Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
. VERMONT NOTES
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The people of Randolph are dissatisfied
with the street light service furnished by
me Bethel power company and are soon
! to nave mass meeting TO talk over the
stability OF municipal plant.
IN by 40 OF the 70 blacksmlths in Franklin
county mas caused slight increase in
prices 10 DC made. The old schedule was
framed 80 years ago, since which time the
! cost of all materials has risen greatly.
Olage Young of CRANKY. "a years old. is
in the St. Johnsbury hospital with a
! broken shoulder and other injuries His
horse was frightened by an automobile
driven by Howard Blossom. His condi
ton is serious.
/ Tho leading Boer families in the
/ Transvaal arc to-day breeding Vermont
shoep almost exclusively. The merlno
-'cep industry in this State has shown a
marked increase every year for the past
decade.
The razor of Lynde Wait, founder of
| Tayston, VT, is still In use, the owner
bong Mr.. Strong OF Duxhury. Tho blade
T. ~ least century old and has been
f. almost constant use during that per
fol
Nu0ther slot machine has been added 20
TIE ong list, this time tho inventor be-
irc Ernest Manchester Of Randolph. The
device dispenses cigars OF the five-cent
gr3o and Mr.. Manchester is trying to
GO patent on Ito
| difference and dinner participat ed
Fr' Samuel Sheldon of the Brooklyn
! Poyt" hnic institute is making a thor
ourh search of the territory around Bris-
! to- NOTCH where the alleged meteor of
Sunday morning Is supposed to have
lard.1
J c. Sumner of Searsburgh has mar
red Mrs. Helen Brown Of Lond onderrv.
| Mrs Browns first husband was an uncle
to Mr. Summers aunt; Mr.. Summers
first wife was Mrs. Browns sister. max
ing very complicated problem in rea-
tionshp for the kin of both parties.
A mining expert has been prospecting
in bethel for rutle. a metal quite in de-
/ mand I'm tho electrical business. The sup
ply IS limited but deposits have been dis
covered In Warren. 1t is worth 500 per
ton and ore containing five per cent. can
DE pro7tably worked.
Russol Brown. son of William y.
Brown n the st. Jollnsbury Caledonian
office, Jumped from a grocery wagon in
front Of an automobile, driven by II. II.
! Carr. He was dragged 80 feet before the
| machine could be stopped. A large piece
Of flesh was torn from his knee and his
back was injured.
Tho trout IN silver lake, y. Y. are not
supposed ta bite in midsummer but they
were only waiting FOR a Vermont angler.
! Dr, W. j White Of M!ddlcburv spent n
few DAVIS at the lake. sent trout to his
friends, furnished trout dinner to tho
guests A. The hotel and finally had to
stop fishing because there was no way
OF disposing OF tho fish.
! Four Polanders have been taken in
custody by the Rutland authorities as the
result OF a fracas at the christening of
| the little son of Nick Gruma. The cere-
mony did not furnish excitement enough
and ne men jumped on Mathis kcnos.
! pounded him until he could not walk
and left him stuck hard and fast in
nearby swamp.
There recently died IN California n
native Nermelter who was no believer
In the race suicide theory. William
knight, who was born IN Ryegate left %
children by TWO wives and SO grandchil-
dren. Of the los direct descendants the
only death In the family up to Mr.
knights demise was the death of his
first wife.
After having been on tho road two days
and nights and travelling more than 50
miles, n-year-old Mary Mellen of Clare
mont, y H., was captured with a stolen
! team near Gassetts, VI. She was asleep
in the ouggy and the horse was standing
at the SIDE of the road She and her
mother We're Deriving. having hired
team % 60 TO the fields. when Mary
took l. INTO her head to take the trip.
She had had nothing to eat during the
two days.
Cons 4e7able sympathy was felt for ".
NJ. Colturn Of Rrstt,eboro when his
house ard belongings burned, as It was
said that he had only just recovered from
a similar oss In tho San Francisco earth
| quake. The insurance company sent a
check 20 cover his loss but stopped its
payment vhen they discovered that COL
burn had recently been burned out in
Northampton. Mass. under suspicious
circumstances. An investigation was be-
gun, in the course Of which Colburn -four
ished r"volver He finally settled for
$50 and agreed to leave town as soon as
possible.
! The next map of Vermont will show a
| new lake wing IN the town of Morris
town. Tho flood gates of the great con-
crete dam AZ Cadys falls In the I.amoille
! river will be closed In a few DAYS and
n magnihrent sheet Of water will we'll
up betwec1 Hyde Park and Morrisville.
Streets have been laid out and summer
resorts plotted on the bluffs overlooking
the site. and building operations have
already begun. new road crossing a
steel bridge of 900 foot span has been
constructed. The Morrisville municipal
electric plant will become one Of the
largest current producers in the State
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