Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-11-02

| been torn down and removed, and thus van
| ishts another ,yesore.
Judge l.. f. Knapp arrived home from his
| Western trip Thursday afternoon, considca-
| bly, refreshed aud iuvigOrated. He had a
very enjoyable trip, visiting, among others,
the States of Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas,
Nebraska and the territory OF Dakota.
John Martin is another Mddlebury man
who has been sojourhng in the West. Mr..
Nartin who has been absent about six weeks
returned home Friday morning and looks as
though his trip had done him good.
The president Of the college, Rev. DR..
Hamlin, has inaugurated new thing in con-
nection with the new college boarding hall.
A set of scales has been put into the hall,
and all the bOarders-who by the way are
all the students from out Of town but one
are to be weighed monthly. A record of
their weights will be accurately kept, and
thus 1t can be seen from time 10 time just
what effect the board furnished by this in
sttuton will have upon the system of the
students The president thinks 1t is worth
while to keep track of the physical health of
the boys land girls as well as of their mental
development
| While trying to put on belt at the wooden
mill, Saturday forenoon, Charley Bell in
some way got his right arm caught and it
was broken between the hand aud elbow.
The fracture is a simple one and the arm
| will soon mend.
Stephen 3. Ashley of Fall River Mass,
is in town on business connected with the
sale of the cotton factory, Mr. Ashley being
one of the men by whom the factory was last
| run.
The supply of onions from the Cornwall
onion district Is perhaps not so large as usual
/ mi hn fnn ~ lie A Sf,1 v,
wall men got caught last year by raising u
very large crop of onions which they had to
sell at very low price in order 10 yet rid of
| them at ALL This year they seem to have
been more cautious, aud they now are get
ting forty cents per lushel for their crop al
the cars here in Middlebury.
There is a prospect afoot to have n mar
bic slab erected in the new town house in
commentator Of the many useful aud val
liable inventions which have originated in
Middlebury. That indefatigahlc and en-
thusiastic antiquarian, Henry l.. Sheldon,
is at the bottom Of tie movement, and under
his auspices it VIII undoubtedly be carried
out successfully.
A six or seveu-years-a,d son Of Rev. j.
w. Qlinlan, pastor ui the Methodist church
of Middlebury, was kicked by horse on
Friday, and had his jaw bone broi n in two
places The little fellow was playing
about the horse while ii WAS icing .atercd,
and the animal seems t. h ave bten needless
" lrrtated by the person vino was in chsrge
OF il. TIE horse was III set Ia Sticking
with the result ab'ec gitci. Thr boys
jaw was badly frac'urcJ, bit probably the
injury was not 30 bad nut thai il will be
fully mendcd by time.
Another young u.lu gone wrong. Mr..
Edward Danforth VS. m.rlied on saturday
to Miss Pyrl Sartwcll.
IIon. John W. S'cwar has gone 10 Wash
ington To make some necessary arrar ge
mens preparatory To- his attendance upon
the approaching se'si IA Of Congress.
Bears seem TO b. numerous on III noun
tains hercabodt tbs 81 son. Two NJ them
have been captured wi'lIin short time on
the kipton hills, and u,h:Ts are known to be
in that region.
The dIpartr'e r N.ssIs. Cobb anl Per-
kins has bvc1 "a sci ils liss t. our band,
the latter having been IFS leader since the
start. The boys do not, however wish To-
disband or give up their PRACTICE and there
is considerable talk of pr curing another
leader from Rutland TO drill them through
the winter.
All of the papers that have given the
number Of Middlebury persons who were
drawing pensions from the government on
the first of January last, have stated 1t as
sixty.two, whereas it should he scvrnty-fve,
the thirteen pensioners in East Middicbury
having been lett out of the count. As before
stated there are some ramts on the list
which ought not to be there, unless dead
persons ard cX-widows are entitled to dra W
pensions.
Our college boys have received a chal-
lenge to play game of loot ball from the
Rutland foot ball club. The challenge has
not been accepted for several reasons, prin-
cipully because there has not been any foot
bail GLIB among the students of this college
for good many years. The boys have
sometimes done little prOnisCuous kicking,
but they have no club and never play any OF
the regular games.
Olrtwo new public buildings, which arc
now in course OIL construction, are getting
along .lowly, perhaps, but surely. As for
the county court house it will undoubtedly be
far enough along so that the December term
OF court may he held in it; but the chances
, are that the town house will not be ready fer
occupancy before next Spring.
The sheep trade here is not entirely dead
yet. G. W. Mason of New Haven, shipped
, n carload of 10S head to Denver, Col, on
Monday, they going to himself there.
/ The Belden's Falls pulp manufacturers are
making extensive additions to their mill
property and charging their fac.ities fol
grinding pulp. A new mill is now in pro.
cess Of construction and is drawing toward
completion. One more grinder will be run
than was operated in the old mill. The old
dam has been thoroughly repaired.
Miss Matte Daunis has gone to New York
| to stay some time.
Hon. William Slade Of Cleveland, Ohio, il
in town. Mr. Sade is a brother of the late
James NJ. Sade, ST., Of Middlcbury, and
since he took up his residence in Ohio he has
attained to some prominence in the politics
of that State.
3 Prof. Brainerd kellogg of the Brooklyn
Polytechnic institute, graduate of Middle
bury college and Tor several years professor
of elocution and English literature here, is
, editing an edition Of Shaksperes works
which bids fair to become popular. Prof
kellogg makes the second editor Of Shal-
!, spere's works whom Middlcbury college has
, graduated, Rev. Ilerry n. HUDSON, the
. distinguished critic, bciug alsu graduate OF
i the institution.
[ The question of a system, Of waterworks
and sewerage is still widely agilatcd although
, nothing practical has yet been done. Sill
something IN the nature of watcrworks will
/ soon become an absolute necessity here &c
5 furnish sufficient quantity of water fol
/ the ordinary uses OF the people of thu
| villsge, leaving the sa'i,nry part OF
? the matter out of the account
II we are to have any more sucl
Y dry seasons as the past Two or three
have been. Various plans TO bring water int
| the village have been suggested and i.cuss
cd. The latest and perhaps most feasible as
well as the cheapest one is TO use brook ON
the mountain about five mites distant MS the
source OF supply. The matter is ,cing thor
, oughly looked into by private citizens with Il
view of learning just what can be done he
any public meeting is called 10 take decisive
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