Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-19

H. G. Sanders of Clarcmont. Electrics
meet all trains at Claremont Junction.
DOG STOPPED RUNAWAY TEAM.
Last Friday ID. Il. Dow drove to the
| home of Ellis Draper near Stevens Mills,
| in RiChfOrd after load of apples. Lcav-
! ing the team at the door. he went inside
, for Il moment when the horses started
down hill nearly n half mile long. a
| large Newfoundland dog less than one
! year old. which was with Mr.. Dow, ran
| in front of the horses and tried to stop
| them lie was not successful but when
| about onc-half mile away he ran them
| into Il large meadow and caught one by
| the nose throwing 1t down and stopped
| the team. No serious damage was done.
| Had the horses gone n little further they
would probably have gone over an ON
bankment and been killed.
MYSTERIOUS PERSON IN RICH
MOND.
| There is a great deal of excitement in
| Richmond over the advent or Il mysterious;
| woman who arrived there about "A week
| ago. She dresses entirely in black and is
| heavily Vcllod. She is seldom seen on the
streets except at night and then draws
her veil closely when any one approaches,
| so that no one has yet seen her face. She
| is seen hiding in dark corners and Friday
night chased two Young girls and fright
| cncd them badly. Tho woman is supposed
| to he doing houscworlt for Mrs. A. j.
| Han. but the impression prevails in the
village that il is not Il woman, but Almon
| j. Hall, who has come back in disguise
after Il sudden disappearance few weeks
ago Hall was n prominent man in re-
| lciOus ana financial circles and was SUI
perintcndcnt of the now electric light
| plant. 1t is said that several persons in
the place mourned his departure for
| financial reasons. Among these Is Sheldon
| Whitcomb. representative from Richnond
| i'm the last legislature. who is said ia
| have cashod a check on the Waterbury
bank for $500 that proved TO he worthless.
| CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WE'D
Ding.
Mr.. ana Mrs Ebridge c. Culver of
| Waterbury celebrated Thursday the 5qth
anniversary of their marriage. rho cele-
bration WIS of more than ordinary in
tercst from the fact that the happy couple
have no children and few relatives. The
friends and ncghhors took the matter in
charge and everything was carried out in
such a way that the evcntiu day was one
of the happicst to the couple. Mr.. culver
was born in stowe. December /. 1888 and
his Wifi" whose maiden name was Miss
Laura Russell, was born in the same
town February ~. lS23. Thirty years of
their married life were spent in Stowe.
/ Daring the past IL years they have lived
ON Il small farm at Waterbury Center.
Mr. Culver is one of the pioneer farm
ers. His first farm experience was to cut
off the timbcr pick the stones then
clear the land. 1t WAS in those day.,
when every inch of land had to be made.
II" lakes great delight in telling of his
carly farm experiences. In the afternoon
at three o'clock a committee waited on
Mr.. and Mrs. Culver and invited them to
/ 9
/ hundred of their ncighbors and friends
were in waiting to offer congratulations.
y good-sizcd purse of gold was presented
| to Mr. ana Mrs Culver. The prcsenta-
/ tion speech was made by the Hon. q. W.
Randall
WILL GET INTO REGULAR ARMY.
Carroll NJ. Howe Of Mortified, first
lieutenant ana adjutant of the first bat
TALON OF the 1St regt, Y. y. G.. has re-
ceiNcd "a telegram from the war depart
mont which orders him to report at Wash
ngtuu for examination for "A commission
i'm the United States army. Lieutenant
Howe will leave for Washington this
week. He received his appoint
ment through Senator Proctor. Cadet
Deal, of Norwich University. recently re-
ccNed an appointment through Senator
Gdlliug"r of New Hampshire. and he will
nc company Lieutenant Howe. They hope
t" hc ADJ" to pass about month in the
pr pardtory school in Washington be-
tore being obliged to take their cXamina-
lions
BURGLARS FRIGHTENED AWAY.
IN attempt WAS made to rob the post
office in Wilmington Friday morning.
This building WAS entered by pryiuE open
a window. The office WAS ransacked but
Postmaster Jones missed nothing from the
office. Suspicion points to two strangers
seen around tho streets for "A couple of
days, About one O'Clock Thursday morn
inS woman in house opposite the
Office saw three m"n at work on the front
door of the office and awoke her hus-
band. The burglars were frightcnc |
away, but left several chisels and other
tools.
HEARING ON LAND DAMAGES.
A hearing was held in Bethel last
weeh before special commissioner EuSha
May. of St Johnsbury r.. j. Flint, of
Bethel and Martin Wyman, of Stock
bridge, ON the matter OF the land dam
ages caused by the Rochester railroa l.
The petitioners who have not received
their pay include A. A Brooks. j. q. Sar-
gent trustee. Myron Morse w. e. Lat
timer. Anna Morse, Amos Leavitt. DR.. f.
f. Steele, y. l.. Sheldon, T., r. Kimball,
+, G. Eggleston, Henry Jones, and Laura
Walker.
STATE LIQUOR ORGANIZATION.
1t is probable that meeting Will he
held in the early part of January to form
la state organization of the National
Liquor Dealers association. An effort will
be made to have the l46 licensees Of the
state brought into the association that
its objccts-chief of which is to perfect
the working of the license law-may be
more effectively brought about
CAPT. CHAMBERLAIN HOME.
Capt II. g. Chamberlain, son-in-law
OF Adj. Gen. w II. Gilmore. arrived at
Bradford November =? on his return
from the Philippines where he has been
for the past two years and seven months.
Captain Chamberlain has been assigned
as assistant quartermastor with head
quarters at st. Paul, Mimi, where he will
go about December |, and expects to take
his family there with him to reside
During the last six months Captain Cham
berlain was in the Philippines he was
i'll with Il fever and in the hospital
a great deal His duties on the islands
were in connection with the quartermas-
tiers department and he was on transports
a great deal of the time.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK ELECTRIC
CAR.
An attempt was made to wreck the
last car on the Montpelier and Barre