Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-11

savory affair with u negro and mar
riago to a young man living in Keonc,
N H. She is at present the wife of a
lumbcrman and langulshes in Jail for
n breach of the peace committed while
under the influence Of liquor
While a funeral procession was cross
ing the Boston q Maine railroad tracks
at Bellows Falls in a binding snow
storm, an express train picked up a team
driven by Archie Sheridan and carried II
! some distance. The horse was killed but
| Sheridan with MS sister ana child es-
capped with n few bruises They were
thrown into an adjoining field.
The statement in this column that
| the present enrolment Of 300 I'm all
grades of tho Vergcnncs graded schools
exceeds all records since the school
was incorporated" brings out that in
1928 there were 335 pupils in the
Vergcnnes graded schools ana there
was also another school in session at
that time on the west side of the
| river.
Miss Elizabeth Hanlcy of East Gran
| Vile, aged 10 years is station agent,
mail carrier, express agent. baggage
master and freight agent for the Com
trail Vermont railway. She has held
all these offices for two years and ad-
miring friends claim that she is the
only young woman In New England
holding such multitude Of positions
SO distinctly in the sphere of the male
species
STATE Superintendent Mason s Stone Is
satisfied with the present number Of
| school units formed under the new law
and no more are likely TO be urged at this
time. If Montpelier had three more teach
ers she would come under the provision Of
the law and receive 81 90 from the State.
Fast MONTPELIER might be included with
Montpelier except that the superintendent
of the Montpelier schools has all that he
can possibly attend to now.
Chester reports the heaviest April fall OF
snow Monday in many years Eight
inches fell and the mountain stages had
the hardest time Of the winter A good
run Of sap is expected after this storm.
! The sugar season Is already cor sidcre1
q fair on" and an excellent quality has
been made. Prices range for sugar from
II TO 20 cents there with syrup at s115 to
$50 gallon.
The Vermont Marble company Of Proc
| tor begins the weekly payments Of its
EMPLOYEES April 10 at seven points, Bel
dens. Brandon. Hollister quarry. Sand pit,
Dandy. East Dorset and Sherburne: at
Proctor. April IS; AT Center Rutland.
April Il: at West Rutland. April Is; on
rloyees at Proctor not paid April 16 will
be, April 70 After this last date regular
weekly payments will be taken up in tho
| above order.
Bennington countv's largest and
most complete sheep barn is to be
built on the Colgate farm. A load of
Dorset sheep, raised there. has just
been sent 10 New jersey. Included in
tho lot was a lamb. four weeks old.
that was sold for 500. Several Of the
same breed have been sent to the farm
OF former Governor Frank s Black Of
NV York whore they will be used for
breeding purposes.
For the alleged breaking into the H.
| very stable of Frank Hyde AZ White
| River Junction and taking horse and
carriage, Benjamin and William Gilmore
were arrested this week at Lebanon. y.
| II. Both waived their rights and were
taken |oack to Vermont The rig was
found at Hanover whore it had been sold
! benjamin Gilmore is wanted for desert
ing from Troop A. 18th cavalry, at Fort
| Ethan Allen March A.
| Eva ReddinR. a 17-year-old Pownal. girl
became separated from her brother in
New York city Monday and applied for
! relief at the 3jth street police station.
She had waited on street corner while
her brother went for relief 10 the outdoor
poor department as thclr money had be-
come exhausted. Her brother lost his way
while returning from the office. they
arrived in New York Friday in search Of
| employment and pursued their quest
I three days.
Uncollected taxes in Rutland now
amount to $+,17i5G, only SSl2.35 hav-
ing been collected on this account
since January I. OF tho 2G2 supposed
IS delinquent polls on tho goo list
| Collector Clark finds 142 have left the
city. vanishing between the time the
assessments were made and the time
the books were turned over to him
for collection. He believes the time
limit between assessments ana Collec-
tons is entirely too long as trausients
have a chance to get away.
Walter Begor 16-year-old Rutland
lad. has bullet in his leg us tho result
of experimenting with new revolver.
He put four shells into his new purchase
but took them all OUT as he thought
Standing in front OF the Brunswick
Hotel. he snapped the hammer back AMI
forth three times but at the fourth snap
the last shell exploded and Begor fell
to the ground with yoU He is IL
brother of Solon Begor who had both
feet cut off in the railroad yard at Rut-
land several months ago.
Two deputy, collectors of customs, Her
bert A. Rice of Richford and W. W.
Stiles OF St Adams. have been detailed
for work ut Noyan Junction p. @. They
will seal freight on transit cars from tho
West by WAY of Coteau, bonding them
through to ST Adams SO that they Will
not have to be examined at Swanton St
Adams thus becomes the port of entry
for freight entering the United States
from the West, over the Ottawa division
of the Grand Trunk instead of Swanton.
No changes will be made in the present
force at Swanton and train crews will
make Swanton their terminal point as
heretofore. The change is made to ac-
commodate new conditions. rs through
trains are cutting off distance by aban-
donng the old rout" by way of St Ar
mard and Montreal and running by way
Of Noyan Junction and Coteau.
Mrs. Charles II Spooner. wife of Pres'-
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