Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-02-16
CI1ETEENDEN COUNTY,
fssrx Junction.

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MIR. Wolcott Beach has bought Of I
, lubbs one bundled thousand feet Of stand
ing pine. The boards have been contractc
10 parties y Burlington for making boxes.
Miss Theresa Shcan is teaching school i,
E primary department., Miss Tarbox's healtl
having failed her
Stanley Brownell has so far recovered
from his injuries as to be about the streets
The ice on the track dcrailci several car.
In the yard recently.
Mr.. tayctte Tubbs died last Friday morn
ing after II long illness.
There is great deal of sicknes5-no pre-.
vailihg disease but colds and chronic dinicu'
tics.
Mrs. Prinnic, an old lady who mas lived
IN town Tor many years, was buried Satur
day.
Essex Centre
We arc having quite a scarcity of water in
tlls vicinity, many wells having failed.
Many are sick with colds and sore throat,
which seems to be epidemic. There has
1cen one case of diphthera- Miss Caria
Whltcomb, who died after a few days ill
ness
The Baptist Society have engaged minis
Yer, Mr. Gu.sman from Essex county, n. \ 4.
we welcome him among US.
We are glad to hear OF the success of Miss
Ethic Scoficld us music teacher, she having
secured the largest class that has been in this
place Tor some lime. She has been student
OF the Petersiea Academy of Music in Bos-
! ton and has proved herself a very efficient
teacher and will probably have permanent
class.
tcv. Geo. ;. Guernsey will preach in Essex
next Sunday, February 18Th, forenoon and
afternO ION.
Mr.. ii. N Tracy returned recently from
Castle Garden, New York city, with twenty
men VINO were taken II, once by the farmers
in thls vicinity sfOr farm help. They are
mostly .Germans, coming recently to our
country, and prove to be, so ifar, quite ac-
ceptab!c help in the house aud farm some
Of the men bringing their wives with them
olr. Tracy returned to New York this week
for another inStulmont of men, and he says
''hc is going To place 500 lab)rcrs among the
farmers this sens Ill here is TO need of pay
ing so high prices for labor. Not only
farm help, but M. CHIMES and house help can
he Obtained, at quite reasonable rates.
lively time is expected at the coming
town cling on account Of the disaifection
in some quarters with the result of last falls
election, etc. II is said that Mr. Fletcher
VIII not be Il candidate for reelection to the
Office OF iir.t sclectman, and there is consid-
cradle dislilcctiun with the entire board, be-
cause they did not sustain the listers of the
town last spring, in doubling a certain list
The present year will b. the Tooth ami
vefsliy If the settlement Of the town of
ESSEX, the first = I'm ancnt settlements having
been made in the spring OF 1888. II is TO be
hoped the town will take measures to ap.
propfla'eIY celebrate TINS anniversary.
Richmond.
NJ. S,,..a.,... - ,,..,,,
',,1, 'upu';'In Vi lAlcl,ulohu had an oVar
,,'.' tui,'i Meiang twehty-hVe pounds sue
80 ,,',s .ei..o'eu t,t ION ihit' Inc opera
w." Wa pcIio!ii'.u " IT. Jeh'Sah OF Dos
om' I iIsI.' y rs 0plrhawN OF surfing
iomI iia,sIS vi Miiu'eourY anu fowers oil
i''e,''i'nu
NUNS hall, Friday evening, Tie 10Th inst,
under the objection OF the popular principal,
D. l.. Cushman. Ihc public are invited
The singing elias, TAUGHT by Prof. Thomp.
son has made fine pro,r.s.. ns the nuhlic viii
admit a, the rex, weeks CONCERT
"iili"i"n'
AT the Juiycr.ali.i church. Sunday even.
ing, Feb. lSih. Subicc, for conference.
Joy iu Christ" Text: Peter is;9. Col.
lateral Readings. I.aiuh lv. II; l3. Luke ii
10 Luke ~. ,;lU; Luke yAiy. 81 ,John
Ky, lO:l1; john xvii. -: Romans xiv II :.
Callahan v. %
iincsburah.
Mr. butcher intends to teach q sc,oct
school IN Ills y,lnrc if nr IN l,'t ., snt,icient
nurhnr nr r,,n,I.-thn .,.,,o,J =, lncrin All
1s, ,,,,i ,,,,t 80, a.. ,'., 49, i''
,1
lhc 'tncrao'c ;''i"h itck, Esq, mas
occ" eo"'ito. ~ MS '"p1" I'i 'hrce WEEKS, On
account Oh slcNhcSs. IFS iilends think that