Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-27

Mr.. L. D. Twi,chell Las been appointed
administrator with will anncxed) OF the es-
tate Of the late Charles Hay, ~ place If
Judge Thurman i;roJkius, decrns.I. 1t is
curious fact that on the morning when Judge
Brookius died so suddenly he was hurryug |
around to get his work done up 20 that lie
might get around Ia time to attend tine fuuer- |
al of Mr.. Hay, which was set for that day.
The two men had been members Of the Ma
sonic Lodge of ShOreiam, and It'll were
buried under the auspices of that lodge.
Just enough snow fell Tuesday forenoon
to remind ~ that Summer il yet some dis
lance off.
| The Univcrs lliss here are not 10 have any
more preaching Just at present. They will
wait until they get their affairs Strengthened
out before proceeding any further with their
meetings.
| Mr.. Willis L. Guernsey OF Rutland was in
town Tuesday. Mr.. Guernsey was graduate
| of Middlcbury college in the class of 1870
Since last December Mr.. Guernsey Las been
the secretary of the Rutland Young Mems
Christian Association aud he is the editor of
the associations organ, small shcet pub
lished once Il month and called the Monthly
BuUetin.
Contrary 10 his previous intentions, Mr..
Jason Davenport, having made arrangements
for the sale of his insurance business, started
west ward with h3 family Monday noon. A
large number OF their old neghbors and
friends went to the depot to see them OH. Mr..
Davenport came to MIddlcbury when mere
boy aud has always lived here since. While
in business here he made two or three for
tunes, which lie was SO unlucky as TO lose
again. However he leaves town good
deal better of than he was when lie came
here first.
I. Two car loads of pulp per day is the quaint
ity now being turned out by the Green Noun.
tain Pulp Company. The wood which they
use in its manufacture is spruce eXclu-
sively.
Almost every one who can afford it seems
TO be repairing and improving his house aud
groun Is. The amount Of this Kind of work
which is being done is greater thHn has been
done in any Spring for several years.
1t is well Known that some chil !ren were
blown up few years ago in Il Vermont town
by an old empty can winch once had con-
tanned nir1-glycerinc. Some MiGdlebury
fellows similarly 20, pretty full Tuesday by
rinsing out an empty barrel which had form
orly contained alcohol AMI drinkins the rms
ings Blu. they used vinegar to d. the rims
ing with.
, The contract for building the new town
, |
mittcc to No ,rs. Smith and Allen If Mid
dIebury. Mcssr. A. =. Topper Of Middle
bury and L. H. d lnicls of Vcryennes jointly
bid lower than Smith and Allen, but there
was some hitch In the arrangements, and the
co.itract was let as stated.
Mr.. Robinson Cartwel of the Green
Mountain Pulp company, has secured letters
patent from the government Of the United
States for an Improvement in wood pulp
making machinery, by means of which i'm
prOvement finer quality of paper can be
made from tue pulp than was formerly pos
sUlc
There is a chance. though a small one, per-
laps, that we shall have new manufactur-
ing industry in town. A company has been
| formed for the manufacture of certain kinds
Of agricultural Implements and some Middle
bury men are Interested in the enterprise II
is understood that the new company has not
yet settled on place in which to engage in
| the work Of manufacturing their implements
and that they are considering the advantages
furnished by the wafer power in Middle
bury.
Ahou, two inches OF snow feil Tuts lay ey-
| cning in Two hours and u little more came
down wednesday morning. The sun soon
took it off, but i, probably helped the maple
sugar business some, ii not too late.
Rev. Father Cunningham of Bratlleboro
was in town wednesday and was cordially
greeted by hosts Of friends Of all dcnomina-
lions. Father Cunningham was for period
of fifteen years pastor of the Middlebury
Catholic church, and was always one of the
most popular OF priests. Two years ago
Bishop De Goesbranl saw fit to send lin to
, {rat,laboro and he went there, although it
was much giinsl lis own will aud To the
great regret Of his canIreg ilGg
A. p. Topper, Ed. aud 7. IL. Mcleod
Esq, have gone 10 llyderaik To argue before
Judge Powers Il motion to dissolve An njunc-
ton in an imp rtant Riptun water suit.
A Middlcbury woman who had been drop
| ped from the pension roll on account of mar
ryiug n second husband, which marriage af-
| terward proved to be marriage only in form
| Tor the reason lttt the man already had one
| legal and undivoiced wife living, applied to
| the government to be restored TO the pcnsion
list. The application WIS made about four
teen years ago, hut tie c ,sc has not yet been
decided.
There always seems to be trouble and trib-
ulation down IN Frog llolow.' Some of
the denizcns of that legality seem to lyc only
Tor the purl csc OF w.eing perpetual warfare
against each other. For instance, some of
the female population got at loggcrhoids |
battle, in which titles were the principal |
weapons used aud these were hurled about |
somswhat promiscuously, One of the COM
bslants went TO lawyer later on to get |
something done about the matter, but it up. |
pearcd after little investigation that the |
complainant was the one who was chiefly to
blame for the whole transaction.
The sheep business has not been very ac-
tive 50 far this week. Only twenty head
have been shipped frCm this station. and those
did not 90 outside of the State. They were
shipped by Rollin J. Jones Of Cornwall to
ID. L. Burpham Of Cayendsh.
For some days past it has been reported
about town that the cotton factory property
had at last been sold. The report seems to
be an entire mistake. 1t appears that the
owners of the property keep continually va
ryib4 their price for it, and when they have
been offercd their own price for It, they have
then asked higher figures, which seems 10 be
the reason why the property yet remains on
their hands.
AT last after many days the workmen have
succeeded in getting the old court house off
its foundation, so that work can 90 on about
the foundation for the new building. Ground
Tor the foundation was broken Tuesday Tie
new building will he six feet wider and
twenty feet longer than the old one. The
preliminary work Tor the new town house
has also been begun, tha woIkmen starting
in en- the job wednesday afternoon.
The statement that the bid Of Topper Il
Daniels for the contract to build our town
house was lower than that Of Smith & Allen,
is apparently an inaccuracy, The facts are
these. The bids on the specifications were, |
Topper & Daniels, Sll, 700 Smith Il Allen,
81 800. However, some slight changes in |
the plans were made after the specifications
were drawn up, and by an accident, all men !
ton Of the steps was omitted in the specifics. II
lions. One change made is that the belt linc
is to lie of marble instead of buff brick, as II
was at first intended. These and other ex-
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