Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-24
VERMONT NOTES.

Inc Barre Poultry association will hold
Its annual exhibition December - to g.
a petition in bankruptcy has been filed
by Joseph Bissonett of Jericho. a hard
| ware and tin dealer. who gives his as
sets as s2,7i5 and his liza Utilities as s2170
| OF his assets S17o is claimed exempt.
Brattleboro stamp was sold for sos
at the sale of tho collection Of Isaac
| Rachman in New York November g. 1t
was used copy of great rarity issued
from tho Rrattlehoro Office in 1876.
| The Westminster and Wapole bridge,
across the Connecticut. which was de-
stroyed by fire about a year ago will
be replaced by an iron and concrete
structure costing $4,000. 1t is nearing
completion and will be opened to travel
next month
| Rev Charles r. Kenney of Old Orchard,
Me. native Of Springfield vas killed
while propellng a wheelbarrow over a
crossing at Old Orchard Saturday Nov
| T.. fhe remains were brought to
Springfield. where the funeral and burial
took place Thursday afternoon.
The White River Junction health of
| ficer anticipates no small pox epidemic
in that village He says that this gar
| baSc man afflicted with the disease had
| been in bed and under the Doctors care
three days before small pox symptoms APP
| pearcd. Tho patient is now doing well
| DIR. George Davenport of East Randolph
| who Will he s. years old in December
| has never been shaven by a barber, thus
| wrestling from Jeremiah Kelley of North
| Brookfield. Mass, Is years old, the dis
| tinction of being the oldest man in the
| United States with such q record Dr.
| Davenport has not shaved since 1884.
| Woodstock Inn will this winter have
the only tobogsan slide between Boston
and Montreal. It viii he double slide
starting from the country club house
and ending in meadow. AT this popular
winter resort there will also be a sled run
| ski run and snow shoes to rent The club
house will be kept open and serve
lunches.
The largest mortgage ever recorded in
the Eratteboro town clerks office is tina
| for Si,500000 Just executed by the Yer
mont Valley Railroad company to the
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company
to secure an issue OF four and one-half
per cent 30-year first mortgage gold
bonds. A copy has been lodged in every
town through which the road passes
Homer c. Rogers Of Stamford a Civil
War veteran. has been missing since
October H. when he was taken by Ernest
| Blair Of Stamford to Pownal Center. Mr.
| Rogers having expressed desire to 40
| to North Bennington to draw his pension
and see about other matters. Mr.. Rorers
was rs years old and suffered from hear
trouble.
Gnlford man went into a Brattleboro
bakery few days ago to pay a bill of
-. He peeled a yellow back off a big roll
and received the change OF SO. The pc
culiar appearance OF the bill attracted the
girls attention and she went to look al
1t again after the customer had left ana
found It to DO of the 500 denomination.
The man is registered in the directory as
a farmer, which goes to show that there
is stu money in Vermont soil
perplexing problem confronts L. c.
Gitchell OF Montpelier. He owns house
| in one part of the town and a lot In an
| other and the present outlook for getting
| the two together is gloomy. The house Is
q feet wide and the street through
! which he would have to move 1t is only
90 feet in width. The city council objects
| to issuing a permit which would result
| in blocking traffic for several days and
| suggest that Mr.. GitchcI wait until win
| ter and move ii on the ice. The house
is in the way of a new building now
however, and must be moved very soon
Mir. and Mrs Duncan McTariane. aged
| 81 and 81 years respectively, observed
| the 6lst anniversary Of their marriage
| Saturday. After their wedding they
moved to the place where they have since
lived. They had $50 in money and with IL
they bought stove. They didn't have
pipe enough to reach the roof so put the
stove on nail kegs, To keep out the cold
they filled the cracks between the logs
with moss. In just eight years 10 a day
they moved into the large house they
now occupy. Six children We're born TO
them. two of whom died In infancy
With his bare hands, H. T. White of
Halifax caught an immense golden eagle
a fcw days ago, He has the bird and may
take it to hts winter home in New York
city With neighbor he was watching
| tho bird on nearby tree, when 1t sud
denly swoopcd down into a flock of ducks
and guinea fowl Mr.. White grasped the
bird by the legs as it was rising with "a
| guinea fowl in Its taions, brought it back
to the ground and bound 1t while a cage
was prepared. The eagle measures nine
feet from tip to tip. 1t Is a glossy bacl;
with the exception of a golden head and
shawl and a white spot across the Shout
| ders.
! Policeman Jesse Young of Rutland got
away with a nervy stunt Sunday morn
| ing in the capture Of two burglars He
received word that a break had been
made at Grandey's grocery store, and,
not daring to risk the delay in calling
! another officer, hurried to the place
alone. He met Patrick Ryan emerging
from the place and after a fight sub
! dued him and handcuffed him to the
Y scales in front Of the store. Then he en-
tered the store and began to look for
more burglars. Soon voice called out
for heavens sake don't shoot, I'll give
up" Grabbing the spokesman by the arm
, he led him to the street and there be
| held tho classic features of Levi Woos-
ter. Both men were marched to the lock-
up at the point Of gun. the inside
OF which institution is not unfamiliar
to either of them.
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