Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-27
VERMONT NOTES.
jackson building In Bnrre Damaged
to extent Of 81, 800 by FIRE.

Rarrc's second threatening business
block fire within a month occurrcdd Sat
urdav evening when flames supposed to
have had their origin in the rear Of the
basement fed on a pile of boxes In the
cellar, scorchng the overlays on the base
ment ceiling and filed practically every
room In the Jackson block with dense
smoke The estimated loss Is $l,sO
GARAGE MAN BURNED.
Edgar Comstock. machnest in the
employ OF VI. d. Mower of Barre, was
seriously burned about the breast, ahdo-
mon and upper limbs while employed IN
the automobile repair shop in the second
story of the Drown garage the other
rtcrnoon But for the timely appnca-
! ;ion Of n patent fire eXtinguishins huid
No might have lost his life 1t was while
/ Con1stuck was repairing n motor that the
gasoline Jared back, became lenitod ana
spread to :hr wcrkman's clothes.
TO Form AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
An Agitation las been stared for the
formation or ~ agricultural society at
Noutroiior w!t,. the object of hiring
| Ianpdon meadow for fair purposes The
grounds are Ideal for such a project A
out great expense and the grounds are
well asanted eor exhibition purposes, be-
ling pIonGp.da the Central Vermont rail-
way racks and within FIVE minutes walk
Of tho state House. It Is felt that first
class agricultural fair would be a great
stimulus to the agricultural and stock
raising pursuits Of the section
AGAINST SUNDAY HUNTING.
Washington Comfy Game Warden
Henry AN oft has started campaign
againat SUNDAY hunting. especially with
ont NccnsAs The game wardens br ought
~ th1ac Ctre,1crs a week ago last Sun
iay tive being fined s3j and costs and one
being prt on probation.
iGpL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Al att ,mpt BIT suicide was made Sun
day uiJht in Mnir street park in Rut-
,anl uv a tl-y2a--od girl whose name was
said to he rau;!re Drown OF Brooklyn. \
V. Tic Will of carholic acid was knock
ed from her hand Just as she raised 1t to
her lips Her lips, shin and hands were
burned. but she recovered with prompt
treatment. The young man who prevent
cd the suicide refused to give his name
DELEGATED BY GOVERNOR.
T. -. Mt' ltlItll pl INutI'iilh has i'i' ava
Detroit Mich, to attend the annua
meeting of the National Association OF
Boards of Pharmacy. He has been APP
pointed delegate from the Vermont boar(
by Governor Fletcher. Charles f. Skin
! ner of Windsor accompanied Mr.. McCIeI
/ J len as delegate to the American Phar
ma ceutical association from the State as
soc.ation.
rLCERATED TOOTH FATAL.
Hattie Mabel, the fve-Year-old daugh
ter of Oliver II. Smith, a paper maker o
Brattleboro. died in Melrose, Mass.
. HOSPITAL as the result of an liberated
, tooth When the abscess broke, the poison
\ got into her system, causing blood poison
- ing.
c ACTIVE AT 81 YEARS.
4 Mrs W. II. Willmarth of Lyndonvill
8 despite her 81 years is one of the most &C
= tive women in the village, and her hom
is frequently checred by reunions il
which two lines of four generations TAX
part She was born in 1898. daughter o
. Hubbard and Clarissa Graves, who wer
-, among the first settlers of the town o
+ Lyndon.
Y VERMONTER IN PARIS.
& The following is an extract from
# letter dated at Parts, France, Angus
10, and received at Brattleboro fror