Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-02
AND VICINITY.

BURLINGTON AND VICINITY.
An elegant new block on Church street.
ID replace half dozen rookeries, Is one oil
the possibilities of the coming season
Tne Commissioners for the town OF Essex
hsye decided to issue their bonds for the
bailding of the Burlington and Lamoille
Railroad, on the first proximo.
one of the encouraging signs OF the times
tie fact that heavy real estate owner OF
t- city announces that hereafter his build
i1e- will not be leased to liquor sellers.
BE-; others do likewise.
The building containing the waiting
room, ticket-ofhce, ETC., at the steamboat
lniing, has been removed to the west,
against the ireight-bouse. and Is under
going thorough renovation.
The loss by the fire. Saturday night. loots
$50 about $500. The building was insured
fr 8 OO0-SI 800 in the Champlain Mutual
Of this city, and the same amount in the
farmers Mutual. of Montpelier
The work Of cataloguing the books in the
Fletcher Free Library is gong on as rapidly
q, possible in the nature Of the case. The
probability now is that the Library will
not be opened TO the public much before
midsummer
Wuusr5N A free lecture i to be given
ia the town hoas. on Tuesday evening,
April Oh. at : o'clock, to which all classes
.-ts7eS;cd in the prosperity of farmers are
invited
RIoaaoSu Market. March 29.h.-Butter
ranged from - to 20c. for ordinary, - to
25c for choice. AMI - for selections
few boxes Of Mason factory cheese sold at
lGic; skinned and partly skinned, : to
iale.
The Old Folks Concert Of the Burlington
Harmonic Society, to be given at City Hall,
on Monday evening, April 9TH, promises to
De musical treat gilmore than ordinary in
ttre>t and enjoyment. and the eff )rts Of the
SIciety should be rewarded with a crowded
house. Read the minilesto-a unique affair
20 hc found in oar Advertising columns
ST.. ALBANs Butter MARKET, March %
Market about the same a last week, with
Slight rise in prices \ few very nice and
choice tubs -lli "a high as 80 to 81 cents
These prices being realized by competitive
bidding. Prices ruled as follOws Medium
TO good. 10 TO poe. common to fair, 20 to
els, selections. %; fancy. new. Is to Do.
shipments 2G3 tubs. Two thousand and
eish5j-seyen tubs of butter-about l0l $50
uluni--were shipped from this station
urins the present month.
fdE RIour GRAs-HorPER-A Milton cor
respondent writes that their local editor Of
The 90 Complete Angler has discovered
taAt The Kansas grasshopper cannot be sue
cc--tul.y employed as bait for smelt. The
risAt grlsshoppe-- are found IN Bolton.
where they are caught " on the ay' at the
proper season bg " Appleton's Guides"
The objection to the Kansas grasshopper is
that while the smeit at their ease greeiily !
swallow the Bolton insce: the Kansas grass
hopper, being hungry cmigrant, swallows
the smell n >ight.
Iuou4o>D- There Is much poverty among
the men that work in building railroads.
or at least those that pretend that j. their
business. 1t is nothing uncommon for
gangs OF men from two to eight To be- their |
supper. lodging, and breakfast Usually |
they are sent 20 the oyer-eer Of the poor. f.
Many of the Hca are hard looking, and /
poorly clad. When questioned closely they |
Viii admit they spend their money for .
strong drink, and never get any ahead. /
They pretend they are going to the Wells .
River Road from the road across the lake, 1
W else across the lake from Wells River
Is is getting late to commence sugar
milking Many Of the farmers tapped their
orchards last Saturday. There was not d
very free A5w Of sap, however.
The s.rse; Commissioners have extended /
>lr,h stree. through lands of Messrs L. c.
and H. l.. Dodge, ea,teriy to Mansfield
avenue, and the extension will be soon open |
% the public. All that part OF North Bend .
stree: living between Interval and WinooSri /
avenue, has been discontinued
Attention is called to the advertisement /
The Washington County Mix Pan, to be /.
t.alI IN another column 1t is claimed that T.
RE superior 20 all Others in water circu.a-
t.H, case @. management. durability. and /
beauty, and it is the only Pan that can he |
removed from the cooler without any adj /
--tius of screws OF packing.
Nuros DIR. N. y. Root. druggist. has .
-.d out his business to a Mr. Jersey, from |
Champaign. y. y. Nj Iersey also enters /
.at1 partnership with Dr. W s johnson,
ior the manufacture and sale of DR.. John :
-n's remedies The intention is to increase /
,ne business in both branches. The bust |
ness Us to De conducted under the firm Of
Ilsrzey IS Co.
fies.-TAe alarm Of fire at about half /
past eleven O'Clock Saturday night was
caused by the burning of the double house
ou Pearl street, at the head Of St Paul. /
aljuniny the residence Of Mr.. II. j. Nei. !
son, and owned by Mr.. c. l. Nelson The I.
IRE hli,e- were promptly ON the ground .
tho Boxers coming in first. though. on ac- /
count of the ~hortne>s OF their hose, the .
Ethans had the first stream on-and the .
DANES were SOON cxtingui-hei The exteri- /
ur %! the house is alm1s, untouched: but
the interior is very badly damaged. and is.
10 fact, almost a complete wreck The fire
caught from an oyerheated register. Tie
east tenement was occupied by Mr. NJ. j.
BiXhy, who however. had been moving on
the day of the fire, and had taken out most
o! his household goods The west tenement
was unocsupied, but had been rented By
Mr. \ i. Richardson, Of the firm
Of Wells, Richardson u Co, some of
whose carpets had been placed in .he hoa,e
Ia readiness To put down. These, however,
were saved. The fire situated a. IT was in
the centre OF the house, was peculiarly
Iifhcult one 70 cope with, and the hremcn
ure deserving of great credit for the admir-
able mannar IN which thoy acquitted them
selves The building was insured for 8 900
"a Col. T. : Peek : agency.
The floral decorations at the Methodist
church on Easter Sunday were of rare ole
rance and beauty, and deserving Of more
than passing notice. On table a. front
Of the pulpit was large cross Of the most
beautiful flowers. rising from large boG-
quet, made up 10 the finest taste on the
platform was crown, surmounted by
smaller cross, while a species Of fern sdoru-
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