Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-23

brought under one management. TIL,
combined puarri"s cover g. acres and hay.
been operated for IS years. 1t is under
stood that Mari & Gordon received $1,000,
for the firms light granite quarry
Mossrs. Mari and Gordon arc TO retire
from business. The Mcdonald, Cutler 4
co.. quarry has an equipment valued a,
$4,000. The stockholders are John W. Nc
Donald. T.. T. Cutler and D. w. Melon
aid of Barre; c. A. Worden and w. n
Iill'oa of Batavia, N. T.; and F. A.
Owens of Danville, N. Y.
MARBLE QUARRY SOLD.
Tho Sterling Marble company has sold
he Sheldon Quarry at Fowler and seven
,crcs OF surrounding land and the pro-
Derty known as the Wills quarry near the
home of f.. RI. Herdee, to the Middlebury
Marble company of Beldens. The Middle.
bury Marble company also bought the
.ools used in operating the quarries and
will take possession at once. The terms OF
he sale have not been announced.
A CASE OF GOOD ROADS.
Ip on the Somerset road in Searsburg
here is a long wide and deep slough in
he roadway. 1t is the special delight of
cainsters and drivers who have to
iaviantc through it. One teamster re-
marked few days ago that anybody un-
icrtaking it's passage needed a compass
md suit of sails on his wagon. Recently
here appeared upon the banks of this
ilvision Of tho earth's waters board
ien with the following inscription:
"All persons are forbidden fishing in the
Dad.
M ARTIN a. BROWN"
Whether or not the signature was
genuine does not appear, but anyway tho
gn evidently Jared somebody's sensi-
,ilties and it was stcalthily removed the
,thcr day The cold weather. if it holds,
will probably render the inland sea pass
ilIu for the season. Next spring. however,
PERSONS passing that way will need life
,r' servers.
FEWER CHRISTMAS TREES.
Tie agitation in the interest of protect
ng the evergreen forests of the State
appears to have accomplished the desired
m. ct IN arousng public sentiment. In
previous years the shipments # young
Lrees fer use at Christmas festivals have
been so great that the Rutland railroad
has been forced to put on additional cars
10 transport them as early as the first
# November. This year there has been
no call yet fer extra cars, although the
'hris.mas season Is now close at hand
l., sCUssINC MOVE TO PROTECT
VERMONT FORESTS.
a Middlebury business man was in
Rutland Monday and called upon several
tcauaintances in connection with a plan
'or the formation OF Il society in that
legion of the State to preserve the forests
n manner that Will permit of their
utilization in n commercial way, so far
rs is consistent. He argues that this is
llong the line of the spirit of investigation
hat is at present prevalent in this State
and claims that it is Inconsistent To per-
nit lumber spectators to play the part
If devastatOrs. with the result that Yer
mont will soon lose much of its attrac-
veness as resort for summer visitors,
md thus be deprived of large amount
If revenue.
EYE DESTROYED BY DYNAMITE
+. j. Robair of Brattleboro was hurt
seriously in Putney Monday by the cx-
,losion of IA stick of dynamite. He was
iigging in ditch near where blasting
operations were being carried on. and
struck his shovel against the explosive.
Nhch. he saws. was carelessly left in
he ditch. He is unable to see at all, and
s it thought the sight Of one eye was
destroyed.
co. f. or BARRE DISBANDS.
Company f.. V. N. c.. met Monday even
ng in Barre and voted to disband. This
,ction is said to be due in part to the
designation of Capt y. j. Rogers and
'irst Lieut. Dean. and in part to inability
o find "A suitable place for an armory
he company having been turned out of
is former quarters Captain Rogers said
lie did not like the conduct Of the conf
,any. and that he thought it was losing
interest in it's work. The company was
organized in 1856. Carl Spencer being the
irst captain. 1t has been one Of the
rack companies in the State. 1t won
hree out of a possible four prizes at
Bradford in 1891. and 1t was the only
company to report 100 per cent. during
he muster. 1t captured the shooting
rophy at the Fairlee muster in 1895
There is general feeling that a strong
'ffort will be made to reorganize the
company.
lMPOSTE,R STILL AT WORK.
An impostOr claiming to be g. 4. II,
nan stopped at BENJAMIN Caswell's At
Iethal Iympus on Friday night. asking
% be entertained over night. Mr.. Cas-
VEN. being q veteran. took the man in,