Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-07
NEWS OF VERMONT
More Important Dvents 0reuDsa Ter
Free Press Renders-District At
torney jerome to Address Vcr.
mont Newspaper Men.

VOfucy JefOmc 10 AUVreoS WIZ
mont Newspapers Men.
From present Indications there will be
n large number of newspaper men In Rut-
land Saturday evening, December 16, the
occasion being a reunion. A banquet will
he served at the Berwick. Letters re-
ceivcd from all parts of the state show
that nearly every newspaper In Vermont
will he represented by one or more DIS
trict Attorney William Travers jerome OF
New York city has been invited as one OF
the guests Of honor.
GLOVER MAN 1NIIERITs $4,000.
W. r. Clark OF Glover, assistant judge
OF the Orleans county court, has received
notice that by the death of an uncle.
james Il. King Of Chicago. he has be-
come heir to the sum of $4,000. or this
$4,000 will be paid at once, and Mr.. Clark
will receive the interest on the rest for 10
years. then the principal will revert to
him. Mrs Eliza Clark. mother OF Judge
Clark is also an heir her share being an
income of 81 800 annually for the remain
der OF her life.
DOE KILLED IN BENNINGTON.
Bennington County Game Warden Harry
Chase has discovered unmistakablc evil
dence that Il doe had been killed within
three miles of bennington village and In
plain sight of farm house on the Sucker
pond road in Woodford The warden has
had reason to believe that deer have beef,
killed out of season in the town Of Wood
ford and for several days he has been
tramping through the woods at the foot
of Harmon mountain Tuesday while tray
cling over the Sucker pond road, he no.
licked several fox tracks leading across
the highway into the brush skirtng II
meadow on the farm of William G. Blake.
There were SO many tracks that the war
den's curiosity was aroused. Accordingly
he followed the trail for distance ~ ~"
yards across the meadow ard in the edg"
of the clearing found the head ana SKIN
OF the doe. The evidence of law breaking
had been concealed under pile OF brush
but had been discovered and dragged from
concealment by the foxes to he discovered
by the warden. The condition Of the skin
indicated that the doe had been killed not
later than Saturday of last week.
MRS JEtDEVTNE'S WILL"
In the will of the late Mrs. NJ. NJ. Jeudc-
vine it is found that from $500 Ia $1,000
is left TO the town of Hartford for the
support of the library which she gave the
town several years ago, and sum APP
proximating $500 for tho cemetery, the in
come of which is to be used in Keeping
II in repair. The sum Of s5.ON or 5000
| is left to relatives in Wisconsin ana New
York. and the remainder to relatives ana
| friends in this State.
SCHOOL. POYS USED CIGARETTES
! For some time Superintendent dorsey
| of the graded schools in LUDLOW has b'cn
| receiving complaints from the teachers
of cigarette smoking. which has been go
ing on in practically every department.
This was varied ir some cases by pipe
smoking and a determined effntt was
madc to discover where the bows were
tuying their tobacco and cigarettes and
who was at the lotion Of TIE matter.
| Investigation revealed an astounding con-
dition of affairs. the cigarette business
having penetrated even into the baby
| classes Of the lowe primary room and
having its secret dcvotcts in every room
Of tho schools. tho grand total being OF
a most alarming character. As the Jaw
eXprcssly forbids tho sale Of tobacco in
any form to children under sixteen. oi
cigarettes to minor. the result was
turned over to Grand Juror Skools. " hc
Immediately issued sumnonses for J. G
Gleason George Bridge and Ed. BERNARD
dealers and Harley Duclos. Tom DALEY
and Floyd Heating. accused of buying
cigarettes for the l,oys for n commission
on tho purchase. Judge NJ. s. Buck ap
pcared for Duclos. Heating and BERNARD
the others being unr6 presented Iy cour
sell Heating and Bridge waived cXamira
ton but the other defendants elected Il
he tried with the result that all wcr,
hound over to appear in county cour
next month. Tho evidence taken by III,
grand Juror was of a startling chara ct e
and demonstrate. tho Imperative need o
some such radical action as was taken.
THE MISSING RRATTLEBORO EN-
: GINEER NOT DROWNED.
Thomas II. McVcigh. who disarpeare,
- from Brattlehoro March 81. was near,
from Friday in "A letter to his wife
mailed in New York. Mcveigh was nigh
engineer of the Brattleboro Gas Ligh
Co.'S plant in West Dummcrston. II Wa
supposed that he fell into the West rive
during freshet and was drowned. as tn
ma chinery was running when the ha
! engineer went to work the next morn
ing.
, CREAMERY BURNED.
, The creamery building in Cavendsh wa
destroyed by free Nov "a, t6
! gother with the machinery and 330t wort
ri bcbbips, entailIng total loss OF full
5000: pa,tially insured. The building va
owned by Charles Hastings, formerl
OF Springfield. who bought it last Angus
=. ana Levi Allen owned the bobbin ma
chinery.
$ SUICIDE IN DORSET.
> domestic tragedy occurred nca
- Dorset Nov. q. eliminating in the su
eide Of Jonn McWain. who lived o
" Dorset mountain. McWain had bee
y drinking heavily for some time an
. Sunday beat his wife so severely tina
she. left home. An officer went to ar
~ rest McWain but was refused admit
= lance to the house by its armed Occu