Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-13
with r. z. Wait as Master and Orlow Jud


Miss Lizzie A. Rabbit, of Randolph llas
secured position rs sopran" S.nyx' III
church in the city Of Brooklyn, y \ WIN
a salary of $1,000.
Mrs. Lucy Hinkley. of Nershire, l. "
wears of age. She does the WORK Tor 'iie'
persons. takes care of the mix oil wv" CO."
knits sale mittens FOR Boston lrih, anu
walks 10 the neighbors with light loot
When she wants little rest from her work
Oranges have been organized at NershiFe'
Washington and Chelsea.
Leonard Fish, OF Braintree, has paid sloo
fine and costs for selling rum 1T hi> hotel
ORLEANS COUNTY
The annual railroad bali is this year to he
held at the Bellevue House, Newport, We'd
nesday evening, Feb. ii.
A decree in chancery document was lodg
ed in the town clerk s Office in Derby the
other day which measured 23t feet IN length,
written on legal cap, and closely written,
too.
Mrs. Locke. who died in lrasburgh. re-
Gently. at the age of 81, had had IA child
rem, IS grandchildren. so great-grandehIld-
ren, and three neutrality-suspicious.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Jerry Bly,, an old California miner, who
worked claim at the Pawlet gold digslngs
for several months, last season, reports the
gold of the finest quality. He i arrans-
Ing 10 resume work in earnest a. soon a
snrinr opens, and asserts that he can easily
make from IS to $40 a day. His brother
will ioin him in the enterprise
Gilman L. Estabrooks and Norris Wheel
or met with severe accident while engaged
L., tho Eu.f Maintain
in Sherburne on the 2sth ult. They chop
ned down large spruce tree. which lodged
on A sapling birch The spruce unexpect-
liz slid from the stump and caught ES;a-
brook's lee and Wheeler foot, and a. the
snrnce swung round and ran back it carried
| Wheeler with it, throwing him across the
snruce. As the top of the spruce rolled oil
1 tie birch the butt OF the spruce lay on an
/ ola loo. liberating Wheeler. They were
/ three-quarters of q mile from any house.
| Wheeler unable 10 move, ana EstahroOks
severely bruised. Estabrooks hobbled down
/ IN his house and started men Tor Wheeler,
EXPRESSING his fears that they would ind
| him dead. They succeeded III removing
! him TO a house and sent Tor medical aid,
/ EStabrooks' back was slightly injured. and
/ the small bone in the leg probably fractured
Wheeler has three or four fractured RIBS,
and n foot iearlully bruised.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
East Montpelier numbers among IT. In
! hahitantsa very large number OF aged pe1-
nle Three are ~, one 81 one % and eighi
range between - and 81 years of age.
The barns and SHEDS of d. 4. Wooster,
of Marshfield. were recently destroyed 10y
fire. his house narrowly escaping a Ike tate
! The fire was caused by the explosion oi
! kerosene lantern. The dry house lot Henry
/ Averil. of Mansfield, was burned recently
with slaves for about three hundred hniiel
tubs.
wINDnAM COUNTY.
The house of job Young. in Jamaica oe
eupied by George Boyn-on, recently caugh
fire near one Of the chimneyS and was con
! siderabiv damaged. Ii wa only ny th'
most active cxortion that the building wa
saved.
| Nntual Life Association was held at Brat
tleboro. on the Eth ult.. when the old
! hoard of officers were reelected a. follows
+ Uolhrook President ;. NJ. Waite. VICE
President +. A Nash. Treasurer and gen
eral manager James Dalton, secretary
Henry c. Willard. assistant secretary
Trial sykes. of Brattleboro, formerly pro
n-ietor of the old American House. died oi
saturday He had nearly reached the ~
Of 30. and hi- home had been IN Brattle
bo-o fo- over % years. where he was YER
highly respected. He never had been sick
until the day when he died.
\ meeting Of the State Board Of Agricui
ture will be held at Westminster. Iue~da,
and Wednesday. Fec. 10Th and llth. In
programme Is a. follows: Tuesday after
noon " Adaptation, by ". W. DAVIS
Fs1 Westminster intelligence and In
terprise Necessary 10 Succeed IN Farming,
bv T. D. Douglas, Whiting. Tuesday eve
ming. Highways" by y. q. Pierce. ESq
Westminster " Our Manufacturing Indus
tries" BY Hon Chas. II. Heath. Montpe
Her Wednesday evening. " The Atmo-
pierre by DR.. Hiram \. Cutting, Lqnen
hurrh d" Oranges" by Geo. SabIn, Esq
Westminster. Wednesday afternoon
Waste Products OF the Farm. by Prof
Peter Collier. Burlington; " Management
of swamp Lands" by T. f. jameson
I-asbnrrb Wednesday evening. '' W ha
shall we do with our Bows by Rev. =. /
Brainard, Westminster Running out 9
Stock, Crops and Lands, by DR.. l. II
Hoskins. St Johnsbury. Each paper Is
be followed by discussion IN which al AZ
invited to participate.
Col Z. D. Frost. q Braulehoro boy,
general superintendent Of the Mississippi
Central Railroad.
WINDSOR COUNTY
q. 4. WhitmOre. formerly OF Reading
has been some years IN Boston, connectc
with Halls. Gi.morc's and other celebrate
( bands a. clarinet player. His brilliant per
! formances mas won praise in New Aorh
b Il d ..sfs lNH
f Linden. Mas. a factory whore drums of q
kinds are made, also hanlos, guitars, etc
Dca. Benz. Aldrich. Of Springfield die
! recently. at the are OF nincty-lour. lie vs.
, the Oldest inhabltant Of the town. and
his death bnt two are left o7er ninety yeaT
OF age.
/ Woodstock j. ahou; to have grange.
Roman.o Spauldns. of Bethel wa daI
e gerously hart hy being caught %, % hcli 3
- his saw mill Jan. -.
An arrangement is concluded between 90
Woodstock Agricultural Association au
the Windsor County Agricultural Socicr
e. and the Fairs are thereby located uu Oh
I grounds for 10 YEAR to come.
Springfield has thief detecting ~'cicf.
The financial state of tho Co-opcrati'
Manufacturing Company. OF Springfield,
p - had that IT, stock sells for ouly 10 p,
> go. Tte1' .,rc ,,ro,,',.in,, T.. s..l their mr.
49,, nov, and cl,s, mn
Z In the bop.e NJ Iona, Glynn. in S7rin!
I frnm three month. 10 ~ wears and s
months who are thus described hv relation
shin bv our informant One rreat-gran,
1 mother Two sranimothcr-. three mother
one erandmothcr-in-law. two mothcr--il
law. one grandfather. two fathers. one fatl
er-ip-law. three sons. ono Sou-in-law. ~
.rraudsnn,. one .-rands1n-in-law. one srca
4 grandson. two daughters. one daughter il
law. one Granddaughter. two brother. Nv
e 6r,tbor.-in-law. two sisters. two -i~ter--ir
law. ONE unclc. one aunt. one rrand-aun
- ono annt-in-law. two nephcws. one nice
one widow and me maiden lady.
II Fison NJ Betbcl reecntly f,