of Honor, was held
with the Vermont lodge at Jacksonville
grand officers were elected Past dictator,
G. Stone, Wallingford; dictator, William
A. Hancock. Jacksonville; vice-dictator,
George Warwick, Putney; assistant dicta-
tor, William Metzger Rutland; treasurer,
Frank A. Bond. Mddlebury; reporter,
Collins l.. Piper. Brattleb oro chaplain,
II. G. Reed Jacksonville: guide, John o.
stone, Brattleboro; guardian, George H.
Coleman, Jacksonville; sentinel. George r.
Crosby, st. Johnsbury. The officers were
installed by Past Grand Dictator William
Weatherby. 1t was voted to hold the next
meeting at Rutland the second Wednesday
of July, 1905. The new hail built by the
lodge in Jacksonville was dedicated Tues
day night
ARM CRUSHED BY A STALLION
Ransom Buck of Shushan, n. Y, aged 81
years, residing on the road to Cambridge,
had a serious accident Tuesday evening,
says the News. While assisting in hitch
ing up a stallion. the horse made n lunge
at his brother Edward, throwing him
down. Ransom went to his assistance.
The Infatuated animal seized him by the
left forearm, throwing him TO the ground,
every bone of the arm with his
teeth. Physicians We're summoned from
Shuhan and Cambridge and they amputat-
ed the arm below the elbow. BY reason of
Mr.. luck 5 advanced years 1t is feared
that he cannot survive the shock. Edward
escaped serious injury.
HAS A CLOCK 165 YEARS OLD.
j. T. Mcclure of Cambridge has in his
pos session a clock that belonged to Ziba
" Gods in New Hampshire lGj years ago
and was brought by him to Hampshire
Corner in the town of Wrstford at least
lao years ago, says the Messenger. Mr..
Woods's brother gave the clock to David
w. Mcclure when Mr. Mcclure was but
is years old, and was in constant use in
the ldttcr's family until his death about Is
years ago. at the age Of 81 years. the clock
then passing into the possession of the
son. j. /. Mcclure, who Is stil using it as
the family timepiece and says its superior
Is not made to-day. 1T Is one of the old
fashioned tall clocks, at least six feet. and
the makers name in the clock reads Silas
Hoadley.
READING ROOM FOR WOODSTOCK.
Through the generosity of Miss Billings.
the village of Woodstock is to have a free
reading room in the rooms formerly oc-
cupied by the Ottauquechee Savings bank
says the Standard. The work of propara-
ton is already well started, and the read
ing room is expected to be ready for use
about the first Of August. The bank vault
is to be fitted and furnished for dressing
room, and the remainder Of the space will
be devoted to the use OF readers. The
tables will be supplied with newspapers
and few magazines and a janitor will be
in attendance. 1t is intended to make the
rooms an attraction toyoung people as well
as their elders, and they will also be of
great convenience to people from out of
the village who occasionally desire a wait
ing place here
SUCCESS IN BIRD STUDY.
1t will surprise many people to know that
one of the young ladies of Woodstock, a
beginner in bird-study. has identified the
following "A kinds of birds. in the order
named. between the first week In March
and the end of June: Chickadee, English
sparrow, robin, white-breasted nuthatch,
song sparrow, hluebird, flicker, blue Jay,
brown creeper, juneo, gold1nch, chipping
sparrow, crow, phoebe, COW bird, red
red-winged blackbird. hawk, purple
grackle, American crossbill, ruby-crowned
kinglet, purple finch, hermit thrush, field
sparrow, barn swallow. MnEfsher, white
throated sparrow, yellow bellied sapsuck-
er, hairy woodpecker, black and white
black-throated green warbler,
warbler, myrtle warbler,
"a y Inn Al, .i1