Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-27

noon. when he went out and did not re-
turn. He had written his father at
East Bennington to come as he wanted
to sec him, but he left before his father
arrived. Mr.. Rugg has had considera BILE
trouble of late in securing experienced
help and last week the horse which he
used on the laundry cart went lame and
he had been unable to secure another
one 1t is thought from worrying and
frottinG over his business affairs that his
mind had become unbalanced His wife
" hen interviewed stated that she had
heard from him indirectly and she thought
that he was in Albany, y. Y. No work
has been done at the laundry since his
departure as he did the washing.
WAS NEARLY ELECTROCUTED
Harry. son of Eli j. Tiffany of Ben
nington, came near being electrocuted
Tuesday morning. He went to turn off
a light in the barn when his hand came
in contact with live wire in some I'M
known manner. The hand was badly
burned. so was his leg and one foot
Some of the people in the house heard
his struggles and went out and found
him on the floor unconscious. DIR. Dali
cy was hastily summoned and attended
the young man who would proba bly,
have been dead in couple of min
utes if he had not been discovered. He
will apparently be all right soon.
WINDHAM COUNTY CHANGERS.
The Windsor county Changers held a
field day and basket picnic at Barber
Park in Bellows Falls Wednesday. There
were Changers present from Grafton
Rockingham. Saxtons River, Chester.
Springfield. Westminster and even far
away Londonderry was represented
by Ormando Wilber, master of Allen
cfrin = 400 nt
the middle of the afternoon a crowd Of
500 or 900 had gathered Members OF Fall
Mountain Grange did all in their power
to make the occasion pleasant for the
visitors and seem to have succeeded adj
mirably. The present master, Robert
Foster. the past master, NJ NJ. Whitney,
and the reception committee, c. A. Farms
worth and G. a. Halliday, were every
where present. The X. of p. band pro-
vdod music for the afternoon exercises,
1 and for dancing in the evening The
program carried out in Rustic theatre
did not prove to be what was advertised
on the bills, but proved enjoyable all
the same The address OF welcome was
made by c. j. Bell master Of the state
Grange, and the response by L. c. Wright
of Westminster. The Hon. NJ. S. Stone.
| former state superintendent of education
and recently returned from the Philip
| pines. drew several interesting conClu-
sions from what he had seen while out
of Vermont Short addresses were also
made by Prof j. S. Hills, director of
| the experiment station at Burlington,
and by Ernest Hitchcock of Pittsford.
LANDLORD FINED FOR SELLING
LIQUOR
f. A. Brown, the landlord of the
principal hotel in Grafton, was convicted
Wednesday of selling intoxicating liquor
| contrary to law and was fined $500 and
| costs OF Sl799, which he will pay. on
complaint of States Attorney Schwenk
Deputy A. II. Thompson made a search
| of Browns premises Saturday. In a
grancry in the barn he found secret
door in the wall and within an empty
cask. empty jugs, etc, but no liquor
was found. Brown was put under arrest
and kept in that condition until the hear
| ing Wednesday. A list of &c names was
provided by the states attorney some
! or all of whom II was supposed had
purchased liquor of Brown. 1t is said
| that most of the list could not be found
in Grafton Wednesday. Papers were made
out against Carl Unwin, George Hobart
and Linsley Turner, and Hobart was
brought into court. The jury consisted
| of w. S. Eaton. +. II. Clark. John Davis
| Thaddeus Park. A. NJ. Convey and f..
O. Mcrriheld. Brown took the stand in
his own behalf and swore that during
his stay in Grafton he had never given
or sold a drop of liquor to any man H.
legally. The liquor he kept was for
his own use. The jury was out for
nearly two hours but finally agreed upon
a verdict as stated above.
DATES FOR FAIRS IN VERMONT
THIS FALL.
Fairs in Vermont are to be held this
fall according TO the following dates
Addison County, at Middlebury, Sept
Ia; Battenkill Valley, at Manchester
Sept. Up; Caledonia Grange, at East
Hardwick, Sept. d; Caledonia, at st
Johnsbury, Sept 15-17; Franklin County
at sheldon Junction, Sept. 49, Lamoile
County, at Morrsville, Sept. 22-A; Brad
ford, at Bradford, Aug, 25-T, Washing
ton, at Washington, Sept. 15-17; Orleans
County, at Barton, Sept sill; Westerr
Vermont, at Fair Haven, Sept 15-17; Yer.
mont state, at Rutland, Sept. Sill; Win
oosk Valley, at Waterbury, Sept $40
Dog River Valley, at Northheld, Sept
15-17; Valley. at Brattleboro, Sept 30 to
October l. Springfield, at Springfield
Sept. l5-16: Windsor County, at Wood
stock, Sept 22-4
BEAR CAUGHT IN MONTGOMERY
When John Coan and Homer and Al
bert Laplant of Montgomery Center Wis