Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-18
sWANTON.

Tho government fishing gangs are watch
Ing closely for movement of pike up the
river Nets are occasionally hauled but
only few stray fish have been taken and
there arc no signs OF the movement of a
school Of pike. The upper ground at
MAck's bend. which was perfectly clear
of suaEs last fall is IN bad shape for haul
inS nets this spring oWine to some
stunps ana trunks Of trees that lodged
In the river bed during the recent ice
gorge that formed just below this point
saturday Superintendent Carter had a
force Of men at work on the instructions
with srapplos Dynamite had to he free
~ used to start the stumps. 1t Is expect
ed that ground Will be cleared before tho
fish begin to come-Mrs. Charles Sutcr
gave n reception Saturday evening in
honor of her slster-in-law, Mrs. Louis
Sutor OF Seattle, Wash.-Nliss Abbie
Mitchell bookkeeper in the bank. who fell
and broke her wrist early in February
still carries her arm in a sling and it will
be several weeks before she can resume
her posltion.--Mrs. Fitch Is seriously ILL
Mrs NJ. Banyca is critically III.
Monday afternoon pair of horses,
owned by Hermon Aseltine. were struck
by the locomotive of passenger train No.
9. northbound, at the Smith crossing and
killed. The train was over an hour late
Mr.. Aseltine who escaped injury, was
engaged in tcaming for d. Moves Burton
This is considered an exceedingly bad
crossing as train cannot be seen coming
from the south and the highway drops
quito sharply 10 the railroad from both
directions--B G. Sheldon is In Boston,
4 few catches of pike with hook and
line are being made in the RIVERA daugh-
ter wac born 10 Ny. and Mrs. r. VI.
Barnes Sunday morninx.--NIrs. F. ].
Hawley. critically i'll with paralysis since
November Is able to sit up several hours
a day, but is still helpless Turkey
has entered the employ Of T.. Nj. Burnett.
Merton Bocbe, who has been I'm the Of
fee of railroad company IN New York
since last summer. is III at the home OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T.. II. Beebe-
The members Of tne Taquahunsa club
have been invited ny The Owl club TO hear
Congressman Foster speak on Panama
at st. Adams Wednesday evening.
The infant daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
+. NJ. Barnes died Tuesday. The flu
neral was hold Yesterday afternoon at
two o'clock.
The wee koning O., Tho ice compelled
Reed Miller and son. who were hauling
two big scenes through the ice Off the
mouth Of Missisquoi river since March
! 10 quit the Strengthening business A.
week ago and their big nets are hung up
for This season. A party who has been
n frequent visitor "a the scene % MiIler's
netting operations. and who claims TO
know, informs tho Free Press corres-
pondent that Miller caught and shipped
go barrels Of FISH. The price received
was around $40 per barrel Arthur Nc
Fec. another Canadian fisherman who
has operated near Jamesons point hung
up his net Saturday night with a catch
Of about 100 barrels TO It's credit The
Gull fish "a were shipped from East AL
hurgh 70 Boston and New York but The
fishermen claim all the pike went 70
Montreal MS II is illegal to shin bike
caught with nets in Misssquoi bay 10
the United States markets. II is said
that the pike shipped to Montreal reach
nj tho New York and Boston markets,
being re-siipped from the Canadian met
ropolis and thus the laws Of Vermont.
Massachusetts and New York were evad-
cd to the profit Of little bunch Of Mis-
s!squoi bay fishermen.
z. ]. Booth of Burlington, manager
for ]. r. Booth, was IN town Tuesday in
search of several ca r loads Of lumber. the
non arrival of which compelled the shut
ting down Of one OF the Booth shops nj
burlington several days ago. Several of
these cars left Ottawa March 70 and, IN
able to get any satisfactory information
about them from tho railroad people. Mr.
Booth started out 70 run them down
himself, 81 possible.
lie arrived here at noon and missed
his lumber by a hair, as the cars had
Just passed through Swanton, headed for
st Adams, bearing the special Noyan
Junction seal The cars has been IS days
old times of Canada Atlantic manage
mont I'm n single dav.
St. Mchaers orchestra 81 WInooski
will rive a concert at Columbia hall the
evening Of April 3D--Napolcon Turdeau
is seriously III with heart trouble.-Ir- |
formation has been received here that a
daughter YVES born this week IN New
York to Mr.. and Mrs Henry Iapelle. Mr. |
Lapele IS the son of r. n. Lapelle and |
a graduate % the u. v, NJ, class OF. o1
The condition Of Mrs. p, NJ. Fitch. wife
of Doctor Fitch though stfll critical Ia
more enooura ging,-Mr and Mrs Louis |
Sutor, who have been visiting here for
several days, left for their home in |
Seattle wash, ycsterdav.-E Y Slav- |
ton OF Worthwhile, who has had charge |
Of Shel1on's drug store the past week
during Mr. Sheldon's absence In BOSTON. |
tarted for san Francisco, Cal. last sven- |
ing.
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