Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-27
VERMONT NOTES

! Mrs. George G. Mayo OF Burlington
has six slmanacs covering dates from
1855 to 1890. The ancient pamphlets
were published in Hartford and Nor
wich. Conn.,, and are in an excellent
state Of preservation
The diphtneria situation at the
State Industrial school Is improving
and. according to ]. e. Weeks OF Mid
dlehury, there are but 80 cases at the
institution now, while month ago
there We're more than 100. The cpl
dcmic has been raging since october
| last
To help defray the expense Of a
bust of Ethan Allen to be placed In
Continental Hail. Washington. Ann
Story Chapter. y. a. r.. of Rutland
has started a postal card campo ign.
Each member OF the organization will
be expected to purchase certain
number OF the cards
Although Milton Tobias, Mont
plier newsboy. fell down and broke his
| collar bone early Tuesday morning he
did not learn Of the fracture until SOW
eral hours later when he had finished
his work. Feeling a pain in the back
OF his neck. doctor was summoned.
| Tho lad will be confined to mis- bed
| for week.
| prominent citizen OF orset. who had
carefully and conscientiously fed and
| cared for 200 hens all winter without re-
ceiving any returns. called joyfully to
| his wife from the barn the other morning
that he had found Ave eggs. He placed
| them in his pocket and started for the
house. but he emerged from the door
way he stepped on a cake Of laundry
soap In the scramble that followed the
eggs did not escape.
"Cut out the meat, boys" is the
word passed among the commercial
| travellers at the hotel dining tables
about the State. And the bonifaces have
tucbed, Most of the menus contain an
unusually large number OF dishes
! and other daintics that make 1t easy
to abstain from the customary choice
cuts. The Ladies' Aid society of the
T'niversalist Church in Rutland are
soon to serve "no-meat" supper.
car through several feet of water on Bur
CESS Flats in Pownal Tuesday got stalled
midway and called Justify FOR help Ed
gar Rathbun and his hired man waded in
waist deep and after a struggle managed
TO push the machine out Of the water
the occupants Of the car meantime look
ing pacidly on. When dry land was gain
eed the driver cranked up and the car
| da shed away. not a word of thanks hav-
ing passed to the dripping and exhausted
men, who had helped the party out Of the
| predicament
4 Boston paper relates how George
". simpson Of East Craftsbury armed
with a bank roll OF 5000 and a burn
ing desire 70 purchase horse. Jour
| neyed 70 Boston and there Monday
evening met Il friend. After drinking
and dining together AMI sharing the
same room TINT night, the friend woke
early and left without formalty
| Finding that his 1900 had also disap-
/ pearcd Simpson sought out police
| man ard shortly thereafte one Frank
G. COOK was arrested and charged
with the theft. simpson tarried at
the Huh Yesterday to appear against
| Cook.
AT VERMONT LIBRARIES.
| The Brown public library Of North
field has recently received ABOUT 500
juvenile books from its donor. These
books comprise fiction. non-fiction and
many picture books for Its youngest
readers a portion of the adult refer
cnce room has been given over to the
children.
| Vermont college libraries represented
in the New England College Librarians
association, are Middlebury College.
University Of Vermont and Norwich
University libraries. There IL an annual
conference held during the Thanksgiving
or Christmas vacation at some one of
the New England colleges. Last year it
| was held at Boydoin College. and this
year at simmons College. Boston. The
| subjects for discussion this year were,
Amount and kind of assistance given
Ia college students to the use OF the IL
brary," Relations between the faculty
and the library" and How shall We
| encourage general culture reading among
students In connection with this last
problem, mention was made Of Brown
| ing Corner of Radcliff College which
| students. Norwich University library
has also exploited DR.. Eliot's "FiNe-foot
, shelf of books" with success.
MONUMENT SOCIETY OFFICERS.
The Bennington Battle Monument His
| torical society met in Remington yester-
day and elected the following officers;
President DIN Scott: vice-president l.
r. Abbot secretary. Edward l.. Bates
treasurer George F, Graves; auditors. l.,
r. Abbott, DIN Scott and Charles II.
Darling; directors, John q. Mccullough,
Irving E. Gibson, Edward l.. Bates. OIin
scout ORION NJ Barber Carroll 8. Page
L. r. Abbott. Charles II. Dewey Sam
lei b. Hall, James X. Batcheller The
governors OF Vermont. New Hampshire
ana Massachusetts are ex-offiuIo mem
bers OF the hoard of directors. The re-
p"r's ~ the officers are to he given
~ y" a""Hlrned meeting February 81