Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-01

with breakneck speed They are al |
ways in too much Of a hurry. At meals |
and on the street they act as though |,
their end was near and that they must
do or die. !. too. have known many |
men who might have lived long lives
il they had only practiscd moderation. |
Some drank themselves to death, while |
others carried their pleasures to such
extremes that they lost everything
they had. If they had only been mod
crate in their enjoyment they might
have lived years longer to enjoy life"
Moderation has been the motto OF
Eleazcr Hunt. also, and he attributes
his activencss to the fact that he
worked and worked hard during the
hours of labor, but rested during the
hours of rest lie declares he found
more pleasure at home with his family
when he was a young man than many
of his relatives and friends did in
working all day and playing cards or
going to country dances at night.
ALLEGED FORGER CAUGHT.
Sheriff W. II. Sprague returned to Chel-
sea Friday evening from Lawrence, Mass,
bringing with him James G. Hildreth who
is of Corinth origin and who was wanted
in Orange county to answer to the charge
of forgery alleged to have been committed
at Bradford last October. Hildreth. who
was taken to Vermont on eXtradition
papers is young man Of more than or
binary intelligence and with a wide and
varied experience in travelling. having
been through the South. West Nova
Scotia, England. and spent two years in
tho government service in the Philippines.
having been honorably discharged from
the service for reason of physical dis
Liability resulting from the wound OF "A
Mauscr bullet in the leg.
DEER ATTACKED BENEFACTOR.
Frank Jones of Groton had a battle
with n 200 pound buck deer on the ice on
| Groton pond a day or two ago Mr.. Jones
! is employed in the woods numbering by
the Millcr-Ayers Lumber company. He
saw "A deer struggling in an air mole on
the ice and went to its assistance He
aided the deer from the predicament and
/ the ungratcful fellow as soon as he got
upon his feet made dash for Mr.. Jones
/ with lowered head. Mr.. Jones Immediate
lily forgot the Samaritan net he had re-
called in the Bible and endeavored to
make his escape. II looked for a few
minutes as though it would be safer to
bet on the deer but the condition of the
ice saved Mr. Jones from being tossesd
in the air and he succeeded in getting
away. The deer did not follow him very
| far. After he saw that Mr. Jones did not
intend to place him in captivity he picked
his way to the shore where he scampcrcd
off into the woods.
VERMONT MARBLE CO.'S EMPLOYEES
GOT 1000 PROFITS WEDNESDAY.
Three years ago the Vermont Marble
company first started paying back to its
employees the profits earned at cacf
store The total profit at each store
was divided in proportion to the pur-
chases of all the companys employees
Following out the custom Of last year
the Vermont Marble company dis
trihuted Wednesday between $4,000 an'
$4,000. the profits made at the three diff
ferent stores of the company during tho
past year--all of which goes in cash tC
the men working for them. The dlvidont
declared at the Proctor store has beer
II per cent, at the West Rutland store
; 10 per cent, and at the Center RUTLAND
store per cent. The total sales Of thu
, Proctor store was about $4,000. Of whicl
people employed by tn" company pur
chased $l71Gl0. At the West RUTLAND
store the sales We're thout $132,0Oo. will
employees sales Of sl7.rJV The Cent"
Rutland store sales amounted to S0.Coo
with employees purchases of about s."
Con. 1t will ne seen from these figure
that while the sales have been main
: ly to the company's employees, yet. not
withstanding this. the stores have sol
over Sl00Ubo worth of goods to ottsid
people.