Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-16
PIGS DID NOT LIKE THE SILVER
Glass and Dishes Also Deficient
in Nourishing Value.
David CoseriT Claims 10 Have Found
Much BESIDES Food in Garbage
which lie Bought from the
Hotel Vermont.

That glass and silver-ware in the Hotel
Vermont garbage made pig raising UNI
profitable WAS the testimony of David
Cosgrlff in county court Thursday, Mr..
Cosgrift was sued by the Hotel YER
mont company for the remaining portion
VI the sum Of $l75, which he was to pay
Tor the hotel garbage. About onc-fourth
has been paid.
on the stand Mr.. Cosgriff testified that.
while gathering the garbage, ne found
and returned to the hotel los dozen pieces
Of silver-ware, knives. forks. spoons and
butter-hnives. He complained that pick
ing these articles of silvcr-ware out OF
the garbage consumed too much time,
and that when left in the mass diet
OF cutlery impaired even a. pigs digestion.
Anyway, he would rather not have any
sow Of his going around with a silver
spoon IN her mouth.
NJ. Cosgriff testified that ten hogs died
with broken glass In their nsides He
objected strenuolsly to being compelled
20 weed the glass out Of thei- fodder and
still more to having them Gle of such
high living.
TO add to the tale OF woe. he said that
ne also took back to the hotol two
These also tended to make the swill too
iich for common hogs.
He mad also received in the swill, he
said, thirty-hve unopened gallon cans OF
tomatoes. He testified that he opened
some Of these and tried to tempt the hogs
with the contents, but the hogs refused
TO be tempted, Then, he said he tried
hem on the mons and the hens also
denied themselves the feed. So ne piled
up the cans and has them now.
Counsel for the plaintiff claimed that
these foreign articles got into the swill
by accident or mistake and that it
was not adulteratcd with silvcr-ware for
the purpose of defrauding Mr.. Cosgriff,
or of causing pig funerals.
As soon the plaintiff rested, the
PLAINTIFF counsel moved to have the
court direct a judgment. The court was
n the opinion that the other side of the
case ought to be heard before the matter
was closed and SO the hearing went on.
The plaintiff claimed that by going ahead
and accepting the garbage Mr.. Cosgriff
stopped himself from bringing up these
later objections.
DIVORCE CASE HEARD.
A hearing was had of a part of the
divorce action OF Lewis Moore VS. Jessie
NJ. Moore. The case is for desertion Mr.
Moore lives in Burlington and Mrs Moore
is understood to he somewhere in New
York State.
In the afternoon hearing was begun
in the case of George w. Tatro VS.. the
estate of Christine Tatro Matilda Waters
beneficiary. This is an appeal from the
allowance Of the account Of the executor
OF the estate Of Christine Tatro. 1t in
wolves two houses on Archibald street
disposed of under the will to Matilda
Waters.
BRAXTON GETS THE LIMIT.
Another feature of the day in county
court was the sentencing of Slim Braxton
who attained notoriety by his artfu
lodging of his bondsman, Joseph Agel
BraNton was sentenced for the illega
sale of liquor. Judge Fish gave him the
full penalty provided by the law. The
months in the house OF correction Al
Rutland and pay a fine of 500 and costs
with an alternative sentence to sery,
three days for every dollar and stand
committed, the whole term not to exceed
three years.
Ray Schuman and John Swirfin. two
troopers who pleaded guilty to an at.
tempt to break into the second-class Mac,
Of Lee Ravlin in Wnooskl, were sen.
fenced to from a year to "a year and {
ialf each in the State prison at Windsor