Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-18
VERMONT NOTES

The trout season in ponds ends August
81.
Brattleboro held It's annual baby show
Saturday afternoon. There we're 100 II
the parade, ages ranging from a few
months to seven years
The 18th annual reunion of the descend.
ants Of Samuel Fogg will be held August
20 at Canobie Lake. N. II. There viii b
boating, games and dancing.
George O. Wells. aged about 6 years,
was found dead Monday in his room al
the Franklin House at Greenfield. Mass.
where he had registered from Manches.
ter.
The Green Mountain Marble company
OF Rutland is to erect a new monument
al shop 100 feet long and * feet wide. A
new steel crane runway, GOO fest long,
will also be built.
The Spanish American War veterans OF
Washington county held reunion Sat-
urday at Paramount Park at Barre. A
banquet was served in shady grove
and the day devoted to war -.
mniscences.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmore T. Ide ceis.
Johnsbury Monday. Tho occasion also
marked the anniversary Of the Ide
grist mill. which since 1913 has not
changed hands except from father TO
son.
Theodore N Vail Of Lyndon has pre-.
scented to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology what Is known as the Deertnr
library. the finest collection OF works on
IL -s,lt, - I'M.
sists Of 10000 volumes and Is valued at
100000
When brown-tai moths were seen
on electric light poles near the park
at White River Junction the other
day. the hose was turned upon them
and the majority destroyed. Up to
recently the place has been free Of
the pest.
The work Of standardizing the Hoosao
Tunnel & Wilmington railroad. a narrow
gauge line. is to be completed within six
weeks and the ultimate extension OF the
road to Brattleboro or some Vermont
railroad center, farther north. is an as
| sured fact
movement has been inaugnrated at
Springfield to give o reception to Gut.
terson the University Of Vermont's ath-
letic star at the Olympic games at Stock
holm. on his return to his native State,
A handsome loving cup will be presented
to him and there will be addresses by
leading citizens.
Elahenan Andrews Of Montpelier
tried a crude method Of extinguishing
| himself in Barre jail Monday night.
after being arrested for intoxication.
ha a<
his neck and the other attached to the
top Of the cell and was almost ready
for the execution when discovered.
Mrs Taylor Hawkins Of West Danvtlis
committed suicide Saturday AFTERNOON By
drowning in Keyser pond. She was Sup.
posed to be caring for her Is months old
daughter in the yard. It is thought she
was seized with an acute attack OF In.
sanity as she had been complaining OF Q
headache and the heat.
The department Of Vermont Grand
Army Of the Republic, has arranged q
trip to the 18Th national encampmaut ct
Los Angeles, Ca1.. September to IA
This meeting has not been held on tho
Pacific coast since 1905 The party win
leave Vermont on September 4 arrfvtng
at Los Angeles September &
The rain Saturday night did much good
in the vicinity Of Clarendon gorge. wheSs
the Rutland Railway Light q Power
company's dam Is being constructed. A
forest fire had threatened tho destrue.
ton Of over no cords Of wood The firs
was started Friday BY q farmer who
claimed he had been engaged to burn
the brush.
-Four suits have been brought by Die.
trict Attorney Alexander Dunne&t OF st.
Johnsbury against the following concerns
for failure to make proper reports to tho
government under the corporation tar
law: The Central Vermont railway, tho
Highgate Manufacturing company. the
White River railroad and the Waterbury
Light & Power company.