Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-02

its arrival. with the consequent landing
Of TIE engine in the pit. There 1t Wa,
found an hour later and before noon Wa.
extrcated. There was seemingly no ex-
planaton for the accident.
The ,mount appropriated by Consres,
for the federal building at Barre l..
$500, Of which H2 5~ has been expended
/ in securing q site for the building. ls
will be- built Of gray granite The bids
are to be in the office OF Jane. X
Tylor, supervising architect, Washing.
ton. T. @, not later than three oclocs
/ ebruary - A number of Vermont
builders are figuring on the specflco-
| tons
The 800 ~ fortune of Mrs. Hetty
Green reputed 70 be the richest woman
| in the world. has been turned over tc
her son. Col Edward II. r. Green n
jovinl shrewd minded bachelor Of -
wears. whom she sent to Texas as
young man TO shift for himself Mrs
Green has for years owred property ir
Fellows Falls ana called that vNag,
her residence till dlspleased NJ th-
amount OF property the local listers pu,
in her tax list,
| Frank Cummings nine-year-old
I Shrewsbury boy. IS being greatly bene-
fitted at the Peabody Home for Cripplei
| Children in Hyde Park. Mass When ht
| was taken there he was 80 crippled with
curvature Of tire spine that he could
move only by wrigSunE or mis- stomach
Now by the aid OF a plaster cast and
| harness he can stand upon his feet.
lIe has made remarkable hea1wny ir
his studies. He i the only Vermont boy
| in tho institution.
For cutting the thick ron plates used
| In the construction OF the side walls Of
the Clement National bank CT Rutland.
a unique machine Is used. The outfit,
known n. the The Autogenius welding
! equipment" consists Of n metal tip IN
| which oxygen and acetylene from SEP.
arato tanks unite and form an intens.
heat. when the iron has become thor.
oughly heated, stream OF oxyger
is turned into the cutter and the meta
! flies before it as does sawdust from a
circular saw.
The 18th annual musical convention OF
East Montpelier will be held Tehruary
and 8, c. f. Dudley OF East Montpelier
der OF Montpelier the accompanied. while
the soloists will be Miss Aettha Bailey
Of Randolph soprano, Harriet =. Willard
OF Burlington. Contralto. l.. O. Griffiths %
Barre, tenor, and the Rev. George F. Nor
ton OF East Montpelier, baritone. There
will be n miscellaneous program and This
Daughter OF Jairus,' sacred cantata.
will he given.
The 36th annual convention OF tho
Vermont Rec Keepers association
will he held at the Addison House
in Mddlehury Thursday. February
o The following program has been
Can We get Greatest Benefit for It."
w q. Larrabee, president OF the as
sociation; Bee Hunting for Pleasure
and Profit" G., r. Hendee OF Pitts
ford; Report of the National Con
vontion," c, 4. Munroe OF South
SALISBURY; The Theory and Prac-
tice of Fastening Foundations in the
Sections" A a. Byard of West Chss-
terfeld, n. H.; The Valuation OF the
Bees in the Fertilization OF Fruit
Blossoms Prof. NJ. B. Cummings Of
Burlington; Anatomy OF the Zee"
], Il. Crane OF Middlebury Bee Keep
ing for women" Mrs. M. Il, DeKaly
Of Middle Granville, \. V. Uniform
Sections and Shipping Cases" y. d
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