Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-27
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
IIinesburgh.

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TO witness the marriage of his daughter
Miss Ella H. Ray, TO Mr.. Edward A Sever
ance OF Turner's Falls, (Nlontaguc,) Mass
lhe ceremony was performed by Rev. A. S
Gilbert. The collation. was bOuniiful ant
well served The gifts were choice and o
practical value. II was time of Joy, ant
their many friends extend the wish that i
may prove only ioretastc to their matri
monal life
The potato crop generally has turned oil
better than was anticipated. Mr. Josial
Barker drew four hundred bushels TO the de
pot of from two acres. lie has also raistt
thrty-seven bushels Of Burbank seedlings ol
n strip Of land 1lj feet by 81, which is at tn,
rate of 6Gi bushels to the acre.
Thursday evening, Mr.. T.. j. Murphy feel
off the back steps OF Hull's store about min,
feet, to the ground and broke his leg off
Few inches above the ankle.
On the 17lh inst, son was born to Mr.
and Mrs ii. NJ Page-wcight. eight and /.
quarter pounds.
Mrs. f. F. Brownsou in one day gathered
up in this parish S25 to get Rev. A. c. Field
an ovcrcoat. 1t is but II slight expression OF
the interest his people take IN his health and
their appreciation of his untiting labor moi
only in the church but out of it,
The Congregational socablc at Mrs. c. p.
Boynton's last Wednesday, called together
about fifty persons.
MIR. Jay Clarke has picked % barrels of
NO. apples in bis little orchard. Our peo.
pie will wake up some of these days TO the
fact that llincsburgh soil and climate are
favorable to fruit growing and will begin to
SET out new orchards and care tor their Old.
There is a great deal of old hay in town in
addition TO this years abundant crop. Along
the road toward Shelhurnc between this vii
lage and the town line can he counted %
stacks, some of them very large ones.
Rev. MIR. Finncy of st. Johnshury is STAY
ing in town for few days. An invitation
was extended to him to deliver the temper.
ancc lecture, Sunday evening, which he did
very acceptably to the audience
Mr.. Fred II. lIosford of East Charlotte
has an order from France for 200 pounds of
wild grape seeds, and last week lie secured
about all the wild or fox grapes in this section.
The seeds will he planted for the purpose of
ENGRAVING good grapes on the wild stock
Mr.. Timothy Stcbhens is building fl new
house for his son. Mr.. Ovet A. KENYON is
building large new barn, T.. Sanctuary
and son have opened an undcuakcrs shop
in Halls building.
MIR. Henry Page and ~ have received
into their family ncw-..- W the person
of a boy baby
The weekly rchcarsals : singers show
a marked improvement. Ihcrc is desire
that musical convention may held in town
in the near future
The sociablc at the residence of Nj. y. II.
Miles, Wednesday evening, was well at
tended.
Last Thursday evening, Mr. y. ]. Murphy
accidentally fell and sustained fracture of
the leg,
Rev. George $. Guernsey will preach in
Essex next Sunday Oct. Goth forenoon and
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Nash, who were
among the victims of the recent numerous
burglailes, hayc been favored with the return
Of most OF the properly stolen from them.
They say; One ring, however, marked
with the initials, ID. d., has not been re-
turned. 1t can be Of no possible value to
those in whose possession il now ia. and rs /,
was very highly priced not so much for is
value as from associations, they
would confer great favor by returning the
same"
George A. Foote is buying most of the
apples in this vicinity for New York par
ties.
Several large lrovcs of cattle have passed
through here, lately, picked up in the north
part oil the State and Canada. The album |
dant forage and hay crop in towns south of
us gives brisk demand for State cattle.
Grass in pastures is seldom seen so green
Al THIS seas m, the warm weather of late put |
ling it forward like Spring time.
And now how merrily the marriage bells
ring. Three weddings in little over as
many weeks is pretty fair thing for an un-
pretending country town. and ii the title
pros tel the truth 1t would not be surprising
i the bells ring again by and by. Charles $.
Wooster and Josephine Stone were married
by Rev. j.. lsham Bliss of Burlington, Sept.
eth at the home of the brides father l.. b.
stone; William II. Mcneil and Julia A.
smith Oct. Eth, by Rev. II. b. Putnam of
Burlington, at the home of the brides father
+. smith; William II. Boardman and
Slyra Benson, Oct, 18th, in the Conrre-
'ational church by Rev a. W. Wild. The
bride and groom stood during the ceremony
lndtr beautiful floral arch with floral
horse shoe, for good luck, swinging from the
entire. The desk and table were ornamcnted
Win fine bouquets. The marriage was wit
lessed by large audience, Charles :, Woos-
er, Charles Byington, Frankie Alexander,
'eorgie Root acting as ushers, Don II. Alex
lnder organist.
Charles Doyette, while hunting, Thursday
nc l9lii, had one hand quite severely iniur-
~ ny the premature discharge OF his gun.
Ed Doyc,te returned recently from Mon.
ana, where he had been railroadlnr.