Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-25
NEWS OF VERMONT
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Free Press ncncers-A Panther
Lurking about the Hills
Of Ludlow.


OF four and Elmer u. White reports 500
is1g 1t sitting on tho limb of a troc It looks
ne though hero was n chance for somo
hunter to bring the panther down md OK
h'blt liz hide. Tho denlxcn. OF South hill
havo no doubt of lts existence. and they
describe i.s movements as record break
and Its CRIES ma altogether unpleasant. to
hoar. u. a. RIVE md Charles Pierce
wero out for game on Wednesday and
secured two foxes. James Farrnr in An
dover shot a lynx ono day last wook. not
very far from h!a fathers house. Dana
Eowe Of Sherburne shot n young bear last
Monday n short distance from this village.
ANOTHER Roy ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Hcrmon williams OF Fair Haven, whl,o
hunting with Il crowd of boys Thursday
morning, was accidentally rhot IN the foot
with % caliber rico. Drs Roberts and
Lafe were called and dressed the wound,
which Is not thought TO be seiious one.
HELD FOR GRAND LARCENY.
Deputy Sheriff Godfrey and Nash
rhursday morning arrested on the stree s
in bennington village two men. one
claiming to DO Philip Richmond. the
other. NJ. Haynnn. both of Springfield,
Mass. At Manchester they visited Mrs.
Charlotte Reed, ST years of age, mother
or J.. G. Reed who was fined $50 last
week for illegal spcntIng OF trout. took
from her n photograph that was TO be
enlarged. collected the amount OF the
bill. $780, and sho gave one OF them in
payment n $50 bill. He went out to get It
changed and 1T Is claimed forget to come
back In the municipal court they We're
held In the sum Of $780, each 70 appear
in court next Saturday. One Of the
parties had with him a bank book show
ing quite a balance in n bank in Spring
field The other one knew nothing in re-
gard to the transaction. J. 7. Remington
offered to become bail for them but as
he was possessed of no real estate the
court declined to take him unless the
money was put up. Tho men made an
effort to secure bail and Hayman sue
coded.
f. S. PLATT FOR CLERK OF DIS
TRlCT COURT.
The announcement that Distric.-A
torney James - Martin of Brattleboro
is to succeed United States District
Judge Hoyt II. Wheeler On the bench,
and that Alexander Dunnett of St. Johns
bury is to succeed Martin as district at
torney, IS likely to be followed by the an
nouncement that Fred S. Plat Of Poult-
ney. will succeed George +. johnson of
Burlington clerk OF the United States
district court Mr.. Plat was born in
Enosburgh September 10, 1853 was
educated at Dartmouth College, class of
| 1874, and became a lawyer. He located
in Poultney in 1877. He was States at
ID
was appointed State inspector OF finance
in 1898, serving until 1904. when he was
succeeded by Luther A. Cobb of Island
Pond. after a memorable contest between
the Senate and Governor Bell in which
the lawmakers tried to effect a veto on
the governors appointment of Cobb in
the interest of Platt.
GRAND ISLE FRUIT FAIR.
At the meeting of the Vermont State
board of agriculture held In Grand Isle
Wednesday and Thursday in connection
with the Grand Isle fruit fair, Prof. VII
| liam Stuart. hortculturist Of the Vermont
experiment station, spoke on Apple Cul-
| ture in Vermont, Its Past. Present and
Future" Arthur Vaughn of Randolph,
also addressed the meet:t,-. There We're
! addresses by Dana IT, Morse Of Randolph
| and Ernest Hitchcock Of Pittsford and
| George Aiken OF Woodstock of the board
| of agriculture. a discussion followed the
addresses.
YOUNG MAN SERIOUSLY HURT.
! A serious accident recently occurred in
| Lunenburgh town. AS James Hagan and
| his son. Frank, We're driving their team
up the Benton Hill road their attention
was attracted by the noise Of an APP
preaching automobile. As they APP
preached the auto. Mr.. Blossom. the
driver. brought the machine to Il full stop.
Frank HaEan. thinking that everything
would be all right, tried to make his
horse pass the auto. but the animal bolt
ed and ran for some distance. Frank
lost his balance and fell from the wagon
and in falling struck his head against
the limb of n tree. He was unconscious
when picked up and has been in that
state most Of the time since. James
Hagan remained in the wagon and was
| not injured
Rumor has been current for the last
few days that the Rev. w. j. O'Sulivan
pastor of ST. Augustine's Church II
Montpelier. is slated to succeed the late
Rev. EHr. Gaffney in St Peters parish II
! Rutland: that Father O'Sulivan Is CON
sidering the change and that he attend
ed a conference on the matter in Burling
ton on Wednesday evening. In reply Il
a question on this matter Father OSul
hvan said that he is Just hack from at
tending n regular quarterly theological
conference. held in ST. Adams, of the
clergymen of this district of the diocese
He stated that he Is not considering tn,
matter of going to Rutland nor has ~
attended any conference on the question
He further said that some time in NoVenr
Dor Bishop Michaud will make and an
nounce the appointment. Father O'Sul
Ivan further said that some four or fly,
clergymen OF the State have been men
toned for the Rutland parish and tina
his own name may or may not have beer
mentioned" 10 use his own words
A SUCCESSFUL CORN RAISER on A
DORSET FARM.
Patrick Kelley OF Dorset had a record
breaking piece OF corn on the flats, This
800, for about two and one-fourth acres
and the ears averaged a bushel to tht
shock. They were over n foot long and
contained from 500 to coo kernels to the
ear, yellow as gold and hard as flint. The
time spent cultivating this corn was not
a, t.,1r