Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-28


float and in the center was seated tho
Lafayette Hose cart was decorated as a
little daughter of Captain Barber OF the
Lafayette company.
Immediately following the parade the
races were begun in front OF the Winoo
ski block. These created a great deal OF
interest among the spectators and It was
none the less interesting to the contest
ants. OF which there were many.
The hrst race was the 1O0-yard dash,
won by Henry Homester, followed by
Goyette In second place and Kirby third
Time IL seconds. The three-legged race
came next which was made in Is seconds
Parizo and Lavalley were first Abair and
Abair second and Snyder and st. Peter
third.
| The rat mans race was n run Of about
75-yards made in 3-5 seconds This
was won by Breyor. Fitzgerald and Bar
her were tie for second place and in rum
ming It off Fitzgerald claimed second and
Barber third. The 200 yards dash was
cut a little short and was won by Henry
Homeister first Goyette second and Kirby
third. Time Is as seconds. The time In
the potato race was "A 2-5 seconds. won by
Goyette. Parizo second and Fitzgerald
third.
Next in order was coupling contest,
the best time made being IA sec
onds. This time was made by the first
to try out, who were Lavalley and Pro-
vost. The next best time was IA sec
onds and two teams were tied for this
place. The tie was then run off and HON.
eister and Vilemaire made second
place. the time being S1-2 seconds,
and Kirby and Reed who lost out on the
tie claimed third place, The Judges In
the races were oliver Dupaw OF Burling
ton and Chief Of the department In
| Mortified Eddy. The starter was Charles
Barber.
The races were not long drawn out as Is
usually the case in these sports and this
kept up the excitement and they were also
the more interesting for the selections by
the band.
| The day was closed with the first annual
Grand ball OF the fire department which
was held In Corporation hall. This also
added to the success of the day by
bringing out over 100 couples to shake
the light fantastic up to the hour Of mid
night Shpmans orchestra furnished its
usual delightful numbers. The grand
march was lead by President of the VII
lage and Mrs. J. f. O'Sullivan. Captains
| OF D0tn OF tne companies, l.. II. Harvey
and Charles Barber. worked hard to make
the closing festivities of the day sue
cess The other members of the various
committees are general manager. Chief
Holloran; executive committee, Chairman
Harvey Charles Lavalley. o. Mayo, r.
| L. Gauvreau. Leo Affair. Henry Vile
MARIE, G. II. Stevens. Henry IIome!ster
William Reed Harry Parizo; floor
| Charles Pa rber aide II
Finnigan. Charles Seymour and D.
Kirby; reception. Charles Barber, John
F. O'Sullivan o. Bushey, Martin Mollo-
ran. Thomas Fox. H. l.. Thomas and
| G.. II Stevens
D. II. Brown. a colored barber at Fort
Ethan Allen. was arrested by the police
department in the early hours of
| Thursday morning for having stabbed
| n civilian by the name of Breyor
Fred c'Blood'O Breyor and Charles La
valley were met on Main street by Brown
who accused them of stealing three dol
lars from him. Brown. in the scrap
which followed drew a jackknife and
| started to do some cutting up, with the
| result that Breyor stabbed In the
breast near the heart and other-vise had
his clothes torn where he was jabbed by
| the knife. Breyor and his friend had
never seen Brown before Breyor Is tn
er stout and for that reason the knife
wounds did not have any great effect upon
! him. The wound near the heart IS the
| most serious of the three and hal this
| been a little deeper he would have died
| DIR. Hill dressed the injuries. The
| officers were in the meanwhile noti-
fed of the fracas and appeared on the
| scene and placed Brown in the lookup
over night Breyor was able to be about
on the streets Thursday Brown, n col
ored man, Is not a soldier, but Is en-
ployed as a barber in l troop at the fort.
Shortly after this a hack driven by
Marcus attracted the attention of the
police when they heard the cries of a
woman who was shriekng for help.
Joseph Allen, colored soldier of Troop
y, 10th cavalry. and Teresa Louis were
the occupants OF the carriage. The Louis
girl received badly bruised face az the
hands OF her assailant. Allen. The SCRAP
started at Slim Braxtons place. where
the girl had visited when Allen called
for her. In municial court Thursda;
Allen pleaded guilty to n breach OF the
peace and was fined s. together with the
costs, totalling an amount of sos a. which
he paid.
Miss Mary blanchard was married Tues
day morning at St Francis Xavier
Church to Frank Provost. A wedding
breakfast was served at the home of the
bride on Hckok ST. Monday night re-
ception was rendered them at the homo
| of the groom on Hall street
| Game Warden Reeves got busy Mon
day when he received complaint that
an Italian by the name of Frank Trono
3 arrest was made. a conviction was Oh
tanned before Judge Conin in Winooski
= and the fine was paid, all within the space
l of 30 minutes.
Miss Virginia Barbery IS Years old
died Tuesday afternoon at her home on
North street after an illness of several
, years with tuberculosis. She Is survived
by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Bar
l berry, and one sister Miss Anna Barbery
At the semi-annual meeting Of the Mo-
hawk club held in their rooms Tuesday
night the following officers were elected
20 serve for the ensuing term: President.
, Leo j. Hebert: vice-president George O.
Dubrule; II. s., Alfred Manscau; assist
, ant r. s., Albert ], Gelneau; f. s. Leo
e. Germain; assistant +. s.. L., ]. Des-
autels; treasurer, William J. Manseau.
10 auditors. Leo j. Hebert, A. ]. Gelineau
' and George o. DubrulO.
+ ST. GEORGE.
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