Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-03
HAPPENINGS In VERMONT,
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
The Winooski Valley, Villages Up North From
the Island in the Lake to the Passumpsic,
Along Otter Creek and by the
Shores of White River

landlord of the Glen House At that place,
as his father had heen before him. The
funeral was held at tho house nj
two o'clock Wednesday afternoon.-Fr
I.aPan Is in Boston.--Mr and Mrs.
Charles A. Earle have sold their farm
I'm the south part Of the town to Prof.
u. ID. Collins Of Middleburv College
Len o. Allen, who has been threatened
with pneumonia, is able to sit up.-Therc
are unclaimed letters at the local post
office addressed to Mrs. Frank r.apoint.
Mrs. Hattie Pratt. Miss Lillian Bald win,
Miss Florence Harmon. Harry {. Hall
and William Raney.-Mr. and Mrs. James
Farrell Of Rutland are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick McMahon.
- Mrs Charles Bullock has returned from
Rutland William Wright shot an artic
or snowy owl saturday that measured
81 inches from tip to tip. This Is the
third one of the species to be killed here
this winter. It is thought that the birds
have been driven near houses by the
heavy snowfall.-Charles Otis has a two
year-old Holstein heifer that is giving
iG pounds Of milk every = hours.-Aiiss
Elizabeth O'Leary Of Lawrence. Mass.
is u visitor in town.-Monday, market
day. eggs brought from 70 to z cents
and butter D and q cents.-The cattle
shipment from this section Monday con-
sisted Of three carloads for the New
York ana Brighton mark ets.-Charles
/ Whitmore. an empoye of the Green
Mountain Pulp company. had three
| fingers on his left hand cut off While
operating the barker machine Saturday
'lss Bertha Gilmore has returned from
/ littsford.
Tuesdays town meeting was not very
largely attended, only a third of the
voters being out owing to the bad condi-
ton of the roads. James II. Donoway
called the meeting to order and was re-
elected moderator as was Joseph Nj.
Burke town clerk. For Memorial day
500 was voted s6J for use in the village
and 81 for East Middlebury. Later a
committee of four was chosen TO have
charge Of the expenditure OF this money
the members Of the committee being
Charles r Rich. Thomas +. Burns
Ransom S. Benedict and Clynton w. Tis'
dale. For free open air concerts by the
Middebury band $500 was voted. Colone
Battell offered to give 500 out OF his owr
pocket if the town would vote the 500
proposed for permanent highways tho
whole sum to Ee expended under the di
rection of the aelectmen without ans
reference to the State highway commits
sioner and county highway commissioner
and n motion to this effect was carried
Fifty cents on the dollar was voted To-
the ordinary expenses Of the town anC
the payment of outstanding obligations
a tax of 90 cents on the dollar was vote,
for the school districts in town OUTSIDE
of the village and tax Of 20 cents OF
the dollar for laying out and repair!ni
the highways in the town. Thomas L
Burns was chosen third selectman
charles +. Piuney, treasurer and ;ruste
of pubic money; William NJ Jackson
overseer Of the poor. and his salar.
placed a 500: Charles j. Seely, first con
stable: L. NJ. Day. second constable
: William II. Bliss, town agent; Ira Fl
IaFleur and Charles l. Button. gram
. jurors; c. d. Miner lister school drec
e tor, Roy Sessions John hammond. roa
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