Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-30


rooms of the Rite. Masonic Temple Fri
day night. when the following officers were
elected for three years. H. b. Small
COMMUNICATIVE chief; c. NJ. Russell. first
Lieutenant commander c. A. Chapman,
second eutenant-commander A. T..
Clement, orator; c. II. Jones. chancellor;
sayles Nichols. treasurer; l.. J. Paige
secretary; T.. H. Martin, NJ. OF c.; W. II.
Ridley. hospitaler: p. G. Godfrey, eng
and senescha; f. y. Huntley, standard
bearer; NJ. ID. Chittenden, marshall
George q. stiles, guard H. l.. Johonnott,
sentinel The officers were installed by
Ill. George II. Kinsley. $3rd degree, past
COMMUNICATIVE chief, assisted by Don A.
Stone, 32nd degree, as grand marshal
Fred W. Boardman, whose residence is
given as Cambridge, is in Chittenden
county jail on charge of adultery. hav-
Ing been brought here from Lamolle
county on account ofs the lack of a Jail
there since the Hyde Park fire some
months ago. He was committed for want
of bail in the sum of $500, his hearing
being set for June 4. Boardman came to
this city from the south Il few weeks ago,
and, having experience in the piano bust
ness he obtained a position as travelling
salesman for George \. Jarvis Son.
Last week, a woman claiming to be Mrs.
Boardman, came to Burlington from New
York State to inquire into his relation
with "A young girl who accompanied him,
and who passed in this vicinity as his
wife. She followed him to Jeffersonville.
where the arrest was made. lie was
! brought to this city by Constable a. u.
Sinclair of Cambridge.
States Attorney II. b shaw has filed
in the county clerks office an informa-
ton against Graham Wilson, proprietor
of second-class license place charging
him with knowingly selling liquor to
man who was not the person who In
tended to buy It. The information grows
ont of the seizure by Sheriff Allen of
a wagon load of liquor IN charge OF
George Macbeth and destined it Is
claimed. for Clarence Bluford's place
near Fort Ethan Allen. Macbeth was
fined in city court 800 and costs with
an alternate sentence Of 3lS days in 1alh
hut sentence was suspended and he was
placed in thc hands of the probation Of
| ficcr. In Wilson's case. bail has been
| fixed at 500. which has been furnished.
The liquor law provides that holders of
second or seventh class licenses cannot
sell liquor to person who is a servant
or agent for another party, who is the
actual purchaser.
| The large number Of Burlingtoniaus
who attended the auction of James
| Farleys racing stables in Plattsburgh
have now returned to the city and re
port that many Of the horses went at a
Irather low price The entire string of
eleven which We're sold brought "A total
of Sl0,975. the prices ranging from $3.50.
which WAS paid for Wigmo. to $3.50,
which was paid for Rex Mckinney by j.
IP. II}lenthal of the Dcervillc Stock
farm of Iowa. The latter offer was re-
ceived by letter and as no one bid over
it the horse, which Is considered to he
one of the best bred in northern New York,
went to him. Among the other horses
sold were Locust Jack, who went to
II. W. Knapp of Mooers for $50 ana
Cobalt. by the Harvester who was pur-
chased by l.. B. Jenkins for 500 When
Prince c. was brought out MIR. Farley
stated that he would not be offered for
sale for less than 81 900 and as no such
offer was made, the horse remained UNI
sold. After the sale of the horses which
racers could he shown on the track the
party went to the stables where sulkies.
blankets, and other articles of the horse
world were disposed OF at low figures.
Mr. Farley has improved so much from
his recent Illness that he was able to
be around during the sale and drive some
of the horses.
Cattle Commissioner f. l.. Davis of
white River Junction was seen Monday
at the Van Ness House and reported
that the condition of the herds which
have been tested for tuberculosis over tho
State is far better than ever before since
the testing was begun, 10 years ago, and
stated that the disposition of the farmer
70 do all in his power to stump out the
plague was also moro encouraging In
Orleans county, where conditions were
formerly poor, there Is seen the greatest
Improvement, but Chlttcnden county
lags far behind the others and nearly as
many claims for diseased cattle are paid
in this county as in all of the remainder
Of the State put together. This Is part,
because OF the Indifference of the farm
, crs and partly because of the start which
the disease had obtained. The barns in
many cases are infested with the germ
and even whore herd has been tested
and diseased cattle discovered, there Is
: often no disposition to get "A retest fol
which the State is willing to bear tho
expense. The laws of Burlington compe
farmers sending milk into the city to hav,
their cattle tested at least once in two
: years and If some of the farmers wishe
to take advantage Of the state offer they
would save the cost of one of the test,
, which the city obliges,