Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-14

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and which cost about S75,CO more but
which was nearly completed In former
years. The largest expenditure for
single structure was on the new plant or
the Consolidated Lighting company. which
cost $1,000 for the building while the
fittings cost $4,000 more. Stone sheds cost
ing 81 800 and $3.50 respectively were
erected by w. +. Gill e. Co., and
Douchettc Bros. other buildings were resi-
dcnces with the exception OF large adj
dition to the Union House by Landlord
Holmes.
DEATH OF MRS. r. G. HARDIE.
Amy Sicourncy Stone, aged 81, wife Of
Robert Gordon Hardie, the noted artist,
died Wednesday morning in Bratteboro
OF hemorrhage of the brain. She was born
in New York city and was the daughter
of the late Or. Robert Stone. Her mar
rage to Robert Gordon Hardie took place
in October. 1879, since which time she had
lived in Brattlcboro. She leaves besides
her husband an infant son, born Sunday,
also her mother, two sisters and n brother.
The funeral will be held in st. Mlchacls
Episcopal Church Saturday.
BIG FIRE IN PITTSFORD.
The Pittsford Manufacturing company's
plant at Pittsford was burned to the
ground early Wednesday morning. Julius
Rivers. the fireman and Waterman. dis
covered the fire but the whole mill was
in flames before the two hose companies
arrived, owing to tho long distance they
had to travel. The building was full OF
dry lumber and shavings and burned like
finder. It contained many valuable ma
chimes used in the wood turning business
and everything was burned. The owners
OF the property arc w. X. Page Of Proc
tor. f. c. futile of Rutland and g. +.
Hcndca and s. r. Burbank OF Pittsford.
/: hp
building burned on this site the last one
having been destroyed thre" years ago.
The insurance was only $500.
DEAF AND DUMB MAN KILLED.
William II. Shund, aged 10 years, was
instantly killed Sunday night being struck
by a locomotive near his home in Walllnc-
ford. He was deaf ana dumb and did not
hear the engine. The body was carried On
the cowca tcher for in ro6s and was hor-
ritly manglcd. ono leg being torn Off ara
the trunk cut in two. A wife and three
children survive him. lie had been to
nelghbor's to borrow a newspaper.
SURVIVORS or BATTLE OF BULL
RUN.
Jehial Bailey of Hyde Park is OF tn"
opinion that there are only i've survivor.
of the first battle of Bul! Run now living
In lamoile county. They are: G. ".
Doty. Co +. End VI. of Morrsvlie; G. Is.
Leach. Co. q. Of Cambridge, Philo Davis
Co. G. Of Johnson; Philander Withcrel
CO. n. of Waterville; Johial BAILEY. CO.
II, of Hyde Park. Mr.. Bailey along with
L. A. " oodbury and rhad Graves Of MO"
( ristown, first enlisted in co. 2. Ird VT.
| bur that company having its fun quota
| they were hy request transferred 10 Co
| II. 2nd VT, n company made up largely or
! Franklin county men. Jehial Is very proud
! J. ,.r,.1 q hos
pride IN relating incidents connected
/ herewith. 1t will be remembered that 1t
! was Just as this company was going into
! the battle that n Shell took on Governor
Woodbury. s arm and killed Corporal Ben
jamin Of I5rattleboro.
40 ELECTRIC LIGHTS AT SOUTH
/ ROYALTON.
South Royalton has been without cleo
! tric LIGHTS since December 81 ana proba
! ly will not have them as long rs there IL
scarcity of water and an abundance OF
/ ice. The oldest inhabitant OF the town
/ never knew tie temperature 10 fall 50 low
rs it did Tuesday. Jan. ;. A degrees lie
low zero. Nearly everyone passed the day
tAaw..g water pipes.
STRANGE ACCIDENT TO HORSE.
TWO young men, Hart and Quincy Gran
dali, drove To Woods tock from Lebanon
/ y. H., recently, with lorse from
Goodrich'. livery stable there. intcndl' e
to drive through Reasing to ''isit thoi
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos
Hawkins. " hen near tho Woodstock rail
road station the horse stepped on somc
ding in the road and Immediately b"glr
20 so very lame. Arriving at Or. Corey's
f. quarter nj n mile mp the street, they askec
him to examine the animal and he found
that the small bone in one foot, hetWeeG
the hoof ard ankle. was broken, The
horse was left in his hsrp and lie put th'
foot in a plaster cast, the young men 20
ing on to Reading with team from here
Or. Corey s7Hs that no blar' can hc NJ
tached to the boys. as the horse was jog
cling along at an ordinary gait and wa
not too wet or tired 1t is expected tina
the animal will be- drawn home OH a sle'
when the weather modcrates.
LAMOILLE COUNTY MEDICAL. so
CIETY.
The Lanoi.le County Medical socet,
Will meet at the Randall, MorrisNil!c
Tuesday January IL at eleven o'clock a
m Following is the programme: Prcsi
dents annual address, DR., L. r. Brush
cambridge; Radical Cure of Hernia DIR
W. W. Gengc. Hyde Park; Small PoX,
Or. n, r.. Douglass. Morrisvillc; essay
Or. &. b. Maurice, Waterville. All tn
physicians in the county are invited to b.
whether members OF the society or not.
AN AGED VERMONT INVENTOR.
l.. u. Howard, ono of the oldest resi-
dents of St. John.bury has recently takor
out letters patent on an improved power
hammer. His improvements relieve tho
springs OF much of the tension and strair
urunlly found in this kind of hammer
also balancing the hammer or rlungHr
thus reducing the friction and jar to The
lowest possible minimum Mr.. Howard
has named the hammer the Leonard ID
Howard Reliance Power hammer. One
Of these has Just been manufactured al
q. V. Hooker & Sons, and can be seer
running this week. Mr.. Howard is the
inventor OF several other things, chiefly
The famous Howard saw table. He /:
& years old and nearly blind, but says
hc has nothing else to do but think ar
new improvements.
y. A. X. MEETING.
The annual meeting of the ST John d
Crevccoeur Chapter. Daughters of th
American Revolution, in St Johnsbury
was held with Mrs. W. +. Stafford las
week. when the officers were elected
and delegates chosen to the national con
vontion in Washington in April 1t Wa
voted to place the Antiquarian and thu
American Monthly Magazine in the Attic
naeum reading room as was done las