Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22
VERMONT NEWS,

Chelsea is moving for cornet band.
Wool of fair quality is selling in Wash
ing ton county at 80 to "a cents per pound
FIfly-four citizens of johnson have sub
scrlbed 50 each towards village library
A horse trot is announced at Barton, for
Wednesday, July ith. S625.G0 in pre-
miums.
Col. A. 7. DuntOn has sold out his res
taurant business at the Bellows Falls depot
to o. l.. Slader.
y Cavendish farmer finds that chickens
will destroy potato bugs more etfectually
than anything else.
Several farmers OF johnson, have lately
had quite number of lambs DESTROYED by
dogs or some wild animal.
There will be series Of gospel meetings
held in the NJ f. Church at Elmore Pond,
June 2lst till 9th, inclusive.
Alexander Shields of Barnet has sold
from twelve cows, this season l,OIO pounds
OF butter at % cents per pound.
Michael Myers, OF Woodstock. has made
fourteen and three -fourths pounds of butter
from the milk of one COW in seven days.
Two young men of South Woodbury. were
each fined SIS and costs, for getting drunk
and breaking upa religious meeting.
\ short time ago Herman Wood. of
Bakersfield, caught an eagle which measur-
ed seven feet four inches from tip to tip.
Lambert Hastings. of Newbury, took
pair Of oxen to Boston market that dressed
three thousand one hundred and sxty-nine
pounds.
The ore in the recently opened copper
mine at Canaan assays ninety-six dollars
per ton. 1t is easily worked. and promises
to be big thing"
Abial cole. soldier of the war of lSl2,
was recently found dead in his bed at the
Newport House. in Newport. lie was
eighty four years of age.
The seventh annual meeting of the Wind
ham County anti-masonic society is an
nounced to be held at Fayetteville, June
25th.
An old resident of Panton. remembers
that on the morning of June 9th, 1912, il
showed as hard in that town az he ever
saw it"
The Catholics of Barton. have purchased
the church building which the COngrega-
tionalists vacated when they moved into
their new edifce.
Lewis c. Combs house. with most of its
contents, was burned at Dummerston the
18th. by fire OF unknown origin loss
$1,000, insurance 500.
Miss j. G.. Houghton, of Marlboro, has |
been committed to Jail in default of two |
hundred dollars bonds, for obtaining two |
names to Il noto, by false pretences.
Oren Wheeler seventeen years of age, of |
Newbury, was fatally poisoned the II inst,
by drinking corrosive sublimate from a bot
tie. supposlng it to be whiskey.
In Newbury, recently. the timbers of the |
belfrey IN the Congregational church gave |
away while the bell was ringing Tor service,
and the bell fell with a fearful crash.
Woodstock people raised the proportion
assigned them S5O0-for the Bennington
Centennial celebration in one day and paid
the money over to member of the executive
committee.
Arrangements arc being made for
swimming match across Greensboro Pond,
on the Fourth o:July, between Dartmouth
student who is stopping at GreensbOro and
one Of the tOwnsmen.
One of the boys a, tue State Reform
School died recently OF congestion Of the
lungs. lie had been sick for some time
HIS remains were taken to Coventry, his
homo.
Charles F. Urvis. Of Manchester, has TT
ceIved handsome bronze medal and testi
monial from the Centennial Commission for
his display of fishing reels at Philadelphia
last summer.
George Mills and Frank Duks. of South
Barton, got into q row, which ended IN
Mills striking Duke with slab, causing
dangerous injuries, but it is thought that
he will recover.
Some scamps recently entered the dwell
ing of AlcnE0 Fairbanks, of Bridgewater,
during the absence Of the family, and stole
a watch belonging to his daughter. and
quantity OF flour, potatoes, etc.
5. ID. Lawrence and Joseph Daniels were
buried under a sand bank at st. JOhnsbury,
the 18th, but help was promptly at hand
and they were rescued without suffering
much injury,
Mr.. T.. T. Crittanden. who has lust
graduated from the New Haven theological ,
seminary, has arrived ut Barton Landing ',
and commenced his laborS with the Con
gregatiOnal Church at that place and
On the 9Th, Henry Severance attempted I
,uicido Mt the residence Of his father. in /
Montpelier. lie struck himself twice on the 9
head with II Hat iron, and became so violent
hat 1t became necessary to remove him to
me jail Tor SiIe keeping. /,
The diphthc-ia seems once more to be +
.batlng at East Bethel. The present eases
eem To be in n milder form and but three
n number. The village Is almost destitute .
lt the children. whose faces but a few short :
sceksago Frightened the many homes which d
ire desOlated.
Grand Master tale, t'rand Senior Warden -,
Parker, Grand Marshal smith Grand Guar
ian Shaw. and ten members of kilington
md Stark Lodges. l. q. q. f., of Vermont,
instituted the pcerfeld Valley Lodge. No. :
). at ReadsbOr1. Tuesday evening. '
After trying for eight years. }. /. Lam
on, ESD, OF cabot has at last succeeded in r
blaming a pension tor Mr.. h. F. Hall. for t.
las son who died in the service in lS63- c
to 81 80, which has been paid
yer to Mr.. Hail "
Miss. Hattie Olds. AZ ed - years. daugh- l.
er of Erastns Odds. OF Norwich. young
ady OF great promise, was taken to the
insane Asylum at Brsttlehoro, recently :
he has an idea that sho has commit, led 40 81
sin and is to be forever cursed I,
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