Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-03

now about half finished and is to be %
feet long by eight feet wide. Mr. lGor-
vath was engaged to do the work by a
Furnishing concern and he has Travelled
extensively to obtain correct ideas Of tn"
site represented by the picture and tine
costumes worn by the characters.
great commotion at the barn got
William Somers of Cabot out of bed In
the middle of the night. He located the
center of disturbance in the pig pen but
could not tell what it was He gave a
few whoops and fred at the noise. then
went back TO bed. In the morning he
found a dead bull dog which while alive
had so bitten one Of the hogs that it is
| feared the animal will not long sur
| vivc.
good Swanton woman not long a
| resident there. found fault with her hus-
| band because the nervous antics Of thu
| family horse caused him to use profanc
| language while Harvesting She finally
| told him that If he couldn't heln swear
| ing she would ask someone else to har-
ness the beast. He took hcr at her word
| and the next time she wanted to drive
she hailed the first man who came along
and nc hanesscd the horse obligingly
| and without any audible profanity. Re-
turning she told neighhor that she had
found man who could hitch up tho horse
without swearing and inquired who the
stranger was. "Why. that was Minister
Ranslow,' was the reply
Those who saw tho thrilling per
| Torrance of driver of Il Montpclier city
team nearly died Of heart failure. In
| spite of tho frantic efforts Of the nagman
and the yells Of the Mortified crowd the
man drove his team right In front of the
NJ e. W r. Il. r. shifter which was
stopped within about 20 feet of his wagon
The man is said to have been so on
crossed in watching a woman on the side
walk that he saw or heard nothing
Gov. Fletcher y. Proctor has APP
| pointed the following as Vermont dele
gates to the American mining congress to
nc held at Joplin, Mo, November 12 to Is:
James w. Tyson, STAFFORD; Prof George
II. Perkins, Rurlington; Thomas J.
Roberts, Poultney: H. J. VI. Jones. Mont
pelier; +. NJ. Cory, Montpelier; John
p. Rich. Swanton; Edward A. Burt, Mid
dlebury; Frank r. Chamberlin St. Al
bans; o. c. Huntcy, Leicester; Ernest
II. West Manchester.
The eight hundred women teachers in
| Vermont are planning to form an organi-
cation similar to the Schoolmasters club
| among the male teachers Steps in th,
direction will be taken at the annual
meeting of the Vermont Teachers asso-
citation to he held in Burlington October
II to 10. A letter for approval has been
mailed to the women teachers through
| out hn a fn ba foil i,tr ,a
GERS pro tompore: President, Miss Mar
gucrite Tucker. Brattleboro; vicc-presi-
dent, Miss Jessie A. Judd Bellows Falls:
secretary and treasurer, Miss Amy u.
| Drake, St. Johnsbury; executive commit
tee, chairman, Miss Efle Moore of Bur-
lnEton. Miss Emma Chapman of Bur
lngton, and Mrs. Kate Miller Of Burling-
| ton.
A big black horse belonging to the
Bridgewatcr Mills was killed in a
singular manner at Woodstock. The
span, of which he was one. took fright
and ran up the railroad track. The near
horse, running faster. crowded the black
against the end Of freight car. He
turned a complete somersault and came
down on mis- head, crushing the skull.
Miss Roa Eaton. native of Bristol
will be one of the soprano soloists al
the Maine musical festival this fall
She made a brilliant debut under tht
dir. elton of William r. Chapman a,
the Waldorf-Astoria last December
and some of the leading critics in New
York have predicted a great future for
her. She has studied extensively
abroad. has sung before many of the
celebrities of Europe and America and
has Il busy season before her on the
concert stage. Her appearance in
Maine will be the first time that sne
has sung In New England since reach
ing her present eminence in the must
cal world. She sings at Portland with
Emma Calve.
PROGRAM y. A. r. CONFERENCE
The program for the eighth annual
conference of the Vermont Daughters
of the American Revolution to be acid
in Bennington October and 10 at the
Second Congregational Church, fol-
lows: Wednesday morning ten O'Clock
informal reception; 1880 o'clock, con-
ference called to order by the state
regent, Mrs. Clayton ~ North; invo-
cation by the chaplain, Mrs. l.. b
Lord; roll call of chapters; reports OF
regent. secretary and treasurer;' two
minute chapter reports; 80 p m.
historians report, Mrs. f.. L. $, Moor
welcome, Mrs. Mary G. Root; re-
sponscs. Mrs. f. Stewart Stranaaan
Miss NJ. NJ. futile; greetings from
guests, Maine and New Hampshire
state regents Wednesday evening
reception at the residence of Mrs. s
S. Pratt; Thursday morning, pilgrim
age to Remington monument anC
other historic points; 2:3O p. m, re-
ports of Isle La Motto marker anC
other committees; nominations o.
State regent and state vice-regent
elections OF treasurer, auditor, ais
torian and chaplain; unfinished bust
ness; adjournment the state officer
are: Regent, Mrs. Clayton \, North
vice regent, Mrs. Julius J. Estey
treasurer, Mrs. j. G. Hindes; secre'
tary. Mrs. S. r. Carslcy; historian
Mrs. f. T.. S. Moor; chaplain, Mrs. /.
b. Lord. Miss Hope Graves and Miss
Mary Root of Bennington are the com
mittce on arrangements