Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-29

was summoned. nut was unable To save
the man who died Sunday. after suffering
intense pain. a wife and two children
survive.
ANOTHER GRISr MILL BURNED.
The crist mill at East Randolph was
burned last Saturday night. There had
been no fire in the stove after three
o'clock in the afternoon and the mill
was closed at tho usual timo in the
evening. People passed the mill as
late as eleven and 1880 o'clock and
nothing unusual was discovered. About
1880 DR. Ncwells attention was at
tractcd by a light from some source
and looking out discovered the flames
coming from the roof Of the mill and
Savo the alarm. Tho fire had made
such progress at that time that moth
ing could be done to save the building
and efforts were directed to saving the
grain and meal, and considerable was
saved. 1t is supposed that tho fire
caught from some defect in the CHM
ncy from the appearance that it orig
mated in the upper part and no one
had been in that part with n light.
Tho mill was owned by D. j. Camp and
it is heavy loss-insurcd for Sl,50o--
loss probably double that. There was
also some Insurance Oh tho grain.
LIQUOR RAID IN BARRE.
On 4 warrant issued by States Attor-
| ney :. HOLSTER jackson. Deputy Sheriff
II. -. Camp, and Chief OF Police Patrick
Brown, assisted by three patrolmen, made
| a raid Saturday evening about six O'Clock
| in the house Of Antonio Aballi in Barre
| In the cellar two barrels of beer were
| tpnul i'm civ q
whiskey and four quarts of wine. AL OF
| which were seized. Abiall appeared in
city court Monday morning, pleaded gull
- to tho illegal sale OF liquor and was
| lined $50 and costs. which he paid. SAT-
urday afternoon and again Saturday even
| ing, the police searched a house on Adli-
son street, but found nothing.
SCARLET FEVER EPIDEMIC At
READSBORO.
| If any community ever took an epidemic
! philosophjcally, it is the people of Reads
! boro. There are some 10 cases Of scarlet
| fever in nearly a. many of the 80 homes.
| yet there are few who are not ready to
I lend any assistance in their power to AID
their afflicted ncighbors. Because of the re
/ inarkahle spread of the disease. the three
churches, Baptist, Methodist and catholic,
/ rs Wei as All puDllC HdllS ana SCHOOLS,
! have been closed by tho board of health.
/ This was done at the instance of the state
| health authorities. who instructed the
! local officials to take every precaution.
Since then the ravages of the disease have
/ been stayed, and the people believe that 1t
/ will be but a few weeks before the cpl
dcmic Will suhsidc. The authorities are
not backward in declaring that if proper
precautions had been exercised when the
first cases were discovered tho foyer
would have Undoubtedly bcou limited 80
one family. But the children were all
lowed to run through the streets. miuglc
, with others in tho schools and also to
carry contagon into the Sunday school,
The mother Of the children was tho first
| 10 diagnose tho case the attending phys
ician believing it was nothing moro than
a sore throat and rash, which. however.
are the symptoms Of scarlet fever. TN
stead of ordering the mother - pat her
children to bed, or even keep thcm lu-
doors the physician allowed har ltue
ones to play with tho nciGhhors' children,
drink from the same cups, attend school
and sunday school.