Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-04-08
VERMONT NOTES.

George Beauregard. Fairfax farmer.
! has filed petition in bankruptcy
| liabilities, SHE; assets, 500, all exempt.
| Eight years ago Mrs. Helen Caswel
Of Georgia put Gala lily in her cellar
to rest and forgot it. Last fall it was
found and ported and now has over
90 large leaves.
r. J. Rrownscombe superintendent of
the Montpelier public schools, is an ex-
pert fercer and has offered his services
to the y. NJ. c. A. there an instruc-
tor in the art. two evenings a week.
with about 80 prisoners in Washing
ton county Jail, Sheriff Tracy is In posi-
tiOn to spare few to work in the marble
shops at the House of Correction as 1t is
stated that the force there is seriously
depleted through a dearth of convicts.
j. c. irwin of New York city, who
has been connected with the engineer
ing offices of the New York Central
lines, has assumed the office of chief
engineer of the Rutland railroad vice
George l.. Moore, resigned.
Homer l.. and G. s. Hoag of Rutland
M Sldll Il lelllPlN on tltlf small 1arm
in Clarendon not far from the North
Clarendon depot They plan to build 90
poultry houses ON sandy knoll and
expect to keen n thousand hens all
Rhode Island reds.
Two St Adams men have filed petit
tons in bankruptcy: Joseph Benjamin,
a fireman. has liabilities Of s2S9 and as
sets of 500. all claimed exempt; Isaac
l.. Gibbs gives his liabilities as $756 and
his assets as $685. Of which $50 is claimed
exempt.
The Rev. A. II. Webb of Brattle-
| horo, father of Editor Charles A. Webb
, Of the Montpelier Journal, has accepted
a call to the pastorate OF the Methodist
Church in Northneld. The bishop pre-
siding at the conference in Hardwick
ncXt week will be requested To assign
Mr.. Webb to the Mortified charge.
Lake Raponda in Wilmington will have
boom as a summer resort the coming
season. The hotel and cottages which
have lain idle two years will probably
he reoponod and several new cottages
erected by private parties Extensive
improvements on the hotel property are
stockholders have transferred il.
H. NJ. Wilson of Arlington, State cattle
commissioner. says that every case OF
CHAMBERS which has been called to his
attention for several years has been
directly traceable to horses brought to
Vermont from the markets in eastern
Massachusetts or the West Many
horse buyers are fooled by the first APP
poarancc of the disease" says Mr. Will
son, the symptoms at first being similar
To, cold with the human race, and the
trouble does not begin until after the
horses are safely landed in this State"
Col. Joseph Battell, the philanthropist
has given to Mddlebury College nearly 80
| acres of land on what is known as Col
| lege hill Immediately north OF the present
| campus. Six houses. all but one OF them
| quite small. are included In the gift. Tho
| property is valued at $4,000 and since
| there is an annuity condition, It Is doubt
| full whether the transfer will have any
bearing on the Parson fund. In response
| to the appeal of President Thomas. the
people Of Middlebury and Addison county
| gave 5000 toward completing the N5.OO0
necessary to secure $4,000 from d. f.
Parson.
George c. Pease Of New York, who
has summer residence in Panton, re-
ceived word of the injury of his wife In
| a runaway accident, drove as fast as
possible to Vergennes only to miss the 9:15
p. M train Friday, hurried on to Middle
bury and missed the sleeper due there
at lO;45 by six minutes but finally got a
special train to take him to Albany for
S2S7 Ma, Pease Is q member of the Lotos
and New York Yacht clubs. He was for
some years connected with the New York
Sun and Times. He is member Of the
tercentenary committee and appointed to
assist in the entertaining OF President
Taft.