Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-01-09

BAREE.-Barre has man so pious that he
will not buy his wife new patent lap-board he
cause II has a checker board marked out on the
der side Of II. This same could not attend the
funeral services Of brother Knight of Honor
preached in neighboring town on SUNDAY be-
cause thereby he must be absent from noon
prayer meeting.
Barre and the whole region round for
twenty miles has had good sleghing for fortnight
the snow of the lith ult., having come TO stay.
There has been some very cold weather meanwhile,
the thermometer the 18th, 2lst and 2Gth record
ing from 20 TO - degrees below zero, varying with
different localities, Barre village taking the coolest
weather.
Barre has had two case Of delrium tre-
mems, which ior 4 strictly prohibiiory town is Il
somewhat startling record.
An extent has been issued against the town
collector OF ls.I for delinquency ia collecting taxes.
His real estate is advertised sale.
Our meat market has again changed hands
g. q. Jackson and George ". jeriords having sold
out 10 Geo. A. smith OF Williamstown.
Christmas was observed at all the churches
10y sunday-school festivals and the distribution of
presents from well-loaded Christmas trees. AT the
Congregational church II hushel basket was pre-
sented 10 L widow who has been heard 10 say she
should Ice whole-fooed If she only had one. Thurs
day evening at Goddard Seminary was an oyster
supper attended by several from the village.
The recent death of Frank i. Thurber and
. consequent payment of two thousand dollars life
insurance 10 his mother has operated a. quite an
advertisement to the knights Of Honor. Numerous
applications for membership have recently been re-
Criyed and among them from a local phy-
sician OF some prominence and leading Repub-
lean candidate for Town Representative in ISIS.
But the doctor applicant, somehow or other,wa re-
Jrcicd, black k-balled by enough members to exclude
him,-rumOr has il, from personal reasons by the
friends OF another doctor, an unsuccessful compel
it"r with the former for the appointment Of mc'li-
cal examiner of applicants for Government pen
si"ns. This is Barre reiribution.
Saturday evening, December eth. 1879.
Granite Lodge No. Is, A. +. 4 4. NJ. celebrated lis
I twenty NTH anniversary This was also 81 John
the EHangellst's bay and there was public install
llton of officers Of Granite Lodge by Henry Ferris.
District Deputy Grand Master. An address was iv-
lN-red hy NJ. W. Iavani NJ. Read OF Bellows Falls.
Grand Master OF the Grand Lodge of Vermont.
These exercises were N Masonic Hall beginning at
O'Clock y. In- Refreshments We're furnished AT
Town Hall including an oyster supper, after which
were iOa-ts hy Geo. W 1lldcn, toast master and
ponses hy Wehber Tillen, one Of the three sur
vivng charter members Of the Lodge; hy Dr. j..
/ Henry jackson, W. NJ. Henry Priest Principal Of
/ ,.,I,iar,i SEMINARY. Rev Jamrs Vincent Dr.
/ thas. II. t'hanberlIn, Ell Holden, u. W. Braey,
,.r" W Wing, Es'l., OF Montpelier, and others.
supplemented by picked CHOIR consisting of f'rof.
e. e. Bates and Miss Julia II. Stanton of Goddard
seminary, Mrs. br. q. H. thamberlin aud +. II.
Glid1cn-
Goddard Seminary has an amusing anec-
doe OF squash raised by its jantor, and under
his devoted care grown To AN enormous size. When
IN" fro-iS came the Ianitor put an old coat over
his squash and rested In serene confidence that no
III could befal IL But when he went 10 gather his
precious vegetable he gently lifted the covering,
wh-h 10! the iavon,e squash was gone. After
Ndny hunting all around, the disappointed Jlnitor
returned 10 the house and IN reply To queries from
Interested spectators OF his frut-si search he SAID
he Thought he wouldn't gather the squash TODAY. -
The vegetable next appeared In professor rtcIta-
ton chair dressed up To resemble the professor
himself. He sent II To his room and supposed II
safe, hut 1t soon disappeared and It's seeds were
distributed IN small packages 10 every member of
the faculty, and some were sent To neighhOrlng
town These last bore fruit In the shape Of an
enormous cake made io resemble the squash with
stem attached, hung upon the Christmas tree for
the professor. He iondy preserved II only 30 lose
again and IND II rcapprar at FRIDAY evenings re-
c-ptiOn, cut up for general distribution aud called
''the big squash"