Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-06

1hHN dit UldSNlilg u OIo III Ib1tuoboio
and the machinery will be in running or
der about the middle of December or the
first of January. The Office is completed
and the buildings are being put In read
mess for winter. This mine, II appears. is
showing up better the deeper down they
go. ana judging from the money expend-
ed In the erection of the buildings. to-
gether with the fact that no stock has
been placed on the market, the managers
understand their business. The best ma
chinery, with all modern improvements,
is being put in, and this plant, when com
pletcd, will be a good test of the mineral
wealth of Readsboro.
GEORGE N. DALE RESIGNS AS
CONSUL.
BY reason of i'll health George N. Dale,
of Island Pond, has resigned his position
as United States consul at Coaticook,
que, and the resignation has been ac-
cepted. 1t is said the Hon. Franklin ID.
Dale, of ~Lunenburgh States attorney for
Essex county, Is "A candidate for the va
cancy and is now in Washington under
going the necessary civil service examina
ton, which he will undoubtedly pass and
receive the appointment.
PAPER MILL REOPENED.
The Ramage Paper company have again
resumed work at Monroe Bridge in Will
IllilbtDIl after Suspension SlllCt tHc udiu
went out in the spring. The ledge near
the mill has been blasted, "A steam drill
being used 10 get out the foundation rock,
and tons of 1T have been used in the con-
struCtion of the dam and the foundation
of the new mill which Is nearing COM
plction and the work on the mill will be
begun soon. Thousands of dollars have
been expended to make these works rs
complete rs before the washout last
spring. The railroad track and bridge
| abutments all depend upon the foundation
of this new mill for their. support. The
bridge was completed u short time ago
and the filling In and repairing the high
way over the hill has been done and now
| the road is again opened from Monroe
Bridge TO Rowe, Mass, without going
around to Shermans to get there. Much
p%recaution has been caused to make the
work solid ana substantial against the
current and the sand bank that has been
the cause of all the trouble. The shut
ting down of the mill has been a total
loss to the company of more money per-
haps than 1t has taken to make the dam
and foundation already built. Many
would have given up in despair after sus-
tanning this loss of all the machinery and
the mills would have been shut down.
but the Ramage Paper mpa did not,
and when the new mill is up, they will
again be equipped IN better shape than
ever before, and the Deerfeld Valley
wishes them unalloyed prosperity in the
future. Wilmington Times.
YOUNG BABY FOUND IN STREETS.
As Or. Ellie was driving along the
Causeway in Newport last Friday even
ing, he espied a small bundle close to the
side OF the road. Reaching 1t he fancied
the bundle gave forth a slight sound.
This led him TO examine It, when. to his
establishment. he found it contained a live
I .tr Ip ~ 1Aa- ... T~.. . M.
cloth that composed the bundle was Of
fairly good quality. showing that the
mother of the child might have been in
comfortable circumstances Whe left the
infant In the road is a mystery. Whether
someone from a passing train, or from a
team driving into town, or from some
nearby inhabitant is a matter of doubt.
The doctor took the infant to his house,
had II properly dressed. and Sunday 1t was
christened In the Catholic Church.-Ex-
press and Standard.
NEARLY KILLED HIS FATHER-IN-
LAW.
Morris Jones of Blissvtlle in Castleton
was arrested and placed in the lookup
Sunday by officers c. A. Beach and
Thomas Lahey. on the charge of assault
with intent to kill committed on his
father-in-law. w. Nj. Jones. He was
brought before Justice u ID. Cole Mon
day, and waived examination and was
bound up to appear before the grand jury
In $1,000 bonds. 1t appears from the case
that Jones has been troubled by his neigh
boris chickens and Sunday shot three OF
them and then told his ather-in-law to
come and get them. The old man accept
ed the invitation and while going through
the fence was hit over the head with the
butt of a gun making a bad scalp wound.
He was hit the second and third time.
breaking an arm and injuring the other
hand. DR.. L-ape OF Fair Haven dressed
the wounds.-Poultney Journal.
SOME OF THE OLDEST MASONs.
Allan McGilvray. who died recently in
No"thf1eld, is said TO have been the Oldest
F~reemason, In point of service, at the
time in Vermont, having received his de
grees nearly fifty-two years ago. The
statement as to masonic age may be true,
as far AS TO residence. but not so as to
lod ;e membership. David A. Jones OF
Springfield, Mass, the dean of Vermont
Lodge, No. Is, +. & A. NJ, of Windsor,
received his masonic degrees in Hiram
Lodge, Claremont, N. II. in 149, and
affiliated with Vermont Lodge, February
2S. 1880, Immediately after It's organiza-
ton In succession to old Vermont Lodge,
No, !. which demised during the period
of the anti-masonic craze In the State.
Charles H.. Ingalls, Of Windsor, second IN
masonic age to Mr.. Jones, lacks but a
few months of a half century both of
residence and masonic service. He is
the oldest member living, who received
his degrees in Vermont Lodge. This oc-
CURED in 1853, the date of receiving the
degree OF master mason being June Is of
that year. The lodge then numbered
sixty members, and met in H~artland.-
william Donoghue was master at the
time; Or. Lewis Emmons and Calvin
Spaulding, wardens; Henry Shedd, treas
urcr; Charles w. Warren, secretary,
Elijah Hawkine and = h. Smith. dea
cons Charles Coleton, tyler. Among
the familiar names on the rolls, at tina
time. of members long since deceased
are to be found those of Judge Thomas
+, Hammond, Zebina Hawley, Abner
Forbes. DR., Oliver Baker, Albert Tux
bury, David Stone, Gardner RugSles, o.
q. Woodbury., n. G. Hews. Edgar George,
Charles ingalls,, father of G. H.. Ingalls,,
the Rev. Zadock Haynes and others, In
this connection IT might be noted, that the
Hon. N. i. Bowman of st. Johnsbury
past grand master OF masons of the State
has been a member of the fraternity up.
wards of dfty years. and Daniel c. Bar.
Der of Burlington, grand steward OF the
grand lodge, has nearly the same length
Of masonic service to his credit,-Vermont
Journal.
NARROWLY ESCAPED SHOOTING,
Marion Kenyon, clerk for Stone Tracy
Co, of Windsor had a narrow escape from
shooting. Tuesday morning. AS he was
driving the delivery team down Buena
Vista hill, a rifle ball passed through thC
covering directly across his usual seat ir
the wagon. lie was sitting further back
for protection against the rain, otherwise