Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-26

LECTURE COURSE AT WILLIsToN. - Our
Williston neighbors have arranged for the
following excellent course of lectures, dur
ing the fall and winter. 1t will be seen
that the lecturers embrace some of the best
home talent in this section. The lectures
will be delivered in the Universalist Church.
Rev. L. e. ware-october 18TH ls73-suhleet-A
Rev. j. E. wright-october 18th Subject -
Una"
Rev. r. A. Groen-Noyember 18th subjcct-"The
Gen. W. W. Henry November 26th Subject
"CamP-fre Story; from The Wilderness 10 Coid Har-
bor.n
Rev. James Observation-Disclosures lOth-Subject-
"S6if HfID.n
Pro-. J. b. Hyndman-December 3lst-Subject-
Rev. Mr.. walbridge-January 18th, ls7i-subiect
"F0SsiiS"
Hon. r. S Tan-January 2sth, Is7i-s Subject -
Pend Questions"
BURNED TO DEATH.-A Frenchman named
La Bounty, living near Middlebury, while
driving home one night last week. had a
fit, fell back in his wagon upon a lantern
and was burned to death.
TALL GARDENNG.-Mr W. Stanley has
brought to our office, as specimens of his
success As a gardener, some stalks of corn,
measuring clcrm feet, and potato which
weighs three pounds and sir ounces. These
were raised in his garden on Shelburn street.
RICHMOND MARKET, Sept. .23.-Butter and
cheese active. About GOO boxes of cheese
offered and sold at 10 to lie. for farm
make; sage Il to I34c Ofbutter, $50 tubs
sold. Ordinary, p to Is; good, 80 to 81 ;
choice, - to 80. Potatoes, Zoe. for Early
Rose.
j. JOSHUA JENKINs.-Ihe noted humorist
of the Utica Hraid, 81. Joshua jenkins
(Alr. f. d. Taylor) lectures in City Hall
October Sd. lie is Oft the "Artcmus Ward, -
Josh Billings order Of talent, and his
effort is said to be trimming with wit and
satire. The lecture will be illustrated by
crayon drawings from Mr. jenkins own
hand
GATHERING OF VETERANs.-The fifty-ninth
anniversary Of the battle of Plattsburgh
was celebrated by the surviving members of
the FiGticth regiment, recruited in ISl2, at
Salem, \. Y, on Thursday. There were
fourteen out of the eighteen survivors pres
ent at dinner, their aggregate age being
l,lii years. Among them was Capt. Hugh
Mccall, of Rupert, Vt, aged cighty-nine,
the only living commissioned officer of the
Fiftieth regiment
The GRANGE MovuENT.-IIon. f. p.
Cotton of Irasburgh, Master Of the State
Grange Of Patrons OF IIusbandry, has been
recently visiting some of the leading towns
Of the State. He was at the Van Ness
House on Friday evening. 1t is under
stood that his mission is to make arrange.
mcnt- for extending the oranges" through
out the State. Mr. Cotton has been mem
her of the State Senate for two terms from
Orleans county and is a man of considerable
influence in that section of the State
Rev. ). 5. Cutting, D. D., during hi-
summers soiourn in Westport. y. Y. dis
covered among some remnants of the books
and papers of the late Hon. Asa Aiken~.
who was formerly lin 1893 and '2D one OF
the Judges Of the Supreme Court of Yer
mont, twenty or thirty copies OF. the Session
laws of Vermont Of carly dates. With
characteristic thoughtlulness DR.. Cutting
sent them to Burlington to be placed
where they would do the most good,
either in the College or State Library. They
have accordingly been divided between the
two. Libraries. 1t is fact (explainablc, We
suppose. by the burning of the State Hons
in 800 that the State Library. though if
has been the librarian aim to preseryc ioul
sets, contains not one complete set Of the
Session laws. DR.. Cuttings gift has sup
piled one of the two missing numbers (fol
the years 1871 and '92) for the most com
plete set, and has furnished missing mum
bers for two other sets. 1t has also supplied
several numbers, Of years previous to 1900
to the University Library, which havemad'
good losses by theft from its set. fall who
have the oyerhauling of old garrets and
their collections Of papers and documents oil
two or three generations ago, were to show
equal thought and care. our Libraries would
be much the gamers thereby.