Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-09

| Bur nr,oa delivered the charge to the
church
The second annual show of the Central
| Vernon, Poultry & Pet stock association
| opened at Ilales pavilion in Barre Tues
day About 700 birds were entered. y
| much larger number than last year.
Fame cats. pigeons and rabbits we're
also zoe shown.
The Rutland Railroad company is add
| ing 10 IT'S steamers on the Great Lakes
| two boats which arc being built at the
| yards uf tho American Shipbuiding COM
pauv at cleveland ono of these, just
| launched. IS the Bennington and she will
70 into commission with the opening Of
| navigation the coming spring
| Bennington sports" arc nursing a
grcvanc, against the fraternity in Hoo
sick and North Adams. Mass. for pulling
off "A cock hcht in Pownal and not letting
their Bennington brothers know about it.
II was the first rooster fight in Pownal
in two years Iioos.ck birds came out
first best
| new Vermont cducationa meeting
was held in NortAheld Tuesday evening
with the following list of speakers:
state Superintendent Mason :.
Stone Of Montpelier, Mayor W. J. Rigolow
of Burlington. col. Frank L. Greene Of
| ST. Adams and the Hon. Frank P.umlcy
of Mortified
| In Caledonia county court. the las case
TO be tried by jury was that of Dennis
| Tanner Of Sheffield who was charged
| 18th killing a cecr out of season. Parts
| Of n wild deer were found on Tanners
premises and in his house. The jury
| found him not guilty.
| A seemingly fruitless search is still! kept
| mp by relatives of Mrs. Clarence Gravelin
| OF ST. Johnsbury, who disappeared while
! attending the Caledonia county fair Sep
| tember IS. She was IS years old had been
! married two years and leaves a 10 months
| old baby TO be cared for ny her
| parents.
More cases of whoOping cough occurred
| in Rutland last month than in all the rest
of 1907. The epidemic is now practically
! under control. Contagious diseases last
month numbered IS as follows: WhoopinG
cough. o.; scarlet fever. 4; chickenpox, a.;
typhoid fever and measles. one each.
Allen NJ Fletcher of Cavcndish, in con-
versation with several prominent ropuh-
licans Of Bennington. said he had not
decided whether he would be a candi-
| date for governor or not. but that he
would make public announcement OF
his position soon as he believed his
friends throughout Vermont were entitled
to it.
The record OF Barre city court for 1907
shows that AZ criminal cases were tried
during the year. The largest number of
cases, seventy. were tried on the ninth
of May and of these forty-five were in
toxication cases. In addition 30 cases
| were tried before Justice OF the Peace A.
A. Sargent in the absence OF the city
judge.
| Farmers. who have been in the ma bit
| of using the Methodist Church horse
| sheds at Barre, are disgruntled at their
| being closed by II. +. Cutler. who has
| bought the land. He has put up a gate
and locked 1t In accordance with notice
| given the lessees prior to January /.
Lately the sheds have been little used on
| Sundays
Five small boys OF Rutland aged from
10 to "a years, lave been sentenced to
| the Industrial school at Nergennes for
| the remainder OF their minority for
| burglary. The offense was committed on
New Years day when they broke into
a storehouse, stole a qr ,ntity Of old rub
Der and divided the profits. They We're
placed under surveillance Of the proba ton
| officer.
I.l, I,,it ln1 pltt ,Iac nd
stove dealer, has invented an extension
for ash boxes in furnaces on which he
is securing a patent. The device consists
Of a galvanized iron receptacle made 10
Mt the opening of the ash box and Is SO
! arranged that the ashes may be raked
into 1t without allowing any dust to
escape into tho cellar or into the pipes
Of hot air furnaces
About 80 members attended the annual
meeting OF the Rutland County Agri-
cultural society when most of the old Of
| ficers were reelected. The fair of 1907 was
shown to have paid expenses and the sum
OF S47369 remains In the treasury. The
| total debt of the society IS S2,97ls3 Some
| of the receipts from the fair last fall
were: General admission 1886 So grand
stand, 12sl5; dog show, SOL; rentals, sAS
book advertisements, SliO
In Addressing the annual meeting of TN
Windham County Rural Mail Carriers
association, Postmaster Taylor Of Brat
tlcboro deprecated the practice of farmer:
in putting pennies in letter boxes an,
obliging the carriers to exchange then
for stamps. He expressed the hope tina
the government would prohibit rural car
ri-rs accepting them az il has alread,
done in the case OF mail carriers in The
| cities
Eight people met death by accident II
Barre and immediate vicinity last year
| the greater cause being drowning. A lis
| follows: Iermon Bulls, crushed to dealt
| In the quarrles February ID; r. Archl
run over by Central Vermont train May
~: Clyde W. Nye of East Barre. gore,
by a bull died June 20; John Clarihcw
| drowned bathing July "A; V. Korti
drowned August 10; Thomas Grady. run
over by train 4lgust %; r. Phlbrick
struck on head by iron bar. August 20.
Although proper" 10 tho amount NI4,
500 was endangered in tho 81 times tina
. the Barre fire department was called on
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