Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-03-11
VERMONT NOTES.
w. p. Bartlett Of Morgan has entered
,non his And year as town treasurer.

Repairs contemplated on the Soldiers
Home at Bennington will include paint |
Ing the main building and shingling the
hospital.
Ralph A. Booth. an assistant teacher
at Peoples Academy, Worthwhile. has
resigned to take up farming in Connectl-
cut.
The old man OF Norwich is dead, SAM
uel A. Armstrong, aged Of years. Up to
a short time ago he was able to walk
to the postoffice daily for his mall.
OF 10 deaths in Chelsea the past year.
two were infants still born, two were
men killed by accident and the Is re-
naming were people whose ages ranged
from SO to %.
Joe Kocsas. n Hungarian employed by
the Vermont Marble company at Proctor,
was instantly killed Thursday morning
by tho caving in OF a sand pit. He was
d,sembowcled.
A civil service examination Will be held
at st. Adams Saturday. March .. for
the position OF fourth class postmaster
az Sheldon Junction. The salary Of this
Office for the past fiscal year was SIT.
The funeral of Benson Sanborn, a
prominent citizen OF Chelsea. was held
yesterday. Mr.. Benson died Monday
morning Of a shock while going from his
house to the barn.
The high wind of Thursday night badly
blocked the country roads in Washing
! ton country. and the milkinen and rural
| mail carriers had a hard time Friday
morning. They reported the worst block
ade OF the winter.
The Chelsea Old Home Week a~ssocia-
ton has recognized with VI. o. Bixby
60 president and has voted to have n
celebration this year. the week OF Aug
ust l6. which will be the fifth time that
| Chelsea has observed old home week.
William ]. Doricn is dead at hts home
in Proctor. aged IS years. lie was a
| charter member OF the Proctor band and
one Of the best known tube players in
this state. He had been in poor health
for several years but death followed a
woek's illness at the Proctor hospital.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been fled
by Thaddeus r. Harvey OF Williston.
vho gives his liabilities as s4o3.25 and his
assets as $516.S0. Of which $2l6 is claimed
exempt. and by Burnham NJ. Gordon. a
restaurant keeper Of Montpelier, whose
liabilities are stated as s3,l37.24 and as
sets as 1851.
The Rev. c. .. Day, d. D.. former pres!-
dent OF Audover Theological Seminary.
las resigned the passionate Of the Con-
gregational Church at Barnet to take
ofac- Trnn 1Jo .viI ira -Ial abroad FOR
three months and returning to America
with his daughter will rest a year before
rcsum!ng work.
IT is claimed in a news item from
Iyndonviile Shat the total snow fall for
the winter has been :he greatest II
years. The amount which has fallen II
northwestern Vermont IL said to vary
from 40 10 1870 inches, tho latter heins
reported IN towns close % tie Canadian
line.
Albert Cobb Of Woodstock returned
two weeks ago from the Brattleooro re
treat and Friday his farm buildings
were Destroyed: loss 5000. Insurance 81,
Flo. The fire was discovered In Mr.
Cohb's bedroom at three o'clock in thu
morning while NJ. Cobb was fount
dressed nnd out doors. We is going baci
to Brattlct orc.
James NJ. Aldrich of Springfield,
junior at Brown University, Providence
r. l., became ~ with diphtheria las
week. His is the 9th case which ha'
developed and as three Of the men ar
members Of the swiminE squad th'
members of the swimming squad tho nc
DRY is advanced that the disease was con
college gymnasium.
II Is stated that 4s per cent. Of the -
cities. towns and Incorporated districts
of Vermont are under expert school su
pervision In accordance with the law au
thorizinE the organization Of school un
ions. before the law went into effec
the per cent. was three. Nov SO per cent
of the schools and IS per cent of tn
school children OF the state are undo
such provision. There are &c union dis
tricts and eight superintendent of singl
cities ard corporations.
Accompanying the gift Of a damon
necklace from Mrs. Roosevelt's persona
wome friends last week was q friendshi
book designed by Miss Florence Pike.
teacher in the School of Arts and Craft
in Washington. d. c., In which the name
: of the donors Of the necklace were In
scribed. Miss Pike ia a native Of Derb
! and a graduate of Derby Academy. Fol
lowing graduation from the Vermont in
, st!tut!on. Miss Pike studied art in Bosto
completing her course there last summer
Ex-Gov. Samuel r. Plngree Of Hartford
who was reelected town clerk last weei
has filled that Office since 1859 and in poin
OF service Is probably tho oldest tow