Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
SWAN TON,

w O. Smith A. r. Bellows and A. L.,
Ascltinc. license commissioners, gave a
public hearing on all applications pending
before them at the town hall Saturday,
commencing at 10 n. IN. Applications for
first class were presented and read from
the proprietors of the three hotels. j. L..
Morrill, of st. Adams for the American
House, Henry 1atro for the West Side
Inn and George a. Best for Hotel Swan
ton. The only objection TO Henry Tatro' =
having a license was. that he had been
prosecuted and paid fines under the pro-
hlbitory law. There were "A number Of
citizens who objected to George \. Best
on various grounds. principally because
he has not kept hotel satisfactory to the
travelling public nor to the people OF
Swanton. Licenses of the second class
were applied for by j. c, McNally and A.
j. Bell. cmonstranCes were presented by
property owners on the streets whore they
proposed to run theit establishments.
George L. Campbell was the only druggist
who a piled for a fifth class license. After
hearing all objections, the commissioners
granted licenses to j. r, Morrill, for the
American and Henry Tatro of the West
Side Inn, refusing Best's application. Ii
ccnse of second class was granted to J. c.
McNally and of the fifth class to George
L. Campbell.
Several hundred pounds of special photo
graphic apparatus has been brought Ia
this town by G. w. Bitter of the Ameri-
can Biograph company of New York
| for the purpose of securing a complete
scene of the pike perch work now in opcr-
alton at the United States fish commission
stations. A continuous picture will be
+ taken from the time the fish are landed in
the nets until finally returned to the
water The work will be under the direct
! supervision of +, n. Garter. superintcnd.
ent of the fish commission station The
pictures will be one OF a series Of scenes
of this work, and form part of this branch
of the government exhibit mt the Louis.
lana purchase exposition held at St, Louis
| in 1904
! Mrs Mary Ryrncs Bernhard died at hel
home here Monday evening after Il long
! illness.
William r. Pencil and Dr. Webster
Iaviolette went to East Alburgh fishing
Monday. They fshcd off tho railroad
bridge and came homo with 30 pike aud
s pickerol. Nj L. Lake and Fred Donald
sor went fishing for percn down tho river
Monday afternoon and in a short time
had taken in moro than they could carry
Something over 900. They were all large
sized they using Il large hook and
minnoNs for bait.
Mrs Hannah 5. Asetine, known wide
ly throughout this section as Aunt Han
nah" died Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock from the effects OF a hard cold
aged o. years. she was born in Wash
ington, Vt. February 4. 1906, her nader
name being Hannah Story Ring Sh'
was married to Rufus l.. Barney, Feb
70. 1875, and by him had two children
Mrs. Esthex S. Clark. with whom sh'
lived and who survives her, and Mehit
able H. who died In youth. Her seconC
husband was Henry Aseltine by whom
she had no children. Both husbands dice
many years ago. Aunt Hannah" wa
accustomed to care for the sick and al
ways found her greatest happiness il
caring for others She believed In ma
lures remedies and made constant us
Of roots herbs. flowers and banks I'm con
nection with her own magnetic rubbing
and laying on Of hands She was
woman OF largo figure and strong consti
tuition and was particularly sought afte
in cases of confinement. She kept rec