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

principal address will he delivered by
Judge Wendell p. Stafford Of the supreme
court Of the District of Columbia. Gov. c.
]. Bell of Walden, Congressman d. J.
Foster and q. q. Benedict of Burlington.
and other prominent Vermont men will bo
present and take part In the exercises. A
poem by Mrs. Julia c. r. Dorr OF Rutland,
will be an interesting feature Of the pro-
gramme. Music will he furnished by tho
Middlcbury band. A basket picnic will
he feature of the day. The invitation
committee | scomposed Of Mrs. Wallace
G. Clement of Rutland Mrs. r. stewart
81 ranahan and Mrs Edward Curtis Smith
Of st. Adams.
FARMER TERRIBLY HURT.
Herman N. Guild one Of the town school
directors In Chester was badly injured
Saturday night. by falling on sharp
stake on a hay cart. which penetrated the
abdomen. innicting a serious wound.
which may prove fatal. Mr.. Guild Is u
prominent farmer. a deacon Of the Bap-
fist Church. and is about Is years old.
SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS Al READS
BORO.
Mrs Elizabeth Davenport OF Brattle-
horo visited Nottingham and Readsboro
tn investigate reports coming to her con-
corning the killing Of song birds for
food by italian residents. At the former
Mace sor.e arrests had been made. and
the game wardens are keeping close
watch This action has the support of
public and humane citizens. At Reads
bnro affairs we're in a much worse con-
iitinr. Public men of the town are att
thority for the statement that there Is
great slaughter of song birds, espec-
tally in the fall migration. Robins are
hunted from side to side of the narrow
valley while feeding upon tho wild cher
RIGS Winter birds are also shot and
many birds are trapped. The small
American hoy with his gun Is also an
offender Not more than half a dozen
nesting robins could he found, no blue
BIRDS and no phoebes. while w"odpeckeIs.
chic- adocs and nuthatchers were entirely
absent from their usual haints. This
condition obtained all through the noun
tains and along the river until the head
waters of the west branch Of the Hoosic',
was reached in the town OF Stamford.
Then all the familiar birds were found in
their usual numbers. Mrs Davenport
| found several men in Eca1sboro awake
| 10 the serious menace to the economic
| interests endangered IL the birds we're
not protected. The attention of Com
| missioner G. n. Thomas was called to
| the situation in ReHdstoro. ard he will
take official measures to check this IN
lawful and cruel slaughter.
A BARRE sTRIKE SETTLED.
Tho strike Of the Barre plumbers that
has hccn in fore" for the past two
months was settled Saturday mornn 8,
and tn" mon return to work on Monday.
| BY the terms of the settlement the ihen
will receive s275 per dav for an eight
| hour dav. instead of 80 tho rate prev
| ious to tho strike. of Il minimum WAGE
the now agreement will remain in force
| for three Years from the first of last
May. Those two items are practically
tho only changes that have been made as
a result Of the strike although the ten
| other sections Of the dc,nand submitted
! lv the union have been satisfactorily adj
tested.
RUTLANL ROAD WANTS TRAFFIC
A conference of the owners ~ .he bic
| timber tract in the southern counties al
! Vermont with the Grand Trunk railro'd
officials was held in Montreal Mon lay
the timber owners heinG represented by
c. c. Fits of Brattlcboro. The RUTLAND