Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12

| have been filed. Among them are the H.
J. Thomas Grocery, Grain and Meat com
pany of Burlington, with capital STOCK
of $4,000; the Barre Granite and Con-
struction company of Barre, with cap
ital stock of $2O0,0C0 and the L. G. Fuliam
& Sons company of Ludlow, general
| manufacturing and mercantile company,
| with capital stock of SO,WV.
GREAT ABUNDANCE OF sKUNKs
ABOUT THE STATE.
Coupled with the reports from the game
fields of excellent deer shooting TINS sea-
son comes the information that another |
animal, not quite so desirable perhaps
is much in evidence this season. me
pretty little black and white member OF
the weasel family. which bears the APP |
pcllation skunk has become so numerous
that it has been a pest i'll many places.
This is not only true in the vicinity OF
, Rutland but throughout the State. Inc
number Of skunks that have been killed
within the city limits of Rutland is sur
, prsing. on Killington and woodstock
avenues and other streets along the out
, skirts of the city small boys have added
, many black and white pelt to their
, stock Of furs and several of the animals
l have been killed even on Pleasant, center
and North Main streets and other places
in the heart of the city. Perhaps the
places where the people were incon-
venienced most by skunks this year were
the summer resorts along Lake Cham
plain, which the little animals visited in
y large numbers, taking refuge under the
!, cottages during the daytime and proving
u around at night feeding on refuse and
keeping the people indoors At one place
, much visited by Rutland people, Long
Point, - skunks we're killed during the
, camping season and at another popular
: resort. Thompson's Point an old Usher
, man has Is skunk pelts which he gather
d, ed among the cottages The coming of
ell Is n ~ attributed
- fact that there is scarcity of grass
hoppers, the skunks' favorite food, this
/, year. In spite of the abundance of the
evil smelling animals local trappers will
{, not get rich might be imagined this
II year for skunk fur has dropped in price
- Last season the price paid for 1t was the
# highest in the history of the fur trade
"a AS a consequence the market was Hooded
. and the demand for skunk fur was poor
ia at the early fall London sales this year
re DISLIKE TRADING SCHEME
T. Report has it that the trading stamp
a. man is headed toward Bellows Falls and
10 some of the business men are preparing
" to give him the cold shoulder. He struck
10 BrattleborO last week and was frozen
st out. so it is said A Brattleboro paper
4 speaking of the scheme says: The
,e scheme is really nothing less than five
~ per cent tax on the merchants and is OF
" comparatively little benefit to the trading
II public as the company gets the Dig ehd
of the game in its profits on the prizes
H. In Greenfield board of trade was or
h, ganzed for the sole purpose OF hghtins
as against the idea
o, A HEARING IN BRATTLEBORO.
MS Testimony has been begun in the county
u clerks office at Brattleboro before Spe-
cial Master in Chancery Q. Nj. Bar
yh Der of bennington in the suit of Charles
at H. Davenport against George r. Cro"eli
" the r.. p. Carpenter company and the
i? Carpenter Organ company for an account
fy ing MIR. Davenport was "A stockholdel
Id Of the organ company until the time o
liz it's reorganization, and action is nov
tn brought to recover certain sums "hicI
ny the plaintiff declares are his due iron
% the old firm. The plaintiff $ counsel ar
,ir A. E. Cudworth of Londonderry, Has
lins & Schwenk and r. ID. F.. Stowe o
", Brattlcboro. the defendants being repre-
all scented py T.. |. Waterman and Clarke {
to Fits of Brattlcboro,
ne DISTRICT MEETING o. F.. 5.
Die Tn, annual convocation of the sevent
III district of the Grand Chapter order q
the Eastern Star. convend in Masoni
at hail. at Island Pond last wee
it Tuesday night. OF the grand officers
nj there were present the g. NJ, Mrs. HAITI
it, s Taylor of Brattlohoro. q. L., Mrs. Fl
MT, iner Miller of Newport; ID. ID. c. NJ, Mrs
to Hattie Martin of Barton; d. ID. G. p
ii T. Iiill OF Newport The work was eN
. cmpliiicd by North Star Chapter in tn
afternoon, when one candidate, the danSf
ter of the worthy matron. was INITIATED
At the close of the work the deputi'
took the chairs and presided during I'll
en- criticism of the work. after which r.
ne marks were called for and made by eac
ION of the grand officers and others while
,tE were alike interesting and instructiN
ma The marshal then led the way to II
SOU hn hall where about hundre
leu and forty members and guests. wei
zen served. The special feature OF the eVei
ia' ing was the presentation of beautif
IN banner. painted by Mrs Bigelow of Ma
Is sachusetts, an honorary member of Il
de grand chapter Of Vermont, to r. w.
II of North Star Chapter. and p. q. +,
's,' the grand chapter of Vermont, T. J. IA
tnt sons. The banner represented knigl
va" Tcmplar mounted The presentatiC
nc" poem was read by Mrs. Grace II. Sadie
De during the reading of which the bann
tH' was brought in by Mr.. Parsonss lit
|" daughter, Iona, escorted by the marsh
ing of the chapter Mrs. Parsons.
His STOPPED Roy FROM RUNNlN
list AWAY
oou John Leslie. Is years old, brother of Nj
ro- Walter T. Wells, Of Plainheld attempt'
We to run away from home last Wednesdt
>, III night. He was in the company of WI
,, eS liam Wells. his brother-in-law, 81 yea
Vs. old. 10th have been in the employ
wv Waiter L Wells but of late have act
nus IN a peculiar manner. The Leslie be
went ont of the house late in the eNenil
"e' to see If ne could find something that
pv thought that he had lost. He was go
" = long time. II was suspected that som
thing was wrong. alter went out to :
if he could find the hoy, but Frank "
the now mere in sight. Upon going TO t
en- barn he missed his brothers horS
ain. Quickly hitching up his own in wag
ada he started in pursuit of the parties.
il ted a hard drive he overlook them t
,uld miles from his home. He asked the b.
han | to come home but the latter stoutly l
,ad | fused William was about to drive
sire with the boy again when his broth
,uss threatened him with arrest. This alter
ow- the ssituation and the boy came hon
,ro- The last that was seen of the man
ring was driving toward New haihPsh''
r of where he intended Rohhs Ill the hrst pax
NEW GRANGE ORGANIZED
RUTLAND.
Rutland Valley Grange. No. Si was
YER ganized with the encouraging char
the membership OF So in Rutland last trid
play evening. C. j. Bell or walden, mdstor
says the State Grange organized the Gran
lsed and installed the officers Mr. Bell stat
tia that the first Grange in the State was
ting ganzed In 1872, Vermont being the n
Also New England State TO take up the We
!, ra | of ruapi1a tion n iS7b the State Graz