Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-15
VERMONT NOTES

The Rutland University club has Sc
cured DR.. Harvey w. Wiley to lecture il
that city during the season of 1912-l3
The Bennington County Fish and Gam
club has made excellent progress /,
stocking streams with brook trout
y young wild cat, but a big one
was run over and killed the other da,
by trolley car nearing Pownal.
Miss Angie Kingsbury of Cavendisl
has 20 pullets and three young hen.
that laid during January a. dozer
eggs. One egg measured six by eigh,
inches.
George W. Cox. one of the Oldest
citizens of Woodstock. who died re-
Gently, had to summon a physician only
once in Sc years. when he fell upon
the ice last winter.
Barre spent si,3S3.41 last year for the
poor. The city physician received SIG. 20
Tor his care of paupers. Nine persons
are living at the town farm
The three year. old child of MIR. and Mrs
johnson of Swanton is dead of tubercular
meningitis, disease similar to infantilo
paralysis.
Il. II. Willard, a veteran of the Civil
War and a longtime resident of Rutland
is dead at Jersey Shore, Pa. where he
was visiting. He served in Company A.
Sth Vermont, and was Sc years of age
The fawn caught by boys in Bennington
week ago will be sent to resident
OF Salisbury, who has a private deer park.
Since it was caught it has become quite
tame.
A court Of the Catholic Order of Forest
ers is to be instituted at Windsor this
evening. 1t will be known as Mchaud
Court in honor of the late Bishop Mich
aud and will have sc members.
Governor Mead and Mrs. r. L. Rich
mond, vice-president of the Rebekah as
sembly. will lead the grand march at the
annual Washington birthday ball in Rut-
land, February %. given by Good VIII
Rebekah Lodge. I. o. o. +.
The temperature Saturday in Rutland
was between 10 and 20 degrees below zero.
In Bennington it was 10 to 16 degrees be-
low and in Barre l. to IS.
The Vermont Scout" is a neat lit
tie publication just issued by the Boy
Scouts of Rutland. 1t Is to be pub-
llshed every month. will be devoted TO
news Of the scouts everywhere and
VIII contain II monthly letter by Byron
n. Clark. the State scout commits
sioner.
Three deaths in the same house have
occurred within two weeks in Fairfax
Mrs. Boomhower. who came from Boston
to attend the funeral Of her brother-in-
oil
at the home Of her sister, Mrs. Loveland.
OF org nc trouble of the heart and Fri.
day Mrs Loveland died of typhoid pneu-
monia.
Mortimer f.. Downs, aged 40 years, on
inmate Of the Soldiers home at Benping-
ton, died Friday afternoon. He was a
member of Company X. Vermont Ma
tional Guard. and enlisted IN the LIST
Vermont for the Spanish American War.
Truant Officer John j. Hickey of Rut-
land during the year past supplied 900
children with clothing ir order that they
might attend school. The cases of
absentees reported and investigated by
him numbered 1,223. and of that number
he discovered only ~ cases of truAncy,
the others having legal and reasonable
excuses
Henry Wyman Of Manchester IL being
sued by Tony fash OF North Adams.
Mass. for 5000. charging false imprison-
ment. Tssh was detained in the county
jail at Bennington on the night of
January II on suspicion that ne was Ed |
ward Donate. the Italian farm hand
charged with numbering four members
of the MOrner family at Defreestville. |
N. y, December l2.
An icicle four inches IN diameter and
four feet long fell upon the right foot of !
Mrs. Bert Temple of Bennington After get
ing into the house she became uncon-
scious and 1t was two hours before sho
managed, by placing her right knee on |
n chair. to push herself to the door and |
call help.
Murdo Smith, his wife. two children
ana young man boarder are Ill with
smallpox in St Johnsbury. They caught
mo disease from Ida Emmons of North
Danville. Tho entire upper floor OF the
piock in which they live has been quar-
antlned. They have mild cases.
The town Of Eewbury is planning n
celebration during the month of August |
OF tho lt0th anniversary OF the granting
OF Its charter. The historic exercises will |
be begun with the dedication of markers |
on the site OF the first log meeting house |
built in l7Gi tho second in the State), and |
on the site OF the court house, where the |
Legislature convened in 1877,
Fire in a small shed Is feet from
the main building, thought to have
originated In small gas stove. threat |
nned the main stone shed of the Beck |
& Geek granite firm in Barre Fri |
day morning. When tho employees
found they could not cope with II, the |
city force was summoned and po,Ired