Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15
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Free Press Readers-south Bartoh
Man Has Invented q New Match.
ing Machine.

+ II. Duke of South Barton has invented |
machine for tongiing and growing |
boards. rs uscd in boxes, flooring, etc. |
His machine IL designer. o match both |
edges OF the board at the same time. IL
matches boards that may be wider at one
end than at the other. one cutter head Is
stationary. and is set in proper position to
a movable guide for one edge Of the board
to be matched or run blind. The other
cutter head is in swinging frame or arm,
and Is moved the proper distance from the
stationary cutter head by the boards, diff
ferCut widths being pushed against the
angular guide that is fastened on the
swing arm. The swing arm will bring its
cutter head into proper position to cut the
narrowcst board that the machine will be
required to match. This arm will be NOV
cd by spring or weight as seems best to
use. The boards move over the table in
horizontal position. This Is not essential
but Mr. Duke thinks 1t preferable. j. w.
Murkland Is building the machine. Mr..
Duke has sent a drawing Of the model
to the patent Office at Washington which
has been accepted and he expects to secure
patent on the machine.
PURCHASED 1000 ACRES OF TIMBER
LAND.
The Deerfeld Valley company of Wilm-
inrton has purchased from the Glasten-
=
l2.o0 acres of timber land located in the
town OF Glastonbury, most of 1t liz the
extreme eastern part Of the town near
the summit Of the Green Mountainslt IL
understood that tn eprice paid was about
II per acre. One of the principal owners
of tho property was Gov. John Ct. Nc
Cullough - Pennington. The property
is mostly covered with spruce, but there
IS considerable hard wood scattered
through ii. A large portion of it is sec
ond growth The new owners already have
= large force of men in the woods cutting
and drawing the logs to the Deerfleld
river in which they will be hoated to the
mill at Wilmington on the breaking up of
the river in the spring. +. u. Wright,
who has the contract to get out 100000
feet of logs for the Tudor mill in Pine
| Valley on the Green Mountains has 60
| men. and dozen horses at work the
! Job and does not anticipate any difficulty
in carrying il out. The logs go to the
| Tudor mill and a number of thousand
| feet are already on the clearing near
the mill All Of the lumber is contract
ed for one of the print mills in North
| Adams.
NORTHFIELD MAN HURT.
W. j. Masters. engineer for Cross
| Brothers granite manufacturers of North
| field. while adjusting the belt on the
grindstone Tuesday. had his clothing
caught by the shafting. He was whirlcd
round several times before the machinery
could be stopped. He was taken home
and although quite seriously hurt it is
believed that his injuries will not prove
| fatal.
ST. JOHNSBURY TO VOTE ON CITY
CHARTER.
Up to this time there has been compare
| lively little discussion In st. Johnsbury
| village to q proposed change from VII
! lage to city government which IL to
come before the voters in few days
A meeting of the v.ter. OF the village
has been called for January %. to see il
! the city charter granted by the last Leg
| !Glat,lre will be adopted or rejected. The
same question will be considered by the
| voters of the whole town at a special
meeting called for January 81. Although
! there is some opposition TO the change in
| the village it is altogether probable that
| a majority will favor ii. In the town out
side the village. however, the change is
opposed by nearly every voter and the
| final test Will come at the town meeting
As rule the people of st. Johnsbury are
opposed to any radical change of this
kind but the one thing that will lead tn"
village voters to- adopt the city form Of
| government H. they believe that taxes will
he lower than AT present. That this is
true is pretty generally admitted, and it
| would seem that the voters outside the
| village believe il to be So, for their oppo-
atii1n is based OF the theory that Without
aid from tho Village their ban den OF taxa
tion would be increased. The proposed
town would have a grand list OF about
si,on and with Il miles OF highway and
eight bridges to maintain besides numer-
Gus short bridges ana CulVcrts the voters
believe an enormous tax rate would be
necessary In the proposed town ar the
two villages of st. Johnsbury Center and
st. JOhnsbury East With comparatively
no industries, large number OF the resi-
dents being employed in the Farbank $
scalr factory at St. Johnsbury Political
lN. how the change would result in
the ambitions of scNera, residents Of the
proposed town being in fair way TO be
realized At present tho larger village al
lovs one secctman and sometimes two
listers to the town outside but never a
representative" or more important office.
In st. Lohushury it is limited that this