Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-20
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Free rress Resders--A brandon
Livery Team Missing.

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| drive to Rutland ana would be back be-
| for" noon. II was learned that the fellow.
| VIII" tho local police believe to he "Cdppy'
| browns. formerly OF Rutland, was in Rut
| land with tho team Thursday afternoon,
! lcavin, between six and seven o'clock last
| ever ing. but in what direction could moi
| hc harmed. The man wto hired the ris
| were 1t faded blue shirt. Il derby nat. and
| was without either coat or vest lie Is
| short and rather heavily built and were
10 beard. The horse is bay III color. with
| u white star in tre forehead; weighs about
| l~r' pounds ard Is 'parrOtn,outhcd." II
WIS pitched t, Concord buggy with
| yellow running gear and black box.
OIL. RAILROAD MAN BEAD.
| LYMAN f;rastus Rows died at the home
OF his daughter. Mrs. f.. NJ. Pond IN Rut
land Wednesday. July ~. at 1890 o'clock,
after an illness of = week. Death result
al from cerebral hcmorrhage. Mr. Roys
MS in his nth year. lie was horn In the
| town Of Northtield. July II, 1873. when he
WAS Is years old he entered the employ
"f the Central Vermont railroad DIT Noith-
| heG. ana saw Governor Paine break
ground n Northhcd pre- paratory IT, I've
ginning building operations on the road.
| MI RoyS came ia Rutland 81 years ago,
| when Rutland could least of hut one
| street. and entered the employ of the
| Rutland railroad being for owhn in the
| engineering Il partmont. In iS6j he took
the position OF civil engineer ard super
ntcnl'ut of buildings for tn" road, and
III addition 70 his work in Rutland was
for several years connected with tn" New
| London Northern railroad in II similar
capacity He also surveyed and built tn"
Addison railroad. which RUS from Lcioos-
Ter Junction to Ticondcro2a. y. v Mr..
Roys was active in building operations.
Among the many places that he erected
is the H. II. Baxter residence and the
j. H. Harris residence. He also made tho
plans and built tho Episcopal Church in
1865. Mr.. Roys was one Of tho oldest
| railroad mon in Vermont and was active
III his work at his Office until within 4
few weeks of his death Ic was i member
of tho Center Lodge of Nasons. and was
promln"n, in tho affairs of thr ConsrcEa
tunrl Church. being active in assisting
in the repairs to the church and in build
ine the chapel. r,c is survived hy one
daughter. Mrs. r.. NJ. Pond of this city
and one sister Mrs Rhoda Eastman of
Mortified. who is Sc years old. The fu-
neral was held Friday afternoon at the
residence of Dr. Pond on South Nam
street at two o'clock.
BARN EuRNEr IN CABOT.
Lightning struck the barn owned NJ
Martin |. VII, eler at Cabot lower village
during the thunder stern Wednesday.
July, setting IRE to tho hay and burn
ing the building to the ground. Bctwee n
seven and eight tons Of hay were lost
some wagons. sleishs and farming tools.
No live stick suffered. The loss is about
$500 and tine insurance 500 with the Yer
mont Mutual Of Montpelier. the house.
which was within IL feet of the harm. WAS
saved by the eogne from the upper VIII
LACE. During tn. storm the lightning
struck n tree near Ellen Laird's building
and stone wal, q few feet from Henry
lills house.
G. n FERRlN BUYS PRIVATE PRE-
SERVE.
Charles II. Perrin Of Montpelier has
bought of Edwin Lane of that city
practically the entire property owned by
Mr.. Ian" in Marshfield known as Kin
ncy's mills. which includes about 4?4 acres
! of timber ard farm land about the Kin
; nev mill pond and Nigcerhcad pond 50
that h. controls fishing IN both ponds
The consideration paid was private. Mi
Fcrrin buys the property to esta blish a
private fish preserve. Mc. Ferrin gave uI
| his business 4 few years ago because al
II his health and has been spending his
u summers at camps IN Canada and in this
I cighhorhood. He intends this camp foi
= himself. On the property is a mill IL 10y
IL 100 feet. which has been routed to Mr.
$ Drew Of Marshtcld for finishing lum
her. The farm, contains 70 acres in III,
r mil pond are Il actes. AIR. Fcrrin mas
: sold to JOSEPH Waiter the island in Mig.
ecrhead pond. on wh,ch his camp is locat
. 90 and a right Of way over the rallroa,
| to his camp. There are also farm build
| mss and a boarding house on the LAND
| which az" rented. At various tines dif
fcrcnt parties have locked tEls property
over with a view Of buying it for a trou,
. club
BARNS DESTROYED By LIGHTNING
The barns Of DanieI McCarty sit
uatcd two miles south of West Ber-
lin were struck by lightning Wednes-
day afternoon. July u. ard com
Ipletely burned. A hard fight saved
4 the house. The buildings that were
: burned were valued at $4,000. includ-
> ing the farming tools and wagons in
: the sheds. There was also 25 tons oi
: hay burned. The buildings were not
insured.
= SAW MOOSE AND BEAVERS.
}. A party Of ST. Johnsbury people re.
TUNED from Mitchell's camp July ]
where they had good fishing and were
= rewarded by getting very close TO ma
turc. II. A. Stanley had the rare
II pleasure Of seeing moose in the
woods and several others in the party
saw some beavers and the wonderful
beaver dams.
a FIRE. IN BARRIE.
serious FIRE broke out in the shed &c
Icupi,d by the National Polishing compan.
in Barre the evening of July y, Fou
str'ams were quickly brought to bear
and in 20 minutes after reaching the spo
i the FIRE WAS under control. No one seem
to know how the fire started, as Ale
Morris. the engineer left everything s.
cure at five o'clock and Manager Fran
duffy noticed nothing unusual when !
10 the neghborhood shortly after seve
or o'clock. but it is supposed that 1t cam
from the boiler in some manner. The proI
erty is owned by Mrs. Agnes Williams an
% there are four polishing wheels. at 40 H.
boiler and 50 II. +. engine In the burne