Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-19
HAPPENINGS in VERMONT.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES

Wlssell Of Glens Falls. \. Y, Frank
Seeley of Bridport. D. ". Flagg of Bran
don. John l.. Burchard and Franklin
Williams Of Shoreham, George r. Jacobs
of Boston and William f. Finn of Albany.
y. Y.-Mr and Mrs. William L. Hinsman
Of Washington d. e., are in town for
two weeks-Melvin McNorton. who
sprained ankle a few days ago. Is
a BILE to be about again with the aid of
a cane.-Mss Isabel Halpin. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. = ohm Halpin, received
painful injury to her forehead as a re-
suit of being hit With stone thrown by
a playmate.
Mrs. Bridget Penders has gone to West
Rutland for two weeks with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Penders. William II.
Mathews has returned to Ellenburg. y.
Y, after three weeks in town. in an effort
to find a suitable farm to buy.-The ship
ment Of fall apples to the city markets
has begun and the apple crop in this
county this year will be large and of ex-
| cellent quality. A stable prices has not
yet been fixed. but 1t Is expected that win
ter apples can be bought for s2.5 a barrel
! for the best qualities. The potato crop
will also he large with the winter price
probably not over 80 cents bushel.
Plenty Of good potatoes can now be had
for Is to IS cents per bushel.
John C. Sessions. who had been in i'll
health for some time at his home in the
east part of the town. died Sunday morn
ing at the age of IS years He is sur
vived by wife and two daughters, Miss
Eliza Sessions and Miss Jennie Sessions
The funeral was held at his late home
Tuesday afternoon at 2;3o o'clock
and the interment was in the
family lot in the Prospect cemetery. Mr..
Sessions was a lifelong resident of this
town.. W. Taylor was arrested Mon
day forenoon by Deputy Sheriff Noble J.
Sanford on charge Of stealing calf
from Daniel Dragon of Ripton. About
two weeks ago Mr. Dragon found parts
of the carcass of his calf in the pasture
, while other parts and the hide had been
carried away. At about the same time
a number of turkeys belonging to Mr.
Dragon. also disappeared. Upon m
vestigation 1t was discovered that Taylor
had recently sold "A green calf skin al
one of the Middlebury meat markets
, Monday, market day. eggs brought
25 to q cents and butter. is t(
24-Mr. and Mrs. T.. NJ. Cove have gone
to Staten Island. n. Y. where he has
a position In the Staten Academy The
cattle shipment Monday consisted of three
carloads. William Odell and Mrs Lucy
Newell OF Cornwall We're arrested Mon
day morning by Deputy Sheriff Harry
Sanford and brought to this village
where they had hearing before Justice
A. W. Dickens on a charge of adultery
States Attorney Frank W. Tuttle Of
Vergennes prosecuted Both We're held
for the December torn OF the county
court under sJnO bail each and the woman
was allowed to go at liberty upon hei
own recognizance. MIR, Odell succeeded il
procuring bail
, Frank Preston, while hunting in the east
, part of the town Monday. accidentally dis
charged his gun. which he was loading
| and large part of the shot struck vii
, liam Kendall his brother-in-law. in tn,
r face and head Some of the shot passet
through Mr.. Kendalls nose. DIR. +. l.
Williams of Bristol dressed the injuries
0 and no serious results are expected.-Th,
! search for Mckinley Mathews. the III
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Math
ews, who disappeared from his home her'
Sunday, was kept up all dav Tuesday. ~
10 track of him had been obtained up Il
that evening.-As there have been a sum
. Client number of signers the selectmen o
. Middlebury have called "A town meeting
Q of all the legal voters outside OF the vii
c lage limits to be held at ten o'clock Tues
b day, September "A, in the town hall to Sc,
= II the voters will decide to spend more
Q money for the Improvement of the roa'
outside Of the village during the comm,
n season--Professor Raymond McFarlan,