Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-31
VERMONT NOTES
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doe ana "A lawn nave Decf lounu
shot dead near sunderland
Twelve tear-old Justin Norris of
STAFFORD has killed 250-pound deer.
A. curiosity is white deer shot in
Calais by Webster Wilbur of Wood
bury. Its antlers had seven prongs.
Wild ducks are plentiful on Lake
Mcmphremag cog this fall Ten were shot
by Ralph Sisco in one days hunting.
Tho women of Brightlook hospital,
st. Johnsbury. cleared s2s1.7S from a
fivc-ccnt lunch counter at the county
fa)r.
The Rev. George Pomfrey of Cdvendish
has accepted call to become pastor of
the Baptist Church at Brandon and will
begin his duties Sunday. November Il.
The first Memorial day orator for 1908 to
be announced is the Rev. c. H. Shaeffer
of Barton Landing. who will address the
G. A. r. post at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Jackson of Vernon
have issued invitations to their 5oth
wedding anniversary Tuesday. Novem-
ber 5.
Mrs. William Willoughby of Island Pond
has a handsome Ivy trained over half
the village store. It was brought by her
from England over 20 years ago
The Samson Power company's plant a.
East Berkshire has been sold to II. A.
Pond for IS 425 which includes stock and
tools. The unfinished house brought $500
The story is told in the Montpelier
| papers of a farmer who ate three
pounds of honey and asked for more.
1t was all down in half an hour
The first annual convention in behalf
Of Y. NJ. C. A. work in Windsor county
will be held at the Methodist Church in
White River junction this afternoon and
tomorrow.
William Dickinson of Braintree was
run over and killed by a wagon load
of logs. It is thought that he tried to
get on the load while It was in mo-
ton.
| l.. A. Childs of Moretown has seen
flock Of II wild geese flying south.
| This is sign Of an early winter and
he claims that it is the earliest flight
| known.
| d,
is one of the honor men at the Boston
University law school He is second
year deans clerk on account of high
| scholarship.
The granite manufacturing Arm OF
| +. Grappone Bros. is being moved
| from Montpelier to Barre whore it is
| thought that more satisfactory facil-
| tiles for the business will be secured,
The trustees of the Brattleboro free
library have decided to keep the reading
room open from three until $50 every
Sunday afternoon following the precedent
of Burlington and Rutland.
| The Derby Methodist Church has called
the Rev. n. ". Wilder of WATERFOWL,
| Conn, former pastor. to complete the
| conference year. beginning his work the
| middle OF November.
Although only three jury cases were
| taken up at this term Of Rutland county
court it is stated that lA cases have
been disposed Of A recess was taken
! Saturday until Monday afternoon, Nov
ember g.
At the new government experiment
| tai STATION at the met or tn' 'Nl'''''7
den reservoir in Rutland county, $50.
600 brook trout eggs have been OBJ
tanned. The place will probably he
| made a permanent station.
Warren Il. Fitch of Keene, \. IL, has
purchased $50 acres of timherland In
Jamaica. Spruce, pine and hard wood
is reported on the land in abundance. IT
belonged TO the Judge Hoyt II, Wheeler
| estate.
Harry j. Simonds OF Rutland, brake
man on the Rutland railroad, nearly bled
to death late Friday night as the result
of slipping and sticking mis- left arm
through a window pane. An artery r
his wrist was severed.
The weighing and counting of the mai
| at the St. Johnsbury postoffice last week
showed the total number of pieces
handled to be Il. s76 and the revenue there
from S291.7s It was a light week as tht
receipts for last year were $4,000.
Some unknown hunter mstook the COW
Of Homer Balm of Middlebury for deel
and filled the inoffensive animal full OF
lead. She had 10 be killed. The guilty
man is keeping his great markmanshi u
a dark secret
1t is reported that Henry St Johns
who was employed by Somers Spauldin:
of Mddlehury and whose disappearanc,
of three weeks was published last week
IS working for n man In Ferrsburgh
and that he does not know that he is lost
Prosperous times are indicated II
Rutland by the fact that the smalles
amount of uncolleCted taxes have beer
turned over to the collector since Rut
land became city. Just $4,000. 81
remain uncollected as against s136
$685. paid to the city treasurer.
Congressman Kittredge iaskins o
Brattleboro announces that a competitiv
examina ton will be held at White Rive
, Junction Wednesday, November 10. a
800 a. m. preliminary to the appointment
of a midshipman from the second dis
, trict.
Joseph F.. Ranger, who is charge,
with setting fire to the Vose House /,
Pittsfeld, has been taken to the Stat
hospital for the insane Mt Waterbur,
for observation rs to his mental con
dition. His counsel claims that Ran
ger is insane.
= Charles Seaver of Proctorsville Il
d obeying the law to shoot only deer wit
h horns brought down a doe which wa
a wearing this style of headgear. The singi
y horn was covered with a thick skin an