Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
NEWS OF VERMONT
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Free Press Readers-A Vermont
Maple Sugar Party in
Washington.

Washington.
Edwin Lane Of Montpelier, who is now
in Washington ID. c., writes Of the an
nual reunion and maple sugar party OF
the Vermont State association OF that
city, which he attended, and Of which he
says: Il never saw a moro Intelligent
crowd of people together than saw there
Saturday evening. Vermont may well be
proud Of those whom she has sent forth
into the world" The Vermont association
holds meetings monthly from September
TO April, the one referred to being the
last for this season. The meeting was
held in the National Rifles Armory and
was attended by about 400 people. Music
was furnished and the programme was
headed with the words, Local option
talk, dance or listen" The refreshments
served were maple sugar, water from the
Vermont local option spring, pickles,
school day varieties. doughnuts. Bellows
Falls variety pattern, biscuits, Montpelier
limitations, etc. After the feast they en-
joyed short speeches from Secretary
Shaw and ex-senator John M. Thurston.
The secretary was in good humor and
kept his listeners likewise. He said that
every body should try to be born in YER
| mont. Ex-senator Thurston spoke in
moro serious vein. He gave the record
| of the famous statesmen who had been
| born and reared in Vermont AT the
close of the speaking the guests repaired
to the dance hall, where the remainder
of the evening was spent in dancing. Mr..
Lane reports that his health is better
and that 1t is constantly improving.
Grid DIED OF SMALL POX.
Beatrice, the infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Miles of Irasburgh. died
Sunday morning, April 10. of small pox.
The other members of the family are re-
| covering from the disease. They have
the sincere sympathy of the community
in their great affiction. Health Officer
Parker has been carrying out the instruc-
| tons of the State board of health, and all
persons who had been exposed to small
poX have been quarantined and all OF
the outgoing mail has been we'll fumi-
gated. The disease has not appeared in
any new families during the past week
and it is thought to be we'll under con-
troll.
HEAVY SNOW IN 1861.
In answer to the inquiry of last week 5
issue, What year was the deep snow in
Vermont" Enos r, Hoag of Lincoln.
aged 81 years. the oldest man in that
town, says: 1T was the year 1861, the
year the war broke out, snow was four
feet a level, fences were covered In
nearly all parts of town and when the
snow went Off buckets in the sugar places
We're so high in some places as to be
reached with difficulty. The snow went
off by the sun the last part OF April
BIG CATCH OF MUSKRATS.
Eerm Wells and sons of Barton Land
ing have caught in their traps set about
the inlet of Lake Memphremagog, S75
muskrats during the spring. At 80 cents
per head that figures up q pretty profit
able season.
FIRE PROTECTION FOR BARRE.
-Four hose companies and a hook and
ladder company have been organized IN
Barre village and will soon be called out
for practice. The companies are com
posed of young men, A petition has been
circulated calling for another village
meeting to appropriate more money FOL
this departmcn
WORK OF Q. w. BARRETT IN WEST
INDIES.
) o. w. Barrett of Rutland county. who
Is connected with the Porto Rico Expert
ment Station, has returned from a toul
. OF the West Indies and Venezuela, where
he went to secure new seeds and plants
for the stations nurseries His trip was
unfortunately cut short by the imposition
of quarantine at several points against
the smallpox of Trinidad and the yellow
i fever of Venezuela he succeeded how
ever, in bringing safely through some 81
or more kinds of seeds and cuttings O
plants, nearly all of which are new t.
Port Rican agriculture. Venezuelan diff
hculties prevented Mr.. Barrett from fully
carrying out the commission of tn,
United States department of agrcultur,
in that country. but in Trinidad a care
full study was made of the cultivation o
cocoa and seeds of more than a dozei
I varieties were secured which. 1t is hoped
will form the nucleus of IL very PROMISING