Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-31


conducted from the power station at
Vernon to steel REINFORCED con-
crete transformer house IS by %
Every one OF the company's many
macnnes will be driven by electric
power There will be GO motors a<.-
rregating 400 horsepower or more
They Will range in size from !.
horsepower to operate the smallest
drill to n big rs horsepower machine
which will run the exhaust blower Of
the woodworking department Three
tons OF copper wire will be used and
the work Of wiring the various build
ings VIII be started Immediately.
j. Scotl Eastman Of Pompanoosuo is
| his friends believe, the oldest section
foreman on The Boston * Maine railroad
Mr., Eastman - 70 years old, but ne
works every CAV. and his fellow work
men say hc Is "spry as Il cricket" lie
jumps on arl off trains as they are be
ing switched with as much ease - a
man OF 40 Ncala. Nj. Eastman ~ a
democrat and las several tifnos repre-
scn'tu Norwich tne Legislature. lie
Is a 33rd degree Nj % and one of the
four directcrs Of thu maintenance Of
Way Employees oc Anne rsoa. he has just
returned rom the headquarters at 81.
Louis ana tlc convention at New Or
leans. and eSl exits to attend the conven-
! ton TWO years from now at BOSTON AS
! the nearest church Is some miles away,
Pc formed ~ Sunday school in the SC hool-
house. lie owns Il sruGn earrn ard raises
/ poultry. tending them maru nl noon and
ai-ht IN his sparc time
Ecr~e sentative John Il. Bacon has 4
| Ian 9cTe piece Of colonial flrri,tire
* his home IN White River junction
which he brought IT, re from hts old
home in Chelsea. II Is siaeroard OK
the HippleVhite serpenttre front tvpe
a style which in some o. its minor
details bears remembrance to the Cttr,-
psndale. which was popular IN New
England colonial hornes. Made OF the
finest quality mahogany, Il nsh bone
band In black green and white and
scarcely an eight OF an inch in width
extends the entire front Of the eide
board near the top. while along the
over edge Is another hard about Il
hal; inch wide and of tue black ami
white diamond typr. Originally the
sideboard was the property "f I.ernunr
Bacon, grandfather Ok tie present
owner, who l.vol tp >rrthhr' ll,e.
Mass. ana Of family prominent n.
the annals OF Worcester co.-n.y eor
more than two cent ne. The earliest
bacon home was in o locality FIRST set
tied by band az french Hu-ucnot
refugees but who re driven there
from by Indians in 1896.
Levi J. Bolster. tn -,chcs. man IL
Earre. died ~ hts home ~ ,Aat city
! Tuesday Dec. -. OF cancer ~ Ito
stomach. with which ne lad been SUE
fering since last summer. II rs est i-
mated that he was worth nearly S5oo.-
600. The deceased vas bora IA Win
hall In 1886. the son Of Captain Pol-
stcr. Re vas educated and sprnt AIS
lboyhood days there. later going 70
Dumrncrston. and tlcu t. Erattlebcyo.
After working ~ 2 farm helper re
launched forth OK his us!ncss career
In Brattleboro. going on th- road sell
ing silk. 1t was IN This buTLn SO mat
he laid the foundation To- his fo-t,: =.
He located IN Barre m 1860, aud suu
continued the silk tusiness sor Il time,
| working in the who esnle end OF the
trade. He then branC he'd out into real
estate and seized all the opportunities
growing out Of the development OF the
granite industry. Al the time OF his
death he owned 100 tencmcn, houses
and several business blocks several
plants. his residence On North Main
street. SO0-acre farm in Webster
vile. considered one of the most val
liable in Vermont, wood lots in several
sections Of the town, and other prop
crty. The deceased is survived only
by his wife.
Beatty S. Ialestier of Hrattieboro has
brought suit TO recover 10000 damages
from the New YORK Tribuae for alleged
libel. The trouble arises ont ~ legal dit
hcuIties between Mrs Agnes II. Baker
of Cleveland, Ohio. and Mr., Eaiester
over the lease of Mrs. Bakers farm.
When Mrs. Baker brought suit early In
December, Mr.. Baicstjer was arrested
and released under bonds for appearance
in county court. Tire Tribune published a
despatch stating that Mr.. Balester had
been arrested on tho charges of larceny
| Of chickens and fertilizer from the farm.
The arrest was simply a matter of form
in a civil suit and was not made on any
crimina. charge. When the article APP
peared Mr.. Balestier directed his attor-
neys, Bibson q waterman. TO bring suit
for libel Trial will be held IN the SUI
prene cnurt Of New York state hut the
| condition OF the docket Is such that the
case will not be reached for about q
year, In speaking of the case, MIR, Bal
estier said II was once charged with as
sauitin9 n great poet referring 10 his
troubles with his bgoih,g-m-lnw. Rud-
yard Kiplins. O few years aso but