Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-08-05
VERMONT NOTES

I, the town of Searsburg on the nights
of July 81 and %.
The town of swanton has voted to
exempt the Robin Hood Ammunition COM
many from taxation for 10 years from
December. 1906.
Russell Holton, n Hardwick farmer.
suffered the fracture Of his left leg be-
low the knee late Friday afternoon, by
being thrown from a load of hay
Miss Helen Pettibonc Of Bridport aged
"A years, was found dead at the home Of
her nephew. Charles Pratt. Sunday morn
ing. She died of heart trouble
The farm house and outbuildngs Of
John Duggan Of Poultney. were burned
saturday morning. The loss Is 5000, we'll
insured The cattle, In the barn were
saved
The Valley fair management Is think
Ing seriously Of putting markers on the |
sites or the Civil War hospital buildings |
so mat visitors TO the fair at Brattieboro |
may see where they stood.
No contract for ventiatlng the state
House Will he made until specifications
have been prepared for ventilating
INV committee rooms as well as the |
other rooms.
The water In the city reservoir of Rut-
land is so low that Superintendent
Willis has forbidden the use of garden
hose. The sprinklng of streets in the
residential portion of the city has also
been stopped
While Richard Douglass was aiding in
a ba
the office of G. l.. Hunt in Island Pond
Wednesday July IS the crib of ties sup
porting it gave way and the safe crush
ed him to death.
The Central Vermont Railroad com
pany has been summoned to appear in
federal court Mt Rutland. October 5, to
answer to the charge of violating the
law requiring the use Of safety appli-
ances on trains.
Miss Edith Denning Of Bristol who wa
going to Rutland to work In a restaurant
was taken with commissions in the rail-
way station there Saturday evening She
was suffering from an acute kidney
trouble and was removed to the city hos |
pital in a critical condition.
A summer melting of the Forestry As.
ISOLATION of Vermont is to be held on |
the Billings estate in Woodstock on Fri |
day, August 6. state Forester Halves |
will have charge. and II number of |
foresters from neghboring States are
expected.
Anna La 1.iberte of st. Johnsbury, |
II years old. saw her -year-old |
brother drowning in the Passumpsic |
river July IS and. Selling rake |
she waded into the stream to her
waist and reached the rake to him
and pulled him to the shore
Chief Of Police Faulkner of Barre
arrested Alex Tower Friday who is
suspected of being the man who at
tempted to assault the young Coutts
girl in that city. Mr.. Tower. however,
walked out of the house and left the
officer waiting for him.
The state board of health was in
Island Pond Thursday to hear charges
against and a petition for the removal
of DR.. Sargent as secretary Of the To-
cal board Of health. Discrimination
In quarantinng was the principal
charge No decision was rendered.
Secretary c. I. Button OF the Addi-
son County Agricultural society calls
tho attention of the Free Press to an
error which appeared Yesterday in the
dates selected for the Addison county
fair at Middlebury. The fair will be held
fro August Il to -. instead of from
September "a to -. as was stated.
Fourteen medals given by the Uni
versity of Vermont to the winners in
the annual intcrscholastic athletic
meet have recently been sent to Yer
mont academy for distribution to the
winners in that institution, The
school also won the shield given to
the winning school.
Grasshoppers have appeared in swarms
in the northern part of Derby where they
have ruined crops on several farms. Eff
forts to check their ravages have been in
vain. Oats on the Charles Fuller farm
have been eaten up by the roots Owing
to the dry weather, the hay crop all
abou; Derby is very light.
Governor Prouty has issued an order
that all mittimtses for commitments to
the county Jail for % DAYS or longer shall
be sent to him. and he will transfer such
prisoners to the House Of Correction.
This will not include Washington county,
as nearly all prisoners there are kept
employed
The Rev. Frederic Emerson has re.
signed the pastorate OF the Baptist
Church In Jericho and has gone to
MassaC huaetts. The Rev. J. II, Leroy. |
pastor OF the Baptist Church in Mont
goinery Center for four years, has re-
signed to accept a call to Plymouth, n.
H.
The seventh reunion of the Seventh
veterans association will lie held in
Rutland Wednesday, August i. with
headquarters at the Rardwell house. The
program will he similar to that of past
gatherings, With a business meeting in
the late afternoon and with a trolley
ride to Lake Bomoseen and dinner the
following day.
The Vermont Soapstone corporation
with head offices at Bellows Falls
Is planning to take over the Butter
held ana Smith soapstone quarry IN
GRAFTON. Investigations indicate there
is large deposit of an excellent
quality of soapstone there and II is
expected Massachusetts men will be-
come Interested in the project.
While John Waterman Of Royalton
was driving recently with his wife,
TWO children and two friends the bits
broke and the horse began to run. lie
was approaching a sharp curve in the