Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-06-04
Observation-Disclosures
VEKWOW7 NOTES


The condition Of Arthur f. Stone. editor
Of the St Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN, who
WAS operated upon for appendicitis at
Brightlook hospital Saturday, is favor.
able
Good progress has been made in Rutland
toward raising the $500 necessary for
the orga nization OF a boys club to take
the place of the dIsbanded Y. NJ. C.. A.
over 100 has been pledged.
Late contributions to tho st. Albans
hospital fund swell it to approximately
$ll,OW Among the large additions are SO
from J. NJ. Hannaford Of st Paul. Mimi,
and SsSl9 from the Ransom Guards
1t is believed in that Andrco Fusco,
who killed Antonio Fusco at West Rut-
land, was intoxicated as after his arrest
he fell asleep on the station platform
while waiting for the officers to identify
him.
The Rutland board of school commits
sioners has awarded the contract for con-
structing the addition to the school build
ing to the Bliss-Griffths Construction
company of New York whose Did was
Sp.Oo3.
James F.. Hooker has Withdrawn as
ca ndidate for town representative in
Bra tueboro giving his duties as president
of the Valley Fair association and the
Vermont Republican League as the
reason.
Mr. and Mrs. Cotton Mather of West
Brattleboro observed their golden we'd
ding Monday. All # their FIVE children
and eight grandchildren were present and
many friends. Fifty dollars in gold from
their children formed the principal
gift.
Although the citizens of Remington
have voted to buy two street sprinklers
and run them at the public expense. the
village trustees have not sufficient funds
to carry out the order and it will prob
ably be necessary to call another special
meeting to provide the money.
During the month of May, there were
| 20 commitments 10 the Rutland county
| Jail. OF these Is uerc for intoxication.
| OF the II commitmT nts at the House of
| Correction. three were for breach of the
peace three for petit larceny, two for
| statutory offcnscs one for running away
| from the Industr rial school. one for break :
ing into the postoflice at Windsor and
one for furnishing intoxicating liquor.
Mrs Susie McHuEh Welch. who met
her death by falling down stairs at her
fathers home in Rutland had a police
record and the officers summoned to the
scene think that Size was under the in
fiuence of liquor when she fell. Mrs
Welch was 20 years old, a native o!
Middlobury and went to Rutland when a
young girl. Her hus oand lives in Bridge
| port, Conn.
MANUAL TRAINING IN WOODSTOCK
The manual training school which ha:
been successfully conducted in Wood
| stock for several 81 miners will be con
tnued this year under the direction o
L. W. Wahlstrom Of New York. as here
tofore. All Vermont teachers will b'
| welcome Growing out OF the manua
training school is the Arts and Craft
club, which has just had an exhibition
| of the winters work, with ribbon
awarded for excellence in charcoal an,
mechanical drawing. carpentry, manua
| training and cooking The total enrol
ment was 153 and the expenditure
amounted to s762.54. most Of tho none,
being raised by subscriptions. The mem
| bers of the committee which has bad tn
general oversight OF the work of the clu
are the Rev. c. s. Lewis, the Rev. Ben
ty Mrs. f. S. Billings, A. Il. wilder an