Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-13
CALEDONIA COUNTY
HARDWICK.

HARDWICk.
loople Y n, surprised Friday forenoon
tn see the street alive with stone cut
tors and more so to lo@rn that the en-
tire force Of Bickford, Moore & Co. con-
Sist'nS of about G' mcr, were out on d
strike. finally ending in a general STRIKE
over town. The trouble legs II with the
freNarce Of orc cutter. 1t 81 ems that re-
Gently Bickford. Moore & Co, sent ono of
tt"ir mon away tc look after n job that
was being set UP. nd gave him money auf-
flteht TO meet his expenses while away
All went wcll until pay day came, whom
the company deducted from tho mans pay
:: %, tho amount the cutter would had TO
lHve rail for tcard If h. bad remained
in I12rdWick. The man 1oluScs to accept
TINS deduction in bis pay and claims that
~ should have tho whole Of lis expenses
not considering how he Would have stood
il he had continued at work here, and
ttlt this has been Cust6 mary in the past
tu the ther hand the company contend
Tat they have made the man whole and
haVe done what was fair and square by
E'n. for. if he had remained at hona at
work. he would favc received regular
wages and paid $50 for bard As it vas
he mas rec >iVcd rcgl lar wages and his eX-
Lenses while away minus $40 leaving
nm financially the same as if he hal e.
NAMED at home. The amount H. small but
Is 1t ing used as test case. Some that
understand the matter claim that a strike
was unnecessary. as the ill that is nov
IL force between the cutie RS and manu-
lecturers provid g for the ~ bitrati0n az
sven cases as the one now causing the
tpdble. The strike has been ssttle ami all
the stone cutters went t. work again sat.
trday morning. i,ickford Moore & Coyiell-
Cd 20 tha demands of the union cutters.
Tie ttardwick branch of the Stone Cut
t'rS Cniol have demanded of the manu-
lotturers IL semi monthly rav day tn take
oiioct after March l. The cutters seem to
feel san9uine ti,at Il cy are going 70 OH
I, ~ their request without trouble but
thtle seems 10 be ca siderable opposition
TO the demand among the manufacturers
The reople ar, ir hores thai the matter
may he settled without trouble as at the
present time the business rro pcct for tho
coming season in lIGldWick is bright. and
t'ds fair to be the best this town has ever
so"H.-Thc fri nds Of Elsie Waterman WI
hr rain ad to learn that size is Wcrs" 1t IS
feared that she may have pneumonia
Mrs Vi. c. Morse is visiting < in johnson =
Damon Stanford is i'll. being Obliged to
be Of duty in the Gazette office at present
William Mclaughlin Of st. JohnS,ury
as in town Thursday David O'Clir Is
N'A'7ei ioI'SlS III WIN pHtuil'Ol4id-J. II. MI
keage does not seem to set over his re-
cont sickness as quickly as was hoped -
l he following Ci.t e town people were in
liardwick Thursday: CT II. Allbce of the
oISt village; l.. Z. GnCdo nougl of s'o' tn
Naden; Eas man Hopkins Of Cabot. and
7. NJ. Gallagher of Craftsbury. Mrs.
George W. Trow is quite i'll. 1t IS iearo
'lNsipelas is the cause. He mother, Maria
Pcnjamin cf Chicago. has been sent fer.
lamson & Smith. Plumbers ard hard
" are firm, II Hdrdwiok have dissolved
partnership, W. y. Lan!Hon. Of the orSi-
nal irn. continuing the business TIL ,
many friends and acquaintahces of Mrs,
Geo. H. Bickford gave her very pleasant
surprise last Thursday evening, in the
f. rm of birthday surprise party ut h,r
house ON Wolcott strcet.--W w. Spraguc.
general aacnt for the National Life IN
surance Co. of Montpelier, was in town
rocking up business in his line The board
of tiNil authority met last Saturday at
the town clerks office and performed the
usual amount of business in tax abatc-
ment-Miss Anna Quimby is spending the
most or her vacation from school with
friends and relatives in this village The
pand concert and promenade at Op IA
nan last Friday night by the Lawson
Nadet Band was certainly success, as u
%onl number were present, and all re-
port Il pleasant time. Ambrose Badger,
the local ice man, has recently packed
about tO tons Of ice in his storehouse at
MachNille. and has just finished storing
10 tons for the Walden Creamery asso.
ciauon. at South Walden.-Scvcral from
inns place drove to South Woodbury. Sat
'Wday night to attend the drama Ne
Nada' given by the Good Templars OF
that place.-Not as large n number at
tended the lecture given by RcV. j. \.
DIXON last Friday night, as the lecture
ltse!t ana the object for which it WAS
given desere.-The attendance last Sun
daN morning at service in the local
churches was small, owing to the amount
OF snow and wind.-.A queer accident han
pcned at Wheeler &. Shipmans mill he
ore they shut down Friday night The
large li-inch holt that runs the board
sa" spllt almost exactly IN the centre,
nearly its whole length making two ;-inch
helis of Vt. Tho belt WAS about - feet
ionS 4 rev belt had been ordered AMI
haN lust arrived when the accident oc-
oureh.--NeNt Friday night, February II,
~ ihc opera house is to be given the
louilh entertainment in the lecture course.
!. ~ an illustrated lecture bv Prot De-
Aotte, subject. ''rhe Harp OF the Senses"
II u expected to be one of the hest enter
l"lilments of the course, and should draw
"A crowded house.
Miss Grace Coolidge of South Woodbury.,
49, ''"' btNii altflulHs StnObl mere. IL
luSt recovering from a severe run of the
meaFles at Mrs Strickland s.--Harry Glenn
'ni, who has been studying music in Bos-
ION Tor some tlme past, came home S,tur-
ldN night to spend a two week vacation
with his parents.-George n Townsend ].
Il. sullivan and George n. Bickford. gran
te dealers OF this place. attended a meet
ms of tlsa Granite Manufacturers associa-
lion h Mlntpclier. last Tuesday Revival
meetings are being held at the Methodist
church the evenings of this week.-Mrs..
! .Upan Whitcumb Of East H.U in Wolcott
las been dangerously sick with pneumonia.
pli nj this time there are bright hopes of
ler recovery. Py.-Commencing February II
very evening tor one week Henry Walsh's
'CrystnlpleN Glass Show and Vaudeville
company are billed to apepar at Hard
wick opera house. They come under the
auspices Of the Lawson Cadet band,--Mr
md Mrs II. L. Mann of Wolcott were Vis-
ting al II. w. Powers "Wednesday d.
Martin OF Wolcott and George g. Smith of
-abot were doing business in town We'd
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