Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-01
HAPPENINGS in VERMONT.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES

| Houghton's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Billings Of Case street, have returned to
Mortified after two weeks.--Wdlliam J,
Pouliot. who has been In the employ of
Rogers & Wells for the past few months,
has resigned and gone to Springfield.
Mass, where he has q position.-Mrs. II.
d. Bacon and daughter Ruth, Of Char
lotte. N. c., are visiting Miss Noonan of
| Seymour street for few weeks.--Mat-
thew Calhoun arrived Friday night from
Boston. having been called home on ac-
count OF the serious illness OF his brother,
| John Calhoun Roger Ryan, while at
work at the Middebury branch OF the
| vermont Marble company's plant here,
received painful injury to his right hand
ny being pierced with a rusty nail-James
Peterson. who has been bondsman for
Frank Meehan of Salisbury. delivered him
! to Deputy Sheriff N. J. Sanford at the Ad-
| olson county jail late Thursday night
! Meehan was found guilty Of shooting
| deer out Of season at the December term
| OF the Addison county court. After his
| trial Meehan disappeared and his bonds
! man had some trouble locating him so
| that he could stand trial in the county
| court.-Roya Boardman of Chcson, Wash
! ington. has moved his family here and
| VIII conduct the Luther Boardman farm
south of this vllage.-B. T.. Wales has re-
turned to Rutland after spending a fcw
| days with his family on Woy street.
A gang of eight linemen are here from
Rutland making repairs on the Western
| Union telegraph lines throughout this
! section.-Edward Erickson and Elwyn
Smith have returned from Proctor, where
| Np hoi
homes.-Mr. and Mrs. Loyal L. Brown
and Miss Mary Brown of Providence, r.
J.. and Mrs. William r. Brown of Paw
| tucket. II. l.. are visiting here for two
weeks.-Mrs. James Dumas and daughter
| have returned from Brandon.-The trus-
tees of the village have purchased from
| John foslcy n piece of land in the south
| part of the village. where the sewer emp
| ties. The amount given was sl25.
| John Hopkins Calhoun. youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph w. Calhoun of South
street who was taken fl IA week ago with
pneumonia. died at his home Monday
morning at 1915 o'clock at the age of
"A years. He is survived by his parents,
two sisters, Mrs. NJ. r. Burt o. Oswego,
~ Y, and Miss Isabelle Calhoun of this
village. and two brothers. James and Mat
hew Calhoun Of Boston. Mr.. Calhoun was
a popular young man and will he missed
by his many friends He was a member
of Otter Creek Lodge. No. SO, *. of F.. of
! this villaEe-About 10 o'clock Sunday
evening an alarm was sounded for
| a fire In one of the barns at the Addison
| County Fair grounds. The fire depart
ments services were not needed as the
blaze was out on their arrival. The fire
was discovered by some horsemen who
occupy some of the stables there. They
promptly notified Fremont Abbey and
\. J. Stafford, who We're near. who prompt
ly sent in the alarm and at the same
time took some hand e-eXtingushers at
the county Jail. They soon had the blaze
out The fire started from some old
clothes that were rolled up and left in one
of the managers The damage was small
Miss Maude Hammond who has been
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. II
A. Peck on Elm street. has returned to
Walpolc. y. H.--The cattle shipment Mon
day consisted of three carloards-The
Misses Faith and Ruth Walker
have returned after three weeks in
New York and Rutherford. \. j
Carl Mead, who has been visiting
his mother, Mrs. Mead of College street
has returned to New York.-The
Laharee society of the Congregational
Church held "A well attended meeting with
Mrs. Frank a. Farnsworth Monday aft
ernoon.-The Weber Construction com
pany of Chicago, who had the contract
for the building of the chimney at the
Central heating plant at tho college, have
completed the job The chimney is l15 fee,
high ana Il feet In diameter on the bot
tom and is made of cement concrete
Henry Donor was leading to the cattle
yard a COW which he had sold to 20 tc
market Sunday afternoon when the ami
NAL became enraged on Main street and
broke away. Fortunately it did no harm
to anybody and the only other damage
done was to an automobile. which it rar
into, bending the fender.-Fish and Game
Warden George Chaffee arrested r. r.
Sprague OF brooklyn. y. Y, Saturday fol
catching and having in his possession j
short trout, He was fined 81 for each trou
and costs, amounting to $3.50 which h'
paid.-Monday, market day, eggs brought
% to q cents and butter - to 2i-The To-
cal passenger station has been moved
across the tracks, but II will be severa
days before the building is turned around
Th" baggage room has been made into
temporary ticket offics and waiting room
until the other Is placed In position ant
repaired-Guy W. Bundy, who has beer
for the past two months experimenting
construction Of the chimney at the new
power house at the college, went Sunda,
to sheldon Springs, where he has a simi
lar job. Harry Brusso accompanied him
Among people here from out of town ar,
George T, Dimmock and Charles p
Memoe Of Brandon. II. D. Nichols of Wor
cester, Mass, James J. Wright of Orange
n. j.. William G. Chester of Brattlehor,
and Frank l.. Douglas Of Goshen, Ind
Young Charlotte Taylor, who has beer
Ill with diphtheria for several days, wa
reported to be somewhat better Monday.
When rural mail carrier John Dood,
got to his home Monday afternoon III
found a gang of 16 gypsies cncamped OF
o his land. Mr.. DoodY ordered them t,
8 move on and they refused He persisted
] in ordering them off and some OF th'
y mer came at him with clubs Mr. Dood,
4 hit two Of them with the butt-end o
: his whip, but escaped without injury [,
. himself He telephoned to the village 70
assistance and Deputy Sheriff n. j San
ford and Chief of Police Frank Ware,
q drove out to the scene The trespaSser
q We're finally forced to take up thei
A march to other quarters and heade,
I toward the south, but not until afte
q they had paid small amount for dam
z ages and costs of the officers. They en-
- camped again for the night at about
3 mile distant, There was only a smal