Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
NEWS OF VERMONT
More Important Events Grouped for
Free Press Readers-St. Johnsbury
TO Have n New Industry.

Through the enterprise of Louis n. !
Smythe, leading merchant. st. Johns
bury will get new industry and the
manufacturer will come without asking
any favors in tax abatement or expecting
the people of St. Johnsbury to take any
stock in the enterprise. G. II. Tilton of
1.aconia. n. H., of ~ firm of G. II. Tilton
e. Son, manufac turers OF cotton hosiery,
has decided to open n factory there where
the scanning and finishing of white cotton
hosiery will be done. Mr. Tilton will only
attempt to instruct n few operatives this
winter, but in the spring expects to en-
ploy 100 hands.
WOODSMAN BADLY HURT.
Napoleon Jacquet. q years old a
woodsman. whose home Is at Pauketviile,
Canada, was terribly cut about the face
| by falling Tree in the Somerset woods
Tuesday, ard is now lying delirious at
the boarding house of Mrs. Harry lIotch-
kiss. Jacquet was employed by w. A.
Marshall as II swamper. He was clearing
a road when a tree that had been hung
up suddenly fell. Jacquct looked up just
in time to be struck full In the face. lie
was follcd to tho ground and rendered
| unconscious. The right side of his face
was terribly cut and lacerated. part of
the upper lip torn completely off and his
lcheek gashed in several directions. Jac-
quet in his delrium persisted in tearing
the bandages from his terrible wounds.
! The young woodsman also received an
injury TO his shoulder.
WAS FOND OF TIMEPIECEs.
Hon. W. W. Stlckney of Ludlow, as ex
| ocutor OF the will of the late Lysande:
! Whitney. was at Chester all day Satur-
| day looking after the auction sale OF the
deceased's effects. Almost 400 different
! sales were made from the long list of ar
| ticles "too numerous to MENTION Is the
/ posters put It. Mr.. Whitney was car
| penter and had fancy for accommodating
various things. Notable among his Of
fects was an assortment of II clocks and
% watches.
RAILROAD BUILT TO LOGS.
The Deerheld river railroad has reached
the logs in the Glastonbury tract, the
rails having been extended to the piles
gotten out by Kimball & Nutter. There
Is nothing to prevent the hauling of logs
the moment the cars and new locomo-
tive arrive, and they have been on their
way more than two weeks. AS soon as
/ this equipment arrives stock will begin
to travel from the woods to Mountain
| mills and will continue without inter-
! rupton. There are now about 800 men in
the woods getting out logs, a far greater
part OF which will be hauled by the rail
road.
DEATH OF c. r. BALLARD, A BRO
THEIR OF THE LATE HENRY BAL
LARD.
Charles Rollin Ballard. for ten years
librarian Of the public library of North
Easton Mass, died suddenly at his home
in Middctown Springs Saturday of acute
indigestion, aged 70 years. Charles Rolln
Ballard was born at Tinmouth in 1927.
and was graduated from the University of
Vermont in the class of 1854. He then be-
came a teacher, serving as principal of
schools In Tinmouth, Woodstock and
Whitehall and Keesevlle, n. Y. For
some time he was principal Of the Cas-
Teton Normal school. In 1872 he went TO
North Easton and taught in the public
schools there for 10 years. then became
librarian. He returned to Middletown
Springs in 1892 because of failing health,
and had resided there since that time He
had written several well known books,
the last being "Tangledom," a volume
of charades. recently published at Bos-
ton. Mr.. Ballard married Sarah Clark,
daughter of DR.. Theoph!lus Clark of IN
mouth, who survives him. He also leaves
a brother, John T. Ballard of Tlnmouth.
Another brother Henry Ballard. died IN
Hartford, Conn. few weeks ago. The
funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at
one o'clock from the house. Burial was
in Tnmouth.
POsTOFFICE SITE SELECTED.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ed
wards has announced his selection of a
site for the new postofflce building IN
Barre. The structure is to be located on
the corner of Main and Prospect streets
on a lot measuring 120 feet inches by 40
feet. The present owner is Mrs. Janet
Martin, and the price to be paid for her
property Is Sl3,5OO This lot includes in
addition to the Martin property strip
about 20 feet wide off of f. A. Slayton' S
lot next ad Joining II. The bid at first sub
mitted was for the Martin property alone
at $4,000 Later Mr.. Slayton offered 20
foot slip off his to make the Martin lot CT
suitable size for $500 The price was
later cut to sl3500 for the Martin prop
erty and Slayton strip combined. THIS
was followed with the announcement that
the government had selected this Site
JUDGE BURRITr COMING HOME.
Letters have been received in Benning-
= ton from Judge Charles II. Burritt or
the United States court in the province OF
, Benguet In the Philippine Islands stating
that he had left that country FOR nome
= and expects to be In this section very
soon. 1t is four years since the Judge
! made his last visit to this section. He
) lis a native Of Manchester
PROGRAMME OF THE DAIRYMEN'S
ASSOCIATION MEErIN.
The programme OF the thirty-seventh
annual meeting OF the Vermont Dairy
mems association to be held In Montpelier
January $40. is as follows: The Dairy
Cow" by Mrs. Addie f. HOWE of Elm
{ Grove, Wis, address, Prof G.. L. Mckay,
> Ames, Iowa: The Work OF the Connect
1 cut Dairymen's Association Secretary
j. G. Schwnk, Meriden, Conn; address
by Prof f. II. Webster chief of tho
dairy division of the department or
. agriculture. at Washington, or by c. Il.
Lane. assistant chief; Modern Methods
for Profits" and Cheese Talk by Prof.
r. A, Pearson, Ithaca. y. Y: The
Development of the Dairy Cow by Prof.