Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03
VERMONT NOTES

The deer season opens to-day and it |
Is legal to shoot bucks and does be !
tween sunrise and sunset for the nost |
six days hundreds Of hunters slept |
under arms near their favorite haunts !
last night.
rat tied up the electric plant of the
Cory, Deavitt & Frost company at Mont
pelier last Thursday morning and left the
city in darkness for several hours. The
rodent got on a switch and short cir
cuited the current.
The First Baptist Church Of Enst F.nns-
burg celebrated the 1opth anniversary Of
its founding October g. The Rev. vii
liam j. Clark. the pastor, had charge OF
the services.
Definite steps have been taken by the
Barre board Of aldermen to place the po-
lice and fire departments on a civil scrV
ice basis. An amendment to the city
charter will be necessary to bring this
about.
The oldest native resident of Barre,
Benjamin Of Wood, aged 80 died oct. -
OF pneumonia. He was a famous walker
In his younger days and his latest athlcii.
feat was the ascent OF Carnci's Hump
when over 70.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been filed
~ Murdo q. Beaton of Barre. who has
liabilities of s7505o and assets of 500. all
exempt and Charles NJ. Foote of St. Al
bans. who has liabilities of s256.9s and as
sets Of 500. all exempt
For the third time since last January
the store OF f. S. Shepard & co. in Barre
was hurglarized October -. The rob-
Der was bold one for he smashed in the
display window under the glare of a
street light and made away with a rifle
valued at S325D
Athletic relations between Middle
bury and Rutland high schools arc
likely to be severed because Of dis
satisfaction on the part of RUTLAND
with the work CT Referee jackson in
game at Middlebury last Thursday.
II is also claimed that the followers
OF the Rutland team were dubbed .or
cheering
Four miles of the roadbed for the
trolley extension from Fair Haven to
Poultney Is practically completed. Seventy
men and % teams are employed. Two
ravines one about o. feet deep and 4oj
|
and LOCO feet long. have been hlled Il is
| the present intention TO grade the bed ana
set the poles this fall and lay the rails
IN the spring.
A Barre man told a wild tale Friday
morning. He claims that n black bci-i'
killed and ate goat on Pleasant
street in his city Thursday morning.
then attacked and horribly mauled :,
dog belonging to the owner of the
goat. The beast was seen by woman
living in that section and bear traces
bore testimony to the veraclty of Tie
story.
A soldiers monument to common
crate the Barre soldier and sailor dead
Its site is yet to be selected. T. WI
be Of granite. The movement was
started by Mayor Mulch and n rapidly
growing fund has already been sub
scribed. Among the frst contributors
were the members OF Crandall pot
G. A. r.. who gave 5000
During the past year about $4,000
has been expended in building in Brat
tleboro and about q third as Huci
more has been laid out in alteration.
which is still in progress, Is tho new
gymnasium. the cost OF which vii
approximate $4,000 The new Mafonir
temple. also under construction. viii
add about 600 to the years record
About 1000 people congregated a
the St. Johnsbury fair grounds Satur-
day to see C. c. Bonnette make
flight in biplane Of his own con
struction. Just before the start i
was discovered that screw in tn,
commutator was missing and before
this was adjusted darkness had SO
in Mr.. Bonnette announced that h
would make his initial flight this at
tcrnoon
Another addition 70 the RutlanC
city hospital is to he built in the nea
future, to be known as the Adelaide
II. Kingsley memorial. 1t will con
tain l4-bed ward for men. systu
5 scoplc room, sun parlor, two operatl1,
rooms, etherizing room, surgeon
room. baadage room, lecture room
: pathological room and morgue, -Ac
commodations will also be PROVIDE
for nurses
r. Nltiln ~ hours OF eacn olHei 'NN"'' =
, the deaths of two of Brattleboros mos
prominent residents, Samuel IL Hunt AN
col Nathaniel &. Sawyer, Mr.. Hunt wa
found dead in the yard of the ;. y
} Smith factory. where he was employee
Wednesday night death having bee
. caused by apoplexy. He was y years o.
and a veteran OF the Civil War, lie Ia
J. been connected with manufacturing hrm
I in Gulford and Brattlehoro since ISL
~ Colonel sawyer was IS years old. lie va