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

fine of 80 and costs Thursday for
cruelty to animals. Bohannon drove
into town In the morning and left his
horse standing in the streets with the
temperature near zero for eight hours
without food or blanketng. The suffer-
ing Of the animal was finally noticed,
the horse taken caro- of by Sher!fl
Holmes and the owner arrested
Miss Agnes Murdoch, teacher of his
| tory In the sixth, seventh and eight
grades of the public schools, has ten
dered her resignation to take effect at
the end OF the present term. Her sue
cessor has not yet been named.
DR.. Alan Davidson, who has been con-
fined to the house from Illness resulting
from freezing his face, is able to be out.
Tho office of Bostwck Bros. coal and
lumber dealers on Federal street, was
broken into sometime Saturday night or
early Sunday morning by thieves who
effected an entrance through the sash
of the back door. breaking n light of
glass about Y2x1S. Sunday morning
when C. A. Bos wick of the firm went
t. the office. he found It in a badly
mudded condition. Every drawer In the
DESKS and tables had been pried open
and papers. bills and receipts were scat
tered in confusion all over the place.
The cash register had been the main
object Of attack and was lying on the
floor In badly wrecked condition.
/ Fortunately there was no money or
other valuablcs in It and il Is believed
/ that the thieves did not get over three
cents OF booty. Fresh scratches on and
near the combination " the safe show
ed that some hopes had been had of a
haul there but the effort was given up
/ The thieves also visited the Central
! Vermont depot, breaking into the lavor-
atory on the ground floor and robhing
one of the penny-ln- the-slot machines o,
about sixty cents. No clue to the per
pctrators of the crimes has yet been
obtained, but It is supposed to be the
work of some local amateur
Several complaints have been made
lately of thefts of goods from the more
prominent stores. the dry goods estab-
lishments being the principal ones to
suffer One store alone is out fully sos
durin.; the past week. Unusual methods
ave been introduced at some shops to
keep goods from being stolen and a
sharp watch is row kept on the crowds
during the Christmas rush season
The funeral Of Mrs. Susan (Wilder)
|
died suddenly Friday morning IN Hart
ford, Conn. at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Henry Plow, was held at her
late home on Congress street Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev w
I Parkyn Jackson, pastor Of the First
| Congregational Church, officiated and a
quartette composed Of Mrs George NJ
| Hogan. Miss Gertrude Woodland. Lee 8
| Tillotson and Howard W. Deming sang
| The bearers were Milton s. Bostwick
John Branch Frank L. Greene and John
| q. Norton. The interment VS. in tho
Sout-. Main street cemetery Mrs. Gil
son was tn, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
James Wilder Gates and was born IN
Cambridge, Mass. 6S years ago She
Is survived by three children, James w
ellison of Racine. Wis. DR.. Graham Z.
Gibson of Derby Conn. and Mrs. Henry
Plow of Hartford. Conn. with whom
she passed most OF her time Mrs Glib
son was a member Of the First Com
sregatonal Church, of t. Monday at
terhoon club OF this city and for several
years until her health began to fail was
an active and valued mem r of tho
BOARD of managers OF the Woman's Hos
pital association. serving as it's score
tary for many years. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Plow of Hartford Conn. Mr.
and Mrs. James W. ellison of Racine
WIS, and Dr. Graham l.. Gibson Of Der
by. Conn, attended the funeral OF their
mother
The funeral OF Andrew Jackson Smith.
"ho died Of pneumonia Friday night. IT
MS home in St Adams town. was held
AT MS late residence Sunday afternoon
at two O'Clock. The Rev n w
Learned officiated and a quartette COM
posed OF c. f. Terrence, L. L. c. Best.
Arthur Tenny and II. W. Marvin sang.
The bearers. all grandsons of the de-
ceased were Clifton Smith. Kenneth
feals, Clifton Bryant and Clark Abells.
MI Smith was one of the old residents of
St Adams born here March %. ISIS. Be-
sides wife he leaves two daughters.
Mrs Charles II. Beals of st. Adams town
and Mrs. William Bryant Of this city.
ana one son, Henry Smith of St. Adams
town. He is also survived by a brother
Luther ID. Smith of Georgia
Inc most recent attempt of the SALIVA
t'on Army to rcgenerate St Adams failed
lust as dismally as the first. made wears
ago, and its representatives are hustIinr
around trying to raise $500 to settle I'D
old scores and get to a more promising
field.
The meeting Of the trustees of the ST
Adams free library to consider the oues-
ton Of keeping the reading rooms open
on Sunday afternoons was held Satur-
day afternoon, and after a general dis
cussion Of the matter everybody present
being In favor OF the idea, a committee
consisting Of ii. Charles Royce Charles
d. Watson and Nelson Goodspeed was
appointed to confer with the city council
IN regard to heating, etc, and report to
the board next Saturday Following this
meeting the public expects that the rooms
will be open Sunday hereafter.
The Franklin County Telephone COM
pany has notified subscribers that there
Will be an increase in rates January ].
1908 The new schedule follows: Special
line. business $50. residence s3s: two
party line. business s33. residence. SOS:
six-party line, business s27. residence s2l
lO-party line, residence SIS; Is or more
party line. business SCI residence SIS
Whlle some people have been expecting
raise In rates and would cheerfully ac-
cept them II they felt they We're getting
good service. there are many who are
anything but pleased with the present
service, and say they will have their
phones removed.
Mrs. John ID, Wyman, VINO has been
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