Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-01-18

her or eggs laid in one day was II; the
smallest number ).
YOUNG BOY IN SOUTH STAMFORD
DIES SUDDENLY.
The internal organs Of six-yoar-old
''enry Bradley Of South Stafford wcrc
Saturday sent to the State laboratory
at burlington TO BE- examined for poi
son. This action followed an autopsy
performed by DR.. II. l.. Nowl;nld tho
towns health officer assisted by pr Al
lon. in the preSenc" of Sclcctmcn j. l..
Barrett of Stra ford and Postmaster c.
A. Adams of Post Mills Thursday even
linz The boy awokc his mother and COM
piain"d of having pains and later had
s"N"rc commissions. Thinking perhaps
tho boy was troubled with worms 1t few
drops of turpcntinc. Mrs. Eralcy says,
w"r" given him. A doctor from Post
Mills was summoned and found the child
apparently much better ON Friday Dur
ing the supper hour Mrs. Bralcv tool, a
little food in to the boy. and when she
went to sec him at the cnd OF the meal
found him dead. NJ Clough, who has
been boarding with Mrs. Bralcy for "A
couple OF years. assisted the mother in
calling for aid. DR.. Allen. the attendant
mandcd an autopsy. Tho child's mother.
Mrs. Charles Bialey. is q widow, who
lives at Swancy Bean. small settle
m"nt between here and Post Mills. IIcr
husband, Charles Bradley, received n
slight cut while working in the woods
and inside of n week died
HAS s7.coo,0oo CONTRACTS.
According to an official of the YER
mont Marble company. that business in
Vermont was never more fourishuS
than at present ON contracts at present
which total S-.0D0.ooN One of the biggest
contracts which tn" firm had for Il long
time. recently completed. was the mar
bic work for III" new Carnegie Library,
Columbus. .. This called for s25o.00n.
William $. MoNnihan of columbus. u
noted sculptor. is now comforting with
officials of the company about estimates
for the carving and designing in the
marble work for the Senate building ut
Washington. and also for the rotunda
of the liouso OF Representatives.
PETITION TO PARDON KETCllUM.
There is a movement on foot in Addi-
son county to petition President Roose-
Welt for Il pardon for John w. Kctchum,
the Addison county jail for completely
with Cashier David II. Lewis in wreck
ing tho Farmers National bank OF Yer
| gonncs. kctchum given the same
sentence as Lewis. and he has already
| served five years. A he was only Il
tool of Lewis and did the latter bid,
| his friends believe tina, he was made a
scapcgoat for tho sirs of others and
| nj l1. IiSiu, of ',
as said To favor his pardon, on the
sround that he has already been pun
! ishod sufficiently.
| NEW INDUSTRY FOR RUTLAND.
| Rutland is soon to have a new industry.
w. +. Patch of Akron. \. y, brother
of President +. Il. Patch of the Patch
Manufacturing company, has purchased
of y. NJ. Burr the farm south of Rut-
| land, which contains sand field of six
acres, and will soon build Il plant on it
| for tho manufacture Of cement build
ing blocks, Mr. Patch conducts a similar
| business at Akron, and proposes to en-
| ploy at least % men in Rutland. The
| Burr sand pit is the most valuable in
| that pari of Vermont. 4 few years ago
| Mr.. Burr bought it for $500. and the
sale price was $1,000. During the last two
! years he has sold on the average of 200
loads Of sand a month to local factories
at 81 a load.
| TUBERCULOSIS IN BARRE.
| According to the annual report of the
city health officer, DR. Joe W. Jackson
, consumption still continues to be the
chief destroyer OF life in Barre. or the
1874 deaths q, or fifteen per cent. were
due to this cause alone. The percentage
| is practically the same as in tho year
| previous and for the year 1902. but it is
nearly double tho percentage of five and
six years ago. The next deadly disease is
pneumonia. and there were - deaths
| from that cause last year, which Il; the
| same proportion as for the year Just
preceding. OF the deaths % were of males
| and 60 of fcma les. and l26 were American
and IS foreign born. by far the great
| est number of deaths were of infants
there being Al in this classified ion
There were 1Gl cases Of contagious dis
eases. with only eight deaths. Measles
led off with 20 cases, scarlet fever has
Al, typhoid fever o. diphthcra IS and
mcnbruncous Group :.