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

Musicians unions in Vermont are join
ing those of other States in petitoning
Congress for legislation to prohibit army
and navy musicians from entering into
competition with civilians
The democrats and Independents in
Bennington have united in nominating Il
ticket in opposition to the republicans
Some of the present officers have received
the endorsement of all parties.
Acknowledgement c. G. Fits Of Brat
tlcboro will address the Cheshire County
BAR association at kccnc, y. H., this
evening. An intcr-county association to
include the lawyers of Windham county
will be discussed at the meeting
The 10th annual dinner of tho New
/ York Alumni association of the Uni
vcrsity of Vermont win be held at the
| University club, Fifth avenue and rath
street, Friday, February Is, at 100 y,
| m.
Seven horses belonging to y. Is. La
| dabouche of Proctor have been cast away
on dcsolatc knoll since the high water
Of saturday An attempt to rescue them
Tuesday resulted in Mr.. 1adabouchc fall
| ing into the water after he had supplied
| the animals with grain for a days sus-
| tenance
| c. T., Jcrd OF Montpelier has "a grand
| fathers clock, over 100 years old. that
| has kept good time since he bought it a
month ago in Randolph. 1t stands seven
| and half feet high and has three dials
on a face foot in diameter. One of the
smaller dials is d calendar. The works
| are of wood
| ". C. Appeby. manager OF the j. G.
Colgate farm at Bennington and a rcla-
| tive Of the New York soap magnate,
| suffered u conclusion OF the brain Tues
day Will" experimenting the moving of
= tree Its limbs trppcd him up and lac
struck his head with great violence on
the frozen ground.
William IT, Woodward of Rutland Is
dead at the age 90 4 years. He was
! known as an earnest worker in the in
tcrcst of charity and his a'nh, on Il
raise s1OoN for Leon Russell of Chittcn-
den tlo young man who lost the sight Of
both eyes from tine kicN Dr horse, had
been nearly realized.
Mrs. Charles :. Ioas Of Rutland sue
cumbcd to injuries received in runaway
accident last week. Her skull was frac-
turcd and she sustained internal injuries
but it was thought that she would rc-
cover until a high fever set in Tuesday
from which she died that night. 81,
was born in clarendon IN 1860 and hao
lived in Rutland for Is years.
W. ". Lapoint. the Barre playwright
ana theatrical. manager. is back from ,
five months stay in New York. He has
two nickel theatres in brooklyn. a repcr-
toiro company playing in New IIamp
Shire and has sold three plays while II
the metropolis. He has an order for /,
more and has returned to Barre to writ,
them. Six thousand actors are out u
work. he says.
A box of brass valued at $>j. stoleY
from the Rutland railroad shops, wa.
found in the freight Office al Fair HaveI
addressed to a firm in Worcester Mass
A detective traced the stolen property (,
Fair Haven and the box w"- held Their,
{ ia the hope that the thief would CONF
\ back and inquire as to what was causin.
delay in his shipment. lie avoided tn,
! trap. however.
Caledonia county is to have a new
Jail or have the old one enlarged. &C
cordinC to the present outlook. The las
Legislature passed an at appropria tim
10000 for this purpose. Ia be raised b
assessing the several towns and to b
, paid in three annual insallments. Tn
= assistant Judges and the county clcrl
have assessed the 4 towns six per cent
, on their grand lists.