Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-14
vLRGENNtS.

| About fifty citizens responded to the call
for the formation OF a local option club AID
assembled in tiremen hall Thursday eVen-
Ing. The lists of names secured by canvass
ers showed about 2UO signatures. G. f..
Jones of South Burlington called the meet
ing To order and X. w. McCuen was elect
ed secretary. IL. Il. Hindley was elected
president of the club and assumed the
chair. The following resolutions were Of
fered by f. W. futile, which, in connec-
tlon with the constitution of the Vermont
Local Option League, were adopted Re
solved, That the operations OF this club be
devoted to the furtherance OF the cause
OF local option and the election of high IL
cense senators and representatives.. ke-
solved, That this club be wholly non par
tisin and that lines set up by the governor
ship question be disreearded Rcsolvo5,
That this club take no action Whatever
in regard to the said canvass for the gov
ernorship. Thomas Fox was elected second
Ilce-president, r. W. McCuen secretary,
and q. +. Young treasurer. AS an execu-
tive committee the president appointed f.
W. futile and Richard Maldoon. who with
the president constitute the active govern
ing body.
d. q. Meigs of this city showed the Free
Press reporter several stalks of oats that
measured five feet nine inches in height,
the heads measuring fully - inches in
length. They were taken from a field OF six
dNltS. / ne OATS OH lOur acres OF TINS ne li
lie Hat upon the ground, making it "a slow
and laborious task to harvest them. This
rank growth is the result of the extremely
wet weather and is not an isolated case in
this section.
Last Thursday while trolling in the lake
near Basin Harbor Mrs A. W. Norton hal
an exciting contest with an eight pound
plckercl, which she succeeded after a hard
struggle in landing. This is reported to be
the largest fish caught in that vicinity this
season.
Prof. Thomas F.. Boyce of Middlebury
viii hold teachers examination in this
city August T-2S, Entrance examination
TO the normal schools will be held at the
same time.
George Il. johnson of Burlington United
states court examiner, was in town Mon
day taking the testimony of the defendant
in the case of Mrs. Frances Halett VS.
FRANK l.. Fish, receiver of the defunct
Farmers National bank of this city. Miss
Margaret Chestnut of Burlington acting
as stenographer. This case which. has
excited much interest in this section OF the
state has been brought to recover S25. .OlU
that Mrs. Hallett claims she lent the Farm
erS National bank Among those who at
tended the examination. which was held
in the office Of f. l.. Fish were Lieut. Coy.
NJ, +. Allen of North Ferrisbursh, Col.
Walter Scranton of East Orange, n. j.,
and the Hon. II. H. Powers of Morrisvile
counsel for Mrs. Halott.
Mrs. Cornella Seegcr died at her home
In Addison Sunday fternoon after ling
ering illness, aged IS years She is sur
Vived by one son, Luman Seeger. and one
daughter, Mrs olin A. Smith, both of
Addison, three brothers, Mckenzie Gully
OF Canton, \. Y, Frank Gully of Addison
and Hector Gully of New Haven, four
grandchildren, Dr. Weston and Harley
smith of Alameda, Cal, Miss Elizabeth
smith and Charles Seeger of Addison and
two great-grand daughters. Miss Rucia
Seeger of Addison and Miss Pauline Smith
OF Alameda, Cal Mrs Seeger was born
and had lived all her life in Addison. The
funeral services We're held at the house
tuesday afternoon at two o'clock.
Ira Barber of Addison is i'll with typhoid
fever.
Edward Myatt. proprietor of the Ferris
burgh Stock Farm, has a fve-acre tcld OF
corn, some of the stalks OF which measure
eight feet in height. He has 40 acres of
white Russian oats all Of which stand up
straight Some OF the heads from this field
which he showed the Free Press reporter
had on them over 100 kernels of grain. Mr..
Myatt also has one-half an acre of onions
mat grew from the seed that average 2h
fect In height and which he estimates will
yield him 200 bushels OF onions. This does
not look as il Vermont farms were run
down
J.. ], Gorhom & co. have rented the
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