Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-05-11

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his engagement for three Sundays at st
Stephens church, Nliddetury. On the sec
ond Sunday thereof, quite a number of stu
:. dents Of Middlebury College were present al
the church, and on last Sunday the congre
!. CATION was largely increased by leavy del
eegation from tue college. Next Sunday Mr.
Hopkins goes to Trinity church, Pittsburgh
and the Sunday following to West Rutland,
and on June 10th TO Trinity church, Rut.
r land.
The funeral of DR.. j. o. Cramon was held
at his late residence in Winooski, Friday
morning. Samuel Bigwood and DIR. &. F..
Storrs bad charge of the services. Prof j..
lsham Bliss of the University OBLIGATED. Dur
ing his remarks he paid beautiful and
touching tribute to the personal worth of DR..
Cfamton. The general esteem in which he
was held was Indicated by the closing of the
places of business In the village during the
time OF the funeral and the large attendance
OF citizens. The following members of the
Medical Club who were present, were bear
Crs j. H. Richardson, l. +. Burdick, ii.
A. Crandall, A. p. Grinnell, VIM. b. Lund
II. IL. Atwatcr, G. NJ. Ferrin and l.. NJ.
Bingham. The remains were taken TO Enos-
burgh for intermcnt.
These are the days in which a peculiar
light beams in the bousekeeper's eye, and
tingo of unwontcd scrnncss shows itself in
her demcanor. 1t is the time when the male
tyrlnt, unless he will WELD claw and tack
hammer, is Lladc TO understand that he is no.
where, and better be elsewhere. Ii is the
time of the house-ccanng passion-a season
| OF peculiar pleasure TO the mistress of the
household. since, with all its discomforts, it
is the time when her control is most absolute
and uunistakable. She is the guiding spirit |
| OF tic cataclysm, and she "ridCs the tempest |
/ La - ,,-t,I l,.,@ Il.
light with which the great Marlborough Gin
spired fainting legions to engage, and taught |
the doubtful battle where to rage"
Our city has "frec public library" of A.
COO or more volumes. Among these are
books OF reference and other standard works, |
which TO be of considerable value 10 our peo-
pie should he freely available At Unreasonable
hours of the day or night. Yet those who
are steadily employed during the day time
have access TO the library only three hours in
the week, one hour on each of three nights.
The open hours in the day time are few,
from 10 to in the morning and 8 to in
the afternoon, hours in which the working
student or the school pupil is usually engag-
cd. 1t is probably true that most public Ii.
braries in New England are open from or
III a. m. to 0p. IN. Certainly the Burling-
ton library has at present servitors enough
TO carry on the work during these hours.
The librarian well says in his annual report
But there is sense in which the
library costs too much-that which makes
anything too costly when it does
not make the full return which
it might make" He refers to the ''sma'l
Dook-iund income" but is not a small
(and comprehensive stock of books much
used and readily available worth more to the
average reader than large stock which he
can not consult al lpisrra Tr,,n thoco who
wish are frequently permitted to stay after
the doors are locked, but this is not what the
public desire. The librarian is anxious to
buy * Knights Mechanical dictionary, Wa,ts's
dictionary of Chemistry, Smiths Historical
Atlas etc. What will these books be good
for under the present conditions What are
the half-dozen English reviews the various
wceklies and magazines which lie on the L.
bIary desks good for now
The movement Of real estate continues
lively. Since our last report the following
transfers have been recorded: Ella NJ and
Lillian Atwater TO Thomas p. Daley, brick
store east side OF Battery street Murphy
store $4,000; Michael Mcmahon TO Peter L.
Girard, lot corner Champlain and Poplar
streets, $3.50; Stephen l.. lIerrick 10 John W.
durham, lot, one acre, corner of Willard and
Maple street, $3.50: ii. NJ. Stanton, admin
istrator L. G. Babcock, TO Marietta Brown
ell house and lot corner st. Paul and Maple
streets, 5000; Patrick ii. Mcmahon to w.
II. and Margaret a. Lee, house and lot south /.
side North stre:t, Sl400; Ii. c. Smith to ;
David Walker and c. L. Macomber, two
acres land opposite Mary Fletcher IIospi-
tai, 5000 Charles Il. Hayward to ,
Lurena Estls lot on Hayward street. NEW
street east Of and parallel with Pine street,, .
fl5O; John W. WarLlow to Charles X.
Nash, lot west side Ptkin street, $500 {
Thomas f. Mulqucen to John j. Mulqueen,
his Interest in house and lot corner Battery
race and North avenue, terms private j. {
), and Mary n. Morrison to Jane A. Church I
and j. u. Morrison, house and lot north side I
Cherry street between Champain and Bat I
terry, terms private; Wells, Richardson &
Co., to the Wells, Richardson Co., real
estate in Burlington, $4,000; Peter L.
Glrard to Napoleon Couture, conditional sale
OF lot south side Poplar street. 5000 John
LiScnm to Joseph Nezina and wife, house
and lot east side North Union street north Of
North street, $3.50.
The city markets begin to show tempting
array of the earlier delicacies of the spring,
and prices on the whole, are ranging much
lower than for the past few weeks. Nice
new maple sugar may now be had at from
~ to Is cents pound tomatoes, ore of
the finest table delicacies Of any season, may
row be had in town for IS cents pound.
Very good strawberries nay be found at 40
cents quart. Nice tender lettuce costs only I
TO 10 cents head, aud spinach, the most
delicate of greens, may be had at so cents a
peck. Turnips have gone down to cents a
pound; radshes are cents bunch; eggs
remain at 20 cents, and good butter
ranges from % to 20 cents pound po-
tatoes, 90 cents per bushel cheese, Is To IS
cents; Vermont LAID, Is to IS cents apples,
$3.50 to "a per barrel cabbagcs, to 8
cents per pound bcets, 3 cents parsnips,
cents; prunes IL to 80 cents pruntlles,
% cents oranges, 10 to 60 cents per dozen
lemons, 20 to 40 cents; figs, 25 to 80
cents per pound dates, 10000 cents honey,
~ to 20 cents pcrpound cvaporatedappes, IL
to ~ cents per pound dried apples, 10 to
IA cents Sweet potatoes may be had at
cents pound; .cocoanuts, 8 TO 10 cents
apiece; pneappcs are a healthy and delici-
Gus fruit, aud there are some nice ones in
market at 80 to so cents piece Cucumbeis
will lie had by some OF our dealers during
the week, and nice young Bermuda onions.
Although the season is a backward one this
is certainly good showing on the part of
our marketmen, and goes to prove that there
is growing demand for the delicacies of the
season and iirst-class table luXurics in our
community.