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

were youthful. The monarchics of the old
world looked down upon us in
pity; they said our bigh-sounding bill of
rights was simply parchment and ink, and
would soon be burned to cindcrs in the fires
of mobocratic misrulel The year 1888 is
here, aud before the New York State Bur
association, ut Academy Hall, New York,
highlands chief justice, Coleridge, said, after
having Travelled through the length of our
land at is the simple truth that, Joined
together us allies, England and America
would be absolutely irresistible in the world.
hope no INSCRIPTIONS statesman, no malig-
nant writer, on either side of the water, will
ever separate us" Such are some of the
changes MIR. Wilson has livcl to sec.
While potatoes are retailing for 80 cents
in adjoining counties buyers ut Vergcnnes,
New Haven and Middle6ury are paying that
price to good many producers.
Apples are retailing here at S. and SO a
barrel. The quality is fair, but the quantity
is decidedly limited. In this connection an
incident which recently occurred in n neigh.
boring town shows the advantage of taking
a newspaper and keeping postcd,a farmer who
had 90 barrels of best quality greetings sell
ing them at "a 80 a barrel to Boston COM
mission agent, when he might easily have
received SO barrel by taking them to the
county market.
Mr.. G. L. Rawsop, North Ferrisburgh, is
filling car with potatoes for Boston market.
A car will hold 800 bushels.
We understand Mr.. G. b. F. Palmer of New
Haven has been offered lucrative position
on n Western railroad, which it is quite like
y he will accept.
| Butter brought % to % cents at New
Haven market day.
| The butternut yield in this section is un-
i s.a all La. tl.,.., 4
most any farm for the trouble of gathering.
| nIiddIcburv.
Friday evening reception was given by
President llamin at the new college board
| ing hall to the students of the college and
some of their young lady friends. Quite a
large number were present, aud the evening
passed off very pleasantly.
A town meeting is to be held to take
measures for providing the new town hall
now rapidly approaching completion, with
| fire, lights and jaulor.
Mtssrs. Henry Powell and Frank Hackett,
old and long absent Middlcbury boys, are
now in town, the latter designing to remain
here.
In the published list of persons living in
Middlebury who are drawing pensions from
obviously ought not to be there.
Death has been unusually busy in town
during the week, four persons having been
! added by 1t to the Great Majority" These
are II son of Jacob Speyers, who had been
sick nearly six weeks with typhoid fever.
| Young Speyers was a sober, industrious and
well behaved boy. The next victim was a
Mrs. Joncs, who died in rather destitute cir
| cumstances out near the Cutter marble quar-
ry. Miss Eva Kingsley, eldest daughter of
James 1. Kingsley, an amiablc and much
liked yonng lady, expired suddenly of heart
disease on her eighteenth birthday. She had
been previously quite sick, but was believed
to be recovering. The other case was that of
young woman from another town who died at
| he Pierce House" under circumstances
| hat have given rise to widespread suspi-
sion that she was the victim of foul play or
| criminally illegal practices. These sus-
PIGEONS, it should be said, do not attach to
anyone connected with the hotel at which
| she died, nor in deed anyone in Middle
bury. This case ought to be investigated,
anu perhaps it will be.
The typhoid fever has been our chief enc.
my this Summer and Fail. Several persons
have already died of it aud others are now
sick with it. The opinions of the doctors
seem to coincide that bad drainage, or no
fact that the typhoid fever has gained such a
disastrous foothold here has aroused u strong
feeling IN the breasts of our citizens that
something should at once be done TO root
| out the evil. An agitation for a system
OF water works is now going on, and def |
mite steps in that direction will probably soon
he taken. |
Mr.. Samuel Sheldon has returned home
from New York city, where, it is understood |
he has been to seek medical advice.
The number of bicycle riders in town is |
constantly increasing, and some of the older |
ones nave become very expect.
Moses Boudry, who some time ago was
confined In the county jail because he had |
'gone daft" has been released lie was
very badly out of his head on some matters
and although he has got ont of Jail, he has
by no means got back into his head again.
Several business changes IN town seem ON
the eve of taking place and ii is probable that
three new firms will soon commence bust.
ness. 1t would therefore appear that the
place is prospecting.
The college library is soon TO lie increased
by the addition of large invoice of new
books. The sum o! $1,000 is now available
for that purpose, and preparations for cx-
pending it judiciously are now making.
One night last week some malicious per.
son or persons stretched some barbed wire
across one of our most travelled thorough
fares evidently intending that it should
bring some one TO grief Fortuna ely it was
discovered and removed before any harm
was done, but it might easily have been 9TH
erwisc. A man on the sidewalk, or a horse
in he road, passing rapidly by that way,
might have been seriously injured, and the
perpetrators of such thoroughbred deylltry
ought to be severely punished, if they can be
detected.
AS already stated in the FREE Press cor.
respondence, young woman from out Of
town died at the "Picrcc House" here one
night last week, under suspicious circum-
stances. Since her death facts have come to
light which, taken in connection with facts
previously known, give rise to a
well-defned belief that her death was
the result of an attempt at abor-
ton, and that the crime was com.
mitled in Addison clunty. The belief
that such was the case amounts almost to n
certainty; and the question ROW is, What
Is gong to be done about il Shall the mat
ter be investigated, or is it to be allowed to
quiet down and die away until it is forgot
temp In some states steps would have al
ready been taken to get to the bottom of
such case as this, and the bottom facts
would probably by this time have been
Drought 10 llgnt Are we 10 be slower and
more careless about such crimes in Vermont,
and In this county9 There is good deal of
talk about the matter here, and strong feel
ing that the case ought to be investigated
from end to end. A post moitem examina-
ton would do to commence with.
The latest person to be added to the list of
typhoid fever patients is Edward Brousso.
lie is very sick and quite likely never to get
better.
The meeting to sec about making some
provision for furnishing, lighting and heat.
ing the new town house, and providing for
the services of janitor has been called TO