Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-17

furnish . bondsman he was remanded to
the custody Of the sheriff. Hts case prob
ably will be taken up Friday.
Isabelle Steady. an 1s-year- old girl of
Pine street, was ordered committed to
the Home for the Feeble-Minded at
Brandon by Judge ]. II. Macomber yes
terday. The girl had recently been con-
victed Of incorrigibllity In city court.
She will be taken to the institution to-
day. r. q. Webster represented the girl
and her relatives at the hearing. Drs
G. II. Beecher and c. A. Pease also
testified. Others present were the girls
mother. Miss Sophia Tabouret, the mayor
the overseer Of the poor, the truant off,
Ger and nurse.
| Ice cutting inside the breakwater on
Lake Champlain began Monday morn
ing when two gangs of men. one from
| the Consumers Ice company of Bur-
lington and the other from winooski
ice company began marking, saving
and harvesting the cold stun. The ice
Ia about foot thick and Ia clear and
of unusual quality. The cutters expect
to harvest about 1000 tons in this vi
cinity. The fields are staked out by
hemlock boughs and branches as a
warning to skaters. Ice cut inside the
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storage purposes.
A telegram was received Thursday stat
ing that Frank A. vanderlip. president
Of the National City Bank Of New York
and chairman of the national war saw
ings committee. who was scheduled to
speak at n meeting Of the Vermont
State Bankers association in this city
next Friday, had been forced to canoe.
all speaking engagements. 1t is prob
able that the meeting will be postponed
until February 20. not with the expecta-
ton that Mr.. Vanderlip will be able to
be present then, but because the day,
being holiday. is a more convenient
Zine for the bankers TO attend.
Two reasons why Moses Deforge Of this
city thinks he should be divorced from
his wife, Annie Deforge, also of this city,
are intolerable severity and wilful deser-
ton. A petition entered by his attorney
Jed p. Ladd at the county clerks Office
yesterday contained the foregoing allega-
tons. The hearing will take place at
the March term Of county court. The
couple were married in this city on April
!. 1907, by Monsignor J. NJ. Cloarec. From
that date until the 18th day of Feb.
ruary. 1884, the couple lived under the
same roof. when the petitioner alleges
he was deserted by the petitionee. The
maiden name, of the petitonee was Annie
! Parrot.
According to men about the lake who
know. an almost unheard-of thing oc.
Cured Sunday evening when the ice which
formed earlier than usual this year broke
up no easily. Shelburne bay, which wa.
frozen nine inches thick and apparentl,
closed for the winter. was where the ice
seemed to go the most. Sunday night Il
began to crack and Monday was sc
badly broken up that several of the fish
ing shanties in the bay were lost. Thos,
shanties which did not sink were made $,
unsafe for fishermen that they wer
deserted. The loss amounted to a grea
deal as many of them were worth $50
One man reports that his shanty which
held a $40 stove and $25 worth of fishin,
tackle was lost.
State Master Willis n. Cady of Middle
bury, assisted by his daughter. Mis-
Mildred Cady, installed the officers O
, Champlain Valley Grange. Patrons of Hus
bandry. in X. Of p hall Saturday night
The installation was public and a larg'
number were present. These officers wer
; installed: Master. w. w. Aidrich; over
seer. w. II. Topper; lecturer. Mrs. Lin
coin Merrthew: steward. A. r. White; as
sistant steward. Mrs. Ralph Jones
chaplain, the Rev. c. f. Hayward; treas
urer. n. F. Failey; secretary. Mrs. F. H
Burbo; gatekeeper. Harvey Merrihew
| Ceres. Mrs w. w. Aldrich: Pomona, Mrs
, n. F. Failey; Flora. Mrs. Joseph s,
} Peter: lady assistant steward. Mrs. Lillia
Zottman; executive committee. c. X
Isham. e. Clewley and H. d. Danbrooke
. The annual meeting Of the parish o
, st. Paufs Church was held at the par
, ish house Monday evening. The vestryme
elected were: Joseph T. Stearns. s. W
Hindes. H. B. Wheeler. Gen. c. p. Mil
i Ter, DIR. Lyman Allen, DR.. ]. e. Taggart
Z DR.. J. d. Tanner. Prof. J. L. Hills. d,
t David Manson, A. w. Hill and Merritt
s d. Chittenden. At the vestry meetin
Y Joseph T. Stearns was elected senio
4: warden and Merritt ID. Chittenden jun
,, Tor warden. DR.. J. d. Tanner wa
I elected parish treasurer. Delegates t
= the diocesan convention. to be held a
:. Rutland February 6. are: Joseph Z
|. Stearns. Merritt d. Chittenden. Georg
r. Little, H. H. Wheeler. s. w. Hinde
and DR.. ]. D. Tanner. The alternate
r are ]. Ross Roberts. H. L. Ward, d.
, David Manson. Dr. J. f. Taggart, Ger
:, c. p. Miller and w. w. Jones.
y First Lieutenant" Earl l.. Laport O
= North street. who was arrested by tn
|, police at the Union station Tuesda
, afternoon. following recognition of tn
- alleged deserter and forger by Filler
Bacon. travelling passenger agent of tn
= Rutland railroad. was taken to the Pos
yesterday morning by Officer Christophe
Miles, who made the arrest. The office
o upon delivery of Laport received chez
# for $50. the sum the government pays &c
o the handing over of deserters. I.apol
3 may be court-martialed any day. H
y faces term of IL years for impcrsona
= ing an officer. and any sentence fro,
n years In penitentiary to life for d,
10 sorting. he could be shot for this &C
ID now that the country 10 at war; Whe
e. the army authorities get through wit
: Laport. there probably will be little le
D. Of him for the local authorities to III