Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-10

Annual meeting of the Champlain Valley
fair association in City Court room on
Tues lay, Nov. 2lst.
Work on the new convent building is pro-
crossing rapidly. The frame work OF the
cupola is now going up.
The outside work on the new University
building is now complete and the plstcrers
are actively at work on the inside.
In a well-writen proclamation, given in
full in another column, Governor Barstow
appoints Thursday, November 30th, as
Thanksgiving Day.
The telephone company has bought the ST.
Adams exchange. and is about to built telc-
phone wires between that village and this
city aud Rutland and this city.
The card mania does not abate. Thanks
giving cards have appeared and the coming
Christmas cards b, gin to cast their shadows
before. Next year We may look for Fourth
ot-July cards.
Trains have commenced running over the
Canada Atlantic railroad from Montreal to
Ottawa. Mr.. Linsley is general manager and
Mr.. L. {. Winnie general passenger and
freight agent.
Tic preliminary term of the Medical Col
lege opened Thursday Nov. . with thirty
or forty stu !ents.u attendance The introduce
livered by DIR. \. =. Grinne.
a very neat building for storing the pieces
of ordnance recently received from the War
Department has been put up in the rear of
the University. 1t is of wood, with good
singled roof, and is nicely painted.
The Burlington and Northeastern rail
road company" which is to build the extern
sion OF the Burlington and Lamoilc from
Cambridge Junction To johnson, was for
mally oigauizod Thursday, under the gen
eral law of the State.
The lecture; Of the New York Post .Gradu-
ate Medical School began On Monday. DIR.
Roosi is president of the faculty which in-
cludcs the familiar names of Drs. James l..
Little, Stephen NJ. Roberts, Clinton Wagner,
William j. Motion, and William A. Ham
mond.
sir. y. j. Phillips, so long an instructor in
music here, hs just removed from st. Louis
TO Chicago, where he has been elected tenor
and director Of the music Of Immauuel
church, for which he receives $1,000 per
annum, and is guaranteed large class of
scholars.
The location survey from Cambridge juno
ton to johnson Tor the extension of the Bur-
lington and Lamoillc railroad Will be COM
ple;ed in a few days. Work will be
prosecuted through the Winter on the heavy
cuts, aud building all along HE line will be
begun in the Spring.
The game Of foot ball, between the Bur
linaton high school eleven ami the ST. Adams
high sch vol eleven, at the latter place. Satur-
day, resulted in victory Tor the burlington
boys. The match was long and stubbornly
contested, only one warn being played and 1t
taking over two hours to pay it
Work On he Champaign Transportation
Companys new steamer for Lake George is
to be commenced at once, at Shelburn Har-
Dor, in charge OF Captain Rushow. The craft
will be II TITLE smaller than the steamer IIor-
icon. Captain Rushlow has made arrange
mems Ior buiding Il fine residence at the
liaruor.
The early birds say that the naked eye"
comet sill looms in the sou hcastern sky and
that there is no perceptiblc abatement in size
and very little in briIliancy. 1t is receding
in sDuthcrly direction and must now prove
most brilliant object in the southern hcmi-
sphere.
We regret to learn that our townsman,
Mr.. llira Tracy, while entering his resi-
dence on Pine street the other evening" fell
and broke his shoulder. The accident is
severe and painful one, and Mr.. Tracy will
pronably BE- confined to his house for some
weeks
\ count rf,it $40 bill reported by thelGov
eminent us IN Cil Culation has the following pc
culiiitl,s 1t printed in rather paler ink than
the genuine bill, The words This is legal
tcnuer Tor ten dollars" are very impcrfecty
engraved. Tie ysnette portrait Of Webster,
which is printed upon it, is ccarscly done,
and the nose and lips are represented as large
and heavy. The imprint on the bill is also
imperfect.
Nennor publishes the following 1t is Just
possible thai the comet may flicker around
again in January aud fall into the sun in
which cas- we may expect very prolonged,
mild period during that month. But comet
or no comet, the particular recurring period
we are in viii bring this mild period about
ull the same. The fact of the comet falling
into the sun need alarm no body, us it is a
well ascertaued truth that millions of COM
cts have done So in the past, just as meteors
have fallen TO our Garth.
The race at Howard Park Thursday, be-
tween ID Rilers horse, Clara NJ, and Kent
Wrignrs Fanny Russell was won by the
former in three straight heats time, 234,
$780,, 23j. In the first heat Fanny took the
pole and kept it throughout, Clara NJ. being
contcnt totrO outside. They were abreast till
near the distance post, when Clara NJ. was
let out sufficiently to go under the wire first.
The stcOnl heat was easily won by Clara, as
was also the third, although Fanny led dur
ing part of the last half owing to Caras
breaking.
Last Wednesday was the forteth anniver-
siry of the marriage Of Deacon and Mrs b.
Seaver, and about forty of their friends gave
them pleasant surprise at their residence on
that evening. Among other beautiful and
useful gifts were two elegant stuffed chairs,
presented by the members Of their respec'
4 81. Ill. I.
presenting these chairs Rev, Mr.. Brastow
made n few apt remarks A beautiful ant
expressive poem was read by Mr.. ID. j. Eos
ter The company after paraking of The
fruit with which the table was loaded dis
persed, wishing the couple much happines;
during the remainder of their lives
The pedestal of the Lafayette statue
which has been completed for some time
will be set up in the college park immediate
". II il to be located where the fountain
now sta.ds, and workmcn are engaged in re-
moving he latter, which is to occupy the
present site Of the ilag-poe. The flag pole il
to be placed at the south end of the park
near the medical college building. The sit.
chosen fl r the statue is, in our judgment, the
best whicl could have been selected, so fine
a work of art and so prominent an object Of
interest deserving to occupy the central pc
sition Ia the park.
Jupiter and Saturn are both evening stars
and are noticeable among the eastern con
stela,ions Jupiter will continue to grow
brighter during the month, while Saturn:
greatest brlliaucy for the year 1889 is OF
the l4th. Both planets are in conjunction
with the moon toward the end OF the montl
Saturn few minutes before four on thu