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

w. a. Davidson, burlington. Churches
ana societies from nine counties were
| represented AT the institute which covered
wider SCOPE than in either OF the
preceding two years OF its history.
George Stacey. alias George Sullivan,
who Is being held In default Of 500 ball
! at Greenfield. Mass, denies al connec-
| ton with the robbery of the postoihce Mt
| Proctor Deputy Sheriff f. s. Whitaker
| Of Rutland went to see the man In tho
hope of learning the names of his &C.
completes. Stacer has n number VI aliases
embracing the names OF Stanley. slim
son and stanton In addition to sullivan
| and has an extensive prison record. hav-
ing been sent 20 the Concord reformatory
from Concord, Mass, when young boy,
and later coming to Vermont AID getting
n four years sentence to the louise or
Correction from burlington for burglary
II Is also stated that he has served eight
years at Sing Sing for highway robbery
and also time in the Massachusetts state
prison at Chorlestown and at Dame
mora. n. Y.
September I, 2 and the Rutland Horse
Show and Breeders association and tho
ton will combine with the cath annual
, Rutland county fair Three Of the stake
races. with pur4es Of 500 each, have been
closed with 55 horses named. and six
other classes. including n $1,000 freefor-
oil. will Accommodate Is race horses.
New horse sheds are being erected to nc
commodate the show horses which 1t IS
estimated will number over 200. The
In. pr Gtotn q, nd ncsOci1 l.
ton will have entire charge Of poultry
and coops are being made TO house 1000
birds. From three to four hundred sheep
and between Eve and six hundred head of
| cattle will be exhibited. The entries for
| tho horse show closes August %. the races
and stock entries August %. pie sugar
md produce August IS. and nornl hall
| September I.
! Taking the census in 1910 will be-
gin April Is and IN titles Of 5000 or
moro population. unde. the census law
If 1900, the enumeration must be com
pieted within two weeks. In places
Of less size. enumerators Will have 30
DAYS in which TO do their work. The
rate Of compensation allowed an
enumerator shall In no case exceed Sc
n day Of eight hours, the basis OF
pay being: Not less than two or more
than four cents for each inhabitant
| counted. not less than 20 or more
than 30 cents for each farm reported
10 cents for each barn or enclosure
containing 1.-Two stock not on farms; and
not less than 90 or more than 30 cents
for each establishment OF productive
| industry reported Provision Is made
| for the employment Of many epec' al
agents, whose work will suppien' eht
the work of the enumerators. They
are to receive SC IA day and travelling
expenses.
W. r. Paige of Worcester. Mass.
who was a lumberman in Vermont Is
or 20 years and who ia now staying
at the ST. James in Rutland. tells of
a great silver birch tree that was cut
and ski1ded in "No-town" in his dav.
| CThis gore was later annexed to
stock bridge) This tree cut up into
three logs. one 10 feet long-512 feet
of lumber, one ~ feet long, also 5l2
feet and one - feet long. 4s4 feet
making l,5os feet. all told. Ten men
stood on the stump. including War
ner Bates. who owns the biggest feet
in Rutland county. other well-known
men who were on the Job" were Or
rim r. Packard and Arthur Niles of
Rutland. julie boutwell, OF Shelburne
| and Clarence Savage OF Brownsville.
The tree was sawed down and skdded
by Jules Boutwell, with his yoke Of
oxen, Paige and Packard standing the
oyster suppers on the wager. Bout
we'll used no skids. but "snaked" a
number OF ordinary logs over some
beech roots. wearing the earth away
from them and making a sort of nat
ural skid. That winter this gang of
men took off $500. 900 feet of timber
according to Mr.. Paiges "reminiscences