Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06
VERMONT NOTES

Felix McGettrick. frmerly OF st. Al
bans, announces his candidacy in the
Boston papers for the ONCE Of district
attorney the coming fall. He has
| served as an assistant
At the annual meeting OF the New Eng
land Ayrshire club held at Boston, I.
n. Chase OF Brandon was elected one
of the vice presidents. A paper was read
by G. NJ. Winslow of Brandon.
with the granting Of liquor license
In South Vernon. that village becomes
the only "oasis" on the Boston & Maine
! railroad between Greenfield. Mass, and
The Canadian line.
A supper will be given President John
NJ Thomas OF Middlebury College at
the Berwick Hotel in Rutland Saturday
| evening by the alumni OF Rutland and
| vicinity.
| W. r. JEFFREY Of East Burke has
been seriously i'll for several weeks
which explains delay in getting out
! the legislative souvenir upon which me
was engaged during the recent Legis-
| lature.
The jury in Rutland county court
| was discharged last week after being
paid $4,000. There Ia work enough to
keep the court busy for two weeks
longer. Seven cases have been tried,
Ave on the criminal docket
Charles Butler of st. Johnsbury. who
| has kept a record OF the snowfall for
IS years. reports the fall the past win
ter was 10 feet and Ave inches. This
corded by Mr.. Butler
19-year-old Polish la borer named
Alec Zekoski was fatally injured Fri
| day at one Of the mills Of the YER
mont Marbl" company at West Rut-
land by slab OF marble crushing him.
He died six hours later at the Proctor
hospital.
Many Of the townspeople and about so
members of the State Library associa
ton attended the meeting at Swanton
Thursday NJ. NJ. Wilson OF Randolph,
president of the board. presided. and
there were a number OF interesting ad-
dresses.
At the annual meeting OF the stewards
OF the Burlington district OF the Troy
conference at Rutland Monday the sal
a,y OF the district superintendent. the
Rev. p. l.. Dow, was fixed at 5000 and
II was voted that s2.245 be raised by the
district.
| Cataloguing the exhibits at the state
house at Montpelier is progressing
we'll under the direction Of Prof. g. n.
Perkins of Burlington. State geologist
and curator OF the cabinet. The work
will necessarily be slow this is the
first catalogue that has ever been pre-
pared Of these exhibits
A carload Of horses which arrived in
Montpelier Sunday from Chicago con-
signed TO II. NJ. Farnham Of East
Montpelier checked ono over when un-
loaded. as one Of the mares had given
birth to colt The new arrival was
in an apparently healthy condition
but died soon after leaving the car.
The Remington Gas Light company
has this week advanced the price OF
gas from $3.50 to $3.50 the I 900 feet.
II argues that the quality Of gas Is so
much better than hitherto furnished
customers. that the latter will not
need to use so much and that In con-
sequence net cost will be no greater
than the lower schedule.
The directors OF the National bank OF
White River Junction have elected Rob-
er' F.. Smith, president. vice the Hon
John l.. Bacon, deceased, and James w
Pattee, vice-president. Both Mr.. Smith
md Mr.. Pattee have been connected
with the bank as directors for several
years. the former having been vice-presi-
dent since 1906. William W. Russell has
| c.1n tnd Il
In the board.
During April there were IS commit
, ments to the house of correction at
Rutland which Is more than the total
of the first three months One year
: ago there were 147 prisoners; at pres
ent there are 1928. In April. 1906. there
were ia prisoners Thirty-six COM
| mitments were made to Rutland coun-
, ty Jail in April. In Bennington coun
ty, the Jail harbors IS prisoners, the
: largest number In several years.
A monument valued at $1,000 which
, was shipped Ave months ago to New
, York by the Ryle g. Mccormick com
pany Of Montpelier seems to be fated.
1t was first damaged In wreck at
Bethel and after being returned for re-
pairs was again shipped. 1t was re-
a turned to Montpelier Monday having
Z been damaged In second wreck on
the New York, New Haven & mart
ford railway.
The district meeting of the Woman'i
Home Missionary society Of the Bur
L lington district Of the Troy conference
viii be held at the Methodist Church In
Poultney Wednesday. May y. The OH.
GERS are: President, Mrs. c. II. Dunton
, Pcultney; vice president, Mrs. L. r.
, Icrd. Burlington; second vice-president
| Mrs w X. Clauson, Rutland; secretary
Mis- Harriet Burtis. Granville, n. Y.
, treasurer, Mrs. William Grinith. Poult-
ney.
. The chapel erected at Fort ST. Anne
Isle La Motto. about 1866 was destroyed
, 1t In supposed, a few years later when
, the French abandoned the fort. The nrst
church In Vermont is said to have been
, q stone edi0ce at Swanton. 1t stood there
, for many years and tradition says tina,
, II was taken down before the Revolu-
, tionary war and removed to Canada
The French and Indian settlement a,
Swanton continued many years and was
the largest OF any in I'M Champlain
valley, with the exception OF that al
Isle La Motto. previous to the coming
OF the English.
Walter Macdonald OF Vergennes has
4 a large and interesting collection OF rel.