Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-14

, and won't with him to FaIrhaven, to nave
the knot tied. Before the thing was done
however the contractors wife ard ten yeai
old son appeared and spoiled the JOKE com
pletely. Mr.. Contractor had his ears ooAeu
severely and was forced to promise De''e'
behavior in the future.
The blast furnace at Pittsiord l. manniac
turing about nine tons Of iron per day
The report of the Overseer of the Poor o.
one of the towns in Rutland county contains
a charge of three dollars for taking pau
pers 10 managerie-
Austin P, Story. former resident o.
Cuttingsyille, was recently unaniI :
elected president Of the Ross county
National Bank of ChillicOthe, Ohio lie
was Young man of rare business capacity
at the time he left Vermont, seventeen years
ago for Ohio. His course since has been on
ward and upward.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
4 promising young man at Barre. thinks
il about time for him TO swear oil when
he saw lot Of small snakes wrlggllng
In the bottom Of his sleigh, while returning
from dance. and also saw no less than
fifty rats ON a dry goods box IN front OF
store in that village.
A company is being formed at Waterbury
10 build a large shop near the depot, and
| put in 100 horsepower engine ior the
purpose of inducing manufacturers TO loca ie
there. Over SO, 900 Is already subscribed
The tax voted in Montpelier for town ez-
! penses the coming year was iorty-hye cents
! on the dollar Of the grand list, against one
hundred and thirty-fve last year, which
/ speaks well for the management oil inc
/ town officers for the last year.
vINDHAN COUNTY.
a youth in Brnttleboro was fined : Tor
| an assault on his mother.
Thirty-t=o deaths in the Brattleboro In
/ sane Asylum last year.
| The train coming north over the Vermont
/ Valley railroad, on the afternoon Of the 1t
| inst, had a narrow escape from destruction
While running at a high rate Of speed near
East Putney, the tender jumped from the
track, and the baggage car followed II. In
this condition the train ran nearly guar
ter Of q mile before 1t could be stopped, vet
strange 10 say, none Of the passenger cars
left the track The wheels of the tender
and baggage car were completely demollsh-
ed, and only strong Stacking saved The
whole train ir0u destruction.
Warren 4 Co, Of Brattlsboro, VIII re
build their tannery, which wa recently
burned, the coming season
There were some 20 new dwelling houses
built in Brattleboro last year, ct IN average
cost Of &, 200, making the total amount
invested over $4,000.
Bellows Falls new hotel Is progressing
finely. The steam boiler and heating sp-
paratus are in full blast. and plastering Is
going on rapidly. Il Is expected 10 y
ready for use about June.
" Evacuation Day was celebrated. it is
ssid, on W ednesday night at the Brattle-
bOrO House, when Q number OF barrels %
liquor were rolled out Of the house and
transported TO New Hampshire, for fear Of
cOnhsCation.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The golden wedding Of Abial T. and Dora
Dutton, formerly Of Hartford, but for fifteen
years residents Of Kansas. was celebrated az
their home in Burlingame, Usage county.
On the 29th ult They lost four sons ia the F.
army, and have remaining Two sons end T.
two daughters.
Cayendish has voted tax Of two per
cent. IN support Of the FLETCHER Town /.
Library. which now numbers = so VOL .
umes, 1850 Of which are az the branch n .
Proct0rsville
Since the refusal 0fNo0istock O. light is
s..
both HOot and Screech."
McIndoe. Of the Windsor Joru13. isabout
TO- establish two new papers. one devoted
to agriculture and the other an attractive
paper for the amusement of the young pe1-
pie, al q low price.
The town Of Rochester has raised It's por-
non Of the money for the survey Of the
Montpelier 4 Rutland railroad. This Is the
first ruWu % rp~lU~r ss-anHr- 90 -rrr.-fr Sob
bridge, NJ the last town meeting voted %
raise IL assessment y two hundred and ten
dollars
The Woodstock P0si SAYS that the natives
Ji Psmtret have instituted turning out .
p -aces at convenient places along the roads
ana stuck up fence rails as q visible sign.
The quantity Of snow has uecessitatei the
'pHclng Of the rails several times.
The present proprietor Of the Granville
House, Middle Granville, y. y. has rented 7
The hotel o. a gentleman from Ludlow. for
he coming year.
The attendance at the Black River
,cademv- Ludlow. this term. Numbers one y
hundred and twenty. The largest number 5
or some years Z
Sharon Is afflicted wiki measles.
February 18th, while Frank Lowell and 7
wife Of Norwich We're visiting a neirhb5r.
heir little daughter, ten years old who had II
zen left IN care of the house and three q
0unger children. was burned % death 4 p
window curtain catching fire she enieav0red -
o extinguish il, and in 81 doing her own b
l0thes took. Her stomach was burnt So
hat her heart could be seen beating between Il
er ribs, and one hand was burnt - that it h
ras all drawn up She died Thursday W
l0rnins after much suffering, being m
terally burnt % crisp from her chin 10 f.
er waist. d