Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-27
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No confirmation can he obtained from
Town officials. or any other persons In
position to know tho facts, Of tho sensa-
lional rumnr printed in Boston, New York
and Montreal papers. TO the effect that
the recent survey Of the international
line Indicated that the villages
Of Richford. East Richford and Stevens
Mills were on the Canadian side of the
border II has been known for some time |
that tho present line varied slightly from |
the 45th parallel Of latitude. which marks
the division between the two countries
but there is no evidence to show that the
variation will make any important
changes.
STRANGE COINCIDENCE IN A FIRE.
A strange coincidence by which fire
broke out Tuesday in the same place
where it broke out three years ago. July
%, 19o2. tho same visitor being present,
occurred in Enosburgh Falls Tuesday
morning when at ten O'Clock blhze
started from sparks which caught in
tho roof of r. r.. Young's blacksmith
shop on South Main street. Two hose COM
panics were soon on the scene and the
fire was extinguishcd. Tho roof was
damaged slightly and tho water did some
damage to slcighs and wagons stored
on the second floor. Edward Brady OF
East bakersfield, who was in the shop
having his horses shod when the fire broke
out three years ago, was also there
Tuesday for that purpose.
UNIONS ALL AFFILIATED.
There is not n union in Barre which is
not now affiliated with tho state Branch.
A,,,o v,s,Io I t,nr IA In
Of the flock were rounded up Saturday
and Sunday. Tho plumbers affiliated Sat
urday night and the bartendcrs Sunday.
In Montpelier there are still three organi-
cations which arc not included in tho
state branch. They arc the stone cutters
the carpenters and tho painters. 1t is
expected that they will have joined by the
end of this week
QrAITS ARE PLENTIFUL
Cuails arc getting to he quito plentiful
around Bennington. a party driving Sun
DAY from Arlington came across flock
of a dozen or more pcrched on n rail fence
by tho side of the road. The birds did not
appear to be frightened in the least by
the team.
MISSING BARRE GIRL LOCATED.
! Grace Page. who mysteriously disap-
nc AIRED from hcr home in Barre six or
| eight years ago. has been heard from and
| il Is thought she may return to Barre.
! Her mother, Mrs G.. c. Page, who has
bcon in Ignorance of her daughters
, whereabouts all tho Sc years. received
| brief note from her or Sunday saying
| that she WAS in London ut the present
time A cahlcgram was sert from Barre
| 10 Miss Page today inviting her to come
| home Miss Pages departure from
Barre which occasioned widespread
publicity at the time Ell!: Wheeler Will
cox. of whose poetry Miss Page was al
ways found wrote and published poem
in the New York papers requesting the
girl to return home. 1t was though that
Miss Page might see it in looking over
the papers as she always read Miss Will
cOxs productions.
orACK DENTISTS LEAVE BETHEL
Or. Il. A. tombstone. ILL., NJ. OF East
Washington street. Rutland. and an
assistant who arc driving around the
state practicing Quack dentistry, visit
cd Bethel Friday. remaining for few
days Many who were not satisfied
to have their teeth extracted in any
other way than TO suffer the expert
ence of being humbuggcd. patronized
the two men. In many of the towns in
which they have passed tho patents
who have had their teeth extracted with =
out pain, have suffered serious and
painful after effects. In Bethel Ned
George, aged nineteen years. had TWEEN
ty- three teeth extracted without pal
The teeth were sound and came hard,
and a large amount of cocaine was IN
jected into the jaw. For the past
eighty hours the boy has been suffer-
ing terrible pain and his jaws are
badly swollen. Two doctors have been
summoned but are unable to bring re-
lief as an aesthetic cannot be admin
istered on account of the cocaine. AS
soon as Or. tombstone heard of the
. boys serious condition he left town on
Monday night by team. His assistant
left by rail Tuesday morning sup
posedly for White River Junction C.
E. Claim, a local livery man, mas tcle-
/ phoncd to have the doctor arrested
there for unpaid livery bills but lie
has not yet received any return mes
sage.