Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-13

A'A1h w, AOOEs
O'Clock. Four Of the steers were Killed out.
right, and thrown back against the fence. A
hind ley Of the fifth was broken aud he was
otherwise injured so that he had to be taken
to the slaughter house. The steers were the
property of ii. F. Lothrop Of Pittsford who
owns the old Shackett farm in Middlcbury.
MIR. John Flint, drummer for Winch Bros
boot and shoe dealers of Boston, has beeu
making brief visit home. John has been
on the road good many years and hssproven
very successful as travelling salesman.
The negotiations of Mr. Redfeld, formerly
OF the Falrhaven Fra, for the purchase of
the Addison County Journai, appear to have
fallen through, and that paper will probably
continue in the hands of the present mana
gers, Messrs Cobb and Fuller
gentleman who lives about on the line
between Whiting and Cornwall had business
In Middcbury the other day and was unex-
pectcdly delayed here until after nightiall
no remarked il as somewhat curious that al
though he had done all his trading in Middle
bury for over forty years, yet he had never
before seen the town lit up, this being the
first time he had ever been IN Middcbury al
ter dark in all that tine.
An MISUNDERSTANDING man came to
town Monday morning. having in his over
coat pocket large bottle filled with winc which
he intended to use as n sample of some nice
grape wine which he had to sell lie offered
the bottle to .onc of several persons who
were collected around and asked him to test
1t. lie did test it-rather eXtcnsivcly-and
then passed it around, and almost before tho
old gentleman was aware of it the bottle was
well-nigh empty. Whereupon, becoming
cnraged he went for an officer to arrest the
party, and was told tnat he ought TO be
thankful for getting his bottle back and that
he might he arrested himself if he didn't
make tracks" lie made tracks.
The board of pension examiners recently
| established here by Commits ioncr Dudley,
consisting of Doctors Russell, Porter and
| Sutton, is now fully organized and at work.
DIR. Porter is president ofthe board and Dr.,
sutton secretary. Large numbers Of ap-
| picants are sent before them for cXamina-
| ton.
The Metropoltans played "Fanchon the
Cricket to a small house Monday night, and
announced a dramalzed version of Wilkit
Collins's novel, The New Magdacn" TO,
next performance. They play fairly well and
expect to stay here all the week.
Henry 5. Foot, Esq, who has prac,iccd
law in Brooklyn, y. Y, for several wear,
has removed to Middlcbury and opened
law office, intending To devote himself for til,
future to the practice Of his profession here
Mr. Foot is Il graduate Of Middlcbury college
and first hung out his shingle us lawyer
here in Middlchury Before the days of tho
Stewart x Eldredge partnership, Mr.. Foo
was partner of john W. Stewart, ard h,
was once states Attorney of Addison county
UiptOn.
| Rp,on and Cornwall have MOVED the re-
putation OF having more petty law suits than
any other two towns in Addison county
Jus, now, however, Rpton is having al I'M
usual long rest from litigation.
Many Ripton farmers complain that tn,
potato crop don't pan out SO well this yea
as II usually does, The potatoes, for tho
most part, are smaller than ordinarily, An,
there are not 81 many to the hill.
The Ripton school district furnishes Il new
Illustration Of the proverb which says Nv ha
is everybody's business is nobody business
Some time ago this district voted to build
new school hOusr-oi which the need wa
great instead Of having a laN tor til,
purpose OF purchasing the necessary
lumber it was voted that each tax
such par, of the lumber AZ would be his pro
portion. Il was also voted that at certain
time each Taxpayer should be ON hard al,
help to prepare the ground for the propose,
building. a building committee was ap
pointed, and when the time for beginning
operations arrived, only four sticks OF lin
Der had been drawn, and not an individual
taxpayer put in an appearance to help t,
prepare the ground. Then the huil,iing com
miltec had to purchase the needed lumber
and had 10 pay 81 per thousand more for
than they would have had to at the time o
the school meeting at which every one toree
to furnish his share OF the lumber.
Cornwall.
Many Cornwall people have been ava
visiting their friends this fall, and man
Others have been OF on the excursions I
, Montreal, New York and Boston.
Cornwali's onion crop this year will n,
detract anything from the towns rrpututiO
as grower of onions The fact is that III
chief productions Of Cornwall are onions an
French babes. There is one particular Sc,
, ton of the town which is inhamted prime
pally by Canadian French, who are inustl
onion planters, and this section produc,
more onions annually than nyothcr of tqu,
area in the universe The crop OF Oniol
this year is unusually large, hut we have IT
5 ccived no late aiviCcs as to the baby crop
:, About forty men are now at work at Il
. old paper mil falls. 4 canal of cunsiderah
=, length is being blasted through the rock 4
= the ~lst side OF the river below the falls, An
the dam is being SO placed rs to turn Il
$ whole current of the river through this cam
IL At the end will he the pulp MIL which,
{ IS said, will be put up and ready to run
the first of December. 4 paper mill is a.
II to be built. Cutting the canal will give
l. water power hardly to DO surpassed on Il
u creek Nidd!.}ury register.
II New Haven river is being turned caste;
!. at the south par, of Bristol flats to prove
II its cutting out luhdS aud the highway lrndil
l. to Mddlcbury.
L 4 large catamouut was seen on SOU
i Mountain, near Bristol, few days ago, viii
caused considerable excitement.
;, Who would no, live in Riplon, where ire
u raspberiies and blossoms were found qi
II plenty thus week
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