Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-12-28
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The sawmill ut the Falls has changed
hands, Mr. d. S. Spear being the present
owner i is understood however that the
river on which 1t stands is frozen solid as far
up as ilne,bureh.
The blind man. George Pippin who has
for years showed wonderful ingenuity IN
handling freight, tending switch etc at Shell
burn station is dead. He had been blind from
boyho1d aud the skill he displayed at various
kinds of work, including uphostcring, which
he followed as q trade for some time, was
simply marvellous
Essex Junction.
Mr, Archie II. Beach of the postal service,
was married on the 10Th inst, to Belle. the
eldest daughter of 5. ID. Teachout of Essex
Junction The ceremony took place at the
residence of the brides father, the nup.al
knot being tied by the Rev. John Cowan.
Some forty guests were present, mostly
relatives of the respective families. The
y,nng people were handsomely remembered
and many presents in silver aud other ar,i-
cles Of all ornamental aud useful nature
testified TO tie general esteem of the friends
present and absent. After partaking of a
collation., the young PEOPLE left for the even
ing train, followed by shower OF slippers
uzinesburgh.
Nennol's sultry weather began Sunday
morning with The thermometer 90 below
zero.
The mills are troubled for water and
have tn run on short time. On the farms
the little water that escaped the drought has
in many cases frozen up solid. Our first
slcighinS Dec. "A.
The peculiar rcdness of the skv at sunset
aud sunrise still continues The morning
display is especially brilliant.
The absolute necessity of another room
for the village school has revived the talk of
graded schC OIL Good. Earnest talk can
do much. The great obstacle is the expense
Now n few hundred dollars will enlarge and
ictll the academy building which no doubt eau
be obtained for this purpose. This will give
good location, and a good building for the
least money. IL may not suit everybody, but if
the sclectmcn will put an Article in the town
meeting warning, so that it can be acted up
on by the town, it will be found that large
maj GRITTY favor this plan. Now let all who
are interested, see that this talk amounts
to something this year.
Sunday evening, DR.. L. l. Walker lcctwcd
on temperance, in the Methodist church under
the auspices of the w. CT L. Our buyers say
they did very well with their large consign-
mcnl Of Thanksgiving poultry. and last week
they sent of another nice 10, for Christmas.
Jericho.
c. VI. Douglass left for his nom, in Mime
apolis las, week, going by the way of Boston
and Philadelphia.
IL. l.. Stevens OF 81. Paul arrived in town
Sunday norning on short visit
i. T. Shanley lefi Tuesday night for
Devils Lake, Dakota
Charlie Pierce is quite sick with lung
fever.
Our mcrchun'sicp a fair trade for the
holidays mot as good Us last year.
The ll!st aud about the Only sleigh seen on
our streets was one which arrived from Bur.
lirgton, las, Saturday.
Sunday morning was the coolest of the
the season thus far, the thermometers, as
varion;ly reported, Indicating from 20 TO 90
degrees below Zer1 At the "half-way.
house." on the mountain, the mercury s.old
at 10 degrees below.
Oar mich esteemed t0wnsman Mr.. Cyrus
&. Pringle, starts from home again soon, to
pursue further botanical researches in the far
West. Mr.. Cyrus Gore acc ,mpanics him as
assistant,
Christmas pas;cl of pleasantly at East
Village. The Roman Catholic and Baptist
churches were both centres of attraction. AT
the former Rev. Father Kerlidou conducted
n very Interesting forenoon service. he
church cdiIce had bccn handsomely decor
ated by MIR. O5hcr, who nIw has charge of
the property, in place Of Mr. Lorraine, re-.
Gently deceased. Fine music was furnished
by local talent and several members of the
Ncrgcunes hrass band. AT the Baptist
church, concert and tree gave agreeable
entertainment for the evening The concert
was excellent and the plucking from the tree
made many happy hearts. Some beautiful
transparencies, prepared under the supcrvi-
sion of DIR. Narney for the concert exercise,
were dcscrvedly much admired. Miss Cora
Powell, the capable organis,, with several
good helpers, furnished excellent music.
A Christmas and New Years concert will
be given at the Congregational church on
Sunday evening, December Both, aud at the
same place, on Tuesday evening, January
1st Miss Il. Beecher, from the Boston
School of OratOry, will give humorous and
dramatic recitati9ns.
Ga Saturday the 22d, George Ayers, one
OF the earlier business men of Milton,
passed away. He was boarding at the
Franklin house, Georgia, at the lime of his
death. When lie first came to town he
worked for Moses Ayers, his cousin, then
one OF the owners of the stage line aud the
builder ard proprietor of the hotel stand
owned by William Landon. Mr.. Ayers was
town clerk for a long time, sclcctman and
town representative. llo was man of more
than ordinary ability and generous,
Mr. George Howard, former partner of
MIR. George Ashley, died on Saturday morn.
ing last Although falling for some time,
his death was somewhat unexpected.
Christmas exercises were held in all the
churches. At the Congregational church a
concert and tree, Monday night, and the OBJ.
scrvancc of Midnight mass at the Catholic
church were largely attended. Tuesday
night the conci rt aud tree of tho Methodist
church called ont fair audience. The
merchants all speak Of good tradc-as good
as they have bad Tor years,
II. o. Clark and family from Orange,
n. D., are in town on brief visit