Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-05-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
VERMONT NOTES

| pdSL WEN nave pttN a HOOK OF req
| necked globes on their way to the cooler
north.
Judge n. w Scott in Barre city court
Tor the IL months ending May /. tired
an even 40 criminal cases. In addition
a justice heard ~ cases while Judge
Scott was out Of town.
The employees OF the motive power and
car depart mcnts at St Adams have
/ organized a shop club to he known as
the Central Vermont Railway EMuca-
tional and Recreation club.
! II. n. Locke of West bolton reports
making an average OF nearly seven
| pounds OF maple sugar 10 the tree. lie
! tapped 2fS trees and made I15 gallons OF
syrup which would equal Loo pounds of
sugar
Daniel Phillips. who was stabbed in
drunken brawl just across the river
| from Bellows Falls. died OF his wounds
last week. Tho murderer IS still IA, large
with a reward for his capture offered
by Cheshire county. n. H.. officers.
An unusual condition prevails in Rut-
! land whore there is not o case of quar-
antinc for any disease. There was Il
! light case of dplthcria in April. Is cases
Of whoopinS cough and one each Of
chickcnpoX and measles.
/ Tho first TO win the trophy cup i'm the
Rutland high school interclsss series Of
base ball games is the junior team. All
three games were won by tho juniors,
The seniors won twice and the sopho-
morcS and freshmen once each.
! Nineteen Of Barros 81 voters in city
m citing assembled decided to continue
tho salaries Of officials as follows:
Mayor. $40 year; city clerk and
treasurer. $40: assessors. $3.50 per day.
auditors and aldermen, 30 cents an hour.
Tho docket OF Windsor county court
which will open at Woodstock juno .
contains y73 cases of which l33 are old
entries and IS ncw beside Is State ca SOS
and 20 in chanccry. Judge William Ii.
lTylcr of Hardwick will preside
The Rev W. g. knoulton has resigned
as pastor Of tho Advent Christian Church
at Rutland. effective July /. He went to
that city from Waterbury year ago
last April He has received three calls
to other pastoratcs but has accepted none
Of them as yet,
col. Oh cs \ Miles will 70 to Boston
this week 70 arrange for the shipment
to Erattleboro Of the painting THE
Prodigal Son" It was painted by tho late
William Morris Hunt OF Brattleboro and
was Wllcd to that towns free library
ny his daughter. Jane Hunt. who died
recently in New York.
as the game authorities have decided
that tine Chittcn.ltn reservoir does not
come within the scope of the law which
permits the catching Of trout in ponds
only two ponds are left near Rutland
for fishermen to lawfully wet q line in
TIL MAY u when tho open season for
brook trout hshrE commences.
1t appears tnat the phNsc clans Of Brattlo
boro issue moro than ,OM pres ription,
for liquor during March. the last month
for which tho figures have been rocord",
with tho county cork. Or Hunter. who's
| tinc Of s2D was mentioned in thi.
column Saturday. had issued 81 Of 'hes'
presrr iptions. 1sS heinE flied AZ one druc
store. a az another. e a. third anc
- at tho fourth.
Mrs Eliza Rannoy of -, JohnSbDry il
q, wear, old aud from six IN TN" morn
inr until nine AZ night Is seldom Idle
Her happirat moments. sh" says, ar
. spent with her ,odlc for she is an OK
pert nccdiowoman and her exquisite
worE. done without tho aid Of glasses
. cXritos univars admiration She VA
born in Westminster. tho daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. Atherton Hail
Mr.. and Mr. william King Of Eerk
shire Center have been married 20 wears
, Fourteen children have boon born Il
, them, 70 growing 10 manhood and wonan
hood ard II OF them now living. Mr.
King is 3, years old and in vigorous
, hcal, while his wife is Amos a. well
4, I'VE oldest people IN town arc AhSalorI
, STOW. aged 90 wears. and Lucia lie" :
who will b. % years old MAY .
April was light month in tho mum
hcr of commitments to TIE House o
Correction. the numbcr being "A a de
crease OF Is over that the month proceed
ing. During the pas, month there wer'
- new names placed on the RUtlan'
county Jail register. tho largest numbe
committed to mat institution in any on
month for more than a year and al
Increase over March last Of Ia
II appears tina, there is considera o
:, discussion in ST. Adams over the election
, OF DR.. j. G. Perrault as city physician
by the city council His hid was SCI
4 while tina. OF mr.. W. ]. Upton was 500
. The council took tho ground that tn
I work could not y" done property at $
n l.-v a figure Citizens contend that thi
h reason has no weight as the physician
mus, flo n bond ror tho faithful per
7 forinancc of his duties.
a Commissioner Thomas OF stowe report
r. door killed during tho last two works j
: April as follows: Deer chased by dog
l. and seen with broken log in West New
d bury; large buck Illegally shot in Pitts
field; ycarlng buck kille-i ny rallroa
train IN Chester: doc killed by dogs I
| Washington county, deer illegally Kill"
in Marshficld deer killed by dogs i
n Waterbury,; deer killed by dogs in War
y rem.
White River junction IRIS; NC othe
night lost her string Of gold beads a
a ball and created no end Of Commotio
: in her efforts to locate the missing shin
: ers. She even aroused tho iantor Of tn
: hal from his nice warm bed to scare
the opera house. It is said that she wa
v a much disguised Eirl when she rattle
: her lost, strayed and supposed to- b
stolen ornaments from the limb of on
of her unmentionablcs when maxim
preparations to retire
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