Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-01

The contract for the granite for the
memorial TO the late Rear Admiral W. s..
Schley has been given to Mcdonnell &:
Sons of Barre. The monument IA to be Z
massive sarcophagus of classic design and
will be erected at Arlington National
cemetery Washington, D. c.
The annual banquet of the Rutland
County Fish and Game League was held
Thursday evening with an attendance of
2CJ Guests from other States included
DR.. c. w. Field of Massachusetts and p.
S. Farnham, special representative Of the
National association for the protection
and propagation of fish and game.
BY pairing the sinking fund appropria-
ton and cutting off all appropriations
for paving or matchmaking the streets,
the finance committee of Barre expects
to build much needed sidewalks, purchase
a motor truck, provide for all-night street
lighting. and add one extra man to the
police force on tax of s225, five cents
lower than last year.
District Attorney Alexander Dunnett
has notified Rutland papers that no
notices of the knights of Pythas and
Shriners' automobile ticket selling schemes
refreshments. as he CONSTITUTES they are a
violation Of the law forbidding the passage
through the mails of anything concerning
a lottery or chance scheme.
The Barre branch of the Granite cut
| ters' International association has nomi-
mated the following delegates to represent
the branch at the headquarters next
spring in Quincy, Mass. when the organ
zation's constitution will be revised
| Silvlo Cardi, James Cruickshank Daniel
Blake, Richard Grieg. Gilbert Philips and
| George Stewart.
Andrew j. Griffin division commander
of the Sons of Veterans, has issued a
! circular letter to the officers and men,
bcrs in Vermont, asking for the forma-
ton Of camp of Sons of Veterans
wherever a post of the G. a. r. is estab-
ished. For the quarter ending December
| 81 the number of camps in good standing
was % with 1913 members The cash
| balance on hand was sl7S03
| In his annual report for 1911, DR.. c.
r. Ball, health officer OF Rutland. points
| to the urgent need OF a city meat in
spector. He has discovered an epidemic
| among the hogs in that part of Yer
mont. rendering the meat entirely un-
| Mt for use At q certain farm which
boosted 175 fine hogs last fall. not one
Is left, most of them having died.
| Harold Healey. IA years old tired OF
school. left his nome in Rutland with sc
cents Wednesday. January "a He spsnt
the night at Wallingford ana started
| out Thursday morning, thiniy clad, walk
ing two and half miles toward South
Wallingfo-d. Men found him suffering
pitifully ana applied the cold waite,
treatment. which saved him from los
ing his frozen Cngers. a stranger
bought him ticket home. Both fee
are swollen to twice their normal size
his left ear WAS badly frozen and bott
OF his hands.
In the little town OF Mendon Is Her
man Davis, u blind broom maker II,
is 4s years old and has been blind
seven years. Calamftics have followed
fast in his life. After the loss Of hi
lsight same the deaths OF his wife ant
eldest son and the illnesses Of hi
younger children Then through tn,
help Of Gen. e. II. Ripley, whose sum
mer home is opposite the broom shop
md of E. A. Morse and Mr.. Hale O
Rutland. Mr., Davis was sent to the In
stitute for the blind at Hartford, an,
now Is able TO contribute materially I,
his support
Bellows Falls Is to have n play
ground within the city limits TIL
plot chosen Is called the Williams or
chard, so-named because owned b.
James II. Williams. and consists of 8
acres There will he ground 70
baseball, football, running and al
kinds OF sports. Upon 1t is a sprin
and an outflowlng brook and a par
of the land is covered with tall pine
The sum OF $4,000 was appropriate
for its purchase and $4,000 additions
for ftting 1t up The officers electe
at the village meeting that decide
upon the playground project wer
Henry c. Bacon, president. and Or. Et
ward Kirkland and W. L. Mandig
trustees for two years.