Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07

was inCensed to find that workmen IN
cleaning the track of snow and NTH had
| thrown it on top OF the monument. Mr..
Bertoli said the melting OF tho filth on a
| warm day would stain the statue SO that
1t might be ruined
The First Baptist church OF Barre has
voted u 10 weeks leave of absence TO It's
pastor the ROY. W. A. Kinzie. beginning
May !, to enable him to attend the
Worlds Sunday school convention which
will be held IN Rome, italy, from May
20 to 90 Mr.. and Mrs. Knzic will later
tour seven European countries.
New York specialists have az yet fall
cd 70 benefit the hearing Of George Fos-
ter OF lIlrdwick. Tho hearing in one en- r
has gone permanently He can hear so
li;tle in the other that burglars, who
rarsacked the house In which he was
alone a. the metropolis entered Mr. POS
ter's room and stole his watch.
For the fourth time the Vermont Mar
bic company. Proctor. has distributed
the annual profits Of its three stores to
employees who have traded there. The
sum thus divided was $4,000: a, the Proc
tor store, II per cont. dividend; Mt West
Rutland 3 per cent; at Central Rutland,
8 per cent.
John Dunn 20 years old, who died last
week Of old age at East Dorset, was one
of the builders Of the railroad between
Rutland and Bennington and was con-
ncctcd with that division for over 20
years. most OF tho time as section fore
man. He was born In ireland and came
to Vermont in 1850.
Unknown parties have placed an order
In Barre Cor a handsome monument for
Mary Rogers, who was hanged at the
State prison. Windsor. In 1895. It will be
erected over tho grave At FIoosick Falls,
n. Y, Tho person giving the most OF the
money is said to be 81 wealthy Brattle-
boro woman who showed remarkable
interest in the case.
Going to the door To call help. Mrs
Lizzie Culver aged So years who lives
alone at East Barnard. fell to the piazza
floor in an unconscious condition. Her
hands and feet were badly chilled as the
temperature was - degrees below zero
She was soon found by passersby and
cared for. one side is partially para
lyzed,
Inability on tho part OF the boys to
keep up in their studies has caused the
Abandonment Of athletics al tho Bra.tlo-
boro high school. The girls are way
ahead NJ tho boys and II is mainly to
their efforts, too, in raising a fund for
the trip to Washington that there is
now $3.50 on hand. They are going to add
to 4 by a fair beginning THURSDAY.
4 growing sentiment in Montpelier Is
for three or four mon to run the Inter-
city baseball team on their own hook
None Of tho Montpelier directors are
candidates for recollection. The annual
meeting, supposed to have been held FRI
day has gore over proaIhy two weeks.
The continuance % summor base bah
seems 10 hinge on the question Of wheth-
er there Will be any ono to play against.
TRAGEDY BROKE HER HEALTH
\ murder at Greensboro Bend and i.s
fatal effect on the life of the victims
sister is recalled by the death of Mrs.
James Gochee in Walden. Her brother.
Isaac Miles, disappeared in the fall and
no clue was obtained of his fate until
the following spring. Then some work
men at Greensboro Bend discovered his
INITIATED body partially devoueed by rats
where il lay under a pile of lumber He
had evidently been murdered by fellow
workmen and his remains concealed. The
horror had its visible effect upon Mrs
Gochee who began to faiT mentally and
physically until death came as rcleasa
AS TO J. e. ENRIG HTS DEATH.
There IS considerable speculation In
Windsor as to just how j. &. Eur!gnt
mot his death in New York city Mr.
Enrights body was found in bed a tho
Chelsea Square Hotel Saturday morning
IN" room being filled with escaping gas.
The fact that he stated on arriving at the
hotel the night before that ne had been
beaten and robbed led to conflicting opin-
ions among the authorities as to the cause
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