Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-24

spring among the children of the city Is
prevailing now to quite an extent. al
though nothing like epidemic, among
adults
Winnifred Pepper. the girl who was
arrested for larceny Of $l?o from the
home of Mrs. L. A. Newcomb. has been
placed under the care of Probation Of
fcer r. y. Thomas at the request of her
attorney. william Wlshart. and at tho
advise Of the probation officer who has
investigated the case states Attorney
Gates strongly objected to this action
when the hearing was held Saturday
morning. The child stole So diamond
ring from Mrs. Newcombs house.
| Homer Fem. who for many years
| the manager ~ the New York stock
farm in As,rrisville was In town Satur-
day and has gone to his home in New
| Haven. Conn. He Is 81 years OF age and
| is quite a character in himself He has
never worn glasses, Ia n veteran of the
Mexican war. having served under Cen
| eral Franklin Pierce. and draws pension !
a. a nine months man IN the Civil War.
He is now dining room steward of the
Soldiers Home In Connecticut
| The Rev. Stanley T. Bloomfield Of !
| Woodbury. has accepted the call ~
| BETHANY Church to take UP the work |
! hcre loft ny tho Rev. l.. r Reed, who
| was called 70 Hyde Park. Mass. Mr.. |
Bloomfield has bren pastor NJ the Con
| EreEational Church in Woodbury. for six |
years. He will hegtn his duties here
! November I.
John Sanders OF Watsfield. who was
| operated upon at Heaton hospital for |
! Inflammation of tho gall bladder and
| peritonitis is resting comfortably. The |
operation was done Saturday.
| william Hooper was thrown from his !
wheel and injured while coastug down /
Seminary hill Friday afternoon He is
recovering from slight bruises.
Or. and Mrs. II. l.. Watson will leave
soon for the West, whore they will pass
| the winter
Miss Hattie Scott has gone to her |
home IN Newport to recover from her |
operation for appendicitis She was n |
nurse at Heaton hospital whom taken i'll
two weeks ago.
A company of Montpelier hunters. who
were in on the Hoehack mountains in
Middlcsex stopped a forest fire Satur- !
day evening by their carly discovery Of
It, They We're on one ridge while a dele
cation Of Italians were on another. Tho
latter party left the ridge a short time
before the fire broke out
! Tho funeral of Mrs. 1"di1 y. Richard
| son was held at two o'clock Tuesday af-
ternoon from her late home on Barre
street She died Monday morning of
heart disease and dropsy. She Is sur
vived by her husband. one daughter.
Mrs. a. j. Doucette and three grand
| children She was about to move from
her home to a house she and her hus-
! band has purchased on Elm street
The marriage of Glenn II. Dodge to
Miss l. Florence Johnson. occurred
/ Monday morning at tho home Of Or. j.
Edward Wright. pastor Of the Church
OF the Messiah. Both are from Wor-
cester where they will make their
home.
While out driving his colt Sunday after
noon John Cookson had one eye torn
| out Of the socket. He attempting to
| unhitch the colt which was kicking when
the beast hit him In the face cutting the
check and tearing one eye out. The
| ligaments and nerves were so badly
torn that It was impossible to put It
back and it removed at Heaton hos
pltal.
Miss Ella Watson will finish work in
the Vernon telephone exchange in two
weeks and with DR. and Mrs. II. l.. Wat
son. will leave the first Of October for
california where they will pass the win
ter.
Dr. j. Edward Wright. pastor of the
Church Of the Messiah will celebrate the
anniversary Of the 10th year he has been
| in charge Of the church on Sunday Of
| next week
| 1t does not look now rs though there
would be retiring governors ball this
fall because Capt W. A. Pattee of Com
pany II says that the l:ombcrs OF the
| company do not feel that they can carry
out the work attached TO It and it is
understood that the people of the city are
not taking hold Of the matter.
| special session of the Vermont Opti-
cal association was held Tuesday after
noon in the parlors * the Pavilion Hotel.
This association *as formed few
months ago, and its annual meeting will
not be held until June, 1903, at Rutland.
| The meeting Tuesday was for the pur-
| pose OF discussing matters which the as
| ISOLATION expects to bring to the atten-
| ton of the Legislature next month Fiji
teen members were present. The present
| officers of the association are: President,
| +. II. Palmer OF Bristol: vice-pre.idents,
G. II. Reynolds Of Burlington. +. L. Tay
lot OF BdTTe, secretary, II. + JoTudn OF
| Brattleboro: treasurer n. W. Randall
of st. Johnsbury.
| Percy Cakes, the Young man who elud
| ed the deputy sheriff from Caledonia
county Monday afternoon Just as he was
| committing him to the State hospital for
| the insane at Waterbury, Ia the same in
divdual who about 10 Gays ago made life
| a burden TO officials at the State House
by his continued requests for writing ma
| terial to communicate with President
| Roosevelt and also by his strange ac-
tions in general. He was arrested at st.
Johnsbury Monday and committed from
there to tho State hospital He is still at
large.
=. s. Smith. superintendent Of the
water department, went Monday night
10 Baltimore Md. to attend the annual
convention of water superintendents and
water commissioners. Before leaving,
Mr.. Smith said there was no immediate
danger of shortage OF the supply Of
Berlin pond water.
day morning In the Barre city hospital
of typhoid fever and peritonitis. was
member Of tho Montpelier Military band.
| He was native of Aberdeen, Scotland.
and was 81 years old. He had resided in
Barre for the past five years. He Is sur
vived by wife and three children who
are in Scotland. His funeral will be held