Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-23

will be usnf, AT the proper time. Tho
heaN' Snnv' in inc woods at this season
is causing marry deer to fall Il prey to
,!"rs. Within n week tho Shro wsbury
com,n>> irrcr has srca rc,r deer III DIFF
fcrcnt parts uf the county that were
ch"wc'! It. death by hounds. Il Il diff
cult to SGT evidence clear enough to
prosecute owners -! de- that are al
l,wcd to rum at large during the closed
,i,'.r season.
CHURCH rEDICAT1OE AT GREENS
Tho new chapel of tho Congregations
al Church at Greensboro was dedicated
Wednesday Afternoon. u largo Eather-
ing being present. Among those who
took part were the Rev. Il j. Barton.
pastor of tn" church. the Roy. Josia II
Toeton of Irashureh and other pastors
in this vicinity.
KNOCKED EENSEI.rSS ny \ TREE.
John Williams, while at work in tho
woods in Lowell Tuesday. was struck
on the head iy a falling tree and
knocked scnsclcss. lie WAS alone. and
it was not until some time later that
lac was discovered. The wound had
blcd freely. lie WAS taken T." Il near
by farmhouse and Il physician attends
cd him.
SEI.EC1MAN |IOOiiEE WANTS No
rONSl' MpriNh. HOSPITAL.
/ James Fisk iiookcr. who WAS elected
first s"lcctmar OF Brattlrboro March I.
! cXprc sscd his disnpproval of the plan Of
Tie corpor;itors Of tho proposed Austinc
sanitaril'm 10 i,ld a hospital for con
sunptivcs with tho S,o,cU bc,,ueathcd to
the town by Colonel William Austnc. The
bcnuest was for II hosni,Il, bnt il did no,
state that ii was to be- Tor consumptvcs
By NIrtu. of his office. Mr.. Hooker is a
trustee of whatever institution is erected
| from the .Austinc funds. lie says h" be-
licycs that ID hospital for consunptiV.s
would be a dctriment 10 tho town.
pAl'GATERS OF VERMONT.
AT the annual meeting OF the Daughters
Of Vermont Thursday afternoon mt th'
VCndonc in boston the following officers
were elected: Mrs Clarence Jean Allen
president: Mrs. Louis q. Hale first vice
president: Mrs. Edward G. Wheeler sec
ond vice prcsidcn'; Mrs. Albert Whitmor'
Pratt, recording secretary, Mrs. Eugene
e. Wylc corresponding secretary: Mrs
Harry II. Stone. treasurer; Mrs FREDERICK
W. sherman. Mrs. Fred Davies and Mrs
George II. Graves, executive committee.
SWANTON BOY LOST AN EYE.
Horace, the eight -ycar-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Ouincttc of Swanton, me-
with an accident March l. that cost hin
his lett eye. lie WAS pounding Il piece o.
steel Oh an anvil when tho steel flew anf
pierced the corner of the cyo. The injur.
WAS not thought TO be serious until Mon
day when the ego became infected. Drs
Cross and dunbar w.rc called and foun'
| that the sight of the eye WAS destroyed
Tuesday tho boy was taken to Burlington
by DR.. Dunbar where the eye was re
moved by DIR. Twitchcil.
SOME ANCIENT BOOKS.
An arithmcticnovor 100 years old Il
owned by Mrs. II. ". Waldo of WallinE
ford. 1t is called "The Schoolmastcr' As
sistant, and four letters OF recOnlmnda
ton which arc printed ON tho first page
are dated l743 and are interesting con,
positions. Mrs. Waldo also owns "Th
Hook OF Isaiah" by the late Robert Soutl
ID. d., bishop of London, published IN l'S'
Tine History OF Rome" by Goldsmith
published in 1890 in Canandaigua. N. y.
l"Univcrsal History. Sacred and Pro
found" fourth edition corrected by IN
author. Frederick Butler, A. NJ. and Gov
cring events 10 the year 1872, and iona
than Edwards Life and Sermons pub
iishcd in 1904.
PRESENTS CURIOs 10 l.. w. NJ.
The will of the Rev. Lewis Grout. for
mcr American board missionary to IN
"uus. has been presented tn the cOul
In BrattI'horO for probate. The bulk n
his rare curios, which he gathered Il
Africa and other parts OF the world. AT
tiven 10 the University Of Vermont. an
II large number Of books. pieces of house
hrld furniture. etc. arc given to friends
rho Nstator gives i,lm tn tlir iirntti,