Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-11-07
VERMONT NEWS.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Bennington County Union Of 1ooI
Temnlars meet with the lodge at South
Sbaftshurv Nov 18th.


BENNINGTON COUNTY.
The Bennington County Union oil uooG
Templars meet with the lodge NJ oou'n
SALISBURY, Nov. 18th.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
|, Andrew J. Ward has been aPpoinpt ".
Postmaster at Stannard, vice Alien D. A''
ten resigned. 49,.
Cant Walter Wright, the Oldest citizen ea
of ST. Johnsbury, died Oct. %. at ''0 AZ
Of 90.
Ephraim Ainsworth. of Hardwick, was
recently thrown from wagon ana qu r'II;
riously injured by bag Of apples iaiilhs
on him.
Sheriff Field, of West Burke, has arrest
ed Geo HuntOon, notorious chaIiletei
that has been doing a smuggling ana thie,
| ing business for some time past, II the VIZ
nity of Hayerhill, y. Ii.
\. II. Davis. of Ryegate, has been hned
I Il and costs for an assault anu battery
upon an old man "A years old, in the cars
Mrs. Richard Wilson had hearing Tor
complicitv with her husband in the robbery
I of .JohnsOn's store, at s.. J0hnsbury, anu
was held in 500 bonds for her appearance
at the County Court Nothing has been
heard from her husband
Asahel Burlington, aged 81, has held we
/ Office Of Town Clerk in Burke Tor nearlF
/ fftv vears. Mr.. B. was also town treasur-
/ er for over 40 years, justice OF the peace ~
years. trustee 30 and postmaster % years
The new St. Johnsburv academy, the
munifccnt gift Of rhaddeus FAIRBANKS. WI WI
/ dedicated on Friday evening last Inc
address was given by President Buckham;;
/ Rev Z I. Fairbanks gave a brief historical
( sketch of the institution, and some appro-
pirate remarks were added by President
/ smith OF Dartmouth College, who also
made the dedicatOry prayer The services
were all exceedingly interesting. MT DUCK
/ ham, address was clear, suggestive anu
/ fully NJ TO the times. 1t igave great "a us
faction. Mr.. Fairbanks, graduate rom
/ the institution, was very happy IN his re
/ miniscences and historical illusions. Muse
vas furnished by the St. JohnSbury Band
Rev. Mr.. Fuller, the popular Principal OF
/ the Academy, gave statement OF Vue eut-
/ fee its Dresent condition and the further
/ Deeds IF the school. 1t seems that the out
/ Law on the buildings and furniture Tor the
/ same has already exceeded one hundred
/ thousand dollars. The citizens OF y, JOINS
/ hurry crowded the spacious hall of the Aca-
DENY and gave the closest attention TO the
exercises. often manliestlng their apPro9a-
tipn of the sentiments uttered, especially
when allusion was made to him whose mu-
I nifcence gave to Tits second birth
ESSEX COUNTY.
T Working oxen suitable for logging pur-
+ noses are in great demand, and are selling
at high figures.
The potato crop Is unusually large and
the starch factories are full to oyeriiOwing'
/ several Of them having more than twenty
/ thousand bushels each.
The numbering business Is to be carried
/ ON quite extensively the coming WINTER
and parties having large contracts have
+ been In the woods for weeks making their
+ camps and cutting roads. Among taem
I are several parties from Canada.
Mrs. Eben Frye, of West Concord, ioil
( DOWN stairs recently. and broke one arm be-
7 tween the hsnd and elbow, bruised the 9th
| er arm badly, and was otherwise injured.
+ She laid with her head partly doubled IN
/ der her body three or four hours before she
was discovered. She j. now very low ana
cannot recover.
Beiard. the young Freuchman who was
accidentally shot through the body, recent
/ ". on the line of the p. d o. Z. r., IN Con
/ cord. it J. thought viii recover from his
wound The ball entered the pit Of the
stomach and was extracted from bis back
FRANSLIN COUNTY.
/ On the 23l Of Oct, W. II. McAlllster,
/ Deputy of the p II, organized grange OF
/ the Patrons Of Husbandry at Bakersfield,
/ with membership Of tlrty-22 gentlemen
and Is ladies. The Indications are that this
new grange. If which Ira Powers Is Master,
and H. II Scott, Secretary, VIII at no dis
taat day be a leading one in the Order
\ nex time table went .nto force On the
SoNth Eastern Railway, Monday morning.
The Boston night train reaches Ricai0rd
now az 632 a m, the morning tram from
Montreal at 1927 a. m, the afternoon ex-
press from Newport at 81 p. H., and the
Monday night train at 6.j2 p. IN.
Mes-rs Rounds 6 Carpenter Of Richiord,
are compelled to refund the money and
stamps belonging to the post Office which
was taken by the burglars.
The books viii be opened Cor sIbscrip-
ti0ns to the capital stock Of Richiord saw
ings Bank and Trust Company November
20th.
Hon. Luther Baker Is preparing for bis
wholesale store az RichfoTd. lie VIII 0ccu-
( py portion of the ;. F. depot. and viii
I build an addition Of sixty feet, three stories
high. at the northeastern end
L,voIIIE COUNTY.
The house Of Edgar Ellsworth, at Cam
bridge was entered by burglars, recently,
while the family We're absent. but they did
not succeed in finding the money and valH-
abieS.
\ number Of Cambridge people have been
irightene az some visionary sights IN n
derhilI, between Pleasant Valley and the
Union.
ORANGE COUNTY
The e-tate Of the late Col. 4. B. W. Ten
ncy, of Newbury, is estimated NJ 500 Geo.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Alonzo D. Rollins has been appointed
postmaster at Greensboro Station, now
called East Greensboro, vice James W.
Smith not commissioned, bat who has been
made postmaster ~ Greensboro.
Mrs 4. NJ. Story Of Coventry, was re-
Gently thrown from a carriage and seriously
hurt.
\ son Of Silas Wheeler Of Lyndon, was
visiting at ;. Robinson's in Bloomington,
and while there his horses tongue ives cat
off. The ANNA. was valued at $40.
Qaite an excitement was oocasioned in
Charleston recently. by the superstition that
q Miss Moody was lost IL the woods, over
two hundred men joining in the search.
The young lady was discovered visiting
friends, near Brow ningt0n.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The scarlet fever Is prevalent in the
county.
Rutland has a military school
Meudon had snow storm. saturday
morning.
prominent marble firm In Rutland sub
scrib ed $50 for the relief of the Memphis
sufferers
The marble and coal interests OF Dandy
are largely adding to its business pros
perity.
The slate interests Of Fairhayen would be
the most valuable in the country according
to their extent, had they low railroad
freights.
There j. more wealth among the people
Of lIubbardton, according to population,
than any other town in Rutland county
Most of the farmers Of the town are money
lenders.
Hon Reuben Wood ,ex-G Governor OF Ohio,
and ex-minister Of the United States to one
Of the South American Republics, was
native of Middletown and Aaron Clark, tine
Oldest living Mayor Of New York city. was
a former resident Of the town
Pawlet from 1928 to 1910 was the leading
manufacturing town in Rutland county
Now there i but one mandatory in the
town.
The people of Pittsfeld are very anxious
in reference to the building of the Rutland
and Bethel railroad or the Montpelier and
Rutland, but they prefer the former.
Shrewsbury bids fair SION IN he the le,d
ing dairy town in Rutland county.
Sudbury Is the best town in Rutland cum
~ for fruit Of every variety. perhaps in the
Champlain Valley south of Yergennes.
Theproject Of building blast furnace at /