Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-07
VERMONT NOTES.

Duck hunting and pout fishing are re-
ported excellent in northern Vermont.
Deer are said to be numerous throughout
the state
| The village of Pittsford Tuesday
voted 5000 for electrically lighting their
streets The power will come from Rut-
land.
Only two commitments were made to
the House of Correction during the
month of September, the smallest mum
Der in years. The pair came from Bur
| lington and Barton.
| The Baptist Church of East Enos
! burgh has extended a call to the Rev
w. j. Clark of Hyde Park provided the
Baptist Church at Enosburgh Falls ex-
tends similar call. the idea being to
engage Mr.. Clark for the double charge
1t is reported that Myron Britch
aged 1G, and Harold Britch. aged 49,
OF IIillwest are missing They bave
not been seen since last week Wednesday
night, when they left the house of
clyde Shangraw.
Mrs. George Stone NJ Rutland has won
a suit against A. Simonson of New York
| for obtaining money under false preten.
SOS. According to Mrs. Stone she sent
the defendant sG5 for mail order course
in manicuring and hair dressing, obtain
! ing no results.
Alfred Beck Of Granville. n. Y, an un.
dortaker, was arrested Thursday By Sher.
| If Fish of Rutland on the charge Of vio-
| latng the Vermont health VS. by ship
| ping body 70 this State without n per-
nit This Is the third arrest OF this ma
ture made within the past few days.
Work will be commenced Immediately
on a three-mile railroad line to connect
| the qunrries OF the Clarendon Marble
company with the Delaware & Hudson
railroad Mt West Rutland. At present
the output Of the quarries IS hauled by
teams.
Dr William Stanford Stevens OF st.
Adams is the first man to take advan-
tage OF tho offer Of State Forester
Waves to give advice regarding refores-
,ation The doctor and Mr.. Halves have
laid out plan for forest production on
a eoo-acrc tract owned by the former in
East Enosburgh.
Negotiations are understood TO be pend
ing for the sale of the plant of the Rut-
land manufacturing company, formerly
the Creamery Package company TO +.
G. White Of Easton. Pa. This concern,
which has it's main offices at Albany, y.
y. is owned by the Creamery Package
company OF Chicago.
Emery Cleveland Of Barre pleaded
guilty of Keeping liquor with intent
to sell in city court Monday. He
received a sentence Of from four to
IL months in county jail. The officers
who raidod his place found two bot
| ties of beer.
There are a present 1850 pupils in the
Rutland schools. an increase OF a over
last year, all but one OF the increase
being credited to the high school The
school board has made rule suppress
ing the practice OF compelling pupils
to donate to athletics and other school
Institutions against their will
The engagement OF Leroy ". Hemmen-
way of Philadelphia, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Asa Hemenway OF Middlebury, to Miss
Elizabeth $. Henry. only daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs W II. Henry OF London. Eng
is announced. Miss Henry is heiress to
large fortune. The wedding will take
place at the homo OF the bride IN Decem-
Der.
+. u. McCrillis of Groton was seriously
injured in his bobhin mill Sept. - He
caught his sleeve in shaft set screw
and before the machinery could be
stopped his arm was badly mangled and
broken in several places. This msfor-
tune followed closely on the loss by fire
OF another shop, owned in par. by Mr..
McCrills
Checks and money order amounting
to s79 We're found Monday near the Fair
Haven fair grounds. They were the
property of Judge II. NJ. Redhcld Of
! Hubbardton. to whom they were return
cd. The paper was in a pocketbook be-
longing 10 John Brough Of Castleton.
Both Of these men encountered pick
pockets ~ the fair.
The 10th anniversary Of free deliv-
cry Friday in ST. Johnsbury also
marked n similar anniversary in the
service of Henry a. Holder. the only
carrier who began when the service
was inaugurated. The postoT!ce boys
held an informal reception to Mr..
Holder, presenting him with n hand
some briar pipe.
The 4Gth annual meeting of the YER
mont Officers Reunion society will be
held in Chester to-day. In the even
ing Porter II Dale Of Island Pond will
deliver an address after which 4 banquet
will he served Among the expected
guests are Governor Prouty, Lieut.-Gov.
Mead Col. Albert Clarke of Boston. Mu
sic Will We provided by the Ludlow band.
The Rev Vincent Raw, for the past
two years pastor OF the Congregational
Church in Manchester. has been called
to the North Avenue Congregational
Church in Cambridge. Mass. and preach
ed his first sermon there Sunday. Mr.
Raw was formerly Methodist clergy
man but left that denomination because
he considered 1t not democratic enough
to conform to the spirit OF the age.
MIX concerns In Middlebury represent
ing Boston and New York houses are in
the midst OF strenuous competition A
New York concern IS just completing a
big plant FOR sterlizing and bottlng for
shipment and their rival have issued a
circular letter to the farmers warning
them not to pa,ronize the New York peo-
pie rs the claim hat the prizes offered by
the latter are only temporary induce
ment.
The Methodist Church OF Bennington
through its pastor, the Rev. w. w.
Drunk, has issued an appeal to all resi-
dents OF that town. regardless OF relis-
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