Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-15
VERMONT NOTES

Nearly all the Montpelier merchants
will close their stores wednesday alter
Moons until September l6. similar action
has been taken at Barre.
Caledonia county court adjourned It's
Juno term last week The last day was
spent on divorce cases. 10 being grant
ed.
John e. Hennessy OF Barton. lun-
Der surveyor, has filed petition IN
bankruptcy giving his liabilities as s236
and assets as 500, all of which is claim
ed exempt.
Vanderbilt Webb, son Of Or. w. Sew
ard Webb of Shelburnc and Walker
Hinchman of Groton. Mass. trarnped to
the White Mountains last week carry
ing knapsacks and leading the simple
life.
LYMAN r. Alien, an assistant In tho
Rhode Island normal school, has been
appointed principal of the Johnson nor
NAL school vice b. Il. Merriam, who
re signed after election to the posit-
ton.
The Vermont State summer school for
the teachers Of Rutland, bennington ana
adjacent counties will he held in Rut-
land from July 10 to ~. Nineteen lee
turers and instructors Will be in atten-
dance.
| Passenger traffic OIL the Grand Trunl'
railway through Island Pond he's been
| exceedingly large of late. espeoi1!Iy OF
the rlght trains, that from Montreal
being frequently run In sections WIFI
seven or eight Pullmans.
The popularity Of Lake Memphrefna
| COR as q summer resort shows its great
| est growth this year on the west cana
dian side. About % new residents have
made preparations to spend the sum
! MGR there.
For tho first time since the museum
was built at st. Johnsbury. announce
! rnent is made that 1t will be open sun
day afternoons from $50 until five
/ o'clock for the benefit Of those who are
employed and unable to visit it during
week days.
Joseph F. Wooley the originator OF
IIerrick's Pills and other patent rnedi'
/ cines. is dead at his home In Rutland
at the age of IS years. lie was a hache'
lor and lived = hermt's life FOR n years
He had been wealthy but for 10 years
raised horseralish for living.
After scrvlne 40 days. one short Of hal
his sentence for n third offonse of intoE
icat!on. Frank Cooley quit the field Fant
nj Rutland Saturday and disappeared. IL
was trusted pr-onor at the county
fail and allowed considerable liberty.
The two-year-old child of M. and Mrs
u,
killed Saturday afternoon hy falling
down stairs. Mrs. Fortune had rocked
the child to sleep and laio him on a bee
upstairs The baby awoke wandered T.
the head Of tho stairs, fell to the bottom
and when picked IN was dead
Editor Walter II Crockett Of IN
Montpelier Daily Journal entered upo
his duties yesterday. Charles y. Web
tho retiring editor, has gone to Spr'u
lake in Shrewsbury. for two weeks VII
MIR. and Mrs. H. T." IIindley of RUTLAND
Ms j. @ Tirilcy Of Derby Line an
Miss Eva Runlcll. Instructor in voca
music in the 80 ntpeier public schools.
Fred l.. Davis. secretary of tho Yer
mont state fair who was in Montpelie
Yesterday, Is enthusiastic over the pros
poets for the fair to he held in september
Mr.. Davis stated that the billings es
tate at Woodstock had decided to tn
State Fair association the grounds an
buildings at White River Junction, as
=. had ben animated would DO done If tn
Legislature made the appropriation aske
for last fall The vaudeville attraction
will include Powers herd Of trained elt
plants. Arthur C. Holden in a spectacr