Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-26
VERMONT NOTES

Since June 20 the court OF claims pass
ed upon 40 claims allowing s34s.5s and
disallowing sl,14711.
or Rutland's 800 public school pupils,
1900 It is estimated, have not been vac-
clnated for FIVE years.
Tho Hon. Hugh Henry OF Chester sue
ceeds the late James ". williams as
president of the Bellows Falls National
bank.
The two bases for the General Stan
nard monument have been placed in po-
stlon at Georgia The monument itself
has arrived.
/ James Gayley. VINO has resigned as
! first vice-president Of tho United States
steel corporation. owns farm in Dunn
merston.
a dscordant note in the revival Of
business anthem at the Twin Cities is
dizziness in the granite industry. This Is
the quiet season. anyway.
Quarters are being fitted up In the
town hall nj Putney for use a. post
office. The offlce force and the rural car
riers fiji the old Office to OVERLOOKING
| Shooting a buck deer the Sunday be-
fore the season opened has cost Frank
Herrick OF Pownal fine and costs a.
mounting to sl0774.
| Tho Woodstock high school has been
presented with a fine specimen Of Arr
iona petrined wood by Col F. c. Hatch
II is n block Of beautiful coloring. highly
polished.
| During the open season in 1907. there
were 99l deer killed. Their gross weight
was 1888 pounds; average weight, 1876
Besides this number. 81 deer were ille-
gally killed last year.
The Isthman Canal commission has
placed an order with the Lane Manufac-
turing company of Montpelier for a com
plete saw mill outfit IL this fills the bill
more with be bought for work along side
the big ditch.
A case of smallpox is reported at Bel
| lows Falls. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar K.
Goodwin OF Woonsocket. r. l.. have ar
rived IN Brattlcboro to take charge Of
the isolation hospital at Woonsocket
during its last smallpox epidemic.
Five new cases of smallpox developed
IN Brattlebcro Saturday. all In houses
not previously under quarantine. The
health officer Is not apprehensive OF a
spread of the disease beyond those who
are afflicted with It In the next few
days.
December l the White River Valley
Railway company will begin running two
| al In no iHh
years OF It's existence one train each
way between Rochester and Bethel has
been the rule.
Charles Philbrick, the Nestor Of tramp
DOM died last week In Rutland county
jail aged 50 years. He had tramped for
years throughout northern New England
and New York. Philbrick gave his birth
place as Groton but always insisted that
he had no relatives.
| Night work is being rushed on the
foundation of the block which il being
built by Lincoln g. Fuller at Rutland in
an endeavor TO save the wall OF St.
Paul's G-nivorsalist Church from settling
further The costly structure has been
seriously damaged already.
The Mortified Trust company, which
was chartered two years ago. Will begin
business January !. Directors have been
chosen and they will organize to-day
with the election of officers. The entire
stock OF $4,000 has been subscribed and
one-haf has been called in.
Digging two feet below the foundation
wall ~ St. Paurs Cniversalist Church a,
Rutland for the erection Of a building
on an adjoining lot. has caused the
church walls to settle and tho valuable
edihce Is pronounced unsafe for meet
inRs. The union Thanksgiving service,
which were to be held there have beer
transferred to the Baptist Church
The funeral Of Richard O. Dow O.
Holden was held Monday afternoon
Mr.. Dow was born in Brandon March q
1922. and he and Mrs. Dow We're the old
est residents OF Chittenden. Mr.. Dow
bad held many Offices and had represent
ed his town in the State Legislature
Two daughters and four sons surviv,
him
The budding mechanical genius OF
young James Alexander OF Rutland led
him TO fill syrup can with water and
use 1t for a boiler. He built fire unde,
It and was watching things preparatory
to starting system of pulleys TO be
worked by steam when the can exploded
with terrific force. He was seriously
sCaded. His ewes were not injured ant
the doctor does not think that the lads
face will be SCARED permanently.
Swallowing teespoonful OF car
bolic acid has rendered Norman, th'
) two-year old son OF Mr.. and Mrs 7
I d. Pidgeon of st. JohnsbuTy. very i'll
: With his four ear-old sister Norman
. gained excess to the medicine ches
and being OF more adventuresom'
g spirit than the older child he pro
a ceeded to sample the contents. Promp
I medical attendance saved the boy:
a life.
= In the carly spring II. p, Hood
Son Of Boston will erect large build
, ing In Groton which will be used FOL
, the pasteurizing of milk. deal FOL
a building site below the stone she'd
ma, been closed and with the new elec
6 trio plant which will soon DO in oper
alton, the citizens of Groton are be
q comingly clatcd.
Temple brothers of Rutland requisite
u ,ho state cattle commissioner to hay
,hcir herd of Jerseys tested for tuber
cul0sis and as a result ~ were con
. dcnned. all but 80 OF the herd rou
hulls were among the number killed, on
valued at $500 The Temples will be a
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