Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-05
SOUTHERN viis,E0SE.

A, f. Fulrof Woodstock has sold twelve
| sheep five anbs and seven, ewes to a Maine
man f,r $500.
Ashley stone of Wilmington, cy-State Sen
ator. has just had his left eye removed By
Phlade pha oculst.
The production Of marble in Vermont this
year was l,0Oo 00O cable feet valued at oyur
-, 100000. The number of men employed
in the quarrcs and mills exc, ed 93D0 aud it
required 10000 cars to carry the marble
away. Nearly Sl,0O0,G0J was paid for
the labor of workingmcn By the quarry
owntrs.
J. ), Kenerson of Barnet h4s sold his
scven-yt ar-old COW, Moie +, for 500, AMI
the f'ur-yeir-od COW, Kate 81, for $50.
Thee COWS are tue Jersey Qlcpn's half
sisters and were shipped last Monday
To 90 TO Charleston, South Caro-.
lima. lie has sid his yculug hcifcr.
Nluu'!c Parks tor $780, amt she hqs zone to
lipois
Death has been very busy in this town the
past yer and now we have to chronicle tile
sud intei igrncc Of the death of Angelina
Hooker W te If Bingham kin>ly, who died
Friday, Dec - aged - years Size was
bonn N The house where she died, also mar
rlcd IN the same room forty. seven years ago,
shr leaves "A us'and and one SON { ;. Kim
slew, editor OF tie Burlington tHpp,r. Mrs.
kirSeY was endowed with n strong mind
and great force Of character. She possessed
II Keen intellect, and was awomln Of uucum.
mon energy and perseverance, always firm
and decided; quick 10 speak and quick To act,
ever ready to express her honest convictions
IN her own p Tin, unvarnishci way. She
was KIND wife and loving mother true
friend and nclrhb II, and ms we stood around
her caskct viewing all that was mortal of
Mrs IL n>lry, n'ighbor who hal lived by
her side over iiity-jhrce years WAS heard to
say "Shc was the best woman | ever
knew. Truly a good woman has gone to
rest. Ger, Messenger.
Harry W. Porter, one of the old citizens
of Rutland, died on Saturday morning.
The First National bank of Bennington has
declared a scmi-snnual dividend Of eight per
cent from the earnings of the last six months
A Brat,lcboro pastor who was called soy
eral miles 10 tie a Christmas matr imonial
knot, haveng hastily warmed his half frozen
hands was chilled again by the prospective
groom's announcement that we've decided
to put or off -
A Brattlcboro minister resolved Christ
mas purse Of $500 from his people.
Not less than 200 new houses were built in
Rutland in 1859.
VIM. Whitcomb, formerly OF Felchvillc,
committed suicide Al his home in GcncS.o,
ILL.,, on Dec. II. No cause is assigned.
Scarlet fever is said to be prevalent in
Wo dstock. Several schools In the vicinity
have been closed on account Of ii.
Rv. Dr. Cow, pastor of the Brattleboro
Baptist church, has resigned his charge, and
int nds to spend the Winter in Florida. 1t
is rot known who will succeed him.
Mrs Harriet Bailey of Rupert was very
seriously injured, recently, by u runaway
team, VIII CHI Collidcd with the cutter in which
Sue WAS hiding, and threw her out with great
fore. When picked up, Mrs. Bailey was
uuconSci nus Assistance was procured. and
she WAS taken to a ncghbOring house, where
she lies in a critical condition, Her horse
was thrown down, and the cutter thrown
upon the horse, while one of the runaway
team tell on Top OF all. Mrs. Bailey was
thrown nearly thirty feet by the collision.
A genuine highway robbery was commit
ted, near Pownal, last week A Williams.
town, Mass butcher, while driving through
a desolale ravine called the "Dugway" was
stopped by two men, who robbed him Of his
watch, some $50 in money, and other yalu-
ables worth $40
4 WoOdford woman came near losing con-
siderable piu-moncy, by placing it for safe
keeping in u rag-laS. A tin pedder bought
The rags, and WIS just disappearing, when
the woman remembered the rags, and set
out after him AT full speed, Fortunately, she
her cash several hundred dollars
before it was made into writing paper