Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
VERMONT NOTES

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The veteran town clerk OF Orange,
Edwin c. Peake, is dead aged 70 years.
Three sons born to Mrs Bailey OF West
'ropsham last week all died within eight
hours.
Peacham's oldest citizen, Theodore Grey
Farrow. who died last week was 80
years 10 months and IS days old
With the ice over II inches thick a
road has been pushed across the lake
from Grand Isle to Cumberland head.
Ira Stafford. secretary of the Vermont
branch of the American Federation of
Labor. is dead at Rutland.
The Rev. Benjamin Swift of Orwell has
received Il call to the Congrega onal
Church in Stockbrdgc, Mass.
Dropping Il $20-bil in front Of the Barre
postofflcc and returning an hour later
of Almon Downing.
Sunday was the coldcs, day of the win
ter at Rutland, the Thermometer or the
platform of the union station registering
q degrees below zero.
Brighton was first named Random as it
was a random" purchase. The name is
renewed by the forming of the Random
club, a social organization.
National Organizer c. g.. Hoyt Of New
Hampshire has organized three Oranges
in Vermont as one week record. They
are Mt Warren. Chelsea and Morctowr.
Mr. ana Mrs. Moses c. Ingalls, Of Put
nev have this week celebrated their gold
on wedding. Mr., ingalls, represented Put
ncy in the legislature in 1894.
\ pig. which choked to death at is
hom" in Eawsunville jamaica, was found
to have swallowed n silver spoon that
stuck In its throat
orders from tho department at Wash
! iuEton discontinue tn" pustofiicc AT Nest
Rrookhcld after February Is. Mail tor
that locality will 60 through the North
| field postOilice.
Bratlcboro high school seniors now
/ have s297.G6 in their Washington fund.
They will hold a fair noxt week for they
are bound TO sec Washington and the
money comes too slowly.
William Barclay, three times mayor Of
! Barre will not he a candidate for rec,ec-
zion. Candidates mentioned to succeed
him are II. II. wells, II. ). Currier and
John Robins.
The blowing down OF a tree enabled
| Eve Of nine foxes owned by Henry Walker
of Bennington to ESCAPE from their pen.
one was shot, another trapped and til"
rest are free
The letting ont Of water from Frost and
| Crystal ponds At Brattlcburo evidently
done with malicious intent. prevents the
harvesting OF ice there. II was II ir.,hc,
thick but cannot be sawed now.
state supervisors OF the insane have
organized thus; President, Dr =. =.
! Steele, Montpelier; secretary. Dr. q. :.
Foster. Putncv; treasurer, D.. r. NJ
Pclton, aichco'd.
Rushing 500 to sick son in Alaska
by telegraph cost Northheld nam $3.50.
| lie has since learned he could have sent
tn" money through national bank cor
respondent Of the sank in Alaska for S.
The rates of Barre's new fire Insurance
company. the Granite Mutual will be the
sam" rs the stock rates of all mutual
companies except that Barre will be in
the preferred class for minimum rates
ON dwellings,.
The Matching OF five canarics last
week at NJ. j. Houghton's in Wood
stock is taken TO Indicate an early spring
as in u years past they have never
before Matched earlier than the last OF
March.
Sixteen logs were taken from pine
| tire" in Townshend cut by u. l.. Fair
banks and his men. Ole foot leg meas
urcd 90 inches at the butt and q inches
at the top. The whole tree measured
:, ga feet.
young man in Brmingham. Eng
| land, remembered two lady friends in
| Guilford with valuable gold watches
| Christmas. 1t is now discovered that
| he stole the watches and al the reoucs,
| of the chief of cons tables in Birmingham
they are "a be returned.
a suitable marker to commemorate the
invention OF the first sidehill pillow will
be erected upon the mountain top in PERI
| where 70 years ago man named War
| rem conceived It's idea and made the first
one at n little furnace. The marker vii
he ercted by one of his sons, now a
| NcdNnS RESILIENT or l'nllhdclpnla.
The directors Of the Barre & Montpclic,
street railway will ask the railroad com
mission for an Interpretation of the sec
| ton Of the law which relates to dscri-
, mnation In rates. The directors express
! themselves as willing to continue tn,
| special fare workmcns tickets If allow
| ed by law to do so.
Creameries in the northeastern part OF
tn" State are paying high rates TO theil
patrons this winter The South Pcachan
| creamerY's "a IL cents for December hut
ter is the highest price paid in it's I
| years business Other Crcamcrics paid
Danvile, "a; Barnet, 90 10; West Bar
net, 3d.. North RYegatc g. "a.
AT the end Of three terms Of office
Mayor William Barclay of Barre point!
with special pride to the fact that The
There has been a total reduction o
nearly $4,000 In the city debt the pas
year and he thinks the tax rate may b,
brought down TO $50 if proper care il
| used.
George Salina of Mortified had "A cole
experience the other day. He went bacl
to his farm IN Berlin to repair the roo
OF the barn and while working on IN
ridgepole the wind blew down the lad
ders. The temperature was considorabl
below zero but MIR. Sallna never came
off his perch till rescued two hours late
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