Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-26
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Free prcsr 1tcndcrs- WOmNn's
club WIN Commemorate ltoyaI.
ton Massacre.

are disaster. Wflltn HlinoSt Wtp'H oul all
signs of hnhitatiou in the valley. The
originator of the plan for concentrating
the burning Of iiOyalton is Daniel Wilde,
now Of New York city. lie was born in
IL, yalton and is a direct descendant of
the brave Mrs. il"ndcc. who dared on
that day Of disaster. to cross the river
on foot in search Of the commanding Of
iiccr Of the enemy. and by sheer force OF
her eloucnce and persistence, not only re-
saincd her own son, who mad bern cap
.tu,rd. but secured the release of eight
Other small bows. SONS OF ncighhors. Mr..
Wilde always desired to have some hitting
memorial of that tragic event erected.
and "A few months ago lie offered to sivc
seo for such a monument. The Womans
club has nc,uuod Il reputation for doing
things. and when the members proposed
tn ere,t , monument the town authorities
readily agreed TO give thcir sanction The
president of the club, Miss Eastman. will
suggest that QUO face be dedicated to the
burning of the town and the opposite ono
,o tho ,,n,ivos. 1t is expected that the
monument Will be placed and dedicated
next spring.
srDNy or TIE TRAGEDY.
recital Of the tragedy by Mrs. Charles
| JOINER was of especial interest t" many
n,,.rt descendants from those families
| that suffered on that day, l25 years ago,
wr,r about 800 Indians, French AND tories
advanced hv tie way of Tunlrldec and.
in the carly forenoon, hogan to iilidsc,
burn and massacre without mercy. me
invaders. under the leadership Of Lieut..
Horton OF tic British army. ;lhd y
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nuroc,no's surrender to Cen Gates ut
SARATOGA. Having NISlt'" h"'h i'oYa''o'
ana N'Wbury on parolc' iiahii''p" "'e
well acaulintad Wnh the ground and
according to tradltl"h' tnc 'r'"'ie NC
had had with Roraltcn settlers caused
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So they Travelled via Barre. ovcr the
mountains. through Orange and WASH
inGtcn, oown tho first branch oil tn.
White river through Chelsea and Tun-
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WAY fran, son,, Povalton ,n Chnls.,
Tho reads ON that October 1ay wer. full
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their lives. ana the savayes close behind
piunderina. burning shooting. scaling
and takirg rriscpors. About two O'Clock
in tho afternoon the invaders started fc,
C;nala having burned q dwelling houses
aud III ncw Irrns flled with grain. The,
Ftllod - cattle and many sie.p Int
swine. IlcY captured 80 horses. The q
~liis"l"rs were takcn to Montreal and VI
entity. y year later. with the exception
Or ono VINO died, all returned TO ROYAL
ton.
OLD MEDICAL
ing the KIT OF the early records Of TIL
,''''''l ne".'d' so''etS 10 'i'' "rsah'~
itf1. II lNbDhs NfIt DIS Staten NllP nTbD
orty of tho late Or. &. G.. Rublce Of Nor
~risvillo aud Were presented to the societ.
in accoidancc with Il request made b.
him befvrc b. died.
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James Is. Bdtcnclder. as counsel 70
Engou" S;trSood OF Arlington. who /
now serving an IS years sentence il
the state prison for alleged p%oisonin,
of cattle, ana for Attempting to poison
j, MIR. and Mrs. sanford Hicks by mixin,
pIicHtinn tn the supreme court for
new trial on the ground of ncwlv dis
lowered cvid,nco 4 conv of tho NOT;
tion has hcnn served ON Statc,s Attor
ucv I,olc, A,cunou,s nj IN. onn,i.,
tiou vii, IL, ,r,do NJ ,ho vase sa.,;n
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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GRANT
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SONIA1'o->.
Tho second ANIMAL meeting of ,ho c,.n
, Isle couutv tjucation.l associ,,h,, ~,
held in tho rougreua,ioral Cburn- .
! south liorn oc,uhor l.; and a. rho 60.
sion unon.d E,il,v NJ ia n -, ,yi,r,
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