Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-20

ing buildings has filed articles of in
corporation In the office of the secre-
tsry Of state. The principal office of
this company will be in Fair Haven.
Bennington county court house was
damaged to the extent OF several hundred
dollars when n water pipe burst in the
Judges room Wednesday, Jan. IL. The
water ran for an hour before 1t was dis |
covered and the probate ONCE, situated |
directly under the judges room was thor |
oughly soaked. Books. papers, desks and |
walls are ruined. As the room was warm |
1t Is thought that the severe wrenching |
the building received In recent severe
wind storm may have weakened the pipe |
The Missisquoi Bay Fish and Game
ganized for the purpose of promoting
social life and out door sports at East
Alburg. where 1t has club house, has
filed articles OF Incorporation in the
Office OF the secretary of state.
Among the incorporators are George
p. Jarvis. V. a, Billiard, n. r. Shufelt,
RI. ~ Coon and l.. T. Wood of Bur
lington.
Rutland lumber dealers who supposed
that most of the choice timber had been
stripped from the Vermont hills are
surprised by tine generous dimensions
of logs offered for sale this season. one
concern has received many sticks which
exceed "A inches in diameter and oak,
nne red pine and white hemlock of un-
usual length and thickness LOGS are
being delivered at the yards of this
mill ut the rate of 40 loads a day.
At q nesting OF the executive council
OF the Vermont Bankers association held
in Rutland Thursday It was voted to
hold the first annual meeting at Wood
stock February II. This association was
organized at Burlington February %, 1909,
II. l.. Ward Of that city being president.
Forty-four banks now hold membership.
1t IL expected that there will be several
prominent bankers from o,hor states
present to give addresses at the Wood
stock meeting.
Considerable tumult was occasloned on
| Rebel Ili1, Rutland. Monday when the
! occupants Of the tenement structure
known as Rebel Hill 500" thought their
building was on fire. Investigation al
! layed their fears, however. for II was
discovered that the smoke was caused
by the sinGelns of n pig in the basement.
!
it was considered impracticaole to con-
| duet the slaughter with its usual scrap
| Ing process out Of doors.
| 12-quart case Of whiskey belonging
TO the Trudel Drug company, Rutland,
was stolen from the rear Of truck wag-
on Friday afternoon. Vincent h1key, l6
ears old, and Frank Gutzweller, aged IS.
| we're ares ed on suspicion In shanty
/ whittier they were won to resort. We're
| found a five gallon can of kerosene re-
| Gently stolen from delivery wagon,
| new door mat and an unopened can of red
| paint but no whiskey. The lads had been
drinking and We're held for a hearing. In
city court Yesterday they pleaded guilty
| 10 stealing the whiskey and were let off
with promises to pay for the Kerosene
| can on !nstallments and to go TO work.
! because no one wants a job as post
master the stage mail route between Ben
nington and Woodford "citv' will be dis
continued February l. People in that
neigh porhood will be forced to drive -
miles 70 their mail and those along
the stage route will be inconvenienced
to extent corresponding to the dis
lance they are removed from Bennington.
! Three times examinations wer advertised
for candidates az Woodford city and Heart
MELVILLE and at thel asst call one candi
date appeared for the latter position, 1t is
thought that rural route can be
ranged which will accommodate a portion
of the people thus deprived Of their mail
service.
After having been locked up with two
DRINKS nine ear-old Michael Pastula of
! II an Cd tn cf a
robberies. The chief OF police has been
working OF the case for the past month
on one occaAion the boy extracted 50; from
the money drawer of the Surprise Mer-
Chandise store and a few DAYS ago he
| entered that store Just before cosin Z
! time, stating that he wished to wait for
his father who would buy him a pair Of
| shoes. When the clerks were not looking
he hid under bench until the place was
: locked for the night then got away with
! a small sum OF money. Among the other
| thefts was one at the FIVE and ten cent
store. where he filled his blouse with
trinkets. He was released after his confess
sion because of his extreme youth, but tho
next ofense will mean n trip to Yer
gennes,
II is said that John McHugo of Barre,
who has been q locomotive engineer for
past 20 years, has hauled more granite
in the rough than any other locomo-
tive engineer in the country, If not in
the world. He has run of five and
oDe-half miles over the Barre railroad
with 4 grade Of 1925 feet, necessitating
two back switches. He averages be-
tween g. and ~ cars per day Of % tons
each, He works everv sunday pushing
loads of coal md empties Up to the
quarres ana at one time had n rec ord of
five years service without losing q single
day. He has had hut one accident and
for that he was in nowisc to blame 1t
happened IN 1893 The air brakes refused
to work and the train dashed into Barre
at terrific speed, crashing into the rear
OF freight train. In one OF the freight
cars tramp was stealing ride. The
car vas smashed to kindins wood but
the tramp was uninjured.
A farm automobile that will do the
work Of team on Vermont hill farms
is the invention which j. r. Mahana
or Poultney claims to have perfected
He says that the machine Will pillow
harrow NOV. haul loads of three tons
carry the family to the county fair and
do other useful and clever stunts and
will cost less than $1,000. The inventor
is a veteran OF the Civil War and we'll
along In years. yet he has worked out
every detail Of the automobile himself
The car has a specially designed four
cylinder lS-horse power engine, built by
tab T.