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

Will DEN COUNTY,.
Hinesburghi
Mr.. Edward Sears has bought the Deacon
$1,000.
The sociable at Mrs. II. NJ. Hulrs was
attended by about fifty, who had most
enjoyable time.
MIR. Fred Douglass has gone to Texas and
ms wife has rented and moved into the old
Peck house.
Mr. Wallace Place takes the cake for saw
ing stovewood. With his machine he sawed
eighty cords in sixteen hours.
The German help brought into town is Civ
ing good satisfaction. Mr.. J. G. Tracy of
Shclourn has an imported German who lost
his way while driving home from Burlington
and in vain search for Shelburn he brought
up in Middlebury. Moral Don't cxpeCt loo u,
much of cheap help.
| W. c. T. I. temperance lecture in the
congregational church, Sunday evening,
March gath.
Our townsman Josiah s. Barker has con.
tracted to carry on the farm of Mr.. VIM. L..
Freeman OF Richmond, with upwards of 100
| COWS.
| sugar makers are patiently waiting for a
wa" 81 as W uesln Work among the naples.
| Last year the orchards were tapped by the
l3th and the year before by the 9TH of March,
Read " Patrick are making great numbers
OF tin sap buckets at S25 per 100.
March 10th, little Alice Atwood, aged IL
years, died OF corebro-spinal meningitis, after
painful illness of about one week.
That agricultural (?) man who has started
out to fix fence will probably take kettle of
hot at..r a Rt,.y t..k =.
and gang of men TO dig the rails from up-
der the snowbanks. Alter producing more
rheumatism than fence he may discover some
sense in the ignorant old farmer who quietly
waits for the ground to settle.
shelburn.
Hon. W. A. Weed has sold the hotel farm
In the village to Arson Poet, and has also
bought large farm in Hinesbursh.
Our Young doctor, Fred. r. S,oadard, is
meeting with excellent success thus tar
The Baldwin manufacturing company are
building avcrituble Jumbo refrigerator for
a firm IN Richmond, Va. 1t is to be supplied
with glass dobrs and when finished will make
huge but ornamental piece of furniture
Ihi company is driven with work at present,
the demand being fully up to the supply
We shall be Obliged 10 part with our pastor,
tev. j. w. Bennett, soon, AS his three years
are nea'ly completed. He Il beloved by the
Whole community and their kindest wishes
Will follow him wherever his lot may be
cast,
WiiIiston,
Subject for conference at universalist
church, evening Of March 2jth--" TIE G!oyy
Of God" Text, John xi., 40 Collateral
Readings, Isaiah vi, 3, Psalm cxly entire.
Isaiah Xl., 80 Isaiah TX, is to end. Luke
H., $3.50, IL. Cor. ", 81. II Cor. ill.,,
entire. Acts vii, 30 John vii, % to end.
|. Cor XIV, 3744
A cow belonging to I. c Narramoie of
Willision recently climbed two fights of
STAIRS and brought up in II woodshed cham
Der. II took the combined efforts IF all the
nelshbors to get her safely down again.
Essex Junction.
very pleasant social party assembled at
The Essex Junction House, last Friday even
ing, f)r the benefit Of Rev. Mr.. Guernsey,
pastor OF the tnlversalst parish at the Cen
ire: The supper was excellent and greatly
enjoyed, The gross receipts were SIS.
westford.
Rev. George s. Guernsey will preach IN
Wesitord (Mctholist church, next Sunday,
March a5'h, forenoon and afternoon.
Jericho.
Chns. l.. Barstow of Shelburn was 10 town
last week, the guest of l.. G. Stevens.
The Jericho Cornet banl has reorganized,
with viii Buxton US leader.
A valuable gray mare, one OF pair, be-
longing to II. NJ. Fields, Esq, died Friday
morning last. The mare was valued at
s3OO. Inc team was considered one of the
best ii not the best in town.
Mrs. William c, Norris has sold her mil
linery business 10 Miss Carrie Chaplin of Es-
sex.
Lowell Pcrrgo, who has tor the past two
years has carried on l.. Is. IIowes farm in
Essex, has moved on to the farm owned by
Mr.. John Whitcomb and known rs the
Crane farm
G. W. Atherton has moved on to the farm
of l., b. Howe, Esq
Mrs. ii. NJ. Fields with her son Jed have
gone for few weeks visit TO West Newton,
Mass, where Miss Mamie Shaw, daughter of
Mrs. Fields, is attending school.
Prof. J. $. Cilley reopcncd his classes on
Monday, March 18th.
Mc.srs. c. n. Perciva and L. b. Moore,
together with c. w. Greene Of st. Adams,
left Friday last for DEVILS Lake, Mimi.
The singing school, which has been under
the instruction of w. Arthur Shaw of Bur
lington, closed last Friday evening with a
musical sociabe, It's TO be regretted that
the school was obliged to close. But the
sentiment OF our village seems to be opposed
to sustaining 50 laudable an object under tie
instruction OF so able and efficient an instruc-