Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-08
A SCHOOL, DISTRICT CANVAss.

An enthusiastic meeting was held at tho
courthouse hail in Irasburgh last Monday
evening for the purpose of organizing ana
making plans for work against tho IL
censc local option law. An organization
was formed with the Rev II. L. Treat as
chairman. tho Hon. G. W. Wheeler as
secretary. and u committee Of eighteen.
consisting of one member and ono alter
nate from each of the old school districts
IN" Officers were instructed to arrange for.
rallies later in the campaign. The mem
bers of tho committee are to be RESPONSIBLE
Tor influencing sentiment and for. get
ing out the voters in their respective dis
tricts. The committee selected f NJ Sears
as chairman. The members arc as fol-
lows District No. !, C.. a. Dodge, J. l.,
Dodge; district No. ., c. ". Hannant. e.
u. Bailey; district No. 3. ]. y. Edmundy.
Ernest Perry; district no T. +. o. Wells,
{. y. Webster: district No. >, c. II. Wood
ward j. ii. Cook; district No. 6. T.. H.
Holdridge, f. NJ. Sears; district No. I, G.
a. Ware a i. Hancock: district No. S.
O. W. Phillips, G. II. Sheperd: district NJ.
10 \. NJ. Clough, c. T. Collins.
SHERIFF OF WINDSOR COUNTY
DEAD.
Daniel G. Jones died at his home I'm
south Royalton Tuesday morning aged 20
years. He was serving a second term as
sheriff Of Windsor county. lie had served
continuously as constable. deputy sheriff
and sheriff for the past thirty years and
was well known throughout the STATE.
He leaves wife.
FOUND MONEY IN HIS SHEEP.
John +. Landon. a farmer Of Pittsford
has received from the United states
treasury department eight new five dol
lar bills in exchange for two twenty dol
lar bills which he had sent to Washing
ton through Cashier Scott of the Brandon
National Bank. The twenty dollar bills
had been so badly mangled in a peculia,.
way That they were unfit for use While
Mr.. Landon was at work in his barn,
recently he dropped an envelope contain
ing two twenty dollar bills, ten and two
hves. He returned to the house after ho
had finished the work at the barns and
about an hour afterward he missed the
money. He at once returned TO the barn
and began search. He soon found the tive
dollar bill and shortly after the ten both
IN Il pen where he kept a coSset sheep
but the two twenty dollar bills coult
not be found anywhere. Mr.. l.audou r.
mombered having seen the sheep eat pa
per at different times and he at once mad,
up his mind that the cosset had eaten the
money. so he killel the animal as soou
as possible and recovered pieces OF both
bills. He obtained enough pieces to prove
that both bills had been eaten, so he
took them to Cashier Scott who patched
them together and forwarded them to
Washington
APPOINTMENTS IN THE SHRINE.
The following officers have been anounc-
cd by Clarence w. Steele. potcntate of
Mt, Sinai Temple, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, for the ensuing Shrine year:
tirst ceremonial muster. Smith s Ral-
lard. Montpelier: second ceremonial mas
ter, Horny 5. Root, Newport; marshal.
Lester H. Greene, Montpelier: captain ~
the guard. Charles f. Lockwood Bar
HnEton; director, George T.. Randall Wells
River; assistant director. Fred T. Steel
GaySvill"; first alchemist Harry =. Tap
lin. Montpelier; second alchemist. Thomas
j. l'ra"g, Rutland: architect, Russell -
Collins. East Montpelier; assistant ar
chl,tct Nathaniel Bond Barre: outer
guard. Edward ". shaw, Rutland. mas
ter of wardrobe, Jstus w. =. Washhurn
Montpelier: medical director. Daniel e.
No le. Middlcbulr; purvevor. Henry J.
isham. Morrisville: electrician. George
II. Nu1on. Montpelier, chief of Arab ul-
trol i. Burns Gammel East Barnet.
Mcmbors of the Arab patrol: George T..
Emory. Woodsyille. y. II. Herbert J..
Deem. Caysvile, Thomas W. Fletcher.
Pr!dport. Burt L. Strobius, Lancaster.
x. H., Joo W. Jackson. Barre. Stoddari
y. Allen, North F-rrisbureh. The ueN-
meeting of the Temple is scheduled tor
Lancaster some time this month.