Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-04

sion of the temple for the election OF OIL
GERS will be held at the oasis in Montpelier
Friday, December II. At this meeting four
representatives will be elected to attend
the annual session of the imperial council
of North America to be held at Saratoga,
July and .. 1905.
RUTLAND MEN CONTRIBUTING
Henry o. Carpenter of Rutland has
nearly 100 names attached TO the pledge
TO raise not to exceed $500. or onc-third
of the amount required to pay for n sur
vey of the proposed railroad route from
this city to Montpelier. There is very
general desire in Rutland to help this pro-
ieCt along. The first thing to be done Will
he to ascertain the most feasible route,
the character of the country to be trav-
crsed and the probable cost of building
a road.
p. w. ORNIS IN A NEW YORK HOTEL.
The Lorraine company organized under
the laws of the state of New York with
A capital of 500. 600, has leased the Hotel
the company Is Paul w. Orvis of Man
chester. manager of the Grosvenor Fifth
avenue AMI Tenth street, a well-known
Ncrmoitcr and resident of Manchester.
Mr. Orvis the eldest son of the late T..
H. Orvis has been in the hotel business
for many years in Vermont, New York
and Florida
CASE OF SMALL POX IN RUTLAND.
After several months freedom from
small pox Rutland is again possessed of 4
case, which was apparently imported from
Manchester Wednesday. The victim ar
rived in town on the evening train from
the south and proceeded at once to the
office of DIR. j. ID. l1anrahan on Center
street He said he was sick and the ply
stefan diagnosed the case as small pox.
The mans body was pcppcred and there
were some postulcs on the face. lie gave
his name as Goodwin, said he was a
French Canadian and had been working
on a lumber job near Manchester for Sias
l.. Griffith of Dandy. He was taken ill
and, according TO his statement. consulted
Or. S. S. Clemens at Manchester Center
where the patient was told he had chicken
pox and was advised to consult Rutland
doctor. DIR. Hanrahan Immediately noti-
ned Health Officer Edgar b. Moore and
Goodwin was removed to the pest house
east of the city. DR.. lIanrahanS office
was fumigated as soon as possible. The
prompt disposal of the case leads the au-
thorities to expect little If any spread of
the disease in Rutland.
SOME STRANGE IDEAS ABOUT
ABANDONED FARMS.
Real Estate Agent y. T.. Cushman of
Randolph has received letters at different
times from various States asking for in
formation regarding Nermonts abandon
ed farms. The inquircrs convey the i'm
preston that if the farms are situated
near thriving towns or cities, are well.
watercd and supplied with fruit and
sugar orchards they might perhaps be in
duced to accept half n dozen of them as a
,,ift ar 1vorl, tbo,n rert FREQ for = Ionpor
or shorter neriod of time as the venture
happened to pan out. Being abandoned
farms, the inquirers reason that the own
ers cannot of course expect to sell or
nbiIanthro,ir strnnrar Who is willing To
relieve them of euch useless nronertv
ouoor idooe roorlo no fartbor ,,,av tbnr
| Nv Sorl; have Of the Green Mountain
st,to and monntoiroors who are NOT
! CO ,-roo,, o, tho,, oro sometimes nainted
| PROSPERITY IN BELLOWS FALLS.
poro1,, hoe .,oro ,,oo,, suob q do,,ord
for tcn9mcnts in Fellows Fails as there
| ~ hfa,, tLis IAN 'rbo ro,I os+nto ,,,or
have had from 10 to 10 on the waiting list
and contrnrtors are busy an the tine and
II is ,inicult to hire oven common labor-
ars and vet tho sunnIv docs NOT begin
to an,,ai the demand The nresent indi9a-
lions arc mat thorn will he unusual ac-
| tivitv in buildinr circles during the COM
| ine, wear
|
| foN phit 100 SIko->H FUR IhE
| iNIE Ira
Almost , eorious accident occurred . >
tho farm, or I,hon NJ Lewis in Rarnord
| last wo,L Nr Lewis and Austin Ward
had heon sLoctint, at a flock of wild goose
Cettinp ont of nov,dnr tbov sont tn Bntb-
al for some smololess kind and houpht
a mound can. with directions how 10 use
if Iondinr with a common charge E,b.
fried his lncll ar a tarrct when an az
nIosion took Mace with a renort that
rn,,Id he hoard two miles Tho ritie
hurst filling tbo air win nioces some of
tb.rn we're sound tom rods from tho start
inc noint ono going nearly tbroupb an
inch hoard I,b held ia tho stock
koeninp his feet oscaning with only a few
! ecratchee This ie a WARMING for All IN
know whether they, ara using dynamite
liant nowder electrioitv or some other
exnIosiva newly discovered Mr. Lewis
u,ae bardIirr an almost new pun nor
fectly sound
To ARATr DEPOT Nuisance
10 tol,,,, 20 rod,,oo r. 10 80 ~ oro,l
thot now, co,bors ~ tba ,,ono, ~ ~
doInh to erect the ,rriva, apd snoed nc
donartrro or oycry rain rror, SO IN tho
r,ar,in,, ,,rtu -.on IN w. a,,,,;ng Ivbnn
,danticau,, Tho soro noo,la oSnaar -,
| ~ s,otio, a., .ir,as d,t. ,,.lt g., ID
,,,ooi ~ n,i,ho,, "a .roi,,r, a,,,,n,hl,1
~, ,,oottrc an,,hod,, T., ST. nar+io,,iar ~ i
r,i.t,I,. a,s, oe,a,it', ,,,.i,,',',., 1,, 49,
c,,so co. s,oh da,,otod ottandarca ~
II rai,ra11 aitat, o,.o ,,r.t,,, i,1atiC, g.,
enforcing a regulation that permits only
around the depot As things are at pres,