Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-23

to give permanent and profitable positions t
few men Of energy and character in Yer
mont. The company stands high anon.
such institutions and should find no Difficult
ty In securing good men. See the double
column advertisement In another column.
The New York 7ribune has the following
concerning former and wcll-remembeie &C
townsman of ours: "Dr. L. 5. Peck Of
West Fiftielh street, gave the second of
series OF five lectures on First Aid to the
Injured to large number of employees OF
Hoes Printing Press works ut the De Wit,
Memorial chapel, in Remington street, on
Thursday evening. The subject was Hem
orrhagc, and tue improvised means to con.
troll II, as applicable Ito injuries in large
machine works"
Our townsman Gen. William w. Henry
has been elected president of the Vermont
Qua Fellows relief association. The Other
officers are j. Ii. circuit OF Mortified and
j.. j. Retting of Brattleboro vice.presdonls,
Joseph X. EgertOn of NoIthfirld secretary ;
j. {. Is. Thayer Of Northtiel.i, treasurer.
The officers, with one exception, are new
ones aud It is Intended to push the associa-
ton among the order more the coming year
than ever before.
Here is what the Montpelier Argus says OF
one of the results OF the hotel consolidation
In this city: Travelling people will be sorry
to know that the hotel consolidation at Bur
lington r,tires Fred G. Camp clerk at the
American. and L. Murphy, night clerk. Both
are dcservedly popular, having won that
popularity by cOurteously and competcntly
hlling their positions, and both have the pest
WISHES OF VII who know them for pleas.
ant and prosperous future"
Mr.. Myron d. Fuller, music instructor,
four grand rrheqrsals at Water
bury, Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday
evenings and Thursday aftert Don, the 2G!h
9th, 2Sth and Goth insts, followed by a
grand concert Thursday evening. The
chorus will he assisted ut the concert by Mrs.
w. A. Briggs, soprano. of Montpelier by
the Amphion male quartette Of this city and
by the Howard opera house orchestra, with
Miss Lillian Nj. Arms pianist.
With the consolidation of the hotels, Mr..
Fred c. Camp chief clerk of the Amer can,
and Mr.. +. Murphy, nigh. clerk, retire from
'ervice in the capacities indicated Mr..
lamp is an exceedingly competent, pleas
mt and genial hotel man, and he will be
,reatly missed by the travelling public and
md by our people. Hi. plans for the future
ire somewhat Indefinite, us yet; hut where
'ver he may go he will be followed by the
rood wishes oft hos OF friends Mr.. Murphy,
90, is both competent and genial, and for his
uturc, there will be none but pleasant
wishes
The following are market prices for the
present week butter, 20 to 80 cts cheese,
o to IL cts; eggs, 90 TO 20 cts. per doz. lard,
Common. 10 cts. Vermont, Is cts; apples 81 80
o ~ per bhl.; cabbagcs, 3 cts. per h. bec,s,
cts, tuinil's,3 cts. parsnips, 5 cts. celery,
= TO 10 cts. per head lettuce, 10 cts oranges,
0 to 90 cts. per duz lemons, 20to 40 cts. ba-
lanas, 60 to 10 cts. figs, % cts. per h. dates
Ocls. honey, 90 to % cts. per ID evaporated
pplts 70 to % cts; dried apples, 10 to IA cts;
ITied blackberriess, IS cts, dried raspberrics,
o cts. ; onions, 5 per bushel. Spinach will
&c in market in few days
AT meeting of the graduating class of
he Medical Department last Friday after.
loon Mr.. W. Ii. Lelth was unanimously
lected president of the class The other of.
!cers elected were; Vice president, J. b.
''rttensil; secretary and treasurer, F. $.
Warren marshal, j. ii. Deacon; executive
ommittec, II. c. Tmkham, Z. /. SAWYER,
. +. Crosby, II. c. Clough, A. p. CHM
musical committee, F. p. Clark, W. Z.
d. Hubbard. The graduating
lass now numbers sixty-fvc aud the num-
er is increasing daily.
1t looked yesterday as if our long, cold
y Winter was coming 10 n summary end The
Old snap OF day or two previous was sue
eeded Saturday night by mild weather, with
warm south winh. and Sunday mornlng,
fter church-goers had got settled in the var.
ous houses OF worship, the rain came, and
ell in right lively fashion, returning TO the
barge al intervals thereafter. The snow
isappeared rapidly, and in the main streets
My slush and ice were left But at night
here was a sudden and disagreeablc change.
Tho thermometer fell, the rain turned into
AL aud then into snow, the wind blew
avagcly, aud Winter fairly returned.
Post Stasnard, G. A. r., has issued in
eat and convenient form AN announcement
i the organization OF the Post, the commit
ees, etc. The officers for 1883 are az fol-
Ows Warren Gibbs, Commander Eben
Iapln, Sr. V. Commander Geo +. Morse,
r. V. Commander; VIM. {. Schroeder, Ad
utant Eli n. Peck, Quarter Master; DR..
!. NJ. bingham, Surgeon; Rev. l.. o. Bras
ow, Chaplain; James Miles, Officer of the
ay VIM. Powers, Officer OF the Guard
4, ID. L, Thompson, Sergeant Major L. j.
NTH, Quarter Master Sergeant. Meetings
ire held every Friday evening, 7:30 O'Clock,
rom October to May LIST and 81 Friday
venings at O'clock for the remainder Of
he year.
The regular April term of Chlttenden
,Ouuty Court will open on Tuesday, April
d. The following is the list of petit Jurors
j. Ernest Lanou, James Madi-
an; Charlotte, 5. NJ. Williams, 5. C. Palm.
r; Colchester, Albert o. Hood, Grafton
Brand, NJ L. Douglass Essex, James II.
Douglass, Albert Barney; Hinesburgh,
leonard Ray. Mitchell Bradley Hunting.
on, Warham Brewster, Montlavillc Ross
ericho, Harrison Packard, Rufus Brown
lilton, Chas. l.. Sanderson, w. c. Blake
richmond, Milton Stevens, Albro b. Hi.
reth ST, George, NJ. W. Hinsdale Shel.
urn, Walter A. Weed, L, II. Nash; Willis
on, Horl,io 5. johnson, Byron b. Brown
Nestford, S. G. Bates, Deanson Griffin.
The Plattsburgh Telegram tells of novel
raud which was prac,iced successfully on a
Burgher, and which onr people will do well
o look out for. A man called at the house
md told the lady of the establishment that
lie had been sent there to repair the washing
machine. The machine was given him. and
'e departed with it. Later he returned.
tanning TO have inserted new rollers and
repaired the instrument and ask
ne $3.50 for the job. The lady paid the
ill. When her husband came 10 diuner he
vas told Of the matter. He knew he Ind
ent no one to rerair the washer and exami-
lation revealed the fact that the rogue Ind
imply sandpapered the old rollers to give
hem the appearance of new.
The venerable Eli Chittenden died Tues.
lay night at the great age OF about eighty.
line years. lie was a native OF Wiiiston
md grandson of Gov. Thomas Chittenden.
lie was engaged in tho mercantile business
It Williston for many years aud subsequent
y removed 10 St. Albans where he was a
member Of the extensive forwarding firm OF
Nichols. Burton & Chittenden. About ls47
ie went out of business and removed to this
'ity, where he thenceforih resided for the
greater part of his life. For several years he
reid the position of city liquor agent. Mr..