Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-05-21
NEWS OF VERMONT
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Free Press Readers-Light Case OF
Small Pox Discovered in Rut.
land.

street. The case is n very mild one and
the man Is out of danger and well on the
road to recovery, but the house has been
Guaranteed and every precauton taken
to prevent a spread of the disease. The
man has been i'll for several days, but
the exact nature of the disease was not
discovered until Tuesday. The origin is
unknown. Mr. Fay has been working in
Pittsford and Chittenden during the win
ter and for the last three months has
lived "A part of the time in these places
and a part of the time with Mr. and Mrs
Preston. Mrs. Preston has already had
the disease and is therefore immune and
II is expected that the disease will be con-
'incd to this one case
UNUSUAL CELEBRATION or GOLD
EN- WEDDING.
Mr.. ana Mrs s. NJ Douglass of Post
Mills are celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary in an unusual way. Last
sunday they spent the day with their
son. William f.. pastor of tho Rachel S.
Harlow Methodist Church of Windsor,
who delivered an anniversary sermon. At
| tho close of the service Mr. and Mrs.
Douglass took their place inside the altar
rail and were introduced to the congreg1-
ton who came forward to greet the pa
/ r"nts Of their pastor and to wish them
god spccd on their journey to New York
md Washington on trip of pleasure and
| sightseeing. The aged couple will he ac-
compancd on this trip by one of their
sons. Or Edmund j. Douglass of Groton.
Conn, and his wife. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Douglass have had IS children, nine of
whom arc living. Alvah b. of Manchcs-
tor y ~. Roy. William Z. of Windsor,
Charles j.. and George T.. of Post Mills,
| Arthur |. of Norwich, Or Edmund +.
of Groton, Conn, Esther Il. of Lowell,
Mass, Alice NJ. and Elizabeth A. of Pos.
Mills. Mir Douglass was born at York,
| Nc. 20 years AGO lie is hale and hearty
ana can do days work that will aston
1h many n young man. His wife. who
was Martha Shepard. was born in Dan
| vile. 70 years ago. She docs the house
work for a family of five and works early
ana late.
PrA1NFIELD BOYS MISSING.
\ couple Of young bows of Plainfeld dis
appeared last Sunday and have not since
! been heard of. although search has been
made FOR them. The youngsters are Har-
| rv tho l5-yoar-old sor of HoYt Gallup.
aud Edgar. the 1i-yoar-old son of Charles
| Comstock. Young Gallup left about 8
O'Clock on Sunday morning saving that
! he WAS going to visit Winslow Perry. who
| resided about two miles away. and whom
! no did not return in the evening it was
| believed that h. had stad there over
night. When he did not appear on Mon
| day his non-arpcarnncc was investigated
ana it was found that he had not been at
! pcrrv's ut all. Gallup is of dark COM
| ploXior, somewhat heavy i'm weight and
! was dressed in a striped suit with soft
! cap. Comstocl had on ovcralls. II is
not known whether the pair departed to-
gcthor or separately, but it is thought that
| they left together.
KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF DYNA-
John J. Roberts, superintendent of Mel
son Eros $ slate quarry at West pawlet
mot terrible death Tuesday. He was
unloading powder and had gone into tho
powder house with kog under each arm
| when he stepped on n dynamite cap. II
exploded as did all the dynamite III tbs
building The powder house and con
tents were blown up. Mr. Roberts was
! carried some distance. He was badly
manGlCd and torn and his clothing was
set on fire He lived some time after he
ing taken home ard convcrsed with his
family about the accident. a son was
badly burned while pulling the burning
clothes from his father Mr.. Roberts was
ono of the most respected citizens OF
West Pawlet. He was n member Of the
odd Fellows lodge and of the crder OF
Modern Woodmen % America. Tie leaves
a wife ana five children.
SEEKS 4 SECOND DIVORCE.
Mrs. Eli Tiffany of Remington has alec
n petition for = divorce from hcr husband
on the ground of intolcrablo severity
She also asks for a,imonY. and an allow
ance for counsel fees. This is the sccln,
marriage Of both, Mrs. Tiffany havn.
been divorced from her first husband. Mr.
| Tiffany is one of the firm of Tiffany
IIros. and is one of the leading citizen.
of the place. 1t has been understood fol
some time that relations between the two
were not harmonious. and that divorce
proceedings were probable, but it wa'
generally supposed that he would hrins
them. The couple have been marie,
about four years. The case viii CONE
before the June term Cf bennington
county court
COULD NOT GET LIQUOR LICENSE
The bennington license commissioner
met Tuesday and by Il vote OF two to on
refused to issue a tirst-Class license to x
and l.. J. OWES. This was the third TIM
that the applicants had tried tor "A Ii
ccnsc and the third time that they wer
refused They We're among the FIRST l.
apply and were generally endorsed by citi
2ens of the village. At the first hear
ing on the applications filed, a protes
against them was made by the Coopc
manufacturing company as their place q
business was to he but a short diStanc
from their mill Following this rcjeo tio
another attempt was made. ana a petition
bearing the names of % persons rrsidm
IN the ward where they are located wa
presented to the board, and backed b.
verbal appeals, asking that the license b
granted, to be located in another place
This was also refused. As last resor
the Cooper Manufacturing company with
drew its protest but the commissioners
refused to change. The action of TN
commissioners has caused much har
feeling and disappointment, and the tai
is freely heard on the street that mex
March the vote will be no license. As
is four of the st-class licenses and on
second class are located within a radiu
of 100 feet of the postoihce.
PAPER MILL AT PUTNEY BURNEI
Putney was visited Saturday by tn
weeks, when Capt. William Robertson
paper mill was destroyed. The mill wa
valued at over 81, 900 and was insured ia
IS 900 through the agency of II. T.. TaS
lor & Son of Brattleboro. 1t was "A fran
building and an old one, but it was i
good repair, some So, 900 having been lai
out in repairs recently. The origin of III
fire is not known, but it is thought t
have been spontaneous combustion as
started in the lott. The mill had bee
shut down for few days, and ther
. was no fire under the boilers. The fir
department came out, although the mi
was not in the fire district, and laid Il
feet of hose, by means of which the stor
houses were saved. Captain Robertso
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