Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-06
heller January i, 1908. wa, s11o.

den had notified him that such actions
on the part of his household pet must
DO stopped, resulted in the conviction
of Barr and he was fined SIS and
costs. lie appealed his case to WASH
ington county court
consignment of 600 trout eggs has
been received by Joseph Yatter from the
Massachusetts state Fish hatchery. Mr..
Yatter proposes 20 hatch these eggs dur
ing the winter and distribute them in
the spring in streams and ponds in this
vicinity which he has leased.
Chief of Police Durkee reports 50 ar
rests during the year. with an expense
of s2aS6S in that department. Ten
special, .wo regular policeman and Chief
Durkoc make UP the force.
The check list for the March election
that was filed Saturday contains the
names of 1881 voters. a slight increase
over last year. Some changes will Yet
be made by the board of civil authority.
but the revised figures will show a few
less than 1000 voters.
Barre dealers in pork are branching
out in new industry. They are ship
ping live hogs in carload lots from
Chicago TO Barre. dressing them there.
and selling the products TO dealers in
Barre. Montpelier and other towns. The
scarcity of live hogs in this section and
the high price the farmers are demand
ing led to this experiment which. thus
far, has proved to he winner financial
".
Ovcrscer I.amphier had n pltiful case
before him Monday afternoon, which
unfortunately, he could not aid, Mrs.
r.
Mon,pclior in the piercing cold, bringing
n small child with her and with many
tears told MIR. I.amrhier that her hus-
banG had deserted her and that she had
no money "a buy food. Mr.. and Mrs.
White recently came to Moretown from
Worcester. Mass. Ovcrseer I.amphicr
was obliged to refer tho woman to tho
Morctown authoritics. although he saw
to II that the woman nd child did not
go back hungry.
Tho body Of Joseph Matthews of More
town. who died recently of the grip at
Denver, COL, was brought to Montpelier
Sunday morning. II was temporarily
placed in tho tomb at Green Mount
cemetery until Miss Mary Matthews, his
daughter, who is now III at Hcaton hos
pital can attend to its burial in More
town.
The enga cement of Miss Elizabeth
G. Town, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank H. Town, and Guy NJ. Chase is
announced.
Mrs. Grace Barrett OF Woodbury. was
convicted in city court Tuesday after
noon Of abandoning her Chiltrou. She OK
pressed a willingness TO go to work and
a determination to do better. and on tho
recommendation Of state Attorney
Gates the woman was placed in the
hands of tho probation officer under very
strict requirements. Only last week Mrs
Matilda barrett OF Woodbury. was sen,
to State prison at Windsor for a veal
| on conviction of a similar offcnsc. The
two women arc not relatives. The Mrs
! Barrett who was up Tuesday has a
family of six small children and com
plants against her have been frequent
| IN Woodbury..
Wednesday was the coolest day that
has been experienced in Montpelier for
years. None OF the stone sheds was In
operation, and the frozen water pipes
| kept tho plumbers and water depart
ment of the city busy. Various reports
are given about the city, ranging from
% to A below at different points. lr
North Montpelier it was reported D
| degrees below at six O'Clock YESTERDAY
morning. In Barre the mercury stoot
| from IS to 40 degrees below.
4 very quiet Wedding took place Il
eleven o'clock Wednesday morning a
the home of Mrs. Dora Holman wher
Howard, her son. and Miss Bessie Dear
of Highgate Springs. were married b,
II bn Of a
Tho ceremony was witnessed only by thu
relatives. Following the service wed
ding dinner was served They will max
their home in Montpelier, where TIN
groom is employed in the printing
establishment of the Union Card com
pany.
The board of trustees of kelloggHub
bard library held their adjourned annua
meeting Tuesday evening. Their report
show q circulation Of 40.700 anon,
adults and youths. The largest circula
ton was in the month of March. 1901
while January % was the banner day o
the wear when 3o6 books were distributed
The trcasurer's report shows: Receipts
SS,1&1S; expenditures, N,AS05; cash o.
hand, s241.13. The assets are: Hubbar
fund, 10000; Braham fund, S3l go; gen
| cr1l fuTld, $l534l.l3. Inc Officers Wer
elected three weeks ago.
The Barre horse case OF George Cassi
against j.. b. Dodge has been settlet
Dodge pays Cassie SEQ for the hors
This case has been twice tired. The la:
trial took four days and the verdict wa
| given in favor of the plaintiff. The d.
PENDANT appea! ed and Mr. Cassie pay
most of the costs He leaves Thursda
with his family for England, where the
will make their home. He has been
Barre for several years and marie
: Laura, a daughter of Charles Currie
one of the oldest and most well know
families of the city
The unclaimed freight of tho Mon
pelier Il Wells River railroad will /
sold at auction March 16 in this cit
e and in Barre March H.
t The case against Francisco Abbiat
, for breach OF the peace In assaulting h
!. wife when he was in a drunken cond
d ton Monday evening. was heard in CT
:, court Wednesday morning. He would n
, plead guilty at first but later made TIL
= plea. He was placed under 800 bonds al
n the case will he held open. pendil
If good behavior OF the respondent.
~ MORETOWN