Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-02

Every DDlf WIN hby ohNNp WYNN tN'''o
can dispose Of them at excellent prices. A man
wro lid about ninety sheep the other day is
rcportrh to have been offered so per head
mora than he sold them for before they had
been delivered to the purchaser. Such
episodes in the sheep trade occur every day.
More wood has been chopped this Winter
in Cornwall than for many past years. Thou
sands of cords have been fclled, but the
choppers are all done now for the season.
Mr.. Charles Lane has the reputation of
raising good horses and it is understood to
be pretty well deserved. Mr.. Lane has Just
sold green young horse TO aplrty i'll Con
nccicut, for aboat $500 and has gone to
Hartford to make the delivery.
A project is afoot among the young folks
in fashionable circles, to organize histri-
ono club and get up either an operate or
dramatic entertainment, TO he pr cscnlcd dur
ing the winter Cornwalrs young people
possess excellent musical aud dramatic tl'-
cnt, and the proposed entertainment will I'm
doubted'y prove success
The Western sheep buyers are taking..away
our finest sheep as fast as they can get cars
to transport them. Two Ohio men on
Friday purchased 80 limbs out Of one Of the
finest flocks in town.
The drought still continues without abatc-
ment, and nothing like it has been known fol
many years. So general and long continued
has it been that very few farmers are raising
any cattle to sell, as scarcely enough watcl
is to he had to winter the number of Cattle
usually kept for domestic purposes.
Ferrisburgh.
Abram kingsland an old man of Yves
Ferrsburgh fell from the hay nov in hi
harm "a fnty layc 40 CtriEtn, lie hnuI
His entire body from the head down bccam
Immediately paralyzed so that he coul,
with difficulty turn his head around to avoit
being smothcrcd in the hay. lie was pow
erlcss to move and lay there, during the in
tenscly cold weather, for more than an hou
until discovered by his son. His condition
shows but slight signs of improvement q
last accounts
Monkton.
The funeral of the late George +. Skif
was attended from his late residence o.
Monkton Ridge on Thursday Jan "a. He wa
buried under Masonic honors by his lodge
Patriot No. 80, f. and A. NJ, llinesburgh
of which he was "A beloved member. Nor,
than one hundred brother masons were i
line from the following lodges Patriot Nc
80, llinesburgh North Star No. IL, Rich
mond Friendship M. "a, Charlotte; Dol
chester No. |, Ncrgcnncs Libancs No. A.
Bristol Morning Star No. 8, Middlcbury
The sermon was by Rev. A. o. Spoor q
Statksboro, Vermont. 1t was one of hi
best efforts and gave good satisfaction. i
A. Goss Of Dorchester Lodge No. |, +. an
, A. NJ, OBLIGATED for the fraternity at til
church and ut the grave. He rendered th
touching ceremony in a feeling manner an
the body of our brother was buried out c
: our sight hut his memory will always b
kept green by his Brethren, who remembC
him as IL true hearted Brother mason, OF
from whom you would always get a war;
, clasp of the hand and a cheering and frienC
ly greeting.
About p. m, last Friday q fire broke out
the upper story Of the Charles Adams Blocl
, on Greene street, occupied by l.. l.. l.ibe
ty as a photograph gallery. The firemc
quickly responded, and two good stream
, played upon the fire in a few minutes aft
the first alarm. Liberty's large windows, h
stock of chemicals and his furniture We
,, destroyed or badly damaged. The next foo
l was occupied by J. ii. Donnelly, tailo
; His goods were removed TO the sample roo
) of the Stevens House, aud his loss is nom
: nal, mostly from water and interruption
business. The lower floor was occupied h
e Mrs. T. +. w. Wales, with millinery and /
: dies furnishing goods Many goods we
, removed, but her stock is seriously damage
by water. Total loss on building, good
c etc, about $1,000, fully covered by insuranc
o 1t was fortunate that the fire took place
|, the day time and when no wind was prcva
ing. Had it taken in the night, from
location, it would have resulted disastrousl
Ripton.
Business in Ripton was never livelcr thu
: this Winter Ali the coal jobs and lumbc
c ing jobs are In full blast, wood in large qua
lies is daily drawn down TO the flats, al
: everybody seems to have all he can do. LOl
c hard dry wood sells for 80 per cord
a Royal Bentley was the victim of curiol
n accident Saturday. While chopping wood
= WAS striking Il, the end of Il log as is lay upC
( the ground, and once when he did so the n
y glanced off, flew up and the face OF it struc
. him squarely in the forehead. Fortunate
it struck the front of his cap first brcakir
/ somewhat the force of the blow. 1t G.
i through the cap and cut cash nearly tW
/ inches long in the forehead and clear in
d, the bone. Bentley was not knocked senscles
e but was feled TO the ground like II log. III
wound was dressed and Bentley will soon
| all right again.