Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-16
tribute in behalf OF the bench of Yer
mont.
A MAN BUNCOING MASONS.

man giving MS name as Harry BiO"h
and claiming to be Il member of Zion
lodge, +. and a. NJ GAINESVILLE, =. o. |
Louisiana, applied for assistance to sew
eral members of United Brethren lodge
in White River Junction Monday for
pecuniary assistance to enable him TO
reach Boston. While not fully satisfied
that his statement was correct, those to
whom he applied gave him the benefit
of the doubt and "chppod i'm enough |
to buy him n ticket to his alleged dos- /
tnation. The fellow on Tuesday tried to
sell the ticket to the ticket agent. II. |
Il. Tinker. From the number Mr.. Tinker
suspected that IL was the same he had
sold to one of the Masons in the depot
cafe and started to make an inquiry into
the matter Brown decampcd at once and
it was afterwards learned that he dis
posed of it during the day to another
party at the Junction. Vermont lodges OF
the Masonic order had better be on the
lookout for Brown, or whoever he is.
MEMORIAL DAY SPEAKERS.
Hon. kittredgc IIaskins of Brattlcboro,
congressman from the second district, is
To be the Memorial day orator in Randolph
this year. and the exercises will be held
in this village. The Brookrcld Post and
Corps have been invited to unite with T..
S Grant Post, but it is understood that
the Hon. Henry Ballard Of Burlington has
already been engaged to deliver the adj
dress in Brookfeld that day.
A BOY ASKS $1,000 DAMAGES
Suit has been brought against the Reads
boro Chair company Ivy Lawyers G. 5.
Chase of Nottingham and G. e. Fits of
Brattleboro, in behalf of Govanna Milesc
to recover damages in the amounts of
$1,000 Milcse is "A 10-year old Italian boy.
He was hired by the keadsboro Chair
company to work in their factory when a
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year the boy slipped and fell and his right
arm was cut off by coming i'm contact with
a planning machine. The statutes prohibit
corporations from hiring boys of Milcse's
age. The suit is in the United States cir
cult court.
ROAD HEARING AT ISLAND POND
The railroad commissioners, Messrs Full
Ter G. Smith of st. Adams. Henry 5.
Bingham of bennington and Horace w.
Bailey of Ncwbury. arrived in Island Pond
Tuesday from Montreal with the rail-
road officials. In the midst of IA down
pouring rain an official car was used by
the railroad officials, commissioners and
seleCtmcn to view the highway and rail
road premises. The commissioners heard
all parties at interest in the town clerks
Office, the meeting lasting something over
| a couple of hours. and at times was spicy
and interesting. c. a. Hight. Esq. of
! Boston, appeared for the Grand Trunk
| Co, Dale n Amey for the sclectmen. and
| Edmund Sullivan Esq, Tor the DIRECTORS
! to the proposed changes. Manager Nc
Guiean. Supt Blaiklock and other officials
of the railroad We're present There was
| but very little for the commissioners to
pass upon except to ratifv the agreements
between the town and railroad company.
WILD WEST NIPPED IN THE BUD.
Archie Constable. a 14-ycar-old boy, who
lives with Mir. and Mrs. John Peavey in
| Randolph. and attends school in the room
taught by Miss Elva Parkhurst. electric
| fed tho other scholars one day during
the last week Of the winter term by
| fourishinS a pistol behind the teacher )
back. He had produced this weapon a
rather decreipt affair. once or twice be-
fore though not in the school room. with
terrorizing effect ana it seemed best to
put a little quetus Oh such wild and wool
| ly proceedings before any serious harm
was done. The young man was kept
rather closely at the house during VaCa-
ton and his father who is a travelling
salesman, was sent for. Mr.. Constable
was very anxious that the school authori-
ties should give the boy another chance.
AID they finally decided to take him back
and allow him to remain in school on
good behavior 1t is believed that the
youth has been devourng literature that
has over-stimulated his ina ination and
excited him to emulate The Terror Of
| Bloody Gulch." or some other hero, who
is usually represented as stalking about
and shooting the hats and bootheels off
| from peaceful citizens for the fun of the
thing. Young Constable has also been
made to understand that in the cftetc
East IT Is not necessary for a 14-year old
boy to attend school tricked out like a
miltiaman at June training.
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The community of Bellows Falls is won
dcrnS what plot. dcep-lad or otherwise,
the hospital directors are nursing. The
enthusiasm of the early winter seems to
have vanished into thin air, The COM
munlty has subscribed about all the
money 1t was asked to subscribe, and are
iustihed III asking the directors if it ism t
up to them to make the next move. The
subscribers would like to have the matter
disposed of. Almost any decision is pre-
ftraho to suspense. Ask a director what
is doing and he will tell you that a meet
ing will be called soon and some definite
action taken. 1t has been iutimated that
the directors would have a special town
meeting called and If the town was willing
to vote five or ten cents on the grand list
tn meet any deficit the hospital would he
built. The directors have asked legal add
vice and are informed that the town could
do this if it SO desired 1t is likely that
the directors will decide on some definite
plan OF action in the near future.
MUCH DISORDER IN BARRE.
At the meeting of tho Barre city council
Thursday evening there was a general on
slaught against the liquor commissioners.
Some of the speakers showed that they
were indignant and talked right ont be-
fore every one. Questions were hurled ut
the commissioners regarding the manner
in which they had determined to the
granting of licenses and Chairman Lang
ley seemed to have to bear the hrunt of