Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-08-19
Tho burlington branch OF the Mas

| Tho burlington branch OF the Mas
ter Horseshoers Protective A.soo,o
ton OF America had an OUTING on
Saturday afternoon at the farm ~
Charles l. Dolan. About 40 n, ,h.
biacksmiths Of this city attended and
took part in the sports and othe,
amusements which lasted from ten
o'clock until about 1870 o'clock in tho
afternoon. There was jumping and
running, and other out Of door sports
betting the knights of the hammer
and anvil. The committe in charge
of the arrangements consisted OF
Philip Bilodeau, Henry Raymond, w.
S. Burns and oliver Gay.
There was a general cleaning up of
cases in city court Monday. G.. f. Whit
ney, charged with negligent driving OF
| an automobile on Colchester avenue
some time ago was discharged as was
Louis Iaduc. chauffeur for J. J. Allen,
| who was charged with the same Of
| fcnsc. A special officer timed both men,
| but so many legal questions and tech
| nicalities. as to distance and method Of
| timing, were raised that the cases fell
through, G. NJ. Harrington, Jr., charged
| with violating a city ordinance in on
| toIing the railroad station and soliciting
patronage was also discharged. In the
case of G. ". McGarghan VS.. A. T.
stevens. an action Of assumpsit. judg-
ment was given to the plaintiff to recover
SO and costs.
Rutland has been selected az the prob
| able place where the next State Grange
meeting will be held. II accommodations
! On. 49,.
the Grange will come to Burlington. C.
r. Smith, who is master Of the State
Grange, was In town Friday. en- route
to New Haven. where he expected to
| speak in the evening Saturday he at
tended n field day of CranRers at Starks-
horo. A number Of field days will be held
throughout the State during the next few
weeks The one at Lake Bomoseen on
August % will be one Of the most Inn
portant. on that occasion Congressman
Foster State Grange Lecturer Mason s.
stone G. J. Bell of Walden. A. F. Halves,
state forester, and Mr. Smith will speak
The man who loves to angle for the
speckled trout and for trouts that are
not speckled will now have to do
away with his particular hobby until
May IL of next year. The season for
catching trout of all kinds In the
streams and ponds, or for fishing in
waters inhabtated by trout closed
on Saturday at midnight Reports
from State Commissioner II. G. Tho
mas OF stowe state that the fishing
the past season has been good as
whole throughout the State. Many
fish died last season during the se-
we're drought, but many followed the
deeper water and were saved Trout
fishing IN Chttenden county in Tn
derhill and vicinity was reported as
poor.
a new steamer will be built during
the coming winter by the Lake
George Steamboat company to replace
the old Horizon, which has done duty
since 1876 w. A. Fletcher &. Co. OF
Hoboken, n. ]. have furnished plans
for the new boat. which will be OF
steel and will be built at the com
pany's yards Mt, Baldwin at the north |
end of the lake. The steamer will be |
the largest of the feet now on Lake |
George, which consists of the Hort |
con. the Sycamore and the Mohican |
The eagamore was built In 1902 and |
tho Mohican in 1908. The old Hort |
con will be dismantled. as she has al
ready been repaired twice and her
days OF usefulness are approaching an
end. The proposed addition to tho
fleet will have much better kitchen !
and dining room accommodations
than the boat which she replaces. but
in general the plan will be similar
to all the lake steamers. Tho cost
will be approximately 5000. 900
One OF the best and most profitable |
Jokes that was ever played since time |
began was sprung recently on a passen-
ger train between this city and Rutland |
The smoking car was filled with the us
ual volume Of low curling fumes, few
Italians were gathered In one corner, and !
the lamps were giving the regular exhi-
bition of the worst that can be done with
kerosene oil The train was rafting
somnolently along when man rushed
suddenly into the from one of the
forward coaches and cried wildly, "A
lady has Just tainted. has any one got
any whskey?" Everybody woke up at
once and TASKS of all sorts and sizes be-
gan to appear from grips and hip pock-
cts. The man hestated a moment and
then selected a fat pint that was offered
by one of the most eager to help. He
uncorked It. took long boot and. ms ne
handed II back and calmly wiped his
mouth, said much obliged" BY the
time the occupants OF the smoking car
had recovered the stranger was safe In
another coach.