Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-31


tics in tho suit as brought This point
being submitted to Chancellor Start last
week Tuesday the demurrer was sustain
ed by him and the bill dismissed as to the
sureties. The plaintiff town can now APP
peal to the supreme court from this rul
ing. or it can get leave to amend the bill
as to the particulars ruled upon, or IL can
go ahead against Mr.. Bigelow alone and
in case discrepancies ere established can
then sue the responsible bondsmen, If nee
essary.
INSANE MAN THOUGHT HE LOST
MONEY.
Considerable excitement was caused on
thcstr eotin Ludlow Dec. u by the ac
lions of Bcnsley Twining. who claimed
that he had lost large sum Of money
and was making vigorous search and en-
quiry for the same on the street. He had
a bank book and had just come from the
bank where he said he drew out $ioo
which he had lost on the street. Enquiry
ut the bank demonstrated the fact that Mr.
Davies had declined to pay him any
money on the score of his erratiC actions
while complaint from Fred Field where
he boarded, caused the scleCtmen to make
an enquiry into his mental condition Tues
Day Drs. l'onney and Bryant examined
him and concluded that he was an unsafe
person to be at large. 50 that Judge
Walker committed him to the insane asy
i"Hl ~ ffHltltbOro. l ne unfortunate man
who t. 81 years of age. has some means
sufficient to support him with proper care
from relatives. but has apparently no kins
1olk IN the East sister. living some
where in the West. He had become some
what violent having been seen with an
oU"n razor in his hand. and had Hwak-
cned the hired man II Mr. Fields 10y
roaming around the room aud had also
pounded the young man in the head with
the pillows in his midnight vaSarics.
\ PANTHER IN GI'IIFORb
rom t"''o or" como Reports "' some
,I.n,', IN ,,,n ~ ,i,.t " ,'.,
-, yo, u,soo, ,,, n,.l,, 49,, i.,,.i,,,,
tracks OF unusual size. Fox hounds in
full chase have loft their trail AMI sneak
cd home while others have refused 10
start al all or perhaps have gono to the
edge OF the brush. hristling and barking
aud then refused to continue their hunt
ing Convincing proof that tn" animal il
of unusual szc may he seen in the tracks
near the John r.. Gale place. In tho or
chdrd west of tho barn are a quantity Of
deer tracks leading among the trees he
meath which frozen apples have been dug
up from tho soft snow Close by along
the fence aud among the hedges, other
and very different tracks are visible. Al
n certain point the first mentioned trail
shows that tho deer loapt the fence and
a
north of the orchard. rho other crea ture
evidently crcpt stoaIthily along until seen
by tho deer when apparently there began
Il race for life. rho tracks of both pass
close to tho Coombs house which Is uu-
occup.d cross the stage road and then
load in the direction of Broad brook
where the deel trail is lost But the pan
thcr. or whatever it was. rctracod his
route and returned to tho west hill. not
hnving CAPTURED his quarry. Thc animal
must have been ~ past master i'm the art
Of Jumping for the distance between lcaps
measured from 20 to SC feet
N,< t-ttt;,t as, r,trDp>t .rpArL-
Al, pi,,iii,nt,ir ,\fitti. rt,t.NL
There was sad a'cid"W I'D Ithl"rd
| curing tn" carly hours oi ChrstmA%
! morning, resulting in tn" instant death OF
TI',phlluS Guilm"t Of N"i'tSo merry '"H'-
/ mot ana Fred PuiN1lL hoth ut Mont
! %oncrN. vert 20 Ah"rcoru. que" Thurs
| day evening to pnrchas" TIA" Materials
| With which Ia celebrate christmas Eacn
/ uutonk 80 freely OF the drd' mt that ON
| thfr return they w"r" IN III" con'hunn u"
! drive. and after passing through fich-
! ford Vill 60 drove toward stove As Mills
/ instead ot Montgomery. When near TIN"
/ railro'd CROSSING at tn" Junction Of tin"
! can ldE'n flciil" and Central Vermont
/ railway. th'v tipped over ard both men.
/ sleigh. robes and what liquor hdd not
l.,,,. oast ,,,,,, ~, ,oilra,d tra,.l< foy
about ,hrcc-guartors OF a mile t" cut
near Henry Ccnt"rnarS place. where 1t
/ was struck ana kllItd by norm ooun"
/ 1r"lSnt ana u" fl'lgh uonohSheu' ne
team was oWh'l ny 'ulino'' FuH' an
'ra"l"d I" th' nous" OF FRANK he"H'
( 4eaThy' "hi was taken IN ABOUT tnT""
oci"cE ~ 'he morning an" above" 10
sleep ON " couch unt'l morning nc maze
no Hllilei0n To either team or companion.