Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-25


and Americans because of exchange
rates.
The Salvation Army people were kept
busy all Wednesday afternoon distribut-
ing Christmas baskets of provisions to
the poor people of this city Most OF the
recipients called at the hall, but quite a
number of the baskets were delivered TO
the homes. Adjutant Abbott had planned
to give out about 60 baskets, but through
the generosity of the local lodge of Elks
he was able to add to that number and
the total number given out was so. Each
basket contained on the average enough
for six people. which made $50 dinners
distributed.
The shipping of furs from Burlington
to New York has not yet been completed,
although the fur sale came to an end
several days ago. The usual manner Of
doing business is to send the furs down
in special express cars with men to
guard them, but this year on account Of
the shortage of cars the goods are shipped
in lots. one shipment of $4,000 was made
Tuesday The furs are so valuable and
are so easy to market that they are
guarded in transit as any other valuables
would be, and they are not entrusted to
freight cars.
Mitchell Benoit, a man over 70 years Of
age, was in city court Tuesday
morning and pleaded guilty to stealing
chocolate from the Vermont Milk Choco.
late company. where he has been en-
poyed. The company does not object to
the help eating the chocolate. but it is
strictly against the rules for anyone to
take it out of the building At times
a considerable amount of chocolate has
been smuggled by and the loss amounts
to a substantial sum. Several arrests
have resulted. Benoit made arrange
ments to pay through his attorney, F. G..
Webster.
John G. Cory, a man who has been at
tempting to beat the high cost of living
by begging accommodations from vari-
Gus places in the city. was placed in the
county Jail Tuesday, as it was learned
that he is wanted at the States prison at
Windsor, being on parole. Cory will be
at home in the Jail, as he has already
spent several nights there within the
past week He also slept at the Howard
Relief building one night and asked for
accommodations there again. Thinking
that his case ought to be investigated to
see whether he was worthy of help. the
Howard Relief society got in touch with
the States prison TO see if ne had prs-
on record and received the reply that he
was wanted there.
Elias Lyman, who is spending the VIM
ter in California. has been confined to
his bed at the Hotel Clark in Los Angeles
for four weeks, but is now able to sit
up short time each day. Mr. and Mrs.
Lyman left Burlington October by auto
mobile and made hurried trip across
the continent, covering the distance in
less than month Mr.. Lyman was not
In the best of health when he left home
and the long journey, and more particu-
larry the altitude in crossing the con-
tnental divide in New Mexico. affected
his heart. leaving him in a weakened
condition when he reached Los Angeles
1t is Mr. Lyman's intention TO sell his
automobile in California and return early
in the spring by some southern route.
| or possibly by the Panama canal
Men members of the faculty Of the
University of Vermont were pleasantly
entertained Thursday at Middlebury Col
lege, the entertainment by the latter
faculty being in the nature of a return
of hospitality extended by the L. V. NJ.
men last year. The party went down on
the 3:45 train Thursday afternoon and
went at once to the Mead Memorial
| chapel, where an organ recital was given
by Prof. l.. j. Hathaway. Afterwards
| the party went to Hepburn hall. where
a dinner was served. Greetings were
extended by Prof. c. B. Wright and a
| response made by Dean Perkins. An
address was delivered by Prof. William
Lyon Phelps of Yale University. This
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party returning late at night to Bur.
| lington.
! There are not a great many contagious
diseases in Vermont for this time OF
year, according to the report for the
week ending December 20, sent Monday
| by Secretary C. F. Dalton to the surgeon.
| general of the United States Public
| Health Service at Washington. This
| report shows increases over the week
before in chidren's diseases such as
measles, mumps and whooping cough
but even these do not reach the point of
| an epidemic in any part of the State
while other contagious diseases are rare
! The report shows the following con.
tngious diseases in the State: Scarlet
| fever seven: measles &c. mumps 1922 in.
fuonza one; whoopng cough 1922 diph.
/
measles two; typhoid fever one; pneu.
monia two; gonorrhoea IL syphilis six.
Miss Caroline Geyer, who has been en-.
| gagged during the last three months as ar
| assistant to C. f. Ernst i'm the work OF
| Community Service i'm Burlington, fin.
ishcd her work here Tuesday and left
! for Baltimore, Md, where she will spend
| Christmas at her home. Later, she will
| go to Atlantic City to the national con-
| ference Of Community Service, which
opens December %. and she expects tc
| he re-assigned the first of the year Miss
Geyer came to Burlington for three
| months only. in order to help in getting
under way here program of social anc
physical betterment among young WON
| en-, While here. she has organized many
gymnasium classes and helped to inter
est many societies in physical better
meHt and the right kind of social life
among girls in the city. A committee
which was organized while she was her,
! will carry on the work which she has
helped to start.
Ned, the old black fire horse, which
for nearly a score of years answered ev
cry alarm of the department, was killed
Tuesday and taken to the Burlington
| Rendering cOmpany's plant Ned for tn,
past few years has been in the street de
partment, but even then has been called
on to do utility work in the fire stations
or all the horses that ever stepped II
the fire department. there has been non,
that could compare with Ned. In tn,
days before the automobiles got into tn,
department the black horse was used OF
the chiefs wagon and Ned got Chic
/ hA oil