Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-09

Tor ne mss had he consolation 20 live and zee bis
children well es;alshed in business and success
full He wss appointed sexton Of the Catholic
Church by Rev. Father O'Calligban, position
be faithfully attended to up to the time Of his
death. lie hiss many warm friends in this
community, whose sympsthies ere extended to the
bereavei family. He WAS seventy-siE yesrs old.
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JEaIcHo AND VIosITY.--The Jericho people
are waiting An1ioatly for more snow. To
some people the crest lack Of snow seems we'll
enough, but to the dealers in wood and the
lumbsrmen 1t is serious drawback The
farmers, know, too, thst they would be better
assured good hsy crop sad better pasturage
the ensuing summer, il their land should lie
beneath 3 heavy coat Of snoE during the long
winter.
The usual round OF donation visits to the
clergymsn have been held and spelling schools
enjoyei.
The exhibition held recently by the Lodge Of
Good Tempars was a decided success.
4 Jericho correspondent writes US Con-
siderable discussion has been bad, and is still
continued, il reference to the contemplated
railroad from Essex Junction to Cambridge
The prsoticsbility Of building the road, and the
utility Of the road when built, ia admitted by
all II Tie road should be built it would bring
Us within about thirty miles ride Of the prin-
/ cpal place in our county / think there sre
msny mere who would contribute literally in
proportion to their means, &c aid in construct
ing The road when the project shall have been
inslcurste3 We would lke to see the rosd
bull, once, also, for the welfare Of Burlington
-knosiag ths: the prosperity Of the " Queen
City" will affect the other towns in the vicinity
not uuhvorsbly. Are not the people Of Bur-
lington letting slip an opportunity to improve
her growth, business and prosperity, in not
| pressing measures that shall without delsy coz
meet her people in a business way with northern
| Vermont ana New Hampshire and Portland, by
Al immediate construction Of this railroad, only
twenty-tSo miles in length, from Essex juno
ton to connect With the Lanoille Valley road at
C4nbTilgsl The construction OF the Lake
be essentially in the interest Of Burlington It
will bring much ofthe trade from northern Yer
mont tnat Burlington once hal and tia, fed
whel tie people Of Tia. section Of the State were
better accommodated ny railroad at other
points /, is easy 30 see # this road is not built
the benefits Of the Portland and Lam9ille Valley
rosd, which might lie secured to Burlington, viii
be mainly secured to other ,caities further
north
J. ia earnestly hoped by the people here. that
the City Of Burlington will at once inau-
gura.e move to secure the building Of this
road, and not permit the officers Of the corpora
| ton quietly to " pocket" the rosj. W"
another Jericho correspondent asys
On Monday AMI Tuesday evenings, Jsnusry
29tb al 80th, the people Of Jericho were
f,vorei with seleo, readings by Nrs. J. S.
Waughop, Of Rutland i, Is seldom that this
part Of Vermont IS visited By an artist OF such
marked excellence in her profession. The lttle
poem, .' Over the Hi to ths Poor House was
given With the delicate and touching psthos, in
which she seems 10 excel. The Saving OF
Bregea-," and " Bets;e's Christmas Dream
and Is Folks VIII Talk, You Know" were
effectively read. Al who have enjoyed the
ezu5erant bumor OF De Miles Dodge Club,
must be specially pleased With her admirable
rendering Of the moonlight talk Of SO the Sena-
tor - and Sc L. Cha" Her recitation Of Long
fellows " Ssndalphon," seemed to Us fsultess.
We sre glad TO Learn that several towns in this
vicinity sre to be favored with the opportunity
| Of hearing her resi. ;. 4.
IMPORTANT CAsE SETTLED -EED OF THE Bur-
Ton s. CLARK LuGAuoE. It must teem
strange to the lawyers, judges and clerks Of
the courts, to have no more of the Burton
{ Clark litigation on the doczets. 1t is fact,
hose7er, tha; The lsE suits, snd the proceedings
in bankruptcy against A. NJ Cl.Gk, have all been
settled, aud An end pat to ell the legal proceed
iagg The litigation between 0. A. Burton and
| A. ". CLARK, who had been partners IN butiness
in St Albans. commenced some fourteen or If
teen years ago, Clark suing Burton FOR $4,000
and Burton suing Clark for about $4,000.
The clses hung along before the Courts and re-
ferees, almost every lawyer in this part Of the
country being engaged on one side or the other.
The case finally, after Mr.. Clark Was forced into
| bankruptcy. became = contest, Sc Judge Shipman
said, between Burton * Clark, who had arranged
their differences, on one side, snd the other Gre
di,ors Of Mr.. Clark, Of whom Bradley Barlow of
! St. Adams was the chief, on the other. Sir.
Barlow carried every point. as fas, az they were
reached in the O. S. Courts, and a settlement
Tss finally made, substantially. as We IN
dsrstsnd, as follows. Mr. Barton became
the purchaser Of all The claims sgainst CLARK,
except two small ones amounting to about 81
600. lie psid Barlow $751; $40. Barlow taking
$4,000 in real estate and SIS. so il cash.
The remainder Of the Clark property, amounting
to $780, coo, was purchased by Burton. The
Clark estate amounted to SlGl SOP, the ex-
penses, TO S32, 438, and the debts TO SOS, 600 /;
and the dividend to creditors was So 1-2 per cent
Mr. Barlow By this arrangement received 90
per cent. Of his claim, and is probably pretty
well satisfied with the issue Of the contest
CuurEsDEv COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
The session At Milton last week was remArks>
bic for one thing, the notable absence Of g So ,
Thsre is generally tendency among the .nem
bers Of Teachers Associations to talk for IN
sake Of putting in sn appearance. az ! for III,
mere sake Of saying something. II ere is gen,
orally any qusnti,y Of WORKOUT tb sorizin-. spt
refreshing Of old doctrines. Persons attending
these association meetings, viii ye ar altar yea,
hear repeated, with nttis variai on. old AXIOM,
in education, such IS " The e,holsr ,hon,d r.,
made to think for himsels - The teacher
should proceed from the ouknown to tn known
from the concrete to the abstract" and hun
drei other worn-out truths, enunciAted with
all The gravity and solsmuity Of originality At
the last sestsoD there was LEES Of this than We
remember ct any previous meeting. Fine-spun
inPraoIieable theories gave place, in good mes-
sue, TO relations Of personal experience in the
school room. earnest dis,us,ons, sound argu.
ment, practical observations and common sense
generally.
10 poiat Of number aud character Of persons
sttendtng.ih meeting WAS success. The pres
eace Of sush educators from other counties a.
judah DAnah Of Rutland ]. s. Cilley Of Bran
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