Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

Is hustle to keep the ranks full and
deficiency reports from Brattleboro,
Bradford and Newport show which
way the wind is blowing.
The International Paper company has
notified Its men at Bellows Falls that 1t
purposes to shut down indefinitely three
of its machines for the making Of heavy
paper. This step will be taken about
January-1 and 35 men will be thrown
out of employment thereby. The in
creased cost OF production owing to the
adoption of the three-tour system Is
given by the company as the cause for
this step.
At the close of November there were
81 veterans at the Soldiers Home in
Bennington. Two new members were
admitted last week David b. Hunter
OF Sprin gfeld and Eugene Smith OF Bris
tol. Hunter enlisted in Co. I, eth Yer
mont. and was promoted to principal mu-
sician before the end of tho war. Smith
served in Co. II, 18th Vermont Fish and
Game Commissioner II. G. Thomas Of
stowe Instructed Warden Harry Chase
10 dispose OF the lame buck deer at the
home and tho animal was killed yester-
day. Tho vension will be eaten at the
| home.
| George Mcclellan. n young brlcklayer
! Of Northneld, was arrested Monday
| charged with entering w II. Morartys
| grocery store and taking $40 from the
! money drawer Entrance was made by
smashing the glass In the front door.
| The noise was heard by Joseph Miller.
! night Waterman at the z. b. Ellis
granite plant. He notified the chief Of
| police and they followed tho tracks of
| man to the house where Mcclellan
| boards When hailed before a Justice,
Mcclellan pleaded guilty to n charge
OF intoxicatiun but denied entering tho
store
Ten to a dozen nat cars piled high
with Christmas trees are a common
| sight nowadays in the railroad yards
at Rutland. The trees have been cut
for the most part on the mountains be-
tween Rutland and Summit. Dealers
from the cities come to Vermont an
nually and buy the right of the land
| from tho owners. paying about one
cent each for the young trees on the
stump. In their eagerness for cash,
! the farmers lose sight Of what strip
ping the land of its forests will mean
to succeeding generations
The Bennington Banner figures that
| the population Of that town has in
| creased 1000 since the census was taxi
On I'm 1900. At that time Bennington
had Of s,033 with 1877 poll taxpayers.
Tho Banner figures the latter out as
% Ia per cent. of the population and
multiplies tho number Of poll taxes to-
day, 2.o99, by % Ia to get tho present
number Of inhabitants, an even 5000.
BY a like method tho Banner finds that
the population Of ~ towns in the
county is decreasing, only three be-
side bennington having gained. They
are Arlington, Dorset and Readshoro.
Tho county population is given as 22,-
277 to-day which is TO be compared
with 2f,705 in 1900 and 2,44S in 1890.
The new commander Of Company l.
" n. G., Brattleboro, Is Captain
| Ernest j. Waterman, vice Captain
Louis II. Henkel. resigned. He Is a
son Of Judge and Mrs. f. L. Waterman
Of Brattleboro and was horn in jana
lea October ~. 1877. He was Eradu-
ated from Middlebury College in 1899
and was admitted to the Vermont bar
In 1902. He enlisted in Company in
1898. When the regiment was reor-
gained in 1899 he e-enlisted and was
elected lieutenant October 6, 1899, first
lieutenant May "a. 1900, and captain
October 2S. 1901. resigning October s,
1908. In the second year of his cap
taincy the regular army inspecting Of
hcer reported to the war department
that Company was the most proficient
10. ic IN
a bad condition. and Captain Waterman
will begin at once the work Of building
it up. His election was unanimous and
was carried over his refusal to accept
which induced him to change his mind.
The oxford Mountain railroad is
now running several trains each day
between Mansonville and Richmond
Que where 1t connects with the Grand
Trunk and to Eastman, Que where II
connects with the Canadian Pacific.
The distance Is about forty miles
Mansonville is five miles from North
Troy and track is laid south of Man
sonvile, so the road IS worked nearly
to the Canadian line, which is about
one mile from North Troy. 1t is eN-
pected that 1t will soon he ready 10
operate TO the line where ii is to con-
meet with the franchise rights Of the
Midland Railroad company, incorpor-
ated under the laws OF Vermont, From
North Troy the Mississquot valley
stretches southerly, and through this
it is hoped that the oxford Mountain
road will run. connecting near Norris
Vile Johnson and Hyde Park with the
railroad facilities there. 1t would
thus pass through a thrifty country
where there will he no other railroad
and where it is believed the patrona &c
Will amply sustain and support such
a road thirty-hve miles long. At
North Troy 1t will connect again with
the Canadian Pacific, and he an Inn
portant addition to that active and
prosperous village OF about 1900 In
habitants.
OLD BOOKS ARE HEIRLooMs.
Frank b. Edgerton of bennington IS
the owner Of three interesting books all
Of which are nearly hundred years Old,
while the Oldest is 100 years They have
been handed down from generation to
generation as n sort of heirloom,
"Elliotts Debate on tho Constitution,
the title of one was printed in the year
1851 The second book is entitled AN
American Gazetteer of the American
Continent also Of the West India Is
lands" It was printed in Boston in 1910
The most interesting OF the three is an
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