Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-11-28
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VERMONT NOTES


Twenty lady deer gathered in Bing-
hamville sugar orchard the other day
and Marshall Richards saw them.
The Vermont sanatorium ut Pittsford
Is practically completed and Will be
opened formally Tuesday. December 10.
Many carloads OF Christmas trees are
being entered at the customs house at
Newport from Canada for shipment to
Pennsylvania
Beginning December 1 the Rutland
railroad will discontinue three trains
running to Remington. the two principal
ones being 10 and from Rutland
Company I of Brattleboro will hold an
election Friday evening to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of Capt.
Louis VI. Henkel
blue heron which measured six
feet from tip to tip of its wings was
shot last week by Edgar Pierce OF
Chester.
The funeral of cx-Mayor william
Barclay of Barre was very largely at
tended Sunday over 1000 people View
ing the body,
fNlWaTG ~ ttthTnt IlP NHlllHeIblu
man who disappeared while coming home
from Detroit, was found In Buffalo last
week II was thought he was in Albany
and search was made there.
Frank +. Sargent, commssioner-ger-
eral Of immigration. now critically Ill ut
washington. is a native of Vermont,
having been born in East Orange SO
years ago.
The teachers and pupils Of the village
schools in Plainfeld experienced a bad
quarter of an hour last week when coal
gas from the furnace filled the rooms
and several children tainted
Mrs Mary Z. Meehan of Bristol
raised Ga turkeys this fall and sold
them for % cents pound. As they
averaged 1924 pounds she received
something over 5000.
A state record for the production of
milk and butter has been made by
Holstein Friesan COW owned by J. II.
Mead & Son of West Rutland. In a
days Lady Withoorns record was 951.9
pounds of milk and 1916 pounds Of but
ter. She is 10 years old.
The Hon. James A. Pollard Of Ches-
day remembers that so years ago.
when he was in the Legislature that
the hard times SO reduced cash in the
State treasury that the members could
not be paid off until money could oe
obtained from Boston.
Walter Wcine was painting a Rut
land greenhouse when he slipped and
IN trying to save himself stuck his right
hand through the glass. He rode to the
doctors office on a bicycle and had CO
stitches taken to close the great wound
in his arm.
Ex-Mayor J. F. Manning OF Rutland
has been promoted to be general man
agcr of the Colorado Yule Marble COM
pany Of Marble, Colo. He was formerly
manager of tho Columbian Marble COM
pany Of Rutland and went West only a
few months ago.
T. T. Haskins, aged 65 years. Is deter
mined to prove that It is never too late
to mend. Appearing in Rutland city
court to receive sentence for a third Of
fonse Of intoxication, Haskins took the
pledge for one year and believes he can
keep It,
United states Marshal II. w. Bailey
who has been i'll number of months
and was only able recently to leave the
Rutland hospital where he underwent
the amputation of one foot, has gone TO
his home in Newbury this week to pass
Thanksgiving.
4 bad man in Barre, who asked Rus
sell Lynch at 1890 p. m. If he had any
money and used an oath IN telling Mr..
Lynch that he was liar received a
right swing to the jaw and went down
for the full count. Mr.. Lynch did not
recognize the highwayman.
Wildcats are bowling around the vii
laGc of Dummcrston and causing some
concern. A Canadian lynx down there
has killed 10 pulets owned by Batty
Balester, Kipling's hrother-in-law. While
chasing a hen he was seen by little
girl who was badly frightened when he
showed his teeth.
Commission merchants in Cincinnati