Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-20


party was that last week whom rred
r.. Blood Of Houghtonville, a village n
the town Of Grafton, sold about g. 500
worth to J. G. Burgess Of Manchester.
\. II. There were 1900 red fox skins.
1000 skunk skins, 200 mink. 200 RAJ
coon. 1000 muskrat and other skins
., Happcl ana Is accounted
oil ho shtnr. '"c SKINS
It appears that the Bellows Falls board
of trade made a glarirg error in a leaf
let which shows tho many ~adrantagos Of
the paper mill village. i'm said t,o1kl.t
the population Of the village is given as
only 500" tn" census of 1000 gave tile
population as t.557 but an astutc resident
SAYS this vas 90, w~ouG rs Bellows Fails
really had 80 people that year. fIe
would now add 80 residents " North
Westminster and tho l,5G0 in North Wal
no' ana claim a population Of 100 for
oo"'"E
4 f7-ycar-1ld italian r,rcd CHARLES
Nonato Was crushed by fro. no u,s
cutting down At c.rtor p,,,,,a Uaaaa.
day and died Within hale az hour tto
did NOT r.aIfz. tn,, Cha, ,r,o ras ra
! tl.4 lie rGlIr 70 Ftf' and Ia nod -,-.
+; - ro.t III. woi,.r, b-olo 49,, na.
loft Of the trunk and ,,rirc uit, t1a
Tree he .li,,.1 ,r,l.~ T., ~ ,n,.I.
which w,s hug. ono cr,eboa ,t. t.,i
ard hrolc hi, ,oc, vo,.t. 10, 49,
this country two ,oar. rs ,.ror,. ,.t
three sisters still, living il, itaiy
Daughters of Vermont plan to make their
| gatherings more exclusive after the AM
nuai sugaring off PARTY. the second week
in April. which as heretofore. will he
open to all Vormonters and their friends
| Beginning with 1909. men will be taxed
81 for membership and -5oInen 30 cents.
It is thus believed that tho various flnc-
tions can be carried on without making
additional charge and that Vcrmontcrs
| will be gently influenced 10 ioin tho as.
ISOLATION if n~on-membore are excluded
from the social gatherings.
Tho pov caoro v-o. ~
.,,norir.or,o,, 80 .ho u;ehina n,
Saloon League, is working hard fer the
adoption of local option. While IT. Yer
mont. it will be remembered that he took
the opposite position. he explains his
change OF policy thus: "A step toward
lpCti blAibli III -hI'lllEdll - Il SAfi away
from the saloons toward the very condi-
tons that prevailed in Vermont. namely,
prohibition. Wcrc | in Vermont to-day.
and Vermont still had prohibition. I
should work Just as hard to keep tho sa-
looms from coming in as | am now work
ing in Michigan for local option 10 pa,
the saloons out
1'p,''4 al ID"
" "90
near H.. s. Smith and Leon J.. HAYNES.
smith snot HAYNES and broke his law.
The fight then adjourned 10 outside tho
hall where John O'Hearn, a co-gorkcr
with Smith on his fathers farm struck
Looms brother. Lorenzo y HAYNES. on
the nose and drew blood. Smith and
| O'uearn wero arrairncd in Justice court,
and fined and Leon HAYNES has brourbt
suit against Smith to recover $500 dam.
ares for his broken Jaw.
hfa''Pco"'" VIII ""No " nave " larger
TAX nan last year Il Tue treasury II
PracticdI! empty anu 'He es'''la'es 4OF
the coihihE year are 'afsei '"ah Usual y
new prHge VIII nave 10 DC Quit sooh 10
replace the WOODEN structure over tHe
west river "hich mas oeeh concerned
o,d tho otbar s9 on 10 so Oo IN .c-
cepting either plan, one abutment will