Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-13

lumberman. has filed petjtion 4,
bankruptcy with Clerk F.. s Plat Of
the United States court. He has II.
abilities OF $19,26423 and assets ri
S14,Sos'42. Of which S1,21O is exempt
Two hundred members Of the sprinp.
held Mass. board OF trade will v,s,
Brattleboro Friday. The trip will he mad,
IN pungs and turkey dinner served "a
the BROOKS house and a reception in IN.
evening will be features
Bert Davis of Newfane wa, ,,,nu.,.
hurt January 3. while drawing loys a,
Wardsboro. The chain broke oltor.,,,s
the binding pole to fly back. striking IN,
man In the head It is Thought tho, h,.
skull was fractured
hTh'tieboro vital statistics show a..
deaths during 1909 bu. II of these yoro
inmates of the Brattlcboro retreat ,h,,.
bringing the mortuary rate soroo,ha,
uhdcr mat Of former years There vora
Jas births during the year.
john Page Brown Of Ludlow celo,,ro..,
uesoay the Tooth anniversary OF his
oirtn' Although confined to the he'd bio
il''ho Is sui active. lie was fo-n,erIv -,
dealer IN wool and once paid 500 ,o hon.
Jenny Lind sing. '''''
me 10Th annual meeting of the Webster
ei"'ont Masonic Union will be held nj
VI wen reoruary ? Following the meet
ms " concert and ball will be held at
.n1 ,o"h ha'l and at ll:oo D. m. banquet
VIII be served at Eagle Inn.
TWO days session of schoo, sunor-
lntendents and teachers closed AT pi,,s.
ford Saturday. The PRINCIPAL sneako~,
were Stale Superintendent Of r,ducatio,,
Mason $. stone and Dr. John c. Primo.
OF the Massachusetts board Of education
The Grand Isle Fruit company with
| capital stock Of $1,000 organIzod 10.
'he purpose of growing. packing and
| marking fruit, has filed articles of in.
| corporation in the office or tho eecretorv
| of state.
twenty-five thousand cubic Yards of
earth and 1900 cubic wards Of Stone h.s
| been used in filling a hollow I'm cornac,,o,
with the rehabilitation Of the Columbian
marble plant in Rutland. 1t is one NJ the
| largest pieces OF grading ever attornnte5
| In the State
| William Sheldon Of Alburr met With q,
serious accident last week Wednesday,
while attempting to cross on the ice 70
Rouses Point. ~ Y, with a load of food
The team broke through and n,ora
drowned and Mr.. Sheldon was i,i,,raa
badly by being thrown from tho 1o.L
When Mrs. James Milne OF Barre iunnod
from a step ladder SATURDAY She str,,cl,
| her head against a cupboard door omen
beneath her. 1t was found later that
she had burst blood vessel and she w,s
removed to the hospital for an oDera-
| ton.
Frost burst lead pipe over the store
| of O. c. Smith Il Sons in RUTLAND Inv.
uary g. and the stock of wall -,ane. ~,
the ground floor and in the basement W.
| badly damaged. The water ran for se,.-
eral hours before discovered and If ,ooi,
an hour to clear the store floor.
The Barre fire department was called
out on still alarms six times durin, IN.
first four days Of last week. The last
trip was for a blaze in the basement nj,
the new Camp street school building
which small boy discovered Just in time
TO save conia grafton of considerable
proportions.
man and wife from the Jones broo;,
neighborhood In Middlesex came near
perishing Monday Jan. 3. The man is a
stone cutter and had been to Barre to
draw his strike pay. They reached the
house OF NJ. n. Nelson at about eleven
o CLOCK at night in an almost frozen con-
dition and were cared Tor there until
morning.
Cat-shaped tracks as large as ,bos,
OF dog are frequently seen at the Sum-
NIT in Dandy. The animal made a lear
on the level OF 80 feet In the back vari
OF Or. GItnnell's farm house and was
later seen in the COW barn at the sauna
farm by Albert Congdon. who dascr,h.,
it as about the size of a large dog brown
ana plack In color and with eyes like
those OF cat
Inc voters of Moretown in snaci,l
town meeting have voted to extend
one year. or until March /, 1911. the
Tune Tor Moody & Almon to complete
their additional electric power plart
IN the Mad River valley The build
ers or this plant live in Waterbury and
Montpelier. The new plant Will give
them 800 additional horse power.
Mason s. Stone, State superintendent
of education. is sending to the clerk
OF every school district in the Stata
census blanks which call for the mama
OF every pupil of school age, between
i've and Is years. The law provides
that these blanks must be returned to
the office of the State superintendent
on or before February 10.
Mrs A. n. Swain died in Bellows
Falls Saturday morning. aged II Years
She had lived in Bellows Falls So years.
her husband publishing the Times for ~
years. During the first four years of its
publication. when Mr.. Swain was
member of the Legislature. Mrs Swain
acted as editor. She has been a member
of the Congregational Church for more
than 80 years and was active in the So
cial life of the town.
Governor Prouty met the State board
of health Thursday at which time the
diphtheria situation at the State Indus
trial school at Nergennes was discussed
At present there are los cases at the instl-
tuition all of which are light however.
The number Of cases has doubled within
a short period. The board of health Will
detail physicians to take charge of the
situation. A similar outbreak in Con-
nectcut institution not long ago RACED
for l3 months.
Arthur |. Archambeault, a Rutland con-
tractor and builder, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy with liabilities of slll76.7s
and assets of slo.lo4. of which sll35 is
claimed exempt. Among the ID creditors
some Of the heaviest are Rutland mer-
chants. The largest creditors are the
Rutland Savings bank, $500; Judge +. NJ.