Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-13


them to drive in front of him, and no
sooner had they done so than Morrill,
jumped out and disappeared i'm tho woods.
Ranney whipped up his horse and got
away. but Mr.. Jauuith telephoncd to a
neighbor. who cut short Rlnncys flight.
1t is probable that Morrill, has found his
way home into New Hampshire but
states ttorncy H. II. Ryder thought it
would he bcttcr to hold Ranncy for "a
few days. pending a search for Morrill,.
and consequently he was taken to New
fame Jail for safe keeping.
IN PURSUIT OF HORSE THIEF.
A three year old stallion. owned by Will
lam Davis, was stolen from NJ n. Chick
ering's harm in Chesterfield. N. ~. Wed
nesday night. The thieves led the horse
across the bridge to the Doctor Bcms
place in Rrattlcboro. where they took
buggy owned by William Brown. At
terwari they changed the buggy for a
light road wagon. owned by Fred g. Gale.
and drove to Northfed. Mass. Sheriff
Frank ". Mcclure. in an automobile, is
in pursuit Of the thieves.
BRINGS St'tT FOR 5000
A negligence suit for the recovery of
900 damages for personal injuries has
been brought by David W. Williams OF
Pawct against Eugene r. Norton and
James y. Norton. owners Of a slate quar-
~ at Pawet. In the writ the plaintiff
claims that through the negligence Of
tho defendants, the cable on which the
rubbish car was run, broke while a car
was being hosted out Of the quarry,
thus letting the car slide back into the
nit with great force According to the
PLAINTIFFS claim he was struck by the
car and badly injured, both arms being
broken and his back permanently in
jurcd. The case is returnablc to the Sep
temher term Of the Rutland county
court
HOTEL CLOSED ON ACCOUNT OF
DEBTS.
Financial troubles connected with the
mana cement of the SaxtOns River Hotel
reached a sensational. and to the public,
unexpected climax last Thursday night,
VIXEN f.. II. Koran of Boston. by virtue
of Il foreclt:cd mortgage. removed from
the hotel the goods tnat have been used
there Iy e. II. Woollcy. The result of
these difficulties is that for the past few
days the hotel has been closed to the
public. a lease has been taken 10y George
J.. Alexander " no expects to reopen the
hotel as soon as possible.
THE ROOSEVELT KIND.
There is at least one family in Bellows
Falls that comes up to the Roosevelt
standard. Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Fontanc
have been married 10 years Mrs Fon-
tame was horn in Bellows Falls 30 years
ago and Mr.. Fontaine. who is 3S. has
made his home in Bellows Falls for p
years. Thirteen children have been born,
eight boys and five girls. of whom nine
are living, six boys and three girls All
the children were born in Bellows Ia lis
ard We're baptized by Father Reynolds.
| The oldest living is IL years and the
Youngest ton months.
VERMONT SHEEP BREEDING ON
THE INCREASE.
Woodstock sheep breeder writes the
American Shepherds bulletin as follows:
II think the sheep business in eastern
Vermont is on a flourishing condition
and is steadily improving. The enhanced
value of wool and more particularly the
| lambs and winter mutton have brought
about an increase in the number OF i'm
provemonts in the quality of the sheep. In
the past this section was one of the
headquarters fer the best Vermont
| merinos and n large business was done
| in selling rams and breeding ewes, but
as wool went down to the bottom price
and the demand for this breed as killers
l number
kept steadily decreasing and more
attention was given To dairying.
| Eut during tho last few years Mcrnos
have been bred to Shropshire and South
down rams and n better mutton type
brought out. In many cases, full hoods
| are kept and there is a steady and in
| creasiny demand fur this quality Of lambs
| and mutton which with the better price
| for wool has made the business fairly
| profitable and gives us a. better quality
| of sheep. Many farmers little remote
! from creamery stations are giving their
| attention tn sheep rs they find their
| pasturase and fedinGs are better adapt
| ed for sheep than for the dairy not to
mention the cutting down CT expenses m
| cidtnt to tie change. we are having an
| increased call for bre edinc stock and have
| no trouble in making profitable sales when
| parties want first class goods. On the
| whole I believe Vermont sheep rasn.;
| is IN the increase and will continue"
| ROBBERY IN ST. JOHNSBURY.
| A bold an ddaring robbery was per-
petratcd Wednesday, between nine
o'clock in the morning and four in the
afternoon at the ZONE of Mrs. Louise
Weber in st. JohEsbury. After ran
sacking the house from top to bottom
the burglars left. They secured about
$25 in money, part OF which was in
one of the Passumpsic bank small
banks. which was broken. Tho Off
GERS arc working on the case and ex.
pect to apprehend the parties soon.
YOUNG LADY DIES FROM EFFECT
| or BURNS.
An accident al Jamaica July l. al
ready announced. resulted fatally Thurs