Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-13
VERMONT NOTES

Henry l.. Gleason. prominent farr
mer near Rutland. died Thursday night
at the age of 50 years, after 80 years
Of work as a farmer.
Fred f. Hall of Hardwick. a farmer.
has filed a-petition in bankruptcy giving
liabilities of sS,755 and assets of s2,635.
with 5000 claimed exempt.
Crown Prince Frederic!: Wilhelm OF
Germany has written a book abou: his
hunting experiences. emulating the
literary efforts of Theodore Roosevelt
Barrels postal savings bank leads the
state with a total of $3.50 The entire
State deposit amounts to $500. This
is to the credit of $50 depositors, averag-
ing sal each.
James y. Gall of Barre has been APP
pointed manager at Barre for the Mont
pelicr & Wells River road and the Barre
roads He has been in charge of the
local freight office.
Lorn J Anderson of Barre ives
struck on the forehead by baseball
bat Thursday evening and rendered In
sensible for an hour. He received a
bad cut on the forehead.
Civil service examinations Will be held
June % at North Sheldon for the posi-
ton of fourth-class postmaster OF class
b ut South Franklin. The compensation
of the postmaster last year was $46.
The Washington, D. c.. board of educa'
ton has decreed that silks and satins, low
necks and short sleeves, rats" puffs and
false curls and jewelry shall play no part
| in the commencement attire Of the CIR
graduates this year
Mrs. Paulina Ceresoli. pleaded guilt,
| Thursday at Barre to breach OF 'ns
peace, in that she threw three stones
at her husband. all of which took eff
| feet instantly on his head. She had &c
pay "A fine of So and costs Of s5.4S.
Mrs Agnes G. Corliss of Soutf
| Cabot has received the diploma La
IAtesto Pri Tornado from the Esperanto
a ssociation of North America, Wash
ington, D. G. She is over 20 years OF
age and Is a selftaught Esperantist.
While $50 of his former pupils were
giving him an enthusiastic ovation
|
Barre. O. D. Mathewson, was presented
with a handsome loving cup Thursday
evening at the banquet of the alumni
dissertation.
| G. II. Taplin. after 81 years service
| has resigned his position with the r. 4
T. Fairbanks Scale factory AZ ST. Johns
| bury. He was presented With GoI'
watch by his fellow workers He is .
| years OF age and there Is now no on
in the shops who was there when HI
entered.
| The American flag has been restored 4
| postal service on the Pacific ocean b.
|Postmaster-General Hitchcock accepting
| the proposal of the Oceanic steamship
company for carrying mails from sal
| Francisco to Australia. Since l"' NJ
American ships have carried United state
! malls to Australia.
Fairfax has a school emhr"Giio as
result Of the annullment 10y the trus
tees Of the agreement between BELOW
Free Academy and the town. In tn
future the academy is TO be privat
institution and the authority OF tn
trustees Is to be supreme. The ques
tion now is what the directors are t
do with the towns pupils. as there I
doubt as to whether the town can ap
lpropriate money to convey its childre
10 private school.
After having born the stigma of hav
ing sent scurrilous and indecent let
tiers through the mail, Miss Ada Faux
ner of Nottingham has at last had he
name cleared. a letter of confessio
was found in the barn. whore on Ma
Q. Irving Ware hung himself. The con
fession was addressed TO Miss Faulkne
who last October was found guilty c
the misdeamnor and had to pay fin
of $500 in L. $. court at Rutland. Cir
Cumstantlal evidence convicted hel
Ware acknowledges writing the let
ters and of intimidating the woman
who Is of highly nervous tempera
ment. so that she did the actual act c
mailing the letters She APPEALED TO III
postmaster after she had received
letter threatening her with violence
she failed to mail them Her handwrt'
ing was cleVerly forged by Ware. VIII
had a sample of her writing. The mat
ter is to be brought to the attention {
, the presiding judge and district attol