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

Mrs. NJ. L. Hill OF Sharon. who has
been unable to speak for four years. re-
covered her speech Saturday.
George r. Allen. formerly OF Roxbury.
is one of the employees of the depart
ment of commerce and labor. He has
been in Washington since 1903 when he
was employed In the bureau Of fisheries
Mrs. Ct. w. johnson Of Rutland has
an egg laid by one Of her Rhode Island
Red hens which measures eight inches
In circumference the long way and six
and half inches the other. Her flock Of
20 hens laid 6S4 eggs from January 70
January o.
An oil lamp placed upon n stove in
Barre was accidentally brushed off on
the floor. when s Carminatti seized tho
burning lamp and started to carry it into
the air. He dropped tbs lamp as his
sleeve caught fire, but his right arm
side and abdomen we're badly burned.
l.. NJ. Puck of Montpelier, while tear
ing out walls In the old Jail property.
came upon cunninSly made saw shaped
from All ordinary knife and filed to 4
nicely. The saw. evidently the work OF
some prisoner. was carefully wrapped in
q newspaper and hidden between bricks
y. =. OsgoOd found a peculiar bird in
Ncwfane and it took him Is minutes to
catch it, The bird had a long neck and
bill, Its plumage was white on the head,
throat and under part OF the body while
on the back was spotted white and
blush had web feet and apparently
belonged 10 the water
The idea Of filtration plant in Rut-
and has been secuted by the city
/ council The aldermen favor cleaning up
the water shed, instead. one Of the
council considers the milk situation more
serious, while several think the PROPOSE
ton to utilize the Cold river a useless
ono on account Of lack OF water
a newly invented tool, which was being
tried on the surface cutters machine in
the granite shed OF Rizz, Brothers in
Barre was stolen Sunday The inven-
ton was being tested by it's owners, The
Quaker Machine company, with excellent
results. 1t is thought that tho tool wa.
stolen by some one seeking ideas along
the line Of the invention and not by
any one wishing to use It,
John Young Of Malletts Bay ha. a
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the head of liberty, with seven stars
to the right and six TO the left I'm
derneath is the date. on the reverse
is an eagle with outstretched wings
bearing a shield and on a scroll above
the eagle Is the motto, "E Pluribus
Unum." The eagle is marked half
dollar or fifty cents"
Fred Luce OF Waterbury, ~ years Of
ago, committed suicide Saturday morn
ing by drinking carboliC acid At the
Jones farm on Gregg hill near Water
bury Center. He had been employed on
the farm for several years and started
out Saturday morning as usual to do his
work When he failed 70 appear, his
wife went and found him lying in the
! corn barn unconscious, No cause for
mis- act il known,
Major" Il. II chandler who for
80 years has been q landmark at Lake
Bomoseen. being guide for fishing
parties and headquarters for boats,
fishing tackle and bait, has sold his
cottage and store to Adolphus Coy
cite of Rutland Mr.. Goyette will en-
large the store to handle general
grocery business and will remodel the
cottage for a hotel This will make
six hotels on the nine mile long lake,
A Rutland engine early Saturday
morning performed as II wound up Ike
mechanical toy. 1t was engine 2o'S,
which had brought the northbound sleep
er into Rutland and had been left at
the chute to coal up, Apparently OF It's
own Nolition the big engine started for
khs tufutable. which was not expecting