Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-03

gle, and sesveral town meetings. have
been held with conflicting results.
During this year also n $500 library
building has been erected in Shoreham
by Mrs. Mary NJ. Plat in memory OF
her husband DR. w. n. Platt. BY the
will of Mrs. Horace Fales, recently
made public. Waterbury receives So
900 as permanent trust fund for the
use of the library. in memory of her
husband. A new $1,000 library build
ing for Wilmington, the gift Of
Lyman Pattee, a native of that town.
Is nearly completed. The towns OF
Cornwall, Moretown, Sheffield. Vernon.
West Fairlee, Wllliston and Burke
have also recently opened new libra
ries
The library commission consists Of
Edward NJ Goddard of Montpelier,
assistant state librarian. who Is chair
man; Mrs. W. =. Smith Of 81. Johns
bury. superintendent Of travelling
libraries; Mrs NJ. II. Buckham of
Burlington wife of the president of
the University Of Vermont; Mrs. G. NJ
Winslow Of Brandon and william
n. Dufoi. of Randolph, former state
treasurer. Tho commission has an
office at the State House at Mont
pelier I'm charge of Miss Frances
Hobart, the secretary. The commission
ers receive no compensation, but the
sum of Sli0O is appropriated for ex-
penses. of which $500 may be paid to
secretary. Since 1905 quarterly
bulletin has been published by the COM
mission.
George Smith Of Sharon, age "a
years died Sunday morning at 8
o'clock after an illness of week with
pneumonia His wife age ~ years,
who had been ailing for some time
but who had been able to care for
her husband up to last Wednesday.
died at 6 o'clock Sunday morning. A
double funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon.
PROSPERITY IN BENNINGTON.
The past year has been enc Of the
most prosperous known IN Bennlng-
ton in years in every way. There
have been no cpidemics. the health OF
the people has been remarkably good,
there has been only one failure and
that for less than $1,000. crops were
all large and there has been plenty OF
work for all who wanted it. The mills
/ and factories have all been constant
/ ly employed and some Of them have
for weeks been running all night.
! Building operations have been un-
usually brisk and good and good
! judges estimate that what with build
ings completed and under way, with
! lfot latr h,,It tr,
| proved, the total amount expended is
around 100000. Among the most i'm
| portant Of these is the new Y. NJ. G.
A. building, the Methodist church. the
Johnson house, the Blackmer resi-
dcnce at bennington Center, the
Hawks block on North street and the
building that will be partly occupied
by the telephone company on North
street, the Cutler block on Mai,
street and the rebuilding OF the hous4
to be occupied by the Mt Anthony
country club. Besides these Their,
have been about n dozen houses bulls
costing from $4,000 to $4,000 each
Building operations pr, mise to be a
good tho coming season as for the
past, among those already PROPOSED
being the new Episcopal church ant
many private residences. In addition
to the foregoing there has been IN,
building of the new electric road tc
| North Adams and the Improvement.
made by the telephone company whcf
have brought large amounts of money
to bennington and made the pas
of the town.