Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-13
WASHINGTON
MONTPELIER.

Deputy Sheriff H. J. parchcr was In
town SATURDAY with Roy Davis and Edison
Martin, aged 10 and is years, the two
boys having confessed to breaking and
entering the station at North Duxbury
and taking case OF peer. They entered
pleas OF guilty in county court and were
given tho limit sentence three months
and placed on probation. They were sus-
pected rs soon as the robbery was dis
covered, hut for time denied their con-
nection with the affair. Later they weht
20 the home of Mr.. Parcher and made a
clean breast of 1t, asking for the chance
to redeem themselves.
Chief of Police Durkec raded the home
Of Henry Cerro Saturday afternoon and
secured 20 pnts Of whiskey. Cerro was
arraigncd and held by city court
Merrill Russell. one Of the Montpelier
rural delivery carriers has nearly finished
his sixth winter without missing a trip
and hopes to keep UP the record. He re-
ports heavy layer of snow on the hills
which he says will keep the streams
above normal for month or moro.
John V. Brooks has sold his sash and
blind business to the Capital Hardware
company and retircs after "a years OF &C
tive business For many years he was
IN company with c. II. Deming under the
name OF Brooks & Demng.
Or. George Lester Lane of Boston. pres
ident of the Lane Manufacturing com
pany, is In town for a few days.
Sherburne c Hutchinson OF Andover
Mass, has been selected by the school
commissioners az superintendent to sue
coed T. J. Brownscombe who has re-
signed. TO take effect at the end Of the
school year. The new superint endont Is a
native OF Washington, this state, aged 81
years and married He prepared for col
lege at Montpelier Seminary and received
the degrees OF a. 3. and NJ. A from
Syracuse University He has taught dis
trict schools in Washington county towns
and in larger places and at Andovcr ne
has had charge Of a school system slight
~ larger than that here He is con-
nected with the Congregational Church at
Andover and was SO highly recommended
by all sorts of people that he was
selected from list of over 20 applicants.
County court Thursday took ip the
case Of George r.. Downing against Burt
Burnham. an action to recover tho value
of ~ acres of wood land alleged to have
been cut over. The jury in the Bean
will case sustained the will and Charles
Bean will inherit the bulk of the estate
the other heirs being cut off with s. each.
II was the contention of Mr.. Sean that he
had been the support of his parent Cor
several wears and that he was entitled
to most Of the estate because # the fact
There is about 1900 in the estate
r. r. Hayden has sold his farm near
Barre transfer To Clarence Dodge for
3,50c and Mr.. Dodge will take possession
at once Mr. Hayden will retain his stock
and has secured r threo-year lease of the
Pitkin farm. to which ne will move at
once.
Mr.. and Mrs j. ". Brock have an
ter. Helen Carpenter. to Harry Warner
Coburn. Jr.
The marriage enEa cement of Mis- Ruth
5. Brooks and Ray w. Huse has been an
nounced.
Fred Santor. employed In the Rich
ardson saw mill at MoretoWn, caught
ms right hand in an edging machine
late this afternoon and was brought
We're amputated The tcndons of tho
thumb are severed but the member
was not taken off Santor was re-
leased from the machine by Freeman
bleeding. after which the man was
brought here in a team, a ride OF over
10 miles.