Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-17
news OF VERMONT
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Free Press Readcrs-Miss Hell Has
CHOSEN Maids Of Honor.


Miss Jennie Bell. daughter Of Gov. G. j.
Boil, and Who In to act as sponsor of the
battleship Vermont, which will be launch
ed at Quincy, Mass, August 81, has
chosen as her maids Of honor the Misses
Mary Emma Morse of Randolph and vir-
ginia q. Perry of Mc1ndocs. Miss Morse
Is the daughter of ID. II. Morse,
Il member Of the State BOARD of agricul-
ture and a close friend Of Miss Bell.
Miss Perry Is a niece Of Governor Bell
and a student at st. Johnsbury Academy.
TEAM STOLEN At BELLOWS FALLS.
A daring robbery was committed in
Bellows Falls Monday, August Z, in the
square in full view of a large number
of people. Charles Holden of Barber
Park had driven into town and hitching
his team in front of J. &. Days store.
went TO the law office of Bollcs a. Bolles.
where he was detained for about two
hours. While there, n man got into the
buggy and left the square. This did not
attract any attention of the b~ystanders.
who supposed he was the owner. When
the real owner did appear and found
his team gone. word was quickly sent
by telephone to all the surrounding
towns through which the thief could
pass. Thinking perhaps tho horse might
have run away and returned homo. n
search was made along the road and at
the barn at Barber Park. However. word
was received several hours later from
Keene. N. H., that the team and tho thief
had been caught there. The latter was
brought TO town Tuesday on the noon
train and placed in the police station.
The horse. however. wns in a very bad
condition. The distance of over 2, miles
was covered in two hours and seven min
utos.
WORKING FOR FISH AND GAME
LEAGUE.
Movement looking to the organization Of
the Windham County Fish and League
started by Senator George w. Pierce. who
was chairman OF the joint committee on
fish and game at the last session of the
Legislature and who has given the uues-
ton of tho preservation of fish and game
much attention. with good results. Some
Of the leading citizens of Brattleboro wcra
seen and were glad to join IN the scheme.
Others will be seen. as will also citizens
of every town in the country. Senator
Pierce is circulating a paper for sub
scribcrs to the league.
WELL. PAID FOR WITE'S AFTEC-
TlONS.
In Lewis-Roby alienation of affections
case in Windsor county court the jury re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiff for N.6S'
The plaintiff, Herman II. Lewis. claimed
that his wife's affections had been al
ienated by a wealthy tarmer named
James +. Roby and claimed damages at
IS, 900. The parties live at Springfield. and
the plaintiff is 80 years old. He was MIR
ried in 1896 to his first cousin, Effic p.
Brown. Each winter Lewis on account OF
his health has been in the habit Of going
to Southern Pines. n. c.. where he has an
estate. In the fall of 1902 Lewis departed
leaving his wife on a small farm about a
mile from Springfield village. She had
two small children 10 care for and had
to do the chores on the farm. including
il is claimed, the care and milking of twr
COWS. one of which was n kicker. Whcr
tho spring of 1903 came, Lewis decided &c
stay South and left his wife to look
after herself and children, assisted occ'
asionally by the father of her husband
| [AbOul VIE tIllt nv " up
pcared on the scone and helped Mrs. Levi:
to do the chores. especially tn look after
the kicking COW. The claim of the plain
tiff is that Roby become intimat will
Mrs. Lewis at this time. Mrs. Levi an
the defendant denied any improper con
duct. 1t was urged that if Mrs. Lewis:
love was alicnatcd from her husband, /
was by reason of his neglect of her.
Roy BADLY SHOCKED.
George Murtagh. the ~seven-year-old sol
|of Owen Murtagh of Montpelier, with an
other lad, recently climbed n tree through
which a wire was suspended. The littl'
fellow got up ten feet from the ground
and grasped the wire, just being able Il
get his little finger on it. He got a ter
rife shock and was tumbled to the ground
lie was picked up and carried to hi
home, and a physician summoned. TIL
little finger was burned nearly to tn
bone. Had he got a firm grasp on tn
wire he undoubtedly would have been kill
ed. lie suffered no injury from the fall.
HORSE AND COWS KILLED.
A horse belonging to Ira Slcmming o
BroOkfeld, which was out to pasture. Wa
Iparalyzed by the lightning Tuesday after
noon. Hiram Edison, a RoyaltOn farmer
lost six cows and one sheep by the sam
force. Mr.. Edison had recently been offer
| cd $50 each for the cows, and is now sorr,
that he didn't sell. Four years ago MI
Edison had q barn struck by lightning.
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN-
TON.
At a recent meeting OF the exccutiv
|committee of the Vermont State Sunda
School association plans for the annual
lStatc Sunday school convention wer
discussed. The convention will be held /
at, Johnsbury October II and Is. An III
usually large number of delegates from a
parts OF the State are expected to atten
and the programme will include the usus
services, speeches and conferences. TIL
State executive committee have been in
formed by the international as~sociatio
that their representative at the CONVEX
ton will be Mrs. Mary Foster of Peori;
III. Mrs. Foster ia an earnest Sunda
school worker and for the past few year
has been doing remarkable work in McA
leo. She Is the person who prepares el'
mentary Sunday school lesson in tn
ISunday School Times. The committee cor
slider themselves fortunate in securing he
presence at tho annual convection. O
Wednesday evening, u rs. in the pal
lors of the Queens Hotel in Montreal
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