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


measures a inches In circumference.
Although SO years old n. r. Barber of
Rutland works every day making blinds
at the plant of the Stoddard Manufacture
| ing company.
| Four dozen bottles of Indian Rheumatic
and Kidney cure were seized by the Gus
toms officers at Island Pond. At public
auction the stuff brought SIG.
Harry Paine of riardw'ck was shooting
at target with friends Sept %, when
tho careless use of a 32-calibre rife by one
of the boys sent a bullet through his foot.
Deer damages have been awarded in
Bennington county by Warden Harry
| Chase to the amount of about $50. Two
of the claims were for buckwheat and
the third for So cabbages.
| John Mcclellan Of Barre is under ar
| rest for the larceny of a mileage book
| from the Central Vermont station He IS
| said to have taken the book while the
agent was busy at the key.
Ex-Lteutcnant Governor Il. S. stanton
| had his third narrow escape from being
struck by lightning this summer Tues
|
| No damage was done and no one was in
| iured.
| Tho forestry commissions of southern
Maine and New Hampshire are working
on a mysterious disease which has st.
tackled the white pine trees. This same
disease has lately been discovered on the
white pines in the vicinity Of Brattlcboro.
| Miss Weldon. who was engaged to
teach school in Shorcham. was so
homesick that in 20 minutes after her
arrival she hired team and returned
to the railroad station en- route for
| home.
A drummer attempted to board the
| Pullman car on the White Mountain
train at Montpelier when the vestibule
door was shut. He fell between the rails
and the car passed over him He narrow
ly escaped a blow on the head from
the steps Of the car.
| Norman Perry of johnson drove his
horse into an unlighted open sewer ditch
three feet and most of the animals body
going into the hole in such manner
that he couldn't get out. The Free
Masons were holding meeting near by
|
surface with ropes.
Mrs Hall. a woman - years old from
| Bangor Ne, arrived in Ludlow on foot,
en- route to Rutland, the home Of her son.
She had sufficient funds to take her to
Bellows Falls and had good start on
the remaining distance when a kind man
paid her fare to Rutland.
Six-year-old Theodore Hutchinson, son
of A. b. Hutchinson of Guildhall, was
playing with the son of the station agent
in the freight room. when they tipped
over a large puly and 1t fell on the
Hutchinson lad. injuring him so ser
ously that he died in few hours.
Permission of the descendants of
Governor Moses Robinson, who is buried
in the old cemetery at Bennington, is
being awaited before placing over his
grave a new tombstone to replace the
old one which is In bad condition. The
new stone will be an exact duplicate.
While spinning tops near the Rutland
school yard. Ralph Carpenter accidentally
hit Paul Pelton over the right eye with
the spike end of his top. The string slip
ped, causing the accident. A deep cut
was inflicted which required several
stitches to close
As ]. A. harrington and daughter of
Cabot were out riding, the horse kicked
both hind feet over the cross bar tip
over ensuing Those who rushed to the
rescue found the man under the horse
with one shoulder dislocated and the
young lady beneath the wagon with two
bones in her wrist broken.
, The truant officer In Montpelier discov-
cred an Organization Of boys devoted Il
2 tho simple life in preference to halls of
learning The six charter members had
their headquarters in shack on the
l outskirts of the city. The club house
has been burned and the boys are attend
ing school.
James Coyne, aged T.. Barre schoo
, boy. was sliding down the banister In the
Mathewson building and losing his hold
went down through the air shaft. He fell
: three flights and was unconscious wher
picked up by the janitor. HIS injuries
| consist Of broken wrist and badly cut
head
: Colonel Hathorn of Ludlow drove tC
Londonderry TO see the Grange fair
There seemed no suitable place to h!tcl
his horse so he embarrassed the beast
r and put him in vacant stall. When he
> got ready to return home he found tina
the Judges. thinking the animal was or
exhibition. had awarded premium ant
bestowed red ribbon.
Minogue Bros. e. Quinn, slate manu-
Q facturers n the Fair Haven strike dis
+ trict, have offered 500 reward for the