Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-02-18
NEWS OF VERMONT
More Important Evcnts Grouped for
Free Press Rcaders-YOung Mum Of
Cast1ctoR shoots Himself While
Jealous,

Jealous,
5ert Parsons. son OF Albert Parsons,
living on Lake Bomoscen. in Casticton,
livery stable at 1850 O'Clock Sunday morn
ing. Ills condition is serious 1t is be-
lievcd to have been an attempt at suicide,
duo to jealousy. Parsons had been TO Il
dancing school in Castlcton village,
where ii is said some unplcasantncss
occurred. A party of young men were
i'll the livery stable getting their teams,
when Parsons went into the basement
soon after the report Of Il revolver WAS
heard and Parsons was found with "a
81 caliber bullet in the left side Of his
chest. Drs. Clark and Everett were sum
moncd. and the young man was moved
to !. Mounds house across the street
from tho stable. Ills condition Is eriti-
cal
WOLCOrT LIVERY STABLE BURNED.
Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock fire WIS
discovered in the office Of the Wolcott
house livery by DR.. Il. J.. Bigclow. He
immediately save the alarm but the fire
gained rapid Roadway and soon the build
ing was Il mass of fumes. The horses,
sIcighs. and part of the harnesses, and
all but two wagons wer" saved. The
'c oi"Nh "aS az, n"Sh'is ""lii's't Wy
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OF the livery reports a loss of $500. with
no insurance. The loss of tho barn be-
longing to the G. L. clark estate was
partially covered by insurance. 1t is
thought that the origin of the fire was
an Ovcrheatcd stovc-pipc.
CApkIJL l., T2L,TIIl,I HENS
~
w - w "nt.di-'i vi ''''re' ''''u '"7t
year hocN Oh = Drown l"snJrn Hc'iS ''"'
~ coilslutrs pilhct"h'rS LOT Wu"ut'lS
80 'io'' ,'o' ID ~ Drti 'h'N i''' '"i
uoN'h e-ss lilai were N"lu. III aoui'loll ~
'h,'S" uScd III VI" IilnllN. IN" 'SF5 were
s"Iu AT r'sc'"r S'or. prices III h',h'i '"r
Fp'''.' ne tSsH sol" "'"''e ""''i' III ~
az 'N'rtsc "' ''N ''19 - y ''" III ''P',i-
''''i ~ NV '-SN' ~ CIV N'i'S VIE '''7'''
econ SUGAR SEASON LXpIcC"rJ.I, N
NfRNONT
'ohHhl"hS are an 'aN"raple Tor d goo"
SUGAR season. ana the FARMERS VINO nave
h"nh disappointed 5" many times III the
past several years. nave Il iRnL To antl'l-
pau" = IN" yl"li. IL Is more INC an olu >
''hl' sea SON Win IN" ground lron"n Eohd
10 Il ntptn ol three l"ct or moro. ana tlI""
10 flV' tcrt of snow III the W"nde' c"iWl-
ruro a Great san rnw and an oxcoIlcpt
quality of sugar. The farmers look for an
early spring as It natural s.uunuco follow
ing such continuous cold weather. ana this
is always Favorable to u large sugar prod
uct. Last year tho season was over before
many OF the sugAr-nlal>ors had fairly he
Sun oueratiouS it being thu, poorest sugar
year in Vermont in the memory of the
present generation Tn" crop WAS hardly
sufficient to supply home consumption
ard the export trade. which means thou
sands of dollars 10 tho Vermont dealers.
""r '',,''N' rr'n'9 | "r " i',
ury the past year even by thos" usually
having a large amount to sell. There
was very little use in Offering fancy prices,
as comparatively little sugar WAS made
for the market Sugaine usually be-
gins about the middle Of March. but this
year may prove an exception. Should the
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ence, with warm days and frrczinp nights
far,,nr. in INV. o,.o,,t 49,, nn,,,,d ga L.,
nr.n,,nd r,r Tho frst INN wht,h +. in.
v.r,nhIv the hrs, Dis,n,,r,,,,.I nv l,eht
SMEAR irons some oc tbe tarn7,re havo In,
rnu eacr,tiriry ,boir r,.,,,lo +roo. ia ti,.
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| DEI NIX EN- MAN KILLED ON TItA(' j.