Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-02

| with carload of registered Holsteins
which are bound for Cape Town South
Africa. The stock is selected by MIR
Cook of Brandon and Lavalley will be
In charge of the carload At Montreal
four or five more carloads will Join them
and with some blooded sheep, the lot will
embark This is Lavaley's second trir
to South Africa with cattle which have
been selected from Vermont stock because
of their excellent qualities. The ranches
of South Africa have obtained most OF
their valuable stock from this country
and Australia.
! In response to n request to name a
local committee to act as part of the
American committee for the celebration
of the Tooth anniversary of Peace among
Engllsh-Sp Speaking Nations, Mayor Burke
has appointed President Benton of the
University of Vermont, the Rev. Charles
Chase Wilson of St Pauls Church. the
Rev w. II. Crosby of st. Mary's Cathe-
dral. Edward u. Corlcy and Max l..
Powell The committee will have charge
or local features of the celebration in
1914 and 1915 Andrew Carnegie is chair
man of the national committee and
Theodore Roosevelt honorary chairman.
and the list includes a large number of
the most prominent Americans.
John Il. Poland was arrested Thursday
In an old case brought by the Sherwin
Electric company, who claim that p,-
land secured some goods from them under
false pretences Poland, whose home IS
/ M In
Quoted an electrical business in Burling-
ton. When here, it is alleged, he secured
goods to the value of considerable
amount from the Sherwin company by
representing that they were for A. O.
Ferguson. The case was handled in city
court and was continued until October
o. the respondent furnishing bail Poland
was in the city to testify in the suit of
leary against the city. He was arrest
ed on warrant by Sheriff Allen
| Burlingtonians are contributing gen
erously to the funds of the fish and game
department by taking out licenses in
large numbers this year Nearly all of
the receipts from the licenses go back to
the sportsmen for taking care of the fish
iand game in Vermont, and this is one of
the principal sources of revenue Thus
Tar this year 256 licenses have been
granted, and of these about 23o have been
issued since the first of September More
are being granted every day as the bulk
lof the go have been issued since Scptcm-
per Ia. The average number per year to
be issued at the Burlington office is 600
Most OF these are taken out preceding
the opening Of the deer season. The gray
squirrels continue to be hunted in large
numbers and the native birds also seem
to be plentiful
The faculty of the American Interna-
tional College at Springfield, Mass have
drawn up a testimonial expressing their
appreciation of the work of the late Prof
II. w. Beecher at the college and their
regret at his death. which occurred in
Madison Wis, September ,. after an i'll
ness of six weeks in a hospital there
Professor Beecher. who was graduated
from the University of Vermont in the
class of 1910. went to Madison the latter
part of June to teach for a month in the
summer school of the University Of Wis
consn. He had been there only a week
when he was taken i'll and three critical
operations were performed in an effort
to save his life. Professor Beechor was
engaged to marry Miss Gladys A. Smith
OF this city, and the wedding was to have
taken place this fall. Miss Smith was
in Madison during the greater part of his
illness
The pCstofilcc department is endeavor-
Ing to stop a part of the enormous mail
matter which lands finally in the dead
letter office because of the neglect of
senders of mail to take n few precautions.
To this end cards are being sent to every
house and business place in the country
which are reached by the mail man. The
cards contain the following instructions
which are guaranteed to prevent mail
from going astray; Use ink in addressing
letters or other mail matter; writ, plain
ly the name of the person addressed.
street and number postoffice and State;
and place your name and address In the
upper left-hand corner of the letter or
package, More than 100000 pieces of
mail matter We're sent to the dead letter
office last year. large proportion Of
this could not be delivered because of
fault in writing addresses. The expense
Of handling the mail in Is manner is of
course great to the government.
Two cases were filed Monday in the
office of thu county clerk In the suit of
Howard y. Alger vs.. Guy and Edna Rick-
ford, the plaintiff claims to have bought
property of the defendants at Huntington,
and that they did not have the right to
sell this, as ii belonged to the Mary
Bickford estate; damages are asked on
the grounds that as the property has
been dccreed in probate court to other
parties. the plaintiff should be reimbursed
for money paid out for repairs on the
place he purchased. for which rent will
be charged The suit in chancery of David
H. keedy, trustee, vs.. Thomas f. Leary,
brings claim by the orator that he pur-
chased of y. w. and Edith Lund GER
tain property here for Anna Fleetwood Of
North Adams, Mass in trust. and that
the l.unds gave a quitclaim deed of the
property. 1t is asked that the defendant
be restrained from taking action regard
Ing the premises until the title Is cleared
LIGHTHOUSES REPAIRED.