Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-24

ment. should send their names early TO
Prof j Dana. Rutland.
The one huuIredth couple who have
blown ont gas, stopped at the American
Hotel, Glens Falls. last week They were
from the rural districts The late retiring
guests smelling it, notified the porter, who
woke mp the couple. telling them that the
"a, was leaking is it," asked the
swain .' / thought blew it all out '''
Daring the year 1872, there were :, l5j
entrances and clearances of vessels, steamers
and other craft at the two custom houses of
Champlain and Vermont. coming from and
going to Canada. and passing through the
draw at Rou-si- Point, with a tonnage of
70s. 95I tons. Value Of their imports. So
20, 1876 The duty collected on these by
the United States. is estimated at over
500. 600
SusBrRY.-Rey. \. B. Lyon, of Ferris
burgh, supplied the pulpit in the Congre-
gational Church last Sabbath, and admins
tered the Sacrament.
Prof John + Hawkins gayean interest
ing lecture Jan. 18th, in'the town hall, on
High schools"
Mr. David Ingal-, of Salisbury, aged .
years, has, as part Of her winters work,
picked over y bushels Of beans, one By one,
and knit five pounds of cotton yarn into
-tocking>
About Qur,.-An old lady in Ran
dolph, Vt. writes lis. that talking about
quilts, since she was sixty years Old, she
has made one quilt with $50 pieces. another
one of l,l50 pieces; also. one she calls
90 the mariner compass. with twenty
blocks, of -eyenty--eyen pieces each, in the
quilt, and another with 80 pieces in it.
She has also made one Of iifty-six blocks.
Of 100 pieces each making . 600 pieces.
DoSArloN-On the evening of Tuesday,
the 18th inst, the members of Colchester
Centre Baptist Church and congregation,
20 the number of a hundred or more, met
their pastor. Rev r. Mott, and his wife, at
the residence ofB W Haynes, Esq, for the
purpose Of a donation visit. Cash. and ar
ticles representing cash, were left TO the
value Of $1,000. Articles sent IN By kind
friends previously, bring the amount up to
SI3O One Of the gifts was superb land
-cape chrome, 20 by . inches. and elegant
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"llll' ''''''H 'll-l' Has '''" up
pointed Postmaster for NllilSton village.
Rev. 7. G. Potter had a donation visit
-. J. .+ IN r. rl.,~a. Tb. me-,
receipts were 500
Mr. Marvin NJ Hewitt killed a hog Is
months DID, for J.. y. bishop that weighed
oil dressed PORK o3o i'- inns Is Inc
land Tor ''porker>-
FATAL A'tinENI Al W lNoosAi--on sat
urday morning. about three O'Clock. a
~. ,..,.i p--..,,.-l, l.,.,l 40,
freight tram. was run over by one or
more wheels of the tender Of an engine, and
50 badly injured that be lived only short
time The engine was backing up TO hitch
On to ear on the side track and Bur
vough~ was running ahead of the engine,
when his foot caught in the " frog of the
switch. and before he could release himself
the tender came on to him, breaking one
leg and hip four times. and the other leg
f.a. avn
was also reported broken lie was taken
to the residence Of his uncle. not far away.
and medical assistance wa. summoned. but
little coull Dee dome for MIN His widowed
mother lives AT Claremonr y II He was
,b,pt p;,.t.a, ,.,r. of soe
NORTHERN IRANsroSrAHoN LINE--At the
recent annual meeting oil lhe Nor'hern
transportation Line Tue l'"o"'ns ON
GER were CHOSEN
e 0lTec'2r- N n : N, o,IA; p.,i.n llaysn
i ! Au.tin NJ ! H Raj If {lbany &
Of Troy, H. ; 'aylord, :. {. Ball. ). {.
WTi5"3d' " l. 'l,i~on. ii d. ~ uer N
I. Jilison Vice President and II r. SNYDER
Secretary and Treasurer A dividend oil
eisht per cent was also declared.
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Robert II Cook. oscar r Davis Tboma,
McCrsa, of Whitehall, i. l. Blanchard, c
" farnham' oi Troy d; j. lianmon9, O.
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