Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-10-05
ADDISON COUNTY.
NiiddIebury.

The Undergraduate association of Middle
bury la. been organized Tor the current year
with the following officers: President, NJ.
A. Stap!cton ; secretary,R. j. barton bust
ness manager, Il. G. jerks The editors for
he year are Seniors Glen +. Lalhor, Elmer
p. Miller, Clarence X. Piper and Juniors
Flank r Mcleod, Gcorg. p. McGowan,
Wilbtit N. Severance aud M. A. Stapleton.
Senior Glen Il. L.llArop bps been elected
cditor-aud. chief, the tdtor-in-chief being
always member of the Senior class and
elected by the other editors.
Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Ii. Strain and
Mrs. W. Ii. Ellis were riding in buggy and
when they were driving by Mr.. George Bar
NUNS, whose horse they were driving, the
horse took notion to go home and suddenly
turned short to go into the yard. The occu-
pants Of the buggy were both thrown out
each Of them receiving slight injuries about
the head and face but not being hurt per-
cepibly otherwise. The buggy sustained
some damage.
Mr.. John +. Pierce has at last retired from
active business. For the past 80 years Mr..
Pierce has been engaged IL the tobacco trade,
having been for 25 years Of that time on the
road, and always driving his own team. For
the past five years he has kept retail tobac,,
co sand on the corner q Main street and
Merchants row, which be had fitted up for
bis sons, WHO kept it Tor some years before
Mr.. Pierce gave up travelling.
Charles Speycr, son Of jacob Speyer, who
has been dangerously sick with The typhoid
fever, is getting better, and his chances Of
recovery are now good.
Rev. Alva f. Carpenter, the new rector of
ST. Stephens Episcopal church, recently took
a trip TO his old h me in Rhode Island, and
when he returned to Mddlebury lie brought
a bride along with him.
The other night fire broke out in livery
stable at Pittsburg, Pa, and three horses
and a stable boy were burned to death. Five
horses wers rescued, one Of them being Mr..
Darwin Riders trottng mare Clara NJ. All
the blankets and trappings belonging to the
mare were lost, and her groom, Jimmy Dono-
hue of Middlebury, escaped with his life, but
lost the greater part OF his clothing.
Professor and Mrs. Ezra Draiuerd gave u
reception on Friday evening to the MEN,
bcrs Of the senior and junior classes of the
college, several young ladies' being present
also.
The fear which was entertained few
weeks ago that the potato crop would be
blightcd by rust seems to have been for the
most part groundless. In few Cases crops
have been damaged some by rust, but not
is very large and the quality of the potatoes
is excellent
Large droves OF fine looking cattle are
,oen TO pass through here frequently on their
way westward. They are said to come
from Lamciie county, and are going out
near tue lake shore in Bridport for winter
ing.
/, lion. l.. L. Knapp, judge Of probate, will
start next week for the West on Q business
trip, and will be gone two or three weeks.
A game of base ball was played on the
college grounds Saturday afternoon, between
u nine picked up in Panton and Weybridge
on one side and a nine composed Of Middle
bury and New Haven players on the other.
The former won by II score Of % 10 H..
"Nuffs' were trumps, and with the excep-
ton Of the work done by a couple of players
on each side the game was very good exhi-
btion of mighty poor playing
Col. Knapp started on his trip to the west
on Monday. He will visit Minnesota, Ne
braska aud probably Dakota.
The college students will not have the an
pual hunt this year, but have decided to go
on an EXCURSION instead. A committee has
been appointed to select time and place and
} make preparations for the excursion.
The other evening large number of the
friends of Rutic Langworthy, son of Myron
Ii. Langworhy, swooped down on him in a
body, it being the fourteenth anniversary Of
his birthday. They had fine time and lett
several valuable presents behind them when
they broke up for the night.
|, Mrs. Oscar Cushman aud son have gone to
New York for a visit
Henry ii. Nichols and James Mullen, old
Middebury boys, now OF Holyokc, Mass,
are in town on a short visit to relatives and
friends.
Otter Creek has already risen considerably
under the influence OF the late heavy rains,
and the water is now higher than it has been
for several moths past, so that the mills along
the banks down stream will soon be able TO
run at their full capacity again.
The mails received at and sent from the
Middlebury pOstoflicc showed a very heavy
Increase on Monday, the two cent postage
being evidently popular institution.
The wool market is becoming exceeding
lly brisk owing to recent advances in the
lprices paid, anda heavy movement is already
visible in the wool trade here. Buyers here
have been pling up great quantities Of wool
in their storehouses during the season OF de-
cline and they are now making large ship
ments to market and will evidently realize
handsome profits.
The miscreants who cone 10 the dead OF
the night and wreak their spite and malice
against those who may have offended them
in some way by befouling their doors and
windows, were around again Sunday night
and made the Addison House visit. This
dirty trick has been played too often in
Middebury, and every means possible ought
to be taken to discover and punish the per-
petTators.
George II. Sweet, whose recent arrest and
incarceration in the county jail ON an alas
lexecution at the instance Of William Mat
thews of Cornwall has b,cn mentioned,
took the poor mau's oath Tuesday morning
and wasthereupon released from custody.
This probably puts an ind for The present tn
Sweets legal trlbulations.
| yergenncs
An indication of the large demand for
butter is shown bya Veigennes dealer who
has orders ahead for more butter than he can
buy during a month to come.
| Vergennes has generally been favored with
a cider mill each season, but this year ap-
pears to be an exception. Whether il is the
scarcity OF apples that prevents some ambi-
tious individual from Winning money from
this Industry, we do not know, but the fact
remains that no mill appears and temperance
Vergennes mourns.
The common council of Vergenncs, Aug
Sd, 1857, took favorable action for the rur-
chase of ground for the location of a new
cemetery, and in 1858, four acres Of ground
were bought of William A. Sheriff. for that
purpose. Subsequently, two acres were
added. This has been laid out 10 two hun
dred and lightweight lots, 42xl0 feet in size.
or these lets, 1872 have been taken and occu-
pied, but only SO have been recorded. The first
lot sold was purchased by Norman Crane,
Dec. 7lh, 1860, AMI George Crane was the
first person buried in the new cemetery. A
substantial fence extends thiry-eigbt rods
on Main street, pretty good fence runs