Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-03-05

kidder took the boy in charge and drove
to the Stanclift home and in a book case
In the sitting room were discovered the
missing books. Fifty-three volumes be-
longing to the school. six owned by Mr..
Stetson, and 10 unaccounted for were
found. The boy is said to have been a dill
gent scholar but as many of the books
taken were German. Latin and Greek and
others so for beyond his comprehension
they would be of no use to him for years
to come it is obvious that he took the
books with other aims than that of ad-
himself In matters educational.
CHAIR FACTORY ENLARGED.
The Readsboro Chair Manufacturing
has purchased the entire inter-
ests of the Wilmington Grain and Lum-
Der company, consisting of their factory
in Wilmington and some 5000 acres of
land. The factory will be repaired and
machinery put in, and in the near future
1t Is more than probable that a large num-
Der of men will be employed. The Chair
company has felt the need of larger quar-
tors for some time past and the new &C
QUESTION Will enable them to turn out a
much larger quantity of orders than here
tofore. For the present the factory in
Wilmington will make only certain parts
of chair. and they will be finished at the
Readsboro shop; but in the future the
chairs will no doubt be completed in the
Wilmington factory.
BREWERS IN BENNINGTON POL
1TICS.
A report is being circulated with con-
siderable show of authenticity that several
brewers from outside the State are trying
to secure a monopoly of the sale of beer
in Bennington under the new law by con-
tributing money for use at this weeks
n1n
n board Of license commissioners, a ma
jority of whom are friends of these partic-
ular brewers. 1t would then be easy to
compel the applicants for licenses to agree
to sell certain brands Of beer to the cx-
clusion of others.
CAME NEAR GETTING THE CHILD.
Abraham Wakefield of Hardwck will
probably be just a little more cautious s
to how he expresses himself in certain
places hereaft A few days since he
had occasion to serve papers on man in
Woodbury. whose wife has left him with
two children to look after ABE said
to the little girl: you ought to come out
to 1ardwick and live with me-" Next
day Mrs. Wakefield answered summons
at the door and saw outside a stranger.
little girl and small grip. The stranger
said that he had brought the child at Mr..
Wakefield's earnest solicitation and de-
sire, and informed Mrs. Wakefield that
cur Abe" was going to adopt the child
Mrs. Wakefield had no little difficulty to
persuade the man that such was not the
case. and that he had mistaken her hus-
bands intention entirely.
HAVE BEEN MARRIED 60 YEARS.
The Goth wedding anniversary of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry May was celebrated at
the home of her son, Fred A. II. May. in
Wilmington on Monday. A bountiful din
ner was served by the host and hostess
and was presided over by the bride and
groom who both possess in a remarkable
degree their faculties of mind and body
After dinner two handsome chairs and
several other gifts were presented to Mr.
and Mrs May as tokens of love and es-
TEEN. The day was a delightful one for
all and many were the we'll wishes for
the aged couple. About 30 were present.
MYSTERIOUS COW DISEASE IN JAY.
Walter Lucier of Jay has lost a cow by
some mysterious disease commencing with
cough. The board has been notified to
come and investigate as the disease is un-
known to the local veternaries.
HERD OF DEER IN POWNAI..
Residents of Pownal are frequently
treated to an unusual sight. it being a
herd of deer that has apparently taken
up winter quarters near the farm of
Frank w. Van Horn. Not a day passes
but that the herd is seen by some one
A few days ago Mr.. Van Horn found a
pair of antlcrs exceptionally we'll formed
These he presented to a North Adams
hunter. People from neighboring towns
nave visited the place to secure photo
graphs of the herd and have generally
been successful. A large buck was kill
ed near where the herd is located, during
the last open season.
STORE IN DANNY RUINED BY EN-
PLOSION.
An explosion Of acetylcne gas at s u,
Grif,th's store in Dandy village at 30
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon wrecked the
building and badly injured Arthur He
bert one OF the clerks The accident ac-
CURED when MIR. Hebert started to enter
the room where the acetyene gas ma
chine that furnished light for the store
was located. On opening the door of the
room violent explosion took place. blow
ing the north side of the store out and
tearing down every partition on both the
first and second floors. Mr.. Hebe1t was
blown through the side Of the building
and landed across the road. He was
quite badly burned about the head and
face and is suffering severely from the
shock. Following the explosion ire broke
ont and added further to the ruin. An
alarm was sent out and IN about 20 min
utes the fire was eXtinguished. The scene
of the accident is perfect ruin. The
store carries from $1,000 to $4,000 worth
of stock and it was all thrown In one mass
on the floor of the building. There were
three stories and every floor was filed
with goods of every sort. The front Of
the store is entirely stripped of glass and
tho nearby buildings present a shattered
appearance.
DISTRICT MEETING NJ w. A.
The eastern district meeting of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America will be held at
Windsor on April Is, A committee of the
local camp is making preparation to
royalty welcome all Woodmen who may
come that way ON that date. One Of
afternoon. A banquet will be served in
the evening. The uniform team of Alpha
Camp of Burlington will be invited to
eNemplify the degree work
ODD FELLOWS BUILDING FOR RIT-
LAND.
There is project on foot among the
Rutland Odd Fellows TO obtain new and
larger quarters for the different bodies
belonging to the order in that city and
1t is probable that the order will have a
building of its own in the near future.
The present Odd Fellows rooms are be-
coming entirely inadequate for the rap
idly growing bodies In this city and for
some time there has been talk of NOV
ing the lodge rooms. but not until recent
~ have the plans assumed definite shape.
The project is not yet In such shape that
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