Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-04-25
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VERMONT NOTES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Tardy delivery of machinery has de-
layed the Bennington Wax Paper COM
pany In beginning business.
The Memorial day speaker in SPRING
held Will be the Rev. j. II. Morley. pastor
Oh the Congregational Church there.
The quarantine, placed on the st. Johns
bury hospital Saturday through a case OF
fnahsnant diphtheria brought there has
been removed
Miss Leila A. Griffin of st. Johnsbury
was elected treasurer Of the New England
Federation of Natural History societies
at the annual meeting held in Boston Sat
urday.
The mysterious Disappearance OF a
South Londonderry mans dog has been
partly cleared by finding his body in tho
well which supplies water for tho rail-
| road house.
Ire sugar season was so very success
ful In some of the small Windham county
towns that tho farmers exhausted their
wood supply and got sick Of Juggling sap
beside
The benefit fund for the Pennington
base ball team is growing gradually and
the outlook for a team there the coming
summer is brighter The Altmonts Of AL
bany are scheduled to play in BcnninS-
ton Memorial day.
Fire early Tuesday morning dam
aged the dining room and chapel Of the
house Of correction. Rutland. to tho
extent of $500. It's origin is unknown.
During the fire Is prisoners were car
ried from the hospital to q place Of
greater safety.
Charles Rush, a wcll-to- do farmer Of
Barton, aged 80 years, was found dead
In his barn Monday afternoon. 1t i
supposed that his horse struck him on
the head and then trampcd him 20
death as his badly mangled body was
round under the animals fcct.
The Brattlcboro ballifs will recon
mend tax of IS cents on the grand
list. reduction Of two cents from that
of last year The villages liabilities
are $4,000. or s175 less than n year
ago. Tho estimates for the coming
year are s1G.225.
Harry Pratt, major If cadets al Nor
wich University, will leave at the end OF
the college year for St. Louis. Mo, where
he has a position in the engineering d.
under Robert Ford, formerly with the
Central Vermont at S. Adams.
The wages Of the employees OF the old
Bennington e. Hoosick Valley Railway
company, now operated as tho Bennington
g. North Adams Street Railway company.
have been Increased 10 per cont. by
voluntary action on the part Of the COM
pany.
Prof. Charles y. Irazen. head Of the his
tory department at Smith College. North
ampton, Mass, has been selected as the
Memorial day speaker at St. Johnsbury.
His subject will be Some ASPECTS oe
American History" he is the son of
Postmaster and Mrs. Hazen Of st. Johns
bury.
-Four bids ranging from $1,000 to sl1 400
have been received for the construction OF
the ianitor's house a the Bennington Bat
tie monument. i is to be constructed OF
either Vermont marble or dolamte like
that Of which the monument is butt.
About $1,000 more is needed to be raised
by popular subscription.
Brattleboros fire loss the past year
was s3,S3S. There were IL bell alarms
ana II still alarms The number of ~
wer" for intoXication, three for dis
turbing the peace and one eacn for as
sault, assault with deadly weapon,
grand larceny and petit larceny.
Leonard n. Howard, aged 81 years,
on" Of the oldest residents of St Johns
bury died there Tuesday He was an
inventor of considerable note and had
sold several patents to the Fairbanks
.l1 -,,l-c
years during which period lie invented
a power hammer which he also sold to
the Fairbanks company.
Miss Nancy Hawley of Beach Ridge,
Tuesday celebrated her
1o1st birthday. During the early VIII
ter Miss Ifawley was engaged in
lace. About two months ago
she had severe attack OF the grip and
1t was thought that she would not live
to see her birthday. She is now able,
however, TO be about the house.
The ining of the delivery man of a
North Walpole, n. H, bottlng company
300 and costs in county court at Newfans
IS likely to serve as warning to other
companies and 70 prevent further evasion
Of the Vermont law regarding liquor SELL
Ing through the mantle of an express COM
oany. States Attorney Robert c. Bacon
Of Brattleboro is the man who has ripped
up the traffic.
team belonging to the Vermont Mar
Die company and driven by Hungarian
named Wallack ran down carriage con-
aiming the two young daughters of Chris
opher Moran al Proctor Sunday, throwing
hem out and smashing their carriage
BADLY. The girls We're on their way 10
church and after recovering from their
right were able to attend service having
'eceived minor injuries only.
Settlements have been made by the rail-
Dad company with some of those injured
n the wreck at Hardwick on the St j. Il
- c. IN which w. S Bailey Of Hardwick
ost his life. Mr.. and Mrs Harvey Grave
In received $3.50; NJ. j Foley, about SIS;
Archie Barnet, about the same: Royce Tai
'ert, $50. and doctors bills Thomas Bar
EFT, $50 Mr.. and Mrs. Gale $3.50, and med
cal attendance, 4 few others settled for
mailer amounts being only slightly in
ured.
Miss Lila French, aged 10 years. has
'een reunited with her father, Watson S.
'rench OF Marlboro from whom she had
zen separated for IL years. She had been
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