Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-09
NEWS or VERMONT
Mere Important EvsAts Grouped fer
Free Press NeNders-ReHrpOsnte"
to state Board Of Pharmacy.

Governor Bell has appointed j. q.
Ecllrosc Of Burlington to succeed himself
as a member of the State board of phar-
macy. His present term expires TINS
month and he is re-appcntcd Tor the
will term OF five years. The board as al
present organized is made m as follows
President G. {. Bingham. st. Johns
bury; secretary, j. q. Bcllrosc. Uu'''nG~
ton: treasurer, W. +. Root. Erattl"b"r";
II. u. Hopkins. Brandon and w. X. War
nor. Vergcnncs.
GREAT SCARCITY or CARS.
Rutland shippers as well as hundreds OF
others in many portions of the state ar.
| complaining of a scarcity OF frcish' ours
Shipments arc delayed. and rai'roHh ON
cinls are tearing their hair in tn" CHORUS
| to bring about something like s'n"-
| lance of the normal condition Of things
lin tho department. For the past month
| the shipments of freight along III" ku'-
llnnd railroad and other New York cen
Itrai lines have been the largest for IKE
period in the history of the road. I'M"
jprodicamcnt is made tn" moro conlplicat-
cd by reason of tho present unpard'"'"d
| rrospcritv of the country. Train crews
are working night and day To relieve the
Iprcsent situation
CHARGED WITH CCNsrIEAti.
James Guimond and Joseph l.aro'" arc
in St .yohnsbury Jail under u SERIOUS
charge They wcrc arrested last W'dH'S-
,lay for conspiracy and arc now await
ing Il hearing. 1t is alleged that on tn
md of last July Larocke and Miss '"rfi
Gotta were married. the ceremony taNInS
| lccn rcrformcd by Guiirond. wll' ht'u
carefully cu,ricd hmeel: to look '',' -
clergyman and look Hs rl'i' Si''*" az pos
sih,o "Thc bridal party" left f"f 'Hn"d'
Immediately after the ceremony ana IN
the course of events the dc ccptor was
discovered and trouble followed Ia
rookie abandoned the girl whom n" hdd
"faled' into marriage with him. ana
last week. thinking that the whole thlnS
had blown over returned t" St. Johns
Iu1y where he obtained work. His pres
cncc was soon discovered by tto huilipri-
tics who had warrants for his arc Il
and lie and C;uimonl We're promptly
rlncod in custody. Peter Conner. VIII" was
'witress ut the wedding has left town.
lot is wanted 10 complete III" cast" of
characters in this modern instance. ThC
; date for the herring has not yet been
. assigned.
DEATH or H. G.. WILCOX.
p Henry clay Wilcox died Of paralysis
I of the heart. at the residence "t Warner
l Temple Sunday night October - If
, Concord During the day Mr.. Wilcox ha'
not been feeling so we'll az usual ano
had consulted Il physician. Tic was Wis
ting with Mr.. Temple, when he sad: 81
cannot breathe" Mr. Temple went 10
get linn something to take. When hc re-
TUNED Mr.. Wilcox was breathing So har,
that he went for Dr. Johnson who re-
sides across the street hut the doc ton
could give him. relief and he die,
in few minutes. Mr.. Wilcox WIS deput.
sheriff at Johnson and ~ CRANKY scrvet
aS justice and seloctman. WIS ropuh
lcan representative Of the town in 1sS
and 1870. and prominent candidate TO
county senator in the convention OF Iii
party in l>'2 He was appoi1ted post
f master at Concord in May. 1891. and ha
= naueurat ted several improvements in TIN
= service. He had been town treasurer sine
e March. 1905 and town clerk since May
= IoNI The last three named Offices H.
Q held NJ the tir,a Of his death. For man,
e years he had been prominently identified
4 With tn" Masonic fraternity l;c was tn
: wo:shpfrl master cf Mount >orrl
. I.odNc. No. go. of Eden. high priest o
d Tucker Chapter Of Morrsvllc. was
II Knight Templar Of Palestine Command
crN st. Johnsbury, Shrncr ut Montpcl
icr n AID degree Mason and past ". !
Of Adah Chapter. No. %. O. T.. s. of Con
cord. A brief service was held at tn
residence OF MIR. Temple Tuesday -
|, - So the Rev. A. Francis Walch Of s.
Johnshury officiating and appropriate $,
lections were sung by Mr.. and Mrs. J.
d H. May, Moose River Lodge +. * \. NJ
It and Adah Chapter, No. 30, o. j.. S. a,
r tended in a body The remains were take
a to Jeffersorvlle Tuesday Afternoon
s where thoy were inferred IN TIC faml
!. lot.
NON RESIDENTS GOT A CALF.
g 1t was the first day of the deer huntin
Il season of 1905. Nine "outlandcrs' VIII
c had paid sl5 TO kill a deer each " ere dis
t, covered at the Seeker meadows" j
: South Dorset by some native sports. The
r had all kinds of guns. food and drin
d and book telling how to hunt deer. The
e sang, whstled and shouted and fired o
i their guns in all directions whenever the
saw chipmunk or bird. Finally ont .
3 a thcket rushed a small Jersey bull cal
v scared all but to death, bleating pitifuii
It All of the nine fired their pump gun
r. bcichiny strcakS of flame and lead, an
It accidcntly the calf was hit in the n, c
If and killed, and since then has furnish,
e. vcnison Cor the gang Il. the brick In
ID all the week. The question is. did III.
n bull calf count out one Of the nine fro
IF further hunting. and who owned the cal
J. and would $l5 be to much to pay for
Is Surely II calf ought to be worth as mue
as a rUnt deer
CATTLE DEAD IN A CAR
G. A. Miller reports case Of hardsh