Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
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complaining. One death has occurred
+. W. J. Hawkins, Esq, States attorney
| for the county, has been quite sick for the
past ten Gays, being under the necessity OF
keeping t. his bed for II good share OF the
| time. At one time he was seriously threat
ened with typhoid fever, but he las now So
far recovered as TO be able to 60 10 his Office
and attend TO his business.
MiddIcbury.
Rev. Charles Braiuetd, n brother of Pro
| fessor Ezra Braincrd of Mddlebury college,
has just had u large tumor cut from him in
New York city, and is reported to have sns-
tanned the operation successfully.
The first brood of chickens of the season
are reported on deck. mother and 'abics
"dong we'll.
Aro her Middlebury man, it is fumured,
has taken his departure for pats unknown.
| Ii is not certain that he vamoscd the ranch
in order TO escape paying his debts, although
it is known that he leit some small one be.
hind him.
Some of the boys ha | a time Friday night,
and in consequence of it one Of them passed
| the night in the lock. up. Saturday morning,
he was taken before Justice Knapp, when it
appeared that, as usual, there was some I'M
certainty as to where the liquor came from.
| The usual fine was imposed, but he was lib
Grated on bis good behavior. There may be
more to follow.
The water in Otter Creek is raising daily,
and hardly does the river become frozen
over before the ice is again submerged
A mean case of cruelty 10 chi.drca was
presented on our streets. one evening, lately. y
| little boy sat crying IN Il cutter, the man who
was with him being In store near by The
| boy was crying with the cold, ard the man
would not permit him to go in and get warm
and when stranger kindly took the boy out
Of the cutter and into the store, the man
| hustled him out again Immediately, the hoy
crying bitterly all the while. A society fol
the prevention Of cruelty to children, and an
other for the prevention OF cruelty to animals
would find some work ready for their hands
to do in this vicinity.
There is certain dog here which may
yet get his owner into trouble. lie
is u surly brute and seems to delight
IN stretching himself across the sidewalk OF
Main street and swapping at every one who
wishes to pass. This dog has already bitten
several persons aud has been shot at more
than once, If the brute does not bear Il
charmed life, he will wake up some lnt
morning and find himself dead
The following officers have been installed
by the Green Mountain Lodge No. S,4 Of
The Knights of Honor: Dictator, DR.. i. =.
Russell vicc-dc!ator, j. L. Stapleton; as
sis!ant- dictator, James NJ. Slade; reporter,
a. j. Marshal financial reporter, l.. ii.
Stow treasurer, l.. +. Farnswoith; chap
lain, George l.. Porter; guide, Chas. =.
Lsngworihy sentinel. j. &. Nolnan; guar
dian, &. Lane chairman Of the trustees Col.
Albert A. Fletcher. The lodge is in prog
porous and ilourishins condition, having over
thirty members, while there are several ap,
plicalions for membership pending, and
many others have signiiied their desire to
Join the lodge, The past-dctators are II. b..
Dodge, Col. A. 5. Tracy, Thad. NJ. Chapman
and Lorenzo ii. Stow.
The skating was excellent on the river
here Saturday afternoon, and large number
| INDUCED in the exciting exercise doctor
| Rivers, who is one of the best Of our younger
skaters, was displaying s)mc of his finest
fancy work to II large crowd of admirlng
spectators, when suddenly lie slid OF The
edge OF the ice into the water amid the ap-
plausc of the audience. lie then proved
that he is as good a swimmer rs he is u skat-
er After swimming ashore he ackuowlcdg.
cd that the weather was little cold.
Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday.
Rev. |. w. jenkins, Univelsalist preacher
| of Rutland. preached two sermons here on
Sunday. Next Sunday Rev. Mr.. Parker of
| Bethel will olliciatc for tic AlidlleOury Uni
versllis,s, and they intend TO have services
| frequently in the future.
We have had some more runaways, one
sleigh getting smashed all to pieces in one of
/ ,l - lnt l..i,, NtlnI,n Il
out IN another The ladies were somewhat
scared, but not at all injured.
There has been good deal of ilutter in
| the east part Of the town, ocoasined by re-
port that certain parties were 10 be prosecut-
cd ciiminally for perjury alleged to have
been committed in liquor trials,
A good deal of lumber is shipped from
this station TO Sutherland Falls, to be used
for boxing marble, 1t comes here from
South Bristol.
The markets Monday were rather dull,
butter going mp and eggs going down. But
ter brought from 81 TO 30 cents per pound ;
eggs, 20 cents per dozen; potatoes 20 and
so cents per buahel,
The Lcntcn services at ,i.e Catholic church
will be the same as usual, and will be held
on Wednesday and Friday evenings. At
every Wednesday and Friday morning at 10
o'clock, and ON the evenings of the same
days at 7 o'clock. The lectures during the
whole Ien,en season will be delivered by the
rector, Rev Mr., Tlley, on "rhc Eyidenscs
OF Christianity"
Mr.. Albert Chapman has resigned the Sc
Nor wardenship Of the Episcopal church
and Mr. Edwin Nallette has been chosen to
fill the vacancy.
About thirty applicants for pensions were
examined by the board of examining sur
seons here last week At each monthly ex
animation candidates report here from all
sections of Vermont. and good many are
ordered Lere from Eastern New York
During the year 1882 there were In Mid.
dlcbury Is marriages, % births and 50
deaths OF those who died, eleven were
over seventy years old and nine were over
eighty. The oldest was n woman Lois
Martin, WHOSE age was eighty eight The
average ago of the men who were married
was 20 Bill of the women, 70 5-ll.
There is Il young men now in the employ
of the Cutter marble company who is consid-
cred by knowing ones as capable of being
trained into n match for John l.. Sullivan.
His name is Peter Trudo, he is six feet, two
and half inches tai, and weighs about 2l0
pounds lie is undoubtedly the strongest
man in Addison county, and the some what
apocryphal story is told of him that he once
bought u barrel of flour in Middlebury, put it
on his shoulder and carried il to his home, II
,Jto,.,on ,F n milo and n lalf from the vii