Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-05
NEWS OF VERMONT
More Important Items Grouped for
Free Press Readers--Insane pa
ticnts Are Given Much Outdoor
Exercise.

only 20 Of them were within doors Some
were at work on the farm. garden and at
other occupations, but most of them were
out on the newly fitted UP exercise
grounds of 10 acres. where walks. ball
grounds. swings, pavilions, and croduet
grounds have recently been fitted up and
where every thing has been done to pro-
vide recreation and amusement for these
.ur fortunate people 1t was also learned
tina. while about 80 patients were given
.parolc t. o.. tho liberty of the grounds,
and that in one ward containing 10 pa
TENTS the doors are not locked during the
day. and each comes and goes as he
pl,ascs. that no one has attempted to es-
cape for eight months.
ORANGE COUNTY COURT.
Orange county court came to final adj
journment on Thursday, June %. after
session of twcnty-four days. The last
week was occupied with divorce hearings
mostly. The following bills were granted:
Simon Gage VS.. Lenora A. Gage for adul-
terry; Jennie NJ. Church VS.. Lucien r.
Church for intolcrable severity; John f.
Miles VS. Maud u. Miles for wiful deser-
ton: Mary J. Eatier VS.. Rcmio Eatier for
intolcrablc severity. Ada +. Jacobs VS..
George y Jacobs for wilful dcsertion,
custody of minor children being given
to petitioner. Leon r. Drscoll vs. Ellen
A. Driscoll for adultery, W. q, Coburn
VS. Edith n. Coburn for adultery: Rose
Patton vs. Robert Patton Cor neglect
and refusal to support, libcllcc being
Of sufficient physical ability; Hattie
l.. Kibbce vs.. curtis 1iibbcc for refusal
10 support. having sufficient pecunary
and physical ability. the petitioners
interest in petitioners real estate be-
ing decrcod to petitioner as alimony.
The only other case with witnesses
tried by the court was that of Henry
p. Richardson of STAFFORD VS.. Theo-
dore Boccher apt, an action of tres
| pass for the wilful shooting of plain
| tiff's hunting dog. Defendant was a
| New York lawyer who had been spend
| ing tho summer with capt. J. w. Ty-
! son of the Copperas mines and shot the
dog while around his hcnyard. When
| Reecher found out whose dog IT was he
! gave his own to plaintiff and the mat
ter seemed satisfactorily adjusted. But
several months aftcrward as defcn-
dant WAS about to leave town. plain
tiff arrested him and later took judg-
ment by default. fer S25. An appeal
was afterwards entered in county
court and the result Of this trial gave
| plaintiff $50 damages and his costs.
Another case of some local interest was
! that of II. +. Richardson and others
against town of STAFFORD It petition
| for the laying out Of a pent road
across the titled fields of II. Lee Hitch
on what was formerly known as the
| Royal Rurnham farm on the stage
road between upper and lower STRAIT
| ford villages The defence was that
| petitioner Richardson, for whose sole
benefit the pent road to his back land.
was to he laid. already had a
right of way appurtenant to his land.
! But the commissioners as tho result of
a second hearing found that his father
| from whom he inherited the land had
| abandoned this right of way and tho
county court established the road. Pet-
| toner Richardson was ordered to pay
| S1G0 of the 5000 land damages award
ed the land owner Joseph Louaunis.
who had been convicted of threatening
10 accus" on" of crime in order to cX-
tort money. was sentenced to not moro
than II and not less than months in
! the House Of Correction. In the chan
| cory cause of Ida f. kittredgc vs. Al
| bert Is. Kittredge tn" defendants de-
r7urrer to tho bill was sustained and
the bill dismissed with costs. In tho
case Of Albert S. camp vs.. f.. g. Holmes
and Charles II. Luce, an action Of tres
| pass on the freehold with counts in
trespass trovcr and case, the defen-
dants demurrer to PLANTERS d"clara-
! ton for mis1oinder was sustained and
the declaration adjudgcd insufficient.
LUMBER MILL CLOSED.
The mills OF the Wobber Lumber conn
pany In Groton have shut down and when
they will start again is a question that
many Of the merchants and not a few
citizens would like 10 know. 1t is reported
that the whereabouts of the proprletors
are unknown. The merchants claim that
| there are some bills Cue them ranging
from s3 to $3.50 Some of the workmen
| claim they can not pay their bills be-
| cause they We're not paid. Nothing has
| been seen of Messrs. Smith and Wilbur
| since Thursday, June q. 1t is said the
| reason the men quit work was because
| they did not get their pay. However.
some of the men are reported to have
received part of their money since the
mill was stopped and this leads them
to hope they will receive it all.
| AN IMMENSE PIECE OF GRANITE.
| c. j. Snow, foreman on the Fraser
quarry, in South Ryegate, has finished
quarrying probably the largest piece OF
granite that has ever been taken on,
Of the ground in that part of the State
| The piece measures 60 by 80 by IA feet
| II is estimated to weigh at least o.52O tons
| The stone Is so heavy that it is necessary
to break it into smaller pieces before il
| can be drawn 10 the stone sheds. The
foreman succeeded in moving the stone
over 200 feet from where 1t was first
broken by means OF powder Mr. Snow
Is now working upon another stone which
Is 15Ox20x10. The stone Is not clear from
the quarry vet, but he expects to get il
out In one piece and then break It up.
BENNINGTON COUNTY VETERANS
ASSOCIATION.
Several representatives from the G.. A
r. Posts in Bennington county and oil,
VETERANS met in Arlington Monday an,
took the necessary steps toward organic
ing Bennington County Veterans asso
citation. Much interest was manifested II
the project, and after an exchange o
lopinions II was decided to hold a count.
reunion in Bennington August l6 and
provisional organization was effected. 1t
object Is to give the veterans a better op
portunity for keeping up old acQuaint
ances and exchanging "reminiscences. !
will be purely for pleasure and meeting