Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-04-01
VERMONT NOTES.


marked increase in the demand for
tenements, the supply Of which Is linz
tied.
Prominent visitors in Havana, says the
Daily Post Of that city. are former Gov.
! John G. Mccullough. Mrs. Mccullough
and Miss Mccullough.
Washington county farmers are COM
planning that there is so much snow In
the sugar woods that they have to gath
er sap on snow shoes.
A schedule of 10 games has been
arranged for the St Johnsbury Acad-
envy base ball team. Prep schools In
New Hampshire and northeastern YER
mont will be played
In recognition of the generosity to
Smith college of Mrs. Ephraim Morris,
whose funeral was held at Hartford
| Saturday afternoon, one of the dorml-
tories at the college bears the name
of Morris house.
Carl c. Collins. formerly White
River Junction bank clerk, took an over
dose of medicine at the home of his
mother in west Topsham Sunday and
died in a few minutes. He had received
treatment a the Brattleboro retreat
They are still changing names around
Barton Monday the Boston & Maine
railroad DEGREES that South Ncwbury shall
be Conicut: Stanstead Junction. Beebe
Junction; Beebe Plain, Becbe. 1t takes
a level headed traveller to arrive where
he Is going.
Members of the faculty OF Middlebury
College have announced that DIR. John
A. Mead OF Rutland has given $1,000 to
the college to assist the y. X. Parsons
tlnd for the erection Of womans col
lcpe. This will reduce the amount TO be
raised to $1,000
1t looks good to Ludlow to see eight or
~ cars arrive for freight. at the reques'
of shippers and find there is no room for
them in the railroad yard because all the
space is occupied by cars being loaded
Pulp wood, lumber. chairs and other
commodities swell the list of Ludlow pro-
ducts bound out.
West Dummerstons Grange hall is
practically completed and East Dunn
merston will begin building a sinila,
structure right away. The store form
erly standing on the latter lot was
occupied years ago by tho Birchard
, brothers, uncles of President Ruther-
ford Is. Hayes.
A record herd Of deer was seen last
week on Daniel NJ BARRIERS farm III
the north part Of Brattleboro. 1t con-
sisted of "a bucks. does and lawns
all browsing contentedly in the sugar
orchard. Large herds are seen with IN
creasng frequency in the southern
part of the State.
Neighbors thought they had saved the
farm buildings of Joseph Williamson ir
South Ryeeate from being destroyed b!
fire Saturday afternoon. Three men re-
manned through the night to watch the
property but early Sunday morning the
flames broke out anew and It was burn
. ed. The stock was saved. The loss is
partially covered by insurance Of sl,O5O
The 10 prisoners taken to the RUTLAND
county Jail from Chittenden county viii
be obliged to work in the shops at thu
House Of Correction just the same al
though they were sent there from Rut
land county towns. Tho number in bod
institutions Is unusually small Viii
Chittendens 10. there only 60 in thu
county TAIL and 6 in the House o.
Correction compared with 40 to 1e5 VI
to this winter.
The championship of Brattleboro ii
spelling has been won by the woman!
: club team captained by Mrs. c. c. Fits
wife OF Vermont's first encouragement
Claremont, y. H.. is expected to challeng'
Brattleboro TO n spelling match for inter
state honors. The Brattleboro speller
are practicing regularly and are reported
very fast and exceptionally accurate OF
| the longest and hardest words.
One Vermont girl is among the q electe'
from a senior class of 40 at Smith Col
lege. Northampton Mass. to membershi
in Phi Beta Kappa. the national societ
to which only college students OF tn
highest standing are eligible. She /
Florence Eva Paine of White River juno
ton. Election to the society is made o.
basis of scholarship throughout tn
entire college course.
e Somebody was careless the othe
q night in MONTPELIER and left the from
\ door unlocked at Woolworth's an
/, l0-cent store. The policemen were un
( able to locate the manager. but aft
n err trying for an hour and a half the,
were successful in locking the doc
u by placing pidHh d6a''Se IL oH VI
8 inside and pulling 1t together. In tn
: morning the manager had to breaI
in through the cellar.
A. W. Carey. a noted Mddebur.
blacksmith. some time ago sent al
embossed horseshoe OF his own desgI
. and make to former President Roose
lyelt. He has received an acknow
Judgement from Mr.. Roosevelt date
y at the outlook Office in New YORK
March 10, 1909. which reads as fol
7 lows. "My Dear Sir--I thank you 70
q the handsomely made horseshoe wit
u Masonic emblems. l have presented 1
to our lodge. Sincerely yours, Theo
dore Roosevelt
In Vermont department OF the Gran
e Army Of the Republic. deaths have bee
" more numerous than additions since Isl
e when the organization reached its highes
y enrolment with liz posts and member
r. ship of 5,473. December 81 1907. 1t IN
..70 members in 92 posts. In 1915 thei
,e were sci comrades In 10 posts. stead
l. growth was noted until 1889 when ii
nosts numbered n. The following yea
q new posts were formed. the next yea
nine and after that several a year wa
the record.
Barrels board of school commissioner
has adopted a standard Of salaries f.
that citys public school teachers whereof
" an increase Is assured nearly every faith
1t full trainer of the young idea. The ne
Il plan Is a sliding scale. dependent Q
l. the length Of service. For the first yea