Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-20


800 per cent. The real is estate appraised at
crease of about Is per cent Number of
polls 31,S making grand list Of sol i,033,
against $jlG. jS;;, in 1850, an increase Of
about IS per cent. The heaviest taxpayers
are Erastus Field, who payson So, 800; John
and Gordon Smith on S21,95j ; DIR. y. +.
Burdick, on so, j2::; : stephen Hale S22,
| TIC: ID. t. Bishop, cl5. 500 X. l.. Gausha,
Sl6,3S0; L. Il. and T. Howe 310,0S3 :;
Asahel Peck's estate, Sl1,fG. Ferdinand
| Beach Sl2.0GS
CHARLOTTE .ian,s ". Williams rcceiv-
ed telegram on The ,ih inst announcing
the sudden death e l't...H. Wilson J. vii
!iams Of Ninccir.,-. i;,!:, .. lie death was
So sudden resulting IS Is supposed from
heart disease il' the news of lis sickness
had not been ipiwnsdcd. He was buried
Sunday, the Sih, ami the Ninccnncs Daay
SIN says:
Long years haze passed since the
demise of Il citizen has left such profound
and gloomy impress on this community Mr..
Williams, for man of wealth, was undOubt-
edy the most generous hearted man in the
city, unloosing his purse strings and
giving freely as the MONDAY sun. Since his
death it has been general remark that Mr.
Williams had not an enemy in Tie world.
Every one will sadly miss the manly form
the whitencd head, the friendly smile and
the warm-hcartcd CHEEKY ways
The SIN says fully four thousand people
attended his funeral which was conducted
with Masonic hono.s, and was the largest
'''r lell in TIE CIV. Mr. Williams will he
ions rci' I'D y very many friends IN
| this anu "a ..dl 'iriug towns.
And now the rains have come. rather TOO
bountiful!y if anything. The prospect for
grass and grain could hardly be better.
In reference TO the Improvements on the
poor farm. ii you should read stone and
mortar walls, instead Of of stone and mar
bic for the barns to stand on, It would be
about the thing.
The fisherman is in his glory, and bull
pouts innumerlblc delight his soul.
1t is reported that grea. preparations are
being made by campers and pleasure par
ties for jolly times along over the lake shores
this season.
Several hunters, il is reported, were out
| all day recently on Mount PhilO in pursuit
Of an animal supposed 10 he 4 lynx. Such
an animal has been seen several times in this
vicinity.
Various improvements are now being
made ana III contemplation IN thc chapel Oh
the Congregational Society and surrounding
grounds.
Foxes are too numerous to lncntioa, and
poultry raiscrs have 10 watch their fowls
with eagle eyes. \ twelve-ycar- son of
Michael Coync caught fox in one Of his
steel traps recently.
Our total grand list this year is Ss3li.93
against S62G3.U1 in 1880.
1t was queer freak in Tie Legislature TO
cut down the rate per hour for work ON the
highway, especially in view of the increase
in the grand list. Under the law and with
our list as it is the highway tax is enormous
| Some OF oar heaviest men have highway tax
es ranging from so to SlUo. This money
rightly and thoroughly expended will make
our roads like driving parks.
Up 10 May 10Th, eighty dog licenses were
| inserted by the town clerk.
Look out out for tic constable with his
warrants for shooting unlicensed dog.