Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-08-12

lighted the fuse anu Boi'e soi'c u'''"''"
AWAY but when the blast failed 10 20
Off he walked back and arrived Just In
time to he fatally injured by the dyna-
mite.
Tho following Is from the Lyndonvile
Journal. ",rhe first fatal automobile nc
o,dcr, here occurred last Sunday when
r,ues N'ebber's automobile went over
lanes Smiths dog. causing almost in
stont death. The dog started to 60 across
the street in front Of the auto nut unfor-
tunatcly. got started just In time to come
IN contact with the wheels
Now that the Columbian marble mills
are to remain in Rutland announcement
Is made by the promoters that by fall 200
to 800 men will be employed and that
from 100000 to $4,000 will be expended
In improvements Tho capital stock of
tho new company will be 100000 and
from SO, o0o. 900 TO 100000 will he invested
In tho business
The death OF Mrs. May Mcndon Bales
tier. aged e years, wife of Beatty s. Bal
osticr occurred ut her home In Brattle-
boro Friday evening Of heart failure.
following n long Illness. She had trav-
cIed extensively In Europe ard was the
fister-'n-law Of Rudyard Kiplng. Mr..
Balestiers sister being the famous au
thor's wife
-Four motor boats built from the same
model but equipped with different engines
raced on the Connecticut river at Bellows
Falls Saturday afternoon over four
mile course. The best time was 10 min
u'es and 81 seconds First prize was won
by II. Il. t'nderhill with a. W. Coolidge
second. The other contestants were e.
A. Gould and j. Wetherbee.
Jack. an English coach bull dog, Is
buried In wsyside cemetery between
McIndoes and Rvegate beside other
members OF the family Of r. s. Kelly.
Mr.. Kelly cannot understand why any
one should consider 1t eccentric to thus
bury dog and SAYS that he has a horse
that will be similarly inferred. Jack
was one OF the best friends er had
or ever could have" says Mr.. Kelly.
United States Ahrsha! Horace w.
Bailey was In EnosOurgh Falls Tuesday
where he sold at auction 100 gallons Of
turpentine seized by the United States au-
thorites for alleged violation Of the pure
food law. 1t was bought by ]. A. Harvey
for 50 the gallon. 1t was consigned to the
b. J. Kendall company and when tested
was found to contain 20 per cent. kerosene
Complaint was made by the company and
the stuff seized.
Mrs. Marcia Ann Equier. who was
for II years town clerk Of Mendon.
died Saturday. She was born August
Is, 1922. and was the last OF n family
Of 70 children. on account Of her SER
vice she WAC voted n pension by the
town of Mendon when she resigned her
ONCE three years ago. Mrs. SQuicr
broke her hip Ave months ago and
never recovered from the shock. No
| near relatives survive.
II IL understood in Enosburgh Falls that
representative Of the Hires Root Becr
company OF Philadelphia has been there
tho past week inspecting the plant OF
the Federal Packing company which was
compelled to shut down for some unknown
reason In February. The Federal Packing
company started last September manu-
featuring conden -ed milk and was
exempted from taxation for 10 yeras The
building Is now mortgagei TO one OF the
| directors. according to current report
| A citizen or Hardwick has a copy OF
the following letter which is said to have
been written not long ago to n shoe deal
er by French Canadian farmer: Mon
s,eur Please sen De shoe for ma FAINT
lee. She Is Marie 1s year. Pierre IS year.
jacques a year. Louise II year Rateese
| r. year, Henri II year. Tonette 10 year.
Alma 2 year Louis S year. Prosper Z
year. Denise G year. Poleon 5 year. Va
lerie. 4 year. Jeanne year, Josephine .
yenr, Natalie and Jock year-dey twir -
de baby she go barefoot. How moch?'
Mrs. Dim OF Rutland believes that
her daughter. Mary is insane as the
young woman sprang out Of bed
Tuesday morning at two o'clock and
brooks every pane OF glass In the
house with n shovel. She also threat
ened TO kill her mother who called
the police. When the officers arrived
| Mary had disappeared. For several
days she had acted strangely coming
| into her mothers ROBIN at night,
jumping on her and expressing a de-
sire TO poison tho whole family
II. G. Thomas Of Stowe. state nsh and
| game commissioner. WHO was In Mont
pelier Tuesday. stated that Vice Presi-
lent Sherman and Speaker Cannon have
! definitely accepted invitations to attend
| the annual midsummer outing of tho
state Fish and Game League to he held
early In Sertember NJ Hotel Champaign
Bluff Point. Commissioner Thomas also
said that Maxwell Evarts, president of
the association, Is expecting a promlnen,
statesman from the Pacific coast 10 be his
| guest on that occasion.
Tho burning out Of ll.OoO-volt trans.
| former on the power line from CaNen-
dish gorge to Clarcmont. y. H.. set fire
to the pole and then TO the surrounding
weeds and grass. An acre Of land was
burned over and the current reduced
| from II 900 10 300 volts Telephone serv-
ice was cut off and Ascutncyvile was
without electric lights. Mrs iuttle who
| lives there saw the accident and rem with
her infant child in her arms mile to
where her husband was working. Re-
turning with him she helped In checking
the spread OF flames on their farm land,
| Creditors with claims OF 5000 against
the Deerlleld Lumber company have
filed petition TO have the company de-
clared bankrupt. Judge Martin has set
hearing on the petition for August "a
at the opening OF United States court at
Windsor but It is probable that II will
be held In Brattleboro some time the fol-
lowing week. The petitioners claim that
the company by entering into agreement
with the Connecticut River Lumber COM
pany ard tho Somerset Land company,
has deprived them of opportunity to col
i"ct their bills by process OF law.