Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-06
three feet and one inch in thickness. :
there /, very little frost in the ground

three feet and one inch in thickness. Still |
there /, very little frost in the ground.
There was dance the other evening at
which one young fellow knocked down an
other one, to whose wife he is alleged 10
have leen paying too close attentions. The |
next morning he paid over SIG for his
fun.
r. II. Mcleod, Esq, has golc TO Wills
boro, N. Y. to attend the funeral Of his
brother.
A lady whose name is unknown was quite
severely injured Sunday evening by being
thrown cut Of u buggy on Wcybridge street.
She is reported us saying that she would
have damages If there vas any way of get
ting them.
williamson an / Donncllcy have received
another lot of brUkcn-dOwn street car horses
from lioston. They take good care OF them
and when they are recuperated some of them
fetch good prices. One of the last lot rccriv-
ed is considered to be worth $500.
Professor Meads night school is coming
on ctccllcntly. There were only nine pupils
the first night, but the number is continually
increasing. One of the pupils was soldier
of tie Rebellion and moat Of the others art
pretty well started in years.
No considerable amount of sales were made
brought 25 cents per pound eggs, 10 pota-
toes G5 and 20,
Mr.. Jason Davenport has finally Just about
concluded to remove to the Wcst-probably
to Minnesota which project he has for
long time been contemplating. Many years
ago MIR. Davenport was an extensive manu-
facturer Of stones in Mddlebury, but he had
to succumb 10 business cmbarrassments.
Subsequently he was hardware dealer, but
for several years past he has been an active
and fairly successful insurance agent.
The Burlington Marble company has pur-
chased the property of the Bcldens Falls
Marble company, paying therefore 925,0 OO.
Monday afternoon n man from another
town, who had come to town on the Boston
mail, caught on to the train as it was leaving
the depot, intending, no doubt, to jump off
before the train got well under way. But
the train was going extremely fast for so
short start when lie finally did
jump off, and he was thrown
Off with great violence and turned
over and over several times. When the man
went home again he took with him badly
bruised face Il spraiued wrist and little
more sense.
The firm of Tracey u Dewey, wagon manu-
factuiers, consisting of Col. A. 5. Tracey and
Wallace Il. Dewey, has been ssjlved. Col.
Tracey will continue the business and Mr.
Dewey will be II travelling salesman in the
same line for New York firm.
The following were the exercises at the
meeting OF the Schumann Club Tuesday
evening: Homage aux Danes Fisca,"
Mrs. +. A. Bond and Miss Hattie Bond vo-
cal duet All Could Teach the Night
ingale ;" Miss Cnla llosmer, Miss Nellie
O'Donnell piano duet, "Pictty Birds
quadrillc," John A. Fletcher and NJ. A.
Stapeton vocal solo, Peacefully Stun
bcr" Miss Lizzie Buttolph, piano duet,
"PrIma Donna Waltz" Miss Dashele,
Miss Spear vocal duet, Morning Walk :"
Miss May Secley, Miss Bittolph; rondo
in ID. Mozart, Miss Nellie O'Donncll. Rev.
Mr.. Tillty, was called upon for remarks, it
beng the last evening he would be present at
a meeting Of the club. Mr.. Tlllcy respond
ed III very appropriate and feeling terms.
The Ncrino Shcep-Breedcrs.
The second annual meeting OF the Yer
mont Mcrino Sheep-brccders association
commenced here Tuesday. Since the county
fair last September the sheep building has
been painted on the uutsidc, beaches for
shearng on have been built in the upper
story aud an elevator for getting the sheep
up and down has been put in.
The sheep did not begin to come in very
early and the whole number entered during
the day did not exceed hundred. Very
few sheep were sheared, in fact only be-
ginning was made.
But Thugs began u look much more like
business at an early hour Wednesday morn
ing, and the empty pens rapidly filled up,
and the building Itself vas comfortably filled
with interested parties and many spectators.
At eleven O'clock in the morning between
twenty and thirty men were busily at work
stripping of the iceccs of valuable sheep
from many towns.
Among those who have sheep entered for
sheariug may he named the following promi- |
nent gentlemen Roliu Lane Cornwall; CP |
Morrison " Son, Addison; {. p.annJ.J. Crane,
Brldport; Chcrhino and Williamson, Middle |
bury; IL. w. Walker, Shorcham Dean aud
Jennings, West Cornwall f. II. Bacon. Yer
gcnncs; Ecls and Speiry, Miidlebury; H.R |
Holden, Middlebury; A. ii. Smith, Shore
ham; VIM. IL. DeLong, West Cornwall ii. |
Il. Wright, Middlebury George Hammond |
Middlcbury Edgar Sanford. West Cornwall; |
{. ii. aud j. A. James, Middlebury. ii. T. |
Sanford, West Cornwall Barnum and Pow
ers, ShOreLam; j. G.. Barker, Leicester juno !
ton j. b. llamln Il Son, Cornwall; |
Frank and l. L. Moore Shoreham;
William McCaulev, Cornwall; u. u. Tot
tcnham X Sou, Shorthan; Nirtulan Rich,
Shoreham; G. A. Cutting Shoreham; L.
+. Stckney. Shoreham; Albert Chapman,
Burwell X Morrison, Bird
port; H. c. Burwel, Brldport; {. w. Ma
sou, Vergennes j. l., Bullolph & Co., Mid
dlebury Henry Robbins, Cornwall; +. n.
l'issell, Shoreham; Brown x Ketcham. |
Whiting; Ii, j. Brookins, Shoreham; Les
ter Fish, Ira Williams u Stlckney Shore
ham; A. A. Farnswor,h, New Haven; Ed
ward Farnham, Cornwall. There were sew
eral other entries, but this list comprises
most of them. Among the sheep present is
the ram lamb Fortune" owned by William
NlcCauley of Cornwall, and for which he was
offered the sum Of $4,000 when it was about
eight months old. Sheep men who know
what they are talking about say that this is
the best lamb that was ever dropped lie
will be just year old on Thursday, the last
lay of The shcariug, aud will be shorn for the
first time on that day.
Vcraennes.
We understand that two parties, with
different lines of goods, will soon occupy the
lne store, belonging to Mr.. llerrck Stevens,
adjoining the postofiice, just vacated by Mr..
The city authorities are tearing out the
over story of the City Hall, and will ie
)air and improve the same for the use Of the
ire department. 1t was in a very dilapidat-
ID condition.
Mr.. L, T. Lane, Whose departure to Mel
bourne. Australia, has been noticed, has tax
N up his residence at Sidney, New South
Wales.
Mr.. Leslie Thompson, aged twenty-five {
ears, son of Hiram Thompson of New
Iavcn, died Saturday morning of consump-
ion, al his home in Monkton.
The market Saturday was quite light.
Butter comes in slowly at 10 to % cents,
ggs have fallen to Is cents per dozen, and !
here are very few even at that price. !.
The numerous relatives friends and !;