Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-27

by the officers In westfeld and sent back
home to think II over and eat more pea
soup. This he was willing to do az he
, had come to the conclusion that home
AMI pea soup was better than no home
and no soup.
Moses Miller of Bellows Falls claims
| to be the discoverer of the telephone,
when at the age Of four years in COM
, pany with his father It was found that
| the scratching at one end Of log could be
| heard distinctly by one at the other end
| The tin can and waxed string experiment
| followed closely after. Resides this dis
tinction he is relied upon extensively
as a weather Prophet
Considerable indignation was caused al
| Chester Wednesday morning when It
| was learned that some time during tho
| night some miscreant or miscrean ts had
daubed the two cannons on Monument
square with white paint The guns were
only placed IN position the day before
Memorial day. and are fine raeces of
ordinance, breech loading, rihod, and the
mountings all new.
Since the Legislature removed the $50
bounty on bears they have increased
amazingly In the mount aneous regions
Allen Briggs. Jr.. of Sea csburgh has cap
tured two fine specimens in the last ten
days. They would have weighed at least
2o pounds in The fall. Bears are, how
ever, in much better fur this season as
their hair has had an opportunity 70
reach its full length through the winter.
A new departure In tho customs service
necessitates holding up northbound paS-
sengcr trains on the Canadian border
heretofore Canadian officers have boa I'd
ed trains on this side and inspected them
en- route, but now they are examined for
dutiable merchandise at the first Cana
dian station. The Canadian authorities
are authors OF the new idea and only
their men are affected thereby
Wild stories come from Dorset. Rupert
and DANNY In this section it is reported
that timber wolves are so numerous that
they are not only killing off the deer but
the good people have to club them out of
their pig pens. LynXes are also plentiful
and rabbits are so common that they
mop around IN gardens in broad da Wight
incidentally the crows are pulling UP
fields OF corn and the catbirds have de-
stroyed the entire au'berry crop.
at the 1ntercity base ball grounds had
made the mistake Of his life In serving
to States Attorney Gates a peculiarly
invigorating mixture from Moxle bottle.
The attorney took but one swallow when
he reached over the counter and seized
the bottle which has been sent to tho
State labora tory FOR analysis Mr. Gates
Is of the opinion that tho concoction con-
tains about 90 per cent "stlck' OF alco-
hol.
John j. Roberts Of Poultney last win
ter gave away large shepherd dog which |
had been in the family may years. He !
d,d not return 10 his old home until last |
week when member of the family be- |
came III. He insisted upon remaining at |
the sick persons door until death came |
and was not seen again until the day OF |
the funeral when he Joined the procession |
and since has been in a detected mooi !
and shows every evidence of mourning.
George Caldbeck, manager Of the Ave-
nue. House, st. Johnsbury has brought |
suit to recover 5000 against Charles Sim
anton, 5eweler, Of the same place Mr. |
Caldbeck alleges that he bought a dia-
mond of the defendant said to have been
purchased from Horace Wakefield 30 years
ago for $500 1t is said that Slmanto,
also sold diamond to Walter Hoffman of
Woodsville for $3.50 and represented It also
to be the Wake eld'' stone. Mr.. Siman-
tons defense is a general denial Of the
Wakefield representations.