Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-23

Mt Paul Foley and tossed him Is feet.
Foley was not badly injured. however.
The trouble oil started when Edwin Moore
tried to be accommodating by heading off
herd Of cattle, the bull Directing to his
interference
A writ OF mandamus has been brought
against s. NJ. Gibbs, saloon keeper and
d. S. GILLIAN and ID. G. Robinson. license
commissioners, of Fletcher to appear be-
fore the Supreme Court at Montpelier at
the January term on the complaint of
a. j. Lamb and other property owners
who made objection at the meeting OF the
commissioners last spring. and who allege
that their objection was not heard
Preferring Jail confinement to further
evasion of justice, Charles E. Davis OF
Thetford, who has been sought for the
past six months on n forgery charge. sur
rendered himself at the orange county
Jail Saturday one arm was in a sling
as the result of a railroad accident and
he was emaciated and weakened by sick
ness. He has been in hiding ut small
town about 60 miles north of Ottawa.
The Vermont state Poultry associa-
ton will hold its 18th exhibition In St.
Adams city hall Jan. 1s-2l Besides regu-
lar and special prizes. % silver cups
! valued from so TO $500 are offered for
/ competition The 800 trophy is the Sir
Donald SMITH cup for White Nyandotes
and is the largest and most beautiful
! crp ever competed for by poultry rails
/ ers in this country. W. y Writer'S OF St.
1 Adams, secretary of the association, will
mail premium lists to- all interested up
on application.
Daniel Willard, who has Just been ten
dered the presidency OF the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, Is a Hartland boy. /, his
youth he worked on a farm, graduatinR
to the railroad service as a track laborer
and passing from grade to grade by force
OF ability until he became second vice
president of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy road, which position he still
holds. Mr. Wizards mother lives at
Hartland and is frequently visited by her
son, who has done much for her comfort
in declining years.
The Center Congregational Church IL
! Brattleboro is in bad fix. When it wa'
built and for many years thereafter
contiguous property owners were Con
gregationalists and made no objection e
sliding snow from the roof Of the church
edifce. which piled UP on their land. Now
the adjoining land has fallen into thu
hands of person of different persuasion
and the snow privilege has been rescndel
a guard was once placed on the roof bur
the water set back and ruined the mura
decora tions SO 1t now becomes necessar,
to provide some new scheme.
Paul Plasted, 14-year-old pupil o
II No Jict ri, i,, To N
II bottle Of skunk scent. which he eprinklet
On the sill Of the inner door OF the schoo
house. II became necessary to adjourn
the session and thoroughly disinfect thu
place. Tho school has the reputation be
Ing tough one and it seems that a plo
had been formed to forcibiy eject TIL
male teacher. The tables were turned
however, and the teacher gave youni
Plaisted Il good fioeging subsequent Il
the skunk smell incident. plast,-i wa
later arrested and sentenced to yea
at the Industrial school the sentenc
being suspended during his improved
behavior.
Forty-eight years ago the Hon. JOSEPH
Dubuc. who retired last month as chic
,. justice OF Manitoba. attended school il
Sheburne, Capt r ]. White being hi
lttCneT. ~ DloIlleT, john Stlil I'VE
In that town and three other brothers
: Isaac. Alphonse and Evarest. reside il
Winooski Mr.. Dubuc's 80 years term o
service on the Canadian bench is unpar
= alleled in length. He graduated from Nc
, Gill University with high honors in lS6
and after practicing law for few year
in Montreal and Quebec located in Win
nipeg. He was member of the frs
= Legislature of Manitoba While cam
paigning for a personal friend in ISL
he was assaulted from behind and lef
for dead by gang Of political opponents
In 1875 he was elected speaker Of tn
LEGISLATURE and for the following tire
years acted as crown counsel for III
province. In 1879 he was sent to the Dc
minon House of Commons and that sam
4 year was elected TO the Queens benz
e for Manitoba.