Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-10
VERMONT NOTES

The names OF 81 Aliens, I73 Browns and
296 Smiths appear in the revised roster
Of the Vermont volunteers in the Civil
War.
Mrs. Mary 11oyt of Lyndonvillc. who
was 81 years old last week, is very
active and does homework and knit
ting although blind.
For the month of May the gross re-
ceipts OF the Brattleboro postoffice were
$3,9Sl.a1, exceeding those OF the same
month last year by sl.o54.37
The asbestos mines on Belvidere noun
tain. Just across the line from Eden.
have been operated for about n month
by the Lowell Asbestos company. With
10 men from Montpelier engaged to work
In the mill. the prospects are reported
as good FOR n considerable output.
Electrical engineers at Norwich Uni
versity are engaged in erecting a wire
less tclegraphy mast on The roof Of Car
negie hall by which It is stated com
muncation will be had with similar
stations at Dartmouth Cornell and the
University OF Vermont.
Owing to exemptions voted at the
March meeting Northfcld's grand list
shows only a slight increase. The list
this year totals S15.947.1o MS compared
with s15,S7?l4 in 1903 Tho number
of polls is 1911 loss of Al over one
year ago.
The state Pharma ceutical society.
which will hold it's annual convention
at Lake Bomoseen June % to "a. is
sending out statistics showing that
Vermont is AT the head Of every state
In the union in the percentage Of drug
Elsts who belong to a State society,
oo per cent OF those In Vermont being
AFFILIATED with this body.
An attractive booklet issued by the
State committee Of tho Young Mems
Christian associations Of Vermont. an
nounces the NTH season Of Camp Abnaki
for boys and young men at Hibbard's
point on Lake Champlain IN North Hero
Byron n. Clark OF Burlington IL chair
man Of the camp committee. The boys
will enjoy an outing from July to 10
and young men from July 20 to So
The Brattleboro Boat club plans 10
have a carnival on It's big new lake in
the Connecticut river. formed by the
dam at Vernon, July when races will
he held rs we'll as parade OF river
craft. Boat houses and docks will be
built as far north as Bellows Falls.
club house will be erected in Rrattle-
boro and In two years a country club
house will be built a few miles above
that village.
Since the Cooley Manufacturing COM
pany Of Waterbury has turned out a
gasoline engine suitable for automo-
hiles. and proved It by actual road
test. tho development Of an automo-
bile industry in Waterbury is made
possible. William and Edward Cooley
did the work on the engine It is
stated that the Cooley company is
we'll fitted to build auto as we'll as
ma rine engines.
Jesse Miller of Graniteville. n general
organizer Of the American Federation Of
Labor, has returned after eight months
in the West and South. He had or
ganzed the negro Quarrymen in two
Georgia towns in the face Of senti-
ment which was anything but friendly
and was working along similar lines
in Sparta when he was waited upon by
that the people did not care
to have the negroes organized" They
even told him that his stay in Sparta
In his normal condition Of health would
last about an hour. Mr.. Miller started
for his Vermont home.
When so or more OF the young men
Of the Methodist Sunday school at
Rutland with their women friends
went the other day on picnic to
Clarendon gorge. they rode behind no
skittish steeds. The ages q the four
horses that drew the barge totalled 81 |
years. the running gear Of the barge |
was over so years old while the driv-
.r was L. G. Fish who Is something
over so years OF age. Not thing
happened. no runnways or break
Towns. Mr.. Fish was in his usual ex-
,ellent health when he brought the |
party back to the church and the high !
steppers were as frisky as when they |
started.