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

VERMONT NOTES !


Lucian Gould. who has killed more rat
tlesnakes than any man In Springfield
has just caught three big ones on Skitche.
wang mountain.
Three Independent milk routes in North
field have been bought by Walter T..
Brown and Henry Smith, who now con-
troll the milk business of that village.
The Boston and Maine railroad has ar
ranged to comply with the weekly payment
law by establishing a paymaster at
1.yndonvillc in a commodous and com
| Portable office.
William Adams Jr., a six-year-od Brat
tleboro lad, was run over by a wheel har-
| row Saturday and badly injured The
| harrow was being hauled along back of
wagon and the boy who was laying in
| the street in some way fell under the
disks. One of his legs was badly cut and
he was injured about the head.
Thomas r. Mason. an eccentric charact-
er of Felchvile following the destruction
of his house by fire tried to make way
with himself by cutting four gashes in his
throat He decided his property to a
woman some time since for security and
had tried to get the title back IN his own
name. Broodng over the trouble. coupled
with the free uso of liquor. Is given as the
cause of his attempted suicide.
Residents of North Pownal are armed
and indignant over the doings of a
''Peeping Tom" They have armed them
selves and threaten vcngcncc Two
women sleeping near a window were
awakened by the man laying his hand
upon the arm of one. and William Camp
Dell, who lives n quarter of a mile dis
tant saw the man looking in his window
He arose. dressed himself and pursued
the marauder. who escaped in the swamp.
Figures from tho listers report for the
town or Brattlcboro show the amount OF
taxable property is $3.50, 4l4 more than It
was last year. The increase Is largely
real estate. First-class real estate amounts
TO S.OlO.l75, second class to s555. 0S
personal estate to 81, 753.7os. and ITO polls
stand in the list at $4,000, making a
total of s56,729.5S. The total grand list is
So6 '295S. The total number of polls, IN
Guiding those exempt, is 20i4.
Mrs. Ruth Allen Smith is the oldest
resident of Putney. having just passed
her 1oard birthday She was the grand
daughter OF Lieut.. Jonas Allen, who
fought In the Revolution at the battle of
Bunker Hill Two Of her fathers brothers
enlisted in the war of 1912 and she re-
members seeing them start from ROYALS
ton, Mass. for Boston with their muskets
Mrs, Smith was born in Royalston but
came to Putnoy at the age Of % and has
lived there since.
Robert Collins, the oldest veteran of
the Civil War IN Bennington county. and
probably one Of the oldest If not the oldest
in the state died shortly before noon at
the Soldiers home at Bennington Satur-
DAY He would have been 81 years old
had he lived until June 10 He served
three years in. the LIST Vermont battery
and was promoted to be a sergeant Pre-
Vious to enlisting for the Civil War he
had served as "A corporal in the British
army.
Walter e Perkins of Pomfrct has pre- !,
sented to the Vermont Historical society
the commission Of judge of probate grant
ed to John Throop by Vermonts first
governor Thomas Chittenden Throon's
office was in his dwelling house and this
was situated on a back road. about 100
rods east from the residence of George
W. Harding. The ancient document with
a record of TROOPS public service an
pended has been framed and hung in the
town clerks office. While Pomfret has
furnished New England with n L. S. sena
Tor and ut least one governor, John
rhroop has the distinction Of being the
only Pomfret man who. while residing In
own. was elected to n Vermont State
office by popular vote. Here Is his record.
Town clerk 10 years, treasurer years
'electman years, justice of the peaca
q years representative to the general
assembly years, member of the Vermont
'ouncu I years, judge of probate Hart
ord district, 10 years, judge Of supreme
'ourt years and months. lie died
%. 1902
SENATOR MANNING GOING WEST.
state Senator J. r. Manning of Rut
ana, has Just returned from a trip TO
colorado, where he visited the town OF
Marble In which there are extensive
marble interests. The Colorado-YuIe
Marble company controls the largest
marble quarry plant in that section.
heir water supply, railroad facilities.
machinery and mills make tho equipment
Z tho company second 10 none In quarry
ng and shipping marble Mr. Manning
nade thorough inspection OF the p,ant
n all its departments and states that Z
here Is an inexhaustible deposIt az
'hte marble there of the finest quality. .
luch like the italian deposits. He has ,
ccured position with company and will ,
1ove there with his family to begin
peratons about July !. Quite a large
lumber Of marble workers from this sec G
lon Will go to Colorado TO enter the en- ,