Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-26
NEWS OF VERMONT.
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press Rcadcrs-BOx Of Bones
Found on the Roof of n Harm.

Considerable of a sensation was caused
III bennington "Wednesday morning by the
announcement that couple of wurkmcn.
who were shingling an adjoining building.
had discovered on the root of a barn De-
longing to the Partridge estate, a box
containing Il number of human bones.
The box with the bones had every indica-
ton of having been there for some time.
Investigation showed that they were the
complete bones of Il lea foot. those of
left leg including the hip bone. the com
pleto bones of one hand part of an arm.
and some that could not bc wholly ido nti-
ticd They were in small wooden box
which WAS fastened to the roof of the
barn with small cord. After they had
been thoroughly examined the conclusion
was that they had formerly been used for
tissecting purposes and then placed on
tho roof of the barn to bleach, and for
gotten. From the location of the roof
they would hardly he disccrnibe under
ordinary circumstances.
DOCTORS AT BUSINESS AND BAN
QUIET.
The doctors of tho White River Modi-
cal association held their nineteenth an
nual meeting tho ninth annual ladies
night" and banquet 1T the Junction
house Tuesday of last wcnk
o'clock The election Of officers were
its main feature and resulted as fol-
lows: President c. II. Drake. West L.
banon y. H.. Vicc-presidcnt. G. Il. Dean,
Spi ngicld; secretary and treasurer
Marian /. I.uebcc. White River Junction;
censors. l.. NJ. Greene. of Bethel. \. w..
Knrsford. of Hanover. y. H.. f. r.
kiidor. of Woodstock; auditors. Nj. i.
Stanley. Of White River Junction. and
+. Won Tohcl. of Lebanon. \. II. After
tho president $ address came social hour.
and at $50 y m. a banquet of which
some forty members or the association
and their guests partook The post-pran-
dial EXERCISES We're enjoyable. DR. II. c.
Jackson. Norwich. was postmaster ana
the TOPICS presented were the following:
'The Minister and the Physician the
Rev G. f. Burroughs; The Ladies'" Ir.
n l.. Burnett; "Our Side Mrs. J. NJ.
Gle. The Medical Profession in
Politics" pr l.. NJ Greene: "My Frof.s
zion and Yours" r. T.. stevens; 'rhc
Other Fellow" DR.. William r. Smith.
A NEW CARPET MACHINE.
p. ~ Dupont and c. G. Rralcy of St.
Johnshrrv have recently perfected a cnr-
pet machine that promises to he valu-
able invention. This machine rips carpets
to pieces ard makes ear packing waste
md fibre for paper making out of tho
pieces. The carpet passes between two
rollers and is shredded by Il cylinder with
an attachment which pulls the cloth to
pieces. The pieces fall into II receptacle
and from there are blown to another piUt
of the building where the waste is clean
ed and the dirt dispoScd of. Tho narC
dropS INTO a compartment of the inacnn.
where it was intended to GO. They al
ready have II claims covering the ma
chine.
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az ,.hirb ,ir,o tho ronort of Mrs tl,r,
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,9,h arv,,.l co,,croes hoId -, Iv,.b,urto,
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s to be marked. attracted some attention