Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-12


found guilty Of contempt of court and
was sentenced to 80 days imprisonment.
BRATTLEBORO PROHlBITIONISrs
ACTIVE.
| The Brattleboro prohibitonists do not
| propose to allow the town to grant IL
aonses at tho coming March meeting if
their votes can prevent it. a careful re.
| canvas of the town is to bc made for the
purpose Of bringing out the mo" vote
IN sufficient numbers to carry tho day.
The vote is to be carried on in school dis
| trlctS. Nv members of the young men .
republican club who are confident Of their
| ability to prevent the issuing Of licenses.
PREPARING FOR VERMONT con.
FERENCE.
| The Rev, T.. w Sharp IS making ar
| rangcmcnts for the annual Methodist
conference to be held in Mort hfield begin
ming April y. The attendance is always
| so large that in towns of this size il IL
| necessary to ask residents to hcip enter
| tain the pastors in attendance ut their
! homes. a gathering of such representa-
! tive men rs are found in the clcrgymcn Of
| the Vermont conference is OF distinct
value to any town and Northfeld will UNI
| douhtedly give them as cordial Il welcome
as any community in the state.
WELL.KNOWN POLITICIAN MISSING
Bradford has sensation which IL
| spreading throughout Orange county 1t
is believed that ex-senator Charles +
Smith. one of the best known politicians
in eastern Vermont. has left the state
III company with woman of that vicin-
ity With whom rurlor has frequently con.
nected his namc in the past. Mr.. Smith
ms becn absent from town about four
weeks. but this occasioncd no comment
Tor sorc time because his business that
OF an insurance agent. has frequently
called him from town for weeks ut a time
IT has leaked out that before Mr. Smith
left the last time he took his wifo to the
homo Of his brother, a. II. Smith. in
Torsham, and aftorward wrote her a let
ter from Bradford stating in substance
that he was crazy and was goin,; away
never to return and that she would never
see him again. lie said that he would al
ways remember her kindly wherever he
went. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith boarded at
Hotel Low. The woman in tho CPsc left
the State about the Same time. and al
though il is not known to he true. the
general belief is that they are together
somewhere Nothing has been heard
from Smith. but it is known that the
woman is or was, in Iowa and presuin-
ably he is with her. Mr.. Smith moved to
bradford from West Topsham more than
Il year ago to continue his business as an
auction aer and insurance agent FOR
many years he has been a power in poll
tics in the county. He represented Tons
ham in the Legislature of 1880 was a
deputy sheriff from 1850 to '91 sheriff of
orange county from lSJ2 to 81. and in
lNe was elected to the State Senate. He
was long regarded as an astute political
leader but during the last few years sus-
picions of trickcry have come to tho sur
face Mrs Smith has retu, ned to Brad
ford and the sympathy OF the community
is entirely with her She is II Thoroughly
respected woman. 1t is now believed that
the relations between Smith and the wo-
man in question have continued for some
time. 1t is known that she was at
Montrei'er while he was member Of
the Senate and there was considera ple
talk concerning them at that time.
Humorous reference was made to this
matter at the time by means of printed
cards some Of which found their way to
ether towns.
SUMMER LECTURE COURSE IN
BRATTLEBORO.
At tho meeting held in Brattleboro last
week to decide about holding a summer
lecture course the subject was thoroughly
discussed. The probability of obtaining
good lecturers at a lower rate during the
summer, combined with the fact that the
many summer residents also assist the
summer course, led to a favorable dcci-
sion. Walpue has a unique system which
works very well under the existing condi-
tions. The funds for a course are raised
by subscriptions and then the course is
free TO all. As tho hall is large enough
for all the system proves to be IDEAL Prof. /
Franklin Hooper, principal of the Hrook-
Iyn Boys high school has made a gcncr-
GUS offer which will bring good talent at IA
small expense. The organization of last
ear was continued with the following Of
hcors; presidents !. l.. Peck; secretary, /
Tn" Rev. W. $. Nichols treasurer, Mr. .
Ilurd; finance committee, Messrs. Shor-
man, Perry and Charles Holden; enter
tainncnt committee. Mrs, Banning Miss
Buffman. Mrs. +. SpaulLiug.
CHICKEN THIEVES IN WOODFoRD. |
Chicken thieves have been getting in a
large amount of work in Woodford during
the past few weeks and the residents Of |
the place are now watching for them with !
an alcrtncss that will mean disaster to !
anyone who attempts to purlon any poul- !
try during the coming month or so. The /
latest raid by tNc thieves was made a lew |
nights at the farm Of j. +. Smith, where
thirty valuable hens and "a cock were
taken away during the night so quietly |
that nobody knew Of it except the thieves
until Mr.. Smith went to feed his flock in
the morning. 1t is the general belief that
the stealing is being done by a gang from
over the New York State border.
BUSINESS AT RUTLAND's LIQUOR
AGENCY.
II is generally known that the volume |
Of business done at the Rutland city H. |
luor agency during the past vear has
been enormous. compared with that done
during any previous year. The total |
amount of business transacted during
the twelve months ending February / was
s2i,s5iB. The agency nearly always did
It's most rushing business on SATURDAYS
the sales on this day alone during the
year averaging from $3.50 To 800 The big
gcst day of the entire year was Wedncs-
day, December "A. Tho records show
that on that day 'medicine" was sold to
over 800 different people to tide them over
Christmas. Not over ten per cent OF
these people lived out NJ the CITY. The
total rcc"ipts for that day were s29l. The
sales of December 1902 and January 1908.
about 5000 each month. were the largest
Of any months in he history of the agcn.
~ the receipts during January a year
ago having been only $.9s5s7
DISTRICT CONVOCATION r. A. NJ.
The annual convocation of Royal Arch
Masons, district No. 2, will be held with
Davenport Chapter, No. Il, Rutland,
Thursday, February II Tho chapters in
the district are: Jerusalem. No. g Yer
senncs Jacob Solledcr. T.. II. r.: Temple.
No. S, RcnninGton John S. Niles. l.. II. F..
Farmers, No. ., Brandon, Lucien +.
Nichols, j.. H. T.. Poultney, No. IO
Myron j. Horton, r.. II. p:
Davenport, No. II. Rutland. ]. NJ. Bushey,
+. H. r.; Adoniram No. IS. Manchester
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