Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24
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VERMONT NOTES

At the age OF nine months Madeline
Dow OF Montpelier weighs almos. 70
pounds.
Ono hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars worth Of new buildings at Bellows
Falls last year.
In the spring some go apple and pear
trees are to be set oft IN the town farm
in Bennington.
DuxburY's oldest resident. Mrs Ann
Eliza Lyman. is dead. aged &c years. She
has always lived in Duxbury.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. G. Richardson Of Sax
tons River observed the J0th anniversary
Of their marriage this week.
orleans county Jail at Newport was
without an occupant for two weeks IN
til a young man in Newport Center dis
turbed the peace.
II. S. Wilson Of Arlington, Nermont's
state cattle commissioner, has now over
100 applications for examinations on file
from all parts Of Vermont.
Bellows Falls has accepted its new vii
lagc charter approved by the last legis-
lature, BY the vote OF l12 to 146. The
meeting was orderly and large,
Leland IIull. Is years of age, son OF
Jay HUI Of Hcrrick in the town of
Fairfield, has not been heard from
since disappearing last November.
For beating his wife and breaking
things up generally at home, John Hill,
a Bethel quarryman. was fined with
costs about SIS for intoxication.
Nathaniel case Of East Arlington has
suffered the loss Of four members OF
his family In two weeks, his wife.
daughter, aunt ana sister dying.
l.. F.. S;rawser editor of the Winning
ton Valley Times, is printing the Deer
field Valley Echo. Shelburne Falls
Mass) weekly recently bought by
him.
The business outlook In Barre IS ex-
celient ana the concensus Of opinion
seems to ba that even n bet,cr and more
prospectus year than last is promised
throughout the granite industry.
The ninth annual music convention Of
the East Montpelier Musical associa-
ton will be held at East Montpelier
January "a and %. 9. F. Dudley will
conduct
Quite a business is being done IN Wool
ford gathering camp bark for New
York. It is the bark 81 The key maple
and is largely used for tanning skins
of fur-bearing animals.
Plans have been accepted FOR a three
story brick structure, l4oxio, to he erect
ed in the spring by the II. G. White
company OF Bennington. tho largest
manufacturers OF microscopes in the
world.
Infatuated by a small shaggy dog the
family pussy cat OF Mrs. Fred Boyles
Of Johnson turned on her mistress and
scratched and bit Mrs. Boyles's face in
shocking manner. The wounds are
painful but not dangerous.
c. Nelson Place OF Saco. Ne. presi-
dent OF the Peel's Remedy Co, OF Brat
tleboro. Is 10 move the concern 70 Maine.
Mr.. Place is large grain dealer and
business economy warrants tho change.
The company has been IN Brattleboro
more than 70 years.
At the annual meeting OF the Eerrc
Merchants association, ]. w. Vaughan
was elected president to succeed @. n
1iden. committee was appointed to
appear before the State railroad COM
missloners on behalf ~ better railroad
accommodations for Granite city.
Norman McVeign, aged Il, was forcibly
taken from his grandmother's home
near Brattleboro Weeping and protest
ing. he was placed in n carriage and
driven to Hinsdale. n. II, and thence
taken to Boston. Father and mother
have separated and It was the mother
who took the child away.
Barre paid last year S. 3S9 So for is city
lights, little over 1900 more than dur
ing the year before. This year the bill
is expected to be even bigger. There are
leo arc lights for which the contract
price is SAG each; also 625 incandescent
interior and nine incandescent exterior
lights.
Information reaches Island Pond that
Congressman Hasklns will recommend
Mr. sweeney for postmaster. His peti.
ton had 500 signers while that OF Mr..
Johnson had 800. T.. y. Bemls Is a
candidate for Mr.. Sweneys position as
commissioner and collector for the I'M
organized towns and cores OF Essex
county.
Eleven year-od Earl Houghton If
Woodstock trapped a coon, thought it
was a wild cat and believed he killed
the animal with a blow Throwing him
over his shoulder he proceeded home
but was startled by a sharp bite in the
small of the back Tho lad got him home
and Will keep Mr. Coon alive
Although nearly "a years old. ex-Gov.
FREDERICK Holbrook Of Brattleboro rides
out every pleasant day and his friends
note that he appears In even better
health than a year ago. Tho two official
positions in which he delights the most
are that of pres.den, of the Vermont
Savings bank and chairman OF the board
of trustees of the BYattleboro retreat.
With $4,000 as an annual income from
the Thomas Thompson estate, the Brat
tleboro Memorial hospital finds itself
without an adequate nurses home and
u maternity ward. The suggestion has
been made that the trustees Of the Aus
tine hospital fund could use that fund
TO good advantage by adding q mater
nifty ward 10 the memorial hospital The
late col. William Austiue left $4,000 for
hospital purposes. but further than that
he was extremely indefinite in stating
how he wanted the money used,
TIFTIETH MASONIC ANNIVERSARY