Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-22

mittcc in charge consisted of Miss
Lucy Rice. Miss Edith Merrihew, Miss
Mabel Duell. Mrs. Fred TYLER and
Grant Comstock.
| Goethe Lodge. p. o. H.. gave a mas
querade ball to members and their
! families Tuesday evening in the hall on
Crowley street. about - couples being
in attendance. y brilliant array of
costumes were worn and an excellent
supper served. Cabana's orchestra
furnished the music. The committee
In charge consisted of Rudolph TraulSe
Herman Deckerhof and Henry stern
berg.
The Burlington meeting in the tour of
Sunday school meetings Of Chittenden
county will he held next Tuesday even
ing, February %. in the vestry of the
Methodist Church. and will he for the
Burlington and Wnooski Sunday school
workers The program will he in three
parts; working together. for mutual help
fulncss and for the sake of those we are
NOT reaching now; the home visitation of
1901 and plans for 1912: and steps of pro-
gress. Facts will he given from the re-
cent meetings of Sunday school leaders
at New Orleans. by the Rev. II. A..
Durfce.
The members of the New England Hotel
Mems association. who had been the
guests of NJ. l.. Powell at the Hotel Yer
mont, left Sunday morning for their
respective homes in private car at
tached to the 1857 train over the Central
Vermont road. All were enthusiastic
over their reception here and thought
much of the possibilities of Burlington in
the winter sport line Saturday was n
busy day for the hotelkeepers and
their wives. In the morning they
went down TO the lake and MANY for the
first time watched the smelt fishermen
at work. The afternoon was enjoyablv
spent on the toboggan slide and the even
ing was given up to "a social gathering
w. p. Congcr has in his shop swan
which is thought to be the only bird of
It's kind ever shot on Lake Champlain
The bird is handsome specimen and
is five feet two and a half inches in
length and measures eight feet from I'D
TO lip. He was killed off Isle La Motto
by Arthur Callighan and was travelling
alone. The swan as rule only inhabits
the sea coast and is n very unusual sight
in inland waters. This particular bird
had evidently been wounded for a shot
was found in his bill ana he had prob
ably become separated from the remain
der of the flock because of this. His
weight is 81 pounds and Mr.. Conger has
already mounted him.
F.. w. Parkhill. local manager of the
Shepard & Morse Lumber company. has
resigned his position. after being con-
nected with the company for "a years.
Mr.. Parkhill * now in Panama on
pleasure trip ana will return to Burling-
ton about March /. Upon his return to
this city Mr.. Parkhll. it is understood
will resume his duties as manager of the
company temporarily until the matter of
his successor is settled. &. b. hudson
a representative of the company with
headquarters in New York IL now in the
city and will be in charge Of the office
here until Mr.. Parkhil returns when the
matter of selecting someone to succeed
him will he considered. Mr.. Parkhil has
not vet announced his plans for the
future.
Charles II. Poole of - North Winooski
avenue is recovering from severe in
juries sustained Saturday morning rear
Underhill. where he was caught between
one of the cars of his train and "a pile of
pulp wood lying beside the track. Mr.
Poole is conductor on the burlington
and Lamoille road and Saturday morn
ing it became necessary for him to get
into the tight place when picking up"
a car. When the engine started forward
he was rolled against the wood and re-
ceived two broken ribs. in addition to
being severely bruised and suffering
other injuries. A physician in the vicin-
ity attended him and he was brought to
Burlington as soon as possible and taken
to his home At first it was thought
that he had suffered internal injuries
but no signs of such trouble had been
manifested yesterday.
Commissioner or Agriculture o. L.
Martin OF Painfied was seen at the Van
Ness House yesterday and spoke of the
work now going on In an effort to stamp
out the brown tailed or gypsy moth
which has invaded New Hampshire and
Massa chusetts. and for whose extinction
the latter State has appropriated Il sum
equal to nearly one-half OF the total
amount used In conducting the govern
ment OF Vermont. Because OF the
prevalence of the pest in these two States
it has been impossible to prevent its
spread To Vermont but by strenuous work
the few cases here have been kept within
bounds. At Guildhall the only case now
existing is being stamped out. four men
being engaged in the work Thus far
1900 webs have been taken from the
trees that makes a total of 100000 worms
as there are 800 worms In each web. The
work there is expected to he completed
within a week