Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-31

| ton and Of furnishing liquor to patients.
For the latter offence he will pass four
to FIVE months in the House of Correc-
| ton at Rutland.
| If the factory in Bellows Falls formerly
occupied n, the Casein company of Amer
lea, is not rented by January /. that COM
pnny will again open branch factory
there. The American Linen company
think favorably of taking the factory and
should it do so would employ COO hands
The Marist brothers have decided to
| locate a summer school for the students
of their institutions at Isle la Motto on
land adjoining that of the Oblate fathers.
| Building operations Will he commenced in
the spring Some 100 boys will camp there
and form great addition to the summer
colony on the island.
Another ire In West Hartford. this
time at the home of Fred Starkcy. so
alarmed Mrs. Starkcy that she suf-
fercd an attack Of heart trouble and
died instantly. She was 40 years old
and had moved to Vermont with her
husband about a year ago from Wor-
cester, Mass.
Two Of three Turks. who have been
. confined for some weeks in Franklin
county jail taken to Boston Mon
day and dcported. These mon part
of a lot that were struggled into this
country at Alburgh. The third member
of the trio caught, is in the St Adams
hospital very ILL.,
The past week has been busy one
for the workers on the big dam across
the Connecticut river NEAR Brattleboro.
/ he do &c ri, pd
pumping ont the water will he begun
this week ~ $ done, the ledge will be
uncovered tho entire length to prepare
il for the concrete founda ton.
Alex McTot, doughty butcher, wa.
held up by two gypsies near Whiting.
He quickly turned the tables by
minElinE amongst them with a meat
knife. MeTot had sS5 and gold
watch ana "A wagon full of good red
meat whicu it appeared the lads of
the road desired the most of anything.
George Capron Of Rutland has raised
pumpkin weighing 80 pounds and the
same has bon footed in the Marble City
press as mammoth" But now comes
4. w. Roe, II Brattlehoro who has the
habit of Cro wing pumpkins around 300
| pounds, and produces one Just harvested
which tips tie scales at 3s7 pounds.
G. NJ Howard of New Haven. Conn,
has passed through Vermont from Caple
ton, p. @, " herc he has been making
fuminte mercury to be used in the
caps Of CARTRIDGES. The duties paid by
him at the L. s customs house at New
port on this Shipment amounted to over
$500.
Backing his tam out of a Rutland
livery stable, Leon Chapman OF Clarendon
Springs tipped The wagon bottom side up
and split four u1rrels of apples. a crowd
of unsympatho.ic bystanders helped Mr.
Chapman pick them up. but large num-
ber never found their way back into the
barrels.
Reports rece red by state Commissioner
". c. Thomas OF Stowe show that does
were Illegally killed the past week In
Montgomerc South Walden. Roxbury
East Flctchor Duxbury. Wardsboro
Randolph. Fa field Fairfax, Enosburgh
ard NorthAeld The arrest of nom
resident was n-ado at Mortified for hunt
ing without n Icense.
Peace and hgrmony prevailed at tho
Chelsea villar" meeting whore It was
tract with the local electric light COM
pany TO light the street from November
to April noxt at monthly rate not
to exceed s33,3', This fully met the ad-
vance in price asked by the manager Of
the company
At tie anniversary meeting of the Yer
mont Bible society in Waterbury. the Rev.
w. A. Dawson. State secretary Of the
Home Missionary society of the Baptist
Church. made This statement: ".trier an
extensive experience in the hills and val
loys, I believe there is as much wicked
ness and gross immortality in proporto |
10 the p puiaton there as in the larger
, cities or our land
During the month OF September
there was received from all sources at
the office OF +. II. Deavitt. the State
treasurer sl39.7S2.55 and the disburse-
mcnts were Sl59.1lS.2T. OF these dis
I bursemcnts the orders of the state
! auditor totallod s97,644S6; tne perma
nent school fund received $4,000, and
, the permanent school highway fund
received S11.5G9lG
George Pouria OF Manchester was
! fortunate in falling into hole IN the
| street at Rutland when he was knock
ed down by rapidly driven rig. This
enabled the team to run over him and
not break any bones, only bruisin e
him badly and lacerating one leg from
=, tho knee to the ankle. The accident
, happened in front of the railroad sta
ton on Merchants row.
Perhaps the largest block of granite
ever moved in Barre now rests on the