Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-10

put through another bleaching process
sized or stiffencd with gluc, and put Oh
blocks and pressed with hot irons BY the us,
oil machinery adapted to the purpose. They
are then bound and otherwise trimmed by
expert girls, with sewing machines, ant
| packed for market. The past season tht
mats were the prevailing style in the cities
/ and the manufacturers have no doubt Of
| their ability to suit the public taste.
The next convention of the Northern Yer
mont Musical Association will be held at
St Adams on the last two days of Deem
Der and the first two days of January, and
1t Is the intention of the management to
make it more of musical festival, or iubi-
Ice, than any of its predecessors, if they
can be adequately sustained by the public.
They desire to engage the Beethoven Quin-
tette Club to assist tnem throughout the
convention, and have already secured the
same charming soloists they had last year,
Mrs. Carter ana Mrs. Spring together with
the inimitable Cobb.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
The town of North Hero is fairly outdoing
itself in beans this year. Hundreds Of
acres have been devoted to this crop, and
the yield is good.
LANOILLE COUNTY
NJ D. Whitley. of Cambridge, has just
pure ISed lS5 head Of cattle in Canada,
near Stanbridge. for reasonable prices.
ORANGE COUNTY.
\ Good Templars' Lodge has been or
gained at Washington.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
DR.. George 5. Green, n recent graduate Of
the Medical Department Of the University
OF Vermont, is about to establish himself in
Coventry.
The steam mill at Newport ha: been sold
to Newton Bros, Of IlolyOke, Mass, for
$4,000.
|. n. Cushman of Trasburgh, has been ap-
pointed Register of Probate to take the
place Of l.. ). Thompson, resigned.
\ distressing accident belell II. J. Nor
rill, Of lrasburgh, on the 23d ult. He I'M
dertook to brush some grain from thresh-
ing machine and not being able to see very
well, his hand was caught by the teeth of
the cylinder and drawn into the machine,
where it was literally torn to pieces. 1t
was amputated.
Two boys of Barton undertook to get
free ride to St. Johnsbury during the fair
They secluded themselves in potato car,
the conductor locked the door and they
went through to the Junction, and then
paid their fare home.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
George P. Conant, who died at Pawlct,
the other day, was a lincal descendant of
Gen. Israel Putnam.
\ Castleton boy pufs sheepskin on
when he expects n - licking from the
school teacher, and the school teacher is
amazed at the way that boy can hold ont
before he boilers.
The real estate and machinery belonging
to the Bachelor Manufacturing Company,
at Nallinglord, were sold at auction on
Thursday, October 81. This property was
purchased by F. \. Fisher Of Rutland, as
agent for julius L. Pomcroy, of New York,
for the sum OF one dollar over the mortgage
and interest, amounting to nearly thirty
thousand dollars. This establishment with
ITS valuable machinery and surroundings,
is in perfect repair, having been operated
only about two years, and originally cost
ing one hundred thousand dollars. The
large stock of forks, woeders. hoes, and
other agricultural implements, ready for
shipment, and 4 quantity OF material in
process Of manufacture. were not sold, as
advertised from which il is inferred that
''1 i pI.ioSo 10 looli',i'.e 'i'J
II ,u1 man -.
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I4H1l, f ,-a-3h, one % the carrier ,i.eF
,.'.''i'S ~ 81 l'"'-aul' ana III one 'i-ic
cigbt,-l1ar vc9r.oIJ ,r;-t -, g,,r ~ c,,s.i,
ms his man of ffv m, veIt- r,nr miles
each day, unless prevented by business, and
received in January, l,72, his f.ty-ninth
election as director of the Bank ol Rutland,
and has been Vicc-Prc-ilcnt Of The same for
many years. lie has signed his name Gin
thousand times To new bills
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y MI buAt1u OF MlIiietlWu. ran over o
boy hv the name of Lynch ON thc race
c.,--i, the I7.- 8a,- af tho .,1,+, f,i~
Two boys from Clarendon were arlaisned
at tac County Court and plead guilty 70
N4-tll4 i'sllilt Oh lc-4-l0.~ meetings IT'D Z ti--
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