Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-01
VERMONT NEWS.

ADDISON COUNTY.
There are now seventy boardcr~ at the
Bread Loaf Inn, Ripton.
!. r. Crane. the famous bee-keeper Of
Bridport, counts on obtaining 10000
pounds of honey from his hives, this season.
There assembled recently, at the residence
| of Mr.. Henry Smith, New Haven, on the
occasion of the birthday of Mrs Jerusha
| Crane, party of2l individuals Of the fol-
| lowing mature ages Mrs. Bottum, So /;
! Mrs. Langdon, Il Mr.. Langdon, "A Mrs.
/ Wilson. "A Mrs. Smith. so; Mr.. Smith,
/ 81: Miss Chaplin. "A; Mrs. Crane, II
| Mrs. Sprague, so; Mrs. Hathorn, IS Mrs.
| Barton, II; Mr. Hathorn, rs; Mrs.
| Squires, Il, Dea Clifford. 10 Mrs. Dexter,
| IS: Dea Dexter. 20 Mrs. Washburn, "A /;
Mrs Landon, %; Mr.. Landon, p; Mrs.
Wilcox, - The aggregate ages Of the 81
On, SIS were ,j67 years, or an average OF
9yer i years. As might be expected the
marty eparated at an early hour, highly
ratified With the days enjoyment.
Go. : has given Volunteer Hose Co.
or Vergonnes $50, for their services in pre-
venting the de- truction Of his property by
fire.
Vercennes has new uniformed hose
comnanv called the 't.er Greek.
REMINGTON COUNTY.
Remington paper s'ys that :helr town
used to send good many boys To collese'
bnt of late they had been content to furnish
a full quota to the Reform School at Water
bury.
The Stark House at Bennington has been
sold at auction to Calvin Norton Tor S.
200.
The Burritt brothers of Manchester
cought another bear on Friday last. This
ma kes the forty-ninth which they have
cantnred and all nearly in the same place.
| On Friday of each of the last three weeks,
| thew have been able to take bear. without
| hait of any kind. which makes their success
in hear catching all the more remarkable.
II appears that the bears in rambling about
| the woods have certain stopping places,
| ,vbere each one leaves his mark by scratch
mo or pnawing the tree. Several of these
stations have become known to the Burritts,
50 they place a policeman on the watch,
and when once the culprits are arrested no
bribe can secure their release or stay their
punishment.
Waterbouse & Dench. at Manchester,
have had to suspend their factory business
ON account of the loss Of their mi'-dam,
which was undermined by n'ud-fW who
were observed to be working a IA lori
time before it gave way.
Hon. II. Boardman Smith, formerly o
Remington, now a Member OF Congres
from the Otsego, NY, district, Is travelling
in Europe.
The liquor traffic in Bennington is unusu
ollv brisk. There are between sixty anC
seventy places where liquor is sold Nearly
every day the past week some one has beer
confined in Jail for drunkenness and disorder
iy conduct, one policeman having Locke
no one each day for three days in success
sion.
About a scar ago two sons OF Nichola
' tIo,.hor of Bennington enlisted at Troy II
he regular army. and were forwarded t
~ re9in,ent for which they were designat
tn The regiment was finally sent to figh
ed. Modes. News has Just come TO Mr.
the that one of his sons was capture
ilaIpo Indians with some Others ana IN
py tne of them were found where the
remains Nurned, whether dead or alive
nae , Deen but probably alive. me s othe :
s nU' Deserted Sm several months ago anu nea
the The mines in The vicinity. a uau ~
soldiers were se.T 10 Aii''' III" VII
miners secreted him.
GALE DONNA .o iate,v shot
Walter Green, of Da- N a birch tree
couple of gos-hn wks fro .ot three voun
then climbed the tree and " sent To II
hawks which have since be, '.ntrol Parl
superintendent of New York 1.
| The gos-hawk is rarely found.
Can't. Wright. of St. Johnsbury own
spent his 93d Fourth of July hoeing C
his garden. y
Miss " Becky Moore, says the Lynn
| Union, SO wears old, went oct spinning on
week lately, and between Monday morning
and Saturday noon, spun forty skens