Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-24

beautiful novelties.
There are now d, zen PATIENTS in the
May Fletcher Hospital.
The llss hy III, former great fire at the
Pioneer shops April ?, 1858, was SljO,O0O.
1t is said tie spots on the sun can now be
seen with the nukedeye by the use OF IA
smoked glass.
A forthcoming number of Frank Les.
lies Illustrated Wtekiy will contain an illus
trated article On the new University build
ing.
The net Profits of the fair at st. Mary IS
Hall arc understood to have been the very
handsome sum of about four thousand dol
lars.
Indoor life and furnace heat Las had its
effect on Summer tan, and most OF our city
people ue fifty per cent lighter in complex
ion than they were in September.
Mr. Jc!ome Hopkins has just composed a
comic op IA which lie calls "Taffy" and
which is to be presented for the first time at
Lock liaver, Pa. this week.
\ gleat many roots and bulbs that are
generally gathered in from gardens have
been cnu.h. in III. ground by the recent
freeze and are probably now worthless.
Frank f. Woodruff, gra !ultc Of the L.
This civ Ins hcru ornni,,i,d ,.s,ciatc nrn.
fos.or of s,r,, Il li,",ninrr In And,vrr ,h,o.
logical seminary.
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liur,nr .,nl No' ihnos,nrn r.iIro, a. lac, vi
forih,,n,,nosc At r,akiprth,iro., imn,,s TN.
mono ,,rs, v,rc, to hn 70 thr r,,I cnn,nletr,
by the first Of next July.
oHr s.o'tIns men VIII Nc interested 10
neui my " ,lot,inE mar t ~! IVES uiiv
past season. has been sold to parties il
Maize fJr about $500.
The world went ia hpd Thurs lay ,;gb,
amid In. rlori,s If AN Indinn summer I'M
owoke Friror mornin,r 10 tini Itself covered
will s1nu TI,c c,v,.,in', was I'm, =, thim
onn hn,y.v,, and in a i,,y hn,,rs !, hnd
nr,cticotiv d;sonnr,rri
Tt. ,,i.I,,, a,.,,. u,. 1000, .,..
tious that has visited Darlington tor n great
many wears. For the last len wears the ar
gregatc loss by fire in Ills civ has been
SOB, 1893, or III annual average of only SO.
3l2: and for many years previous we had no
such fire as the one now spoken Of
-,
mt 'te,h' a'.a' .,vo'.i" s'".''' i, sceiiis'
, were nor gu 10 llle a''rori' put 10 lie sun
inc OLD Oh ''qY mas pelh on IL regular spree
81 ~ sP,"N. lis iscr ~ '',ae 'ia'n uongn
spo.S "n IT, w ~ vi MmiG' wal pliueuiifi !,
only something could be found to knock the
spots of the sun
In regard il, ,he small amount oi insurance
carried he some of the firms burucd out ines.
dov niult il is understood that ,b.y regard.
e1'thn insurance rates ms excessively hipb
and thounht that. on account Of tforon1h
nrocam,inHs taken n fire rnrlI unin M ornat
The popular opinion OF the month OF Octo-
Der as me h,ldcsl experienced mere Tor years
IS Confirmed by inc signal station report.
The mercury marked as high as ~ degrees
above zero ana inc average temperature was
0--alhost uhprtccuently nlgh 1nr october.
Inc lo"Sst point reached by the thcrmome.
Ter was 20 on inc Isl anu 'hcic were but
four frosty days in the month
The comet may sill Inc seen dnr;ng the
early morn,ng hours An astronomer savs
thai the head of the GOMEZ has h,ondrncd on,
and the ends are no longer ms distinct AS for
merlv while The bright knot Mt the end near
est the sun still preserycs its relative position
shining dmly through its hay enyelone iik,
n tenth MAGNITUDE Star in hrllinncv III,
lower rdre is slightly curved unI while fin,
nrrl,,n ncores, The head is hright The enr
taIrs ~r1duallv. ms docs The MINER ,dsr un,;
los, to eve mr. t,lescone
The first annual meeting of Tie Cham
plain Valley fair association was held in lhii
city on Tuesday, Nov. 81. Several report,
were submitted and considerable business of
no general interest was transacted The fol-
lowing directors were elected for the veal
ensuing-the frs, scvcnIc1rt scuting the State
Agricultural Society: Henry Chase, Henry
G. Root, Crosby Miller, George A Merrill