Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-19

| Fred Johonnott on South Union street. All
will probably be completed before the close
of the season.
Hessrs. A. j. Merrill and Seth Munson
had particularly unpleasant maritime ex.
rcriencc, Sunday night They were out on
the lake in n row boat when Sunday after
moons gale came up, and put into Rock is
land, off Colchester Point. The storm was
8, severe, however, that they could not take
u Their boat again. and they were compelled
to spend the night on the island Monday
morning, nearly dead with cold and exhaust
io1, they managed TO row back home. In
the meantime their friends and relatives
were in state of great anxiety, fearing that
they had been drowned and their safe return
was great relief. They do not desire 10 re-
peat their Robinson Crusoe experience.
The next meeting of the State Teachers
Association will be had at Capital hall, Mont
pelier, Oct. "a, %, 20 and 81. There is every
indication that this meeting will be the largest
and most interesting the association has ever
held. Among those who will participate in the
exercises are Superintendent Wheeler, Prof.
Goodrich and Prof Emerson. Some of the
persons out of the state who will he present
are Prof. j. X. Lord, Dartmouth college; C.
G. Rounds, Phi. d., principal Normal
school. Plymouth, II. H.; Principal L. H.
Barlow, Tildcn Seminary, w. Lebanon, N.
H.; Gen. II. Il. Darlington, Boston; Hon.
I. w. BiCkucll. Boston, and others.
The st. Adams Messenger says of the re-
cent musical festival THE third annual
festival of the Burlington Philharmonic So
cicty, which closed Friday evening, was very
successful in all respects. We think the
chorus was smaller than at last years fcsti-
val and that the tcnors were less effective,
but all gave evidence of a thorough and in
teligent study Of the works assigned to them.
The ability of Mr.. Carl Zerrahn ms a conduc-
tor o: such affairs was again indisputably
demonstrated. Of the solosts all did excep-
tionally WELL and if the concerts were not
entirely up to the standard of what could
have been asked by the most critical audi
ence IN an artistic point of vcw the audicn-
ces showed their appreciation in various
ways"
Most of the fresh fruits are now out of
market, and canned fruits are taking their
place Musk and watcrmclons, tomatoes,
green corn, shell and string beans and plums
are gone by. Some native grapes may be
had, Delawarcs at 10 to 90 cents pound
and Concords at 10 cents. Malaga grapes
are 30 cents pound. Apples are 81 10 sl.j0
a bushcl. Bects are 90 cents peck. Pears
may be had at 25 to 50 cents peck
Peaches, Is to 80 cents a dozen. Sweet po-
iatoes, and cents pound ; Irish 80 to
90 cents buslel. Summer squash is out of
market. Hubbard squash sells at 3 cents a
pound. Cabbage, 3 cents. Eggs, % cents n
dozen shell beans, 80 cents n peck. Onions
30 cents peck. Cauliowurs, scarce, 10
to 20 cents apiece. Celery, very nice, 10
cents head. Cranbcrries, 10 cents a quart
Oysters, 45 to 30 cents quart. Oranges are
from so to 60 cents dozen. Bananas
arc scarce at 80 aud GO cents
dozen. Cocoanuts are ) to 10 cts apiece
lemons 80 TO 40 cts a dozen. Cheese is
higher, 10 cents a pound; lard IA
cts; prunes II to % cts, and pruneles
25cts; dates 10 TO 90 cts. Evaporatcd apples
are 12 to % cts per pound. Breakfast
bacon is 20 cents Il pound. Honey 20 to 90
cents pound. Butter, so TO 80 cents a
pound. Pickles, 50 to - cents gallon.