Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-16

urinary WILT. MIS- WOOOWaTuS HuSUdHu,
Amos p. died several years ago.
OLD COUPLE swlNDLED OUT OF
HOME.
Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff George |
Cory of Bennington, Nathan II. Saund- |
cr.. d veteran Of the Civil war. went to
South SALISBURY Saturday afternoon to
take furcibe possession OF house there
that Mr.. Saunders and wife formerly |
owned. Mr.. and Mrs. Saunders lost pos
session of the place through what ap-
pears to be about the meanest piece Of
buncoing ever reported in Bennington. !
county Last January Mr.. Saunders was
approached by a man who said his name
was r. Il. Ragan of Scho nectady. RAJ
gun said he was real estate agent
also tho treasurer Of the Schenectady
old Storage and Produce company, ard
he wanted TO buy Mr.. Saunders place.
BY smooth arguments he succeeded IN
talking Saunders into selling him the
place for what he said was $3.50 In val'lc
There was IL mortgage on the place for
$500 which Raglan was to assume, Il $l,U"
bond of tho Cold Storage company, and
O bill Of sale Of the furniture and lease |
Of TIE Arlington hotel at Schenectady
$1,000. Their place was worth about
$3.50 and nv. and Mrs. Saunders thought
this would be a fine bargain, 50 with
out consulting anybody they went to
Albany. and met Raglan In what ne said
was a lawyers office, and at his behest
decided the place to Frank r. Wheeler.
setting nothing absolutely in return.
They were shown what they supposed
vfn ,N.'c Enr
interviews with the President and sec
rotary of state about the fishing mat
ter and they have called the attention
of the British ambassador very earn
cstly to the situation. and he has COM
municated with Great Britain and with
the authorities in CANADA. and several
communications have passed back and
forth. The last is II copy of a telc-
gram sent mo by Assistant Secretary
Loomis. The telegram is from our
consul general at ottawa. who is, you
know. from Derby. VI. He was here
at Washington short time since and
was quite interested in the matter.
and will do everything possible. These
government matters move slowly and
I fear nothing will be done in season
this year, but there may be, and il not
] hope effective measures may b"
taken later to stop this slaughter and
destruction of fish on their spawning
beds" The telegram from Assistant
Secretary of state +. Il. Loomis. re-
ferred to by Senator Proctor, said:
Poster tclegraphs this afternoon as
follows from Montreal: Prime minis
ter desires a commission appointed by
governors of several States controlling
contiguous waters and Canada to de-
tcrmine fishing regulations, otherwise
refuses protective measures +. Il.
LOOMS" II will be remembered that
Vermont and New York already have
appointed commissioners and that cX
| l.ieut.-Gov. n. w. Fisk of Isle La Motto
of the Vermont commission has been
summoned again to ottawa to confer
regarding the fisheries
SUICIDE IN READSBORO.
| The body Of John IIaskins of Rcadsboro
was found hanging in his barn Saturday
evening by Mrs. llaskns. lie went to the
barn and being gone an unusually long
| time Mrs. Haskns went out and found
the body hanging by rope life being cx-
tinct There is no known motive for the
deed. Mr. IIaskins was prosperous
ldTIllcT ABOUT years Olu ana Is survived
by wife ana six children.
FAKE: ARRANGEMENTS FOR
FUNERAL
a Barre minister is endeavoring To-
solve a mystery which was put up to
him Friday afternoon by a young lady
who appeared ut his house and with
tears in her eyes asked him for the
| of his church and himself as clergyman
| to Officiate at the funeral of her little
earl. The hour for the funeral was set
! at ten o'clock Saturday forenoon. The
| funeral was not he'd. Neither did the
yong lady put in an appearance. What
| is moro, the clergyman has received no
word from the Young lady So he Is az
a less 10 understand the situation. When
making the application the young lady
| stated that there would not be more than
| three IT four persons ~ the funeral
| and the clergyman asked II she did not
| have friends here, at whose house the
| services could he held. No, the young
lady had no frien where the funeral
| might be held. ard the clergyman ac-
| coded to her request. Then he bacn me in
tcTested in tia other arrangements and
asked where the burial was to be. Her
| reply was: In Hope cemetery" On
heing questioned further the young lady
| said she had not secured lot When
she left tia minister's house she started
for the sexton of the cemetery to Sc.
cure a lot. After thinking it over the
minister called up the sexton. No lot
had been secured by young lady for
the burial of ner child. and no appilca ton
had been made. This appeared peculiar
tn the minister who found further than
nc burial permit had been made out. The
church and the minister were ready for
the funeral Saturday morning at the
appointed hour, but no one put in an
appearance.
SLEIGH OVER \ CENTURY OLD.
| Cyrus r. t:agey OF Windsor is the own
or of a sleigh that is certainly 1lJ years
oil 1t was made for Siias Ferry, wiz,
vas one Of the first settlers OF Wood.
stock, and was in the possession of the
Perry family until last fall when Mir
lngley bought it. 1t has not been G.cG
tor the last 30 wears except II Jew times
The wood ia the sleigh is sound to-Gay.
Il was built OF white oak, fashioned by
hand The body is over FIVE feet long
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