Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-13

tant pastors preached on Good Citi-
zcnship." Some of the Catholic clergy
mon favor license b,it will not take a
hand in the campaign.
Becoming i'll with pneumonia in Bos-
ton last Wednesday. George F.. Evans.
aged So, died Saturday at his home in
Bellows Falls. He was manager of the
Evans Ice company which was organ
lied by him and his father.
The Weldon association Of st. Adams
has decided to allow the Franklin
County Savings Bank G. Trust company
to forcclose mortgage for nearly 5000
on the Weldon House property as there
is no sentiment to build a hotel
Tho base hall outlook at Goddard
Seminary is excellent. All last sea-
sons team will he eligible with two
exceptions. The season opens April
90 and closes June II. Twenty-six
games will he played.
At the dog show il Schenectady, n.
Y. last week. one first and two second
prizes were won by the French bull
dog owned by c. C. Fletcher of Rut-
| land. The competition in the collie
class was of the keenest, there being
| 81 entries Robert MacFarlane of Rut-
land won third place in the open class
with his collie pup, Scalp Ruby.
Byron s. Burt of st. Johnsbury has
been granted a six months leave of
! absence as conductor on the st. J. &,
l.. c. r. r. to serve as coachman for
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy at her now
| homo in Brooklne. Mass. His wife,
also has position in the household
of the Christian Science leader
Sales of fifth class liquor licenses in
Franklin county for the month of
January were as follows: b. C. Sheldon,
swanton, As sales s3l.Ss F.. w. Mitchell
J.ichforJ. Iii. $3.50; G. +. Campbell
swanton, Il, sG9.65; A. G. Smith St AL
bans, IL. No.15; c. d. OLeary. ST. Adams
c. s2.45; total sales 251, amounting to
S202S2.
The cost Of the Barre public schools
for 1907 was SAB, 995 AZ considerab bly, more
than for the year preceding, owing to
addition and repairs to buildings and
$1,000 extra for text books. Included in
| the greater expense is the one dollar a
| week raise in teachers salaries which
amounted to about 5000. The cost of
! The school department in 1906 was $780,,
| C7o.1S.
Transfers in the camps of the Fitz-
gerald Land & Lumber company at sum
init. near Island Pond. are vying with
each other as to whose team can haul
the biggest load. No. ! camp started
the contest with 2.775 feet of hardwood
| timber and No. . camp comes back al
most a thousand better, 3.742 of hard
wood hauled nearly three miles with a
pair of horses.
| oliver r Hadwen of Springfield. who
| Is So years old. is the youngest of the
three surviving children of Barney and
Mary IIadwen of Dandy. who settled
| in that town in 1907 Lydia, aged %
years and Elizabeth H.. aged 80. still
| live in DANNY. That all the children
of the DANNY couple were long lived is
shown by the fact that the eight who
died varied in age from CT to 96.
The Welsh people in Poultney, Paw
let and vicinity are Interested in the
| esteddfod which will be held in Gran
willie, ~ Y. the afternoon and evening
of March Is There will be 81 contests
and as prizes. The judges will be:
Musical, Robert o. Owens, Granville,
n. y; poetry and essays, the Rev John
| w Morris. South Poultney: translation,
the Rev. b. G.. Newton, Granville, n.
y; rotations, William w. Thomas,
West Pawlet and tn Rev. b. q. New
| ton.
Henry c. Thomas, who was born and
educated in Richford. is under arrest
at Nashua, y. H., on the charge of
| embezzlcment He was recently promoted
from cashier to assistant to the man
| ager of the New England Telephone e
Telegraph company's exchange. 1t is
said that since his promotion, dis
crepancics have been found in his ac-
counts as cashier and he is said to have
| confessed that his accounts were not
correct He has always borne a good
reputation. is married and has one child.
Four complaints against him allege the
| embeZzlemcnt of $40.
Old residents of Rockingham recall
that when Weston made his first trip
| from Portland. Me, to Chicago 40 years
ago he cached Rockingham village just
before midnight A ball was in progress
at the old Lowell tavern and the
pedestrian entered and dance figure
with Miss Martha White. Weston was
a fine dancer and during the figure cut
many pigeon wings" and executed a
number of clog steps to the amusement
Of the large party. At the conclusion of
the quadrile, Weston continued his walk
reaching Chester the same night.
The withdrawal of Allen NJ. Fletcher
of Cavendish from the race for guberna-
torial honors, starts anew the talk of
John G. Sargent of Ludlow, his neigh
Dor as a candidate for encouragement
10 succeed Clarke c. Fits of Brattle-
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