Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-18

to earth, Will rise again. The Montpelier
Journal says that the railway company
is getting back all the traffic lost during
the recent strike.
At a republican caucus held In Bellows
Falls Friday Frederick ". Rabbit was
unanimously nominated for Representatives
Mr.. Rabbit is a paper manufacturer and
has been prominent in village affairs.
It's no fun to fight in West Rutland for
it doesn't cost anything. one Alexander
Koss got into a scrap at the home of
Frank Molinowski. lie was fined one
cent and costs.
The proverblal luck Of the wine bibber
is broken to bits. A Hungarian named
John Madi fell downstairs in Rutland and
fractured his skull. lie was soused but
he died just the same.
The State House at Montpelier IS being
all fused up for the next session of the
LEGISLATURE. New carpets and chairs, red
curtains and white enameled woodwork
are included in the general regeneration.
Two or three IIydevlle young men
came near being arrested in Rutland
Monday afternoon for starting rough
house on an electric car. Evidently
they've heard about metropolitan diver
sions in Hydeville.
The consular agent for the Austro-
| Hungarian empire at Proctor, Carl Gross
| man. says he has discovered perpetual
motion. Water does the trick It Just
starts running around in the machine
and flows on forever.
| Two young women who tried to board Il
moving Central Vermont train in Mont
peler recently had narrow escapes from
being crushed beneath tho wheels. OH
you frsky and athletic Green Mountain
girls.
A party of Mddlebury professors. called
the Mcfarland expedition, has just
started out to explore southwestern
Labrador. The return will be made in
September down the Per!bonka river, $50
miles long, to Lake St. John.
Willard Martin, a brother of State Com
missioner of Agriculture o. L, Martin,
and Prof Leo Lewis of Tufts College
left Boston In a 60 h. p. automobile Sun
day morning at $50 and arrived at Barre
at 70 80 p m. Of the same day. spending
an hour at Walpole, n. H., for breakfast.
Vague whispers in the Silly night have
been disturbing one Jacob Paroski of
Rutland for "a long time. The whispers
disturbed him 50 much that it was neces-
sary to arrest him MIR. Parosisi has been
in the habit Of drinking large quantities
Of clear alcohol.
Prof. NJ l.. Cummings of the University
of Vermont ana G.. W. Perry of South
Hero have just completed arrangements
for an orchard meeting Of the Vernon,
State Horticultural society, to be held
at South Hero. September J. This will be
the first summer meeting ever held by
the society.
The Juvenile library at Peacham cele.
hrated It's Tooth anniversary few days
since with Il banquet and literary ever
cises. There were a number of speakers
including William j.. Hartman of Anr
Arbor. Mich, Loren f. Partridge OF
Peacham, Thomas A. Carlson of Oak.
land. Cal, Elisha May of St Johnsbury.
Interest in forestry among the farmers
of Vermont IS beginning to spruce up
The forestry department of the agricul
tural experiment station Of the Univer
sity OF Vermont Is receiving many re
quests for the seed OF the white pine
There is an abundant crop Of this see.
only once In three or four years, and 1871
IS seed year.
c. II. Ferrin, sergeant-at-arns in tn
State House at Montpelier. will not ap
point any boys over "A years Of age n
pages or messengers. He does not wan
tall, lanky boys, for he says they ar
, clumsy. What's the use of nationa
eugencs. and a stronger, nohler race. an'
things like that, if the six footers can
get 4 chance?
Oft and again the habituals, when ar
raigned in court, tell the old. old stor
of pleasant and kind-hearted stranger
Judge f. G.. Swlnnerton of Rutland ha
just handed this old tale n solar pexu
blow. He says that in the future he
, going to give three years to every ma
who hands out that sort of dope to tn
court.
, The Lake Bomoseen Yacht club wi
hold a regatta on August IS. 1t is tn
n fifth annual regatta to be held by tn
$. club and there are already So entries |
h the four principal classes of races. Prize
will not only be given to the winners
: | the races but to the owners OF the be,
+ decorated boats Canoe and swimmin
races will complete the list of aQuati
9 sports.
:. Very amateurish are the thieves
| Rutland. Some knights of the dark lar
o | tern broke into the store of r.. y. Pattel
:. son Sunday night with force and arm
g and distracted light lunch of chees
= and crackers They then tried to effeC
d an entrance at the store of a. *. Rtchi
: & Co.. but failed. They fed, leaving b,
hind a full burglars Kit, consisting of on
s jackknlfe and one brick.
= The Sind annual field day of the " y
T. A. b. society of Bennington was hel
= Tuesday In Hunts upper grove. TIL
q celebration OF the anniversary Of tho Ba
tie OF Bennington included a parad
q headed by the bennington fire dopar
! ment. the Bennington City band, ba
! | game, a balloon ascension and variou
acrobatic feats. There were Il numb,
of athletic events open to all corners.
d A party Of Rutland people, who recent
Y camped on the shores of Lake Dunmor
$ have got Elijah and the ravens, Il
mama In the wilderness. and all thi
f business backed to the wall. One da
q when they particularly wanted to max
some Ice cream, and didn't even ha,
: enough Ice for the refrgera tor. the &C.
|, man failed to appear at camp. A stor
. came up. Hail fell in quantities. The
set the ice cream freezer out and 1t W,
soon packed full Enough hail fell in
canvas boat cover to I'll the refriger;
tor.
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