Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-22
vERMONT NEWS.

Ann Kane. lsundress ct the junction
uonss White River junction, for twenty
wear. mast. Is now seventy-fve years oid.
DARING the entire period OF her service sne
has not but once been more tnan eish.y
rods from the house, and has not los. uaS.
except by sickness. Like last coiors' Sne
washes we'll.
photographer in Bristol refused to &c.
a LADY remove her child from DIS rooins
until she had paid for half dozen pictufes
of tbs infant cherub she had orueleu'
he held the child as security ior inc sum,
sum of fifty cents. which the mother nna..y
obtained from friend. This IL ne" way
of collecting bills.
The citizens of Dorset are going 10 erecs
monument next year to marx tne si'e y.
the house of Cephas Kent, IN whicu 'ne
Council of Safety held several mee''nss
Vermont's Centennial comes In ioH, anu
Bennington County has really AWAKENED 20
seps, Of her importance as the his'orio
ground of the State
The survey of the proposed railroad rom a
Bethel to Rochester has just been conpie.
ed. Work will soon b, commenced, anu
the road, when completed, VIII conheo'
with the Central Vermont at Bethel
A new paper is to be started in Ludlow
soon.
The Brandon Aqueduct Company Is organ,
lied, and the capital stock, SIS ,OOo. Is aIi
taken. N. 7. Sprsgue, Jr.. Is president OF
the corporation.
Mrs. Sarah Chandler, of Starksboro. IN
the 10Th year Of her age, pieced oedquls
with !. 81 pieces, notwithstanding she mas
been blind in enc eye over thirty years. anu
could not see well enough to thread her
needle nearly half the time.
The equity of redemption Of the Indus
trial Works Compaby's real estate al
Springfield, was sold, Friday, for the bene-
bit OF the creditors, TO c. ID. Brink Co.
for S37I. the mortgages amounting to
81 300. The personal property, consisting
Of machinery, printing presses, paint stock,
lumber and other stock finished, unfinished.
and in process of manufacture, was sold to
Samuel Afford, Jr.. for about $500.
The town of Bennington. aided By indi-
vidual subscriptions. is renOvating the old
cemetery, where lie buried the Bennington
soldiers killed in tho battle of Bennington.
This is done in view Of the Centennial cele-
bration Of the battle, next year.
A. the commencement Of the autumn
term Of the Bennington graded school the
Catholic pupils were all removed to the
Catholic school. No complaint has ever
been made that the public schools were sec
tartan. but Catholic children are no longer
allowed to attend them.
few days since two men in Lowell. Vt.
by the name of Gabarie freed and shot three
cubs, which were left In the woods while
pursuit was made for the old bear. Daring
the absence of the hunters, one Of the cubs
L. -. - HI
take off the skin, in order to get the bounty
of SIS In the meantime the Gabarie wo-
men found out what was up and started for
the thieves. whom they charged upon with
pitchiorks and drove away, recovering the
stolen animals. The Gabaries received Sij
bounty money.-BGrtOR MOHHOr.
Among the incidents of the election the
Democrats report one OF their voters from
Saxton ; river. who had never ridden on or
seen the railroad or cars and who had not
been to the village before tor thirty five
years
The Lamoille county fir cleared $500
above all expenses.
The Normal school at Johnson was opened
with sixty pupils the first week. The same
board Of teachers remain in charge.
Col H. s Hard has been appointed re-
celver for the bankrupt Arlington Car
Manufacturing Company and the works are
again running 10 close out the work on
hand.
The people of Bristol contemplate mon
STIR SibbaIh-schOol picnic next Tuesday. Ii
is expected that the Middlebury. Nergennes,
Hinesburgh and Bristol bands will be in
attendance, and the Sabbath-scho0ls of
Lincoln. Starksboro, Monkton. New Haven
and Bristol. They will meet at the park
and from there proceed to a grove about
half mile south of the village.
The Mount Mansfield Hotel, at Stowe. has |
been more literally patronlzsd this season |
than for many years.
The Good Templars' Union for Washing |
ton county convened at the Universalist |
Church in Northfeld Thursday. The ad !
dress of welcome was made by Rev r. A. |
Green, of Mortified, and the response was
made by E. +. Smith, of Cabot After this |
came reports from various lodges in the |
county. of which there are twelve. All /
Gus condition. the aggregate membership |
State being Mortified Lodge. No. LIS,
which has a membership OF go. Nearly
300 sat down TO the tables, which were
bountiiully supplied by the ladies of the
town. The afternoon services consisted of
the discussion of the question, What are
the hlnderances to the successful work in
this county at this TINA" The speeches
were enlivened BY music After supper an
address was made by Mrs. Helen Rich. OF
Brasher Falls, n. Y.