Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-29


den county court Tuesday. they being
| that Of Augustus w. Pollard VS.. George
NJ. F4tzsmmons, both of Underhill. tres
pass. ana that of Elizabeth II. Baker
VS.. Walter w. Baker, divorce. The lat
ter parties reside In Richmond and Mr..
Baker is now serving four years sem
tence in the States prison at Windsor
| for burglarizing a cottage at Starr Farm
| Beach.
In spite Of the threatening weather,
| a large crowd assembled at Riverside
| park Saturday afternoon to witness the
races. They were disappointed however,
us the races were postponed because of
tho heavy condition of the track The
| races will he run off next Saturday. The
| owners felt that the horses could not do
| themselves Justice Saturday as the con-
slant rain had put the track In bad
| shape.
| William n. Hassett. a popular and efn-
| cent member for several years Of the
| Free Press reportoria force. has resigned
| his position with this paper to Join the
stan of the Washington %. c. Herald
Mr.. TIassett will begin his duties at the
capital Monday August 2, passing the
most Of this week at his old home in
Mortified His genial presence and fund
Of wit will nowhere he missed more thor
oughly in the wide circle Of hs friends
than IN the Free Press editorial rooms
j. G.. Bellrose appeared In city court
| Friday in answer to a charge Of vio-
lating the pure food laws in that he sold
a nisbranded medicine called zone Min
ute Cough Cure" The case was contn-
/ ,aI ylx11r
released on his own recognizance John
| f. Halloran appeared In answer to n
similar charge relating 70 "Kemp's Bal
sam" His case was also continued to
August C. and he was released on his own
recosnizance.
George Neser OF Shelburne road. who
some DAYS ago had a moving machine
abstracted from his front yard has re-
covered his property. Mr.. Neser locat-
cd the machine In o meadow about two
miles from his house The teeth wero
badly damaged and II looked rs though
someone had teen trying to NOW cobble-
stones. Mr.. Neser does not know whe-
ther the machine was stolen or just
borrowed" but he is looking for the
person who is responsible.
George Alpha appeared before Justice
| Dehervile yesterday afternoon. charged
with keeping liquor on hand with intent
to sell Alpha pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to three months in tho county
Jail and was also ordered to pay the costs
of seizure, amounting TO $in29. The
! sentence however, was suspended and
| Alpha was placed IN charge of Probation
Officer Thomas Reeves The liquor found
at Alpha's place when the search was
made was ordered confscated.
Charles Smith. Edward Miller and Bob
Wilson We're discovered sleeping in a
freight car in the Rutland railroad
yards Monday morning and were TAX
en- to Jail. charged with being tramps
The three men appeared before Justice
Debervile in the afternoon. when they
gave their residences as nowhere Each
| man pleaded guilty TO vagrancy and
each was sentenced to ten days in Jail
| The railroad yards are being closely
watched and all gentlemen Of the road"
found lettering about ore taken care Of
MrH. II. F.. Percival entertained at her
home on South Union street Tuesday
afternoon from four to six o'clock In
honor OF her daughter-in-law Mrs. Harry
Percival OF Harrisburg. Pa Mrs H. T.
Percival and Mrs. Harry Percival re-
ceived and Mrs. G. B. Wetherby and.
Mrs. r. r. Clarkson poured. Mrs. +. W.
Perry, Mrs. c. n. Mosley. Mrs II. II.
Hickok, Mrs A. c. Sraulding and Mrs.
w, B. Barkely OF rutherford, n. j. as
sisted. The dining room was decorated
with pink asters and pink sweet peas.
The Fathers of g.: Edmund in charge
of st. Michaers College are Just begin
ming some extensive and much needed
improvements In the college buildings.
The old part of the structure is to be
raised and rendered Are proof with brick
veneer. which will make 1t correspond
intellectually with the new buildings.
This enlargement is made necessary to
accommodate the increasing numbers Of
students; and 1t will also provide quar-
tiers for the faculty and contain a COM
plete chemical laboratory. These struc-
tural changes are already under way.
At one IF the Winooski mills scrub
woman Is employed who has served 50
long in that capa city that she Is AZ much
Il fixture as one of the buildings. \ few
days ago a child hurried breathlesslv IN
to her while she was at work with the
information that her husband was dead
The scrub woman took It in matter of
fact way and asked without undue ex-
element for leave of absence. which was
readily granted. Later in the day the
. manager noticed that she was again a,
work and. stopping in surprise, asked
her why shn was not ut home with her
dead husband. "lIe amt dead" she re.
piled dsgustedly, hes only half dead
parayzed on one side"