Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-09-24

party Of hunters started out for him but
he escaped. A few days before a gray
wolf was seen by two hunters in the
town of Andover. Two shots were fired
at him but he ran for the woods The
deer are quite plenty and tame, and 1t
is thought they lead the other animals
from the Green mountains to the open
country. In bennington county several
kinds of wild animals are frequently
seon by men out hunting, also by people
driving along the road. Not long ago a
deer was seen just on the outskirts of
the village near a barn with lot OF
| cows. The animal appeared contented.
BARRE BANK TO BE REPOSITORY
FOR UNITED STATES FUNDS.
1t has been announced that seven
banks in New England have been de-
signated by the treasury department as
government repositories. Three are Bos-
ton banks. one Is a Springfield Mass,
bank, two are New Hampshire banks
and the seventh is the National bank Of
Barre. In response to query from
reporter f. G. Rowland cashier of the
National bank of Barre, said he had no
other information than that in the news
papers. The bank has not yet received
official notification that it has been de-
signated government depository or the
amount Of it's deposits, but 1t Is expect
ed 1t will be in the neighborhood Of
| $1Oo, 900.
STATE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
CONVENTION.
The State Christian Endeavor conven-
| ton of all the Endeavor societies of Yer
| mont will be held in Barre October G.
and s. The session will be held I'm the
opera house and at the Congregational
and Baptist Churches. The Rev. T. NJ.
| Fuller of Burlington will have charge of
| the convention and a large chorus will
IA
speakers of the convention will include
the Rev. f. 70. Clark, president of the
United society, w. II. Moody of East
Northfield Mass, and the Rev. w. r.
Sleeper of Willesby, Mass. John Willis
| Baer is also expected. banquet for
workers is being planned at which all
who avail themselves of the opportunity
will enjoy most inspiring season to-
gether The convention will also include
an excursion to Barrels famous quarries
SMALL POX SCARE ABATEs.
The supposed small pox situation at
Remington has improved very much
within "A week. There have been no new
cases during that time, and the board of
| health announces that there is hardly n
| possibility of any further outbreak. Out
of the Is cases which 1t is said have cx-
| listed not one has proved fatal. and the
| symptoms have been no more severe
| than those in an ordinary case of Varo-
| loid. Twenty five hundred people have
| been vaccnated at the expense of the
| town and fully loo at their own ex-
| pense. The first man that came down
| with the disease was well enough to as
| sist in the care of others several days
ago. One of the results of the scare has
been the erection of an isolation hospital
26x20 feet. two stories high. with It
| kitchen attachment and an adjoining
building where suspects can be quaran-
tined. The town officials have taken
! every precauton to prevent any spread
of the disease. and the secretary of tho
board of health and selectmen say that
at the lowest estimate the cost to the
| town for what expense will be incurred
by the scare will not be less than $4,000.
BARRE RANGERS BEAT STRATH-
| COMA.
| The game Of foot ball at Barre Satur-
| day between the Barre Rangers and the
Strathcona team of Montreal. was one
| of the best ever seen in Barre, and was
witnessed by half the population Of the
city. The Barre Rangers team Is made
up mostly of stone cutters, and for the
past three years the Strathcona team has
held the championship of Canada. The
game was played on the trotting park
and was won by the Rangers, to d.
Brilliant plays on both sides were liber-
ally applauded, and the vanqushed Wis
itors were banquetted at night.
LABOR COMMITTEES.
At the closing session Of the second
annual meeting of the State Federation
! of Labor in Rutland, I. l.. Howley of
| Burlington was elected secretary in
place of p. H. F'emming of Bellows
Falls, who served during the first days
meeting. The following committees We're
| also elected: Press committee. T. l..
Howley of Burlington, p. II. Flemming
Of Bellows Falls. John Arvdson Of Rut-
| land, w. A Tyrel of Middlebury, o. r.
! Nalyou of Essex Junction, E. D. Bea-
throw of White River Junction, Angelo
Trueba of Barre, L. N. Jerue of Mont
pelier, l.. Q. Ahvens of Brattleboro,
Michael Malone of Fair Haven; trans
portation committee, w. l.. Lawrence
of Rutland. Il. f. Healy of Barre, Abra-
ham Hunt of Burlington. J. j. O'Connor
of Bellows Falls; organizing committee.
| l.. n. Jerue OF Montpelier, A. Hunt Of
Burlington. w. II. Hubbard of Rutland,
l.. {. Ahvens of Brattleboro, w. A.
Tyrel of Middlebury, A. Stewart of
Barre; finance committee John Arvid-
son of Rutland. L. D. Beathrow Of
W hitc River junction, A. Stewart of
Barre, !. ]. Robarge of Rutland; grev-
n. A. Malmgren of Rutland. j. j. O'Con-
nor of Bellows Falls.
DEATH OF SOPHIA p PARKS
MISS Sopnla 4. ParKS, prominent Wo-
man of Bennington village. died Wednes-
nesday evening. Miss Parks was taken
i'll with pneumonia last Sunday, from
which she never rallied. She was a sis
ter of Gov. j. c. McCuloughs wife and
Of A. Il. Valentines wife, she was also
sister of the late Trenor w. Parks.
Miss Parks was prominent member OF
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, and very active in church cir
cles
GORED BY A BULL.
C. c. Cheney of Washington was Sc
verely gored by a bull at his home late
| last " rdnesday afternoon. The ANNA
! has showed ugly signs of late and Mr.
l Cheney, who is 81 years old, has beer
, warned against being near him. or
) this occasion however, he led him out
to water and was attacked by him anC
severely gored about the head and
shoulders Willie Cook, a 15-year-old boy
z who was with him, drove the ANNA
away with a pitchfork, pulled Mr.
! Cheney out of the yard and closed the
gate.
| PICKPOCKETS AT WELLS RIVER