Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-02
STATE NEWS.


4 Jonas \ Smith has erected a tower sixty
feet nigh on G7and View Mountain, in Ad-
di~lu, where large numbers repair TO take
/ look
The rroyrietor- Of the Lake Dunmore
House. Salisbury, propo>e to get up cen
tcnuial celebration OF the beech sealing. and
the exploits Of the Green Mountain boy,
20 be holden a5 Lake Dunmcre on Saturday,
July 81 There Is a strong probability
that General Bl:i,r Will be the orator OF the
dao.
LENSl,iIoN COUNTY
b. the -toppase Of the knitting mills in
Bennington. It Is estimated that more than
four hundred persons will be thrown out OF
Z employment.
The senior class OF the Burr y Barton
Seminary, Manchester, have commenced the
publication ot an elght-page quarterly pa
per, called Tie NmHary CourGHt
The Bennington NarS says that in ro-
iHuving some bodies from the cemetery, in
that town. the body OF Mrs. BIrt.ott. buried
some twelve years ago. was found TO be pet
rited, weighing five hundred pounds.
The ucw Masonic Hall at North Bcnnios-
ton, erected in place OF the one destroyed by
fire last year, and 10 he occupied hy the
Masonic lodge and the CommandeFy OF
I Knights Templar. was appropriately dedl-
Gated hy the Ma-pnS, june 2ith, with beiit-
ting ceremonies.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
Wool Is selling in Caledonia county at
forty cents for prime washed thirty cents
for unwashtd Prime fine combing woods
have sold rs high as iorty-two cents.
On Sunday last, Mrs Leonard Willard, of
/ 81. Johnsbury. about eighty years old, was
found dead in her room. She ate a hearty
break fast and was feeling a. well as usual.
About nine O'Clock she was found dead Ia
her room, lying upon her face upon the
floor
RUTLAaD COUNTY.
The people of West Haven deny that there
have been any murders ur poisoning cases
in that town.
L. l.. Perk inS. of Rutland, and Mr.. Dag
gctt, a California miner, are blasting Tor
lead and silver ore, on top oi the mountain
between Rutland and Pittstelt. They find
4 rich deposit.
On Friday last, Rodney Smith, resident
OF East POuitney. while shcarIng sheep IN
the barn of Isaac II Morgan, suddenly fell
forward, relaxing his hold On halt-shorn
sheep. and expired without a grOan, word,
or struggle. Tie is supposed to have died
from disease of the heart.
SUDDEN DEAru On Tuesday oi last week
Mr. A bel FairbrOther, OF Coventry, one ol
the most wealthy and respectable CITIZENS Of
that place, went into his cellar, TO load pO-
tatoe-. while in profuse per>piration. The
sudden change IRON the heat OF the out
door atmosphere, at q time when he WAS 50
heated up, TO the cold damp cellar, closed the
pores of the skin and arrested the circulation
I of the blood 50 that when about hall Il
wagon load had been carried out OF the eel
lar, he felt ~ badly that he had to stop
work and lie down. He grew rapidly
worse. and died the same day He leaves
wife, but no children HIS age was fifty
three years.
Burlington has a free exhibition daily, on
the lake near the railroad. The charming
innocence of the great. lubberly boys who
play the water nymph near by, in full view
of the passengers in the cars, Just as the
train from the south slows for the Buring-
ton depot, Is above praise. \ little soap
and a scrubbing brush would probably give
the added attraction OF the real native color,
bot then the picture has all the primitive
beauty of mature unadorned,' and il the
lady and gentlemen passengers really enjoy
the exhibition, we don't know why we
should take exceptions We can stand it if
they can Vggennes Hermonfer.
A miserably-sbod tramp called upon a
Danbury family for an old pair of shoes.
The lady of the house gave him a shoe, OBJ
serving: "I've only a pair to spare. |
give you one, and will keep the other for
! some other unfortunate who may come
along" The man dropped grateful tear
| in behalf Of the other unfortunate, it is sup
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