Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-24


Saturday morning, when a minimum
tempera ture of y degrees was recorded
at the local station of the United States
weather bureau. Sunday morning
burlington awokc to find the ground
covered with an inch of snow, which
had, however disappeared by 10 O'Clock.
The first freeze last wear came oct. q
but II wa. moro than two weeks later
before snow in any quantity fell.
Harry r. Stevens of los Buell. street has
accepted a position as assistant chemist
| at New Haven, Conn. experiment station
and will leave for that city next week.
taking up his new duties the 1st of No
vember. Mr. Stevens is a graduate of the
university. class of 1907, and has been
engaged In assisting with the pure food
work at the Vermont state laboratory of
hygiene for the past few months.
The annual meeting Of the Nineteenth
Century club was held on Tuesday even
| ing at the home OF Gen. r. S. Peck. on
| GERS for the ensuing year were elected as
| follows: President. II. w. Allen; vice.
| president Mrs Bennett Turk: secretary.
| Mrs. r. s. Peck: treasurer. Elias Lyman;
| executive committee. II. w Allen, s. =.
| Jocelyn Mrs. Elias Lyman, Mrs. F. Z.
Burgess, Mrs. r. s Peck, Mrs. l.. II.
Turk.
| \ telegram was received in this city
! Thursday by Mrs. Amos Davis of North
| Avenue, announcing the death in Mil
! waukcc. Wednesday evening, q her sis
| to-. Mrs Harriet Spencer Cummings.
Mrs Cummings was IL years of age and
is survived by two sons. Enos and Ed
gar Cummings of Milwaukee, and one
daughter. Mrs Harriet G. Lander of
| Racine. Wis Mrs Cummings resided In
Burlington for few years in the early
| 7Os but had made her home in the West
| for several years.
| Mrs Jessie G. Miller has entered the
| Adams school for the remainder of this
! term to fill the place of Miss Louise
| Bingham. who has completed her duties
! there. Miss Bingham has been teaching
| in place of Miss Winifred NJ. Rice who
| has been granted renewed leave of alb
| senCe until the winter term, and whose
work until then will be in charge of Mrs.
Miller. Miss Marjorie Adsit has been
transferred pupil teacher from tho
Archibald street school to the Converse
| school.
|
| of the serious condition, in Minneapolis
| MINI, of Mrs. y. ID. Blodgctt, Il former
resident of burlington. Mrs. Blodgett
sustained a fall last Saturday and suf-
ferod fracture of the hip. Owing &c
her weak heart, the fracture had to he
reduced without the administration of ar
anesthetic. Mrs. Blodgett has made her
home for some time in Minneapolis with
Nv To- Trat
Trail being her daughter.
This season will be record breake,
along the lake front for lumber importa
tons. Just 124 boats of lumber have ar
rived at the local port this season from
Canada and 30 more arc expected before
the season closes. Last year only II.
boats arrived during the entire season
The tug Harris has arrived In port from
Ottawa with a tow of seven barges o'
lumber for local dealers and two sal
barges Have arrived from Quebec with
lumber for the Shepard &; Morse com
pany
Under the new time table OF the Rut
land railroad the only stop made by tbs
south bound sleeper between Burling tor
and Rutland is at Middcbury. shell
burne was skipped some time ago anC
now Vergennes and Brandon are omitted
The running time of the train is tn,
same as formerly, one hour and 30 min
utes between this city and Rutland. Til,
train, which IS the heaviest on the road
Is usually late into Burlington and b,
: eliminating some of the former stops i
f is less likely to lose connections al Tro,
l and Albany.
Local sportsmen who returned ycster
day from deer hunting expeditions hav
many queer tales to tell. Although al
of them were unsuccessful they had lot
of fun and at the same time endangcrc,
their lives. One man claims to hav
shot a deer but says he was afraid t
. follow his game because OF the numer
u Gus hunters, who were shooting RICH
v and lef., apparently at sparrows an
= robins. Some OF the nimrods becam
y frightened at the probability OF ben
\, taken for deer, and returned home in tn
4 early morning.
: The annual district meeting Of the Re
bekah lodges of district No. 3. I. o. c
. | F., will be held in Odd Fellows hall +
% this city on Thursday evening, Octobe
:, 81. at eight o'clock. Antonio Lodge, NJ
"a II, and Beatrice Lodge, No 60, extend
cordial welcome to all members Of Re
bekah degree in good standing Suppe
will be served from 500 to 7So p. n
J., Queen Esther Lodge. No. 81 OF Richmon
will eXemplify the degree, and the pres
~ dent of the assembly. Mrs. Karlene Be
cher of Bradford, and the vice presiden
Mrs Mabel Dane OF Newport are expect
: ed to be present.
James Hammond and daughter, Agnt
Hammond. who figured In a scrap @
% Cherry street with one Helen Lewis. wei
"A in city court yesterday afternoon. the Il
ther to answer to the charge of intoxic,
ton and the daughter to breach of II
peace. Both pleaded guilty, the faith,
being fined IS and costs of 1886 and II
daughter a like amount The girl ma
re pay but the father will serve ten da,
r in jail. He requested that the poormast
~ be notified to take care of his famil
d. Edea McElyea. on plea of guilty to Il
of charge of intoxication, was fined S. al
~ costs of $7.45.
- Robert Bourne of this city was a
y, cidentally shot In Pleasant Valley Sunda
Mr.. Bourne wos In the fie
carrying double barreled shot gu
~ when he stumbled and fell to the cart
,e He struck the fire arm in such mann
Of that both barrels We're discharged al
ne the contents entered his right leg abo
to the knee. The flesh and muscles we
to badly lacerated and the victim suffer
d. from loss Of blood. He was accompan
20 t,, Ilnrt Snoa~ Of thiq Citv Mr. Rour