Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-20

accul upon our place Thursday evening, hay.
inp tramped from New Haven. They are
he guests Of Z. A. Booth, Esq, whose SOP.
John Ii. Booth, Is recent graduate OF Yale.
Unfortunately j. II. Booth is visiting over |
the lake. His friends are having pleasant |
time, nevertheless. They are trifle lame,
but will proceed to Crown Point, thence to
Bellows Falls
The funeral Of Mr. Human p. Clark Of
been mentioned takes place from the house,
at noon, Saturday, 1ith inst. Dir. Clark was
well.known dealer in blood sheep.
We saw sample of five acres Of orchard
grass, that measures five feet and one inch in
height, from the farm of e. ID. Smead Of
Waltham.
The night Of the lire--Saturday night-was
memorable event. II suspended what was
regarded as the leading industry Of our place.
Tie possibility of its being a final suspension
has Il most depressing effect upon all. Yer
geunes has too few manufactures to feel able
TO part with one, least of all the one burned
Saturday night, viz, the Shade Roller Com
pany's building. Tho burning structure,
as it stood wrapt in flame, was n magnificent
spectacle. 1t lingsd the tips of the trees with
wondrous beauty, cclipscd the moon and
sent far up into the night air great volumes
ern shores of the lake and even fiom Bur-
lington, more than 20 miles away. The up
per floor of the building was filed to
its capacity, and the roof, which
was slated, was very heavy. The
flames gradually burned away the supports
and before the attic was aflamc or win
dow broken in the cupola, down it came
with a fearful crash, which was distinctly
heard by boa,man aud parties on the river
nearly two miles distant.
There was a lively runaway here by span
of Bridport horsls, Monday morning. They
started near tho Stevens House, took the
sidewalk down Main street, badly barked
one of the shade trees IN front Of the resi-
dence of Messrs &. T. and g. o. Stevens,
left the hind wheels there, and brought up on
the street, opposite the postollice. 1t was
a short aud sharp run, but judging from the
broken reach and "cx,' il must prove some
what expensive to the owner Of the rig.
VIM. Z. Green, Jr., who has been spend
| ing short time at home, returned to Pitts
burg, Pa, Monday.
Miss Mary Pratt of Randolph, Mass, who
has been the guest of Miss IL. ID. Stevens,
some weeks, returned home Tuesday.
| The Misses Clarke OF Madison, Wis, Miss
Grace and Miss Fraukie-wth their mother
have for the past nine weeks, been the
guests Of Mrs. Harry Adams Mrs. Clarke's
mother. They returned to Madison, Tues
day. The young ladies leave many aud warm
friends behind them whose kindest wishes
accompany them to their Wisconsin home
The all-absorbing theme for Vcrgennes,
Monday, was the capture Of Levi Nc
| Conley the fugitive wife-murderer from
over the lake. The story was that he had
been in town, but had taken 10 the woods
skirting the range OF mountains south Of the
place. AT once the list Of volunteers was
swollen to small army, and soon the
entire range from Buck mountain
east to The railroad was brlstling
with weapons of war, shot-guns, rifles, Smith
& Nelson's death.dealers, pitchforks, and
one ferociOus volunteer carried horscwhip
and horse pistol. Sheriff n. f. Dunshee OF
Bristol, who happened to be in town, joined
10 the pursuit. Officer Kmball, with an eve
to the game, after careful survey Of TIE
field, advised driving the fugitive toward the
Bristol mountains. This was effectually
done, and kimball getting on his track had
McConley safe in hand about $50 o'clock in
the evening. He was taken across the lake
Tuesday morning by Sheriff jenkins, the
prisoner offering no resistance. While the
excitement of pursuit was at its height, four
mischief-loving fellows improvised captur-
up and shouted for the key. The prisoner
was roughly hauled from the buggy, and the
open-eyed crowd increased in numbers and
interest. and They've got him They've go,
him." flew from mouth to mouth, when
Zabar's slouch hat fell from Lyons head an.
he was Obliged to retreat in disor Ter while
Bush. Lahuuf and Zabar fed in haste TO cs-
cape the shouts their ruse elected.
The farming community, are pa.
tcnt body of men. But their endurance has
been overasied and now instead of paying
SO and $3.50 per day for uncertain help
have resolved to ''change works" with each
other. and work little harder to secure
their hay AMI grain and thus pocket the Sl.5C
or Sl.75 pr day which they would willingly
pay for extra help during hayiug and harvest.
ing. 1t would seem that farm hands are
standing in their own light.
State National bank examiner Hon. Geo,
w. ilendee OF Morrisvic, was in town Tues.
day, visiting our banking institutions, beth
of which made excellent showing.
Rev. Il. Is. Tobey, who is stopping, tenn
porarly, with friends at New Haven, fol
the benefit of his health, will occupy Rev.
Mr.. Halls desk al the Congregational church
next Sunday.
Mr.. Jared Booth, Fcrrisburgh, had the
misfortune TO break his leg just above the
ankle-joint Tuesday, by jumping from a
hay rick to the ground. He is doing Us well
as could be expected.
The "facc of nature" never wore a broad.
er smile than 1t does now. Turn your eye
which way you will, and the picture is like
the Promised Land. Already the Winter
wheat and rye are putting on the harvest
time color, thus threatening to close up tho
usual gap between haying and harvesting,
and making heavy seasons work of 1t.
Mr.. d. p. Harvey of Waltham is on Wis
it to Boston to see relatives, and will return
via New Hampshire, his early home
Henry W. Simonds has returned home from
SiouA City, Iowa, where lie has been fol
some weeks past.
IF" is one of the most elimnaiive of prep
ositons, but it makes a wide difference in re-
suits. "lf'' We had not been favored will
iron-nerved firemen Saturday even.
ing, the large furniture mandatory
of Messrs Smith and Ketcham would have
been II smoul1ering ruin to day. Protected
by u thin barricade of boards they stood tc
the post of duty and deluged the exposed
building until all danger was passed. The
clapboards were charred by the intense heat
and the end of the structure steamed like q
boiler during the fire, which was hardly forty
feet distant. 'lf' the wind had been south
as it had been for days previous-instead OF
north, the probability is that we should now
be mourning the loss of Il majority of the
manufacturing establishments of Vergennes
A few hours later the wind changed to the
south and blew quite sharp. .. Don't despisC
the "Ifs."
1t is no matter of surprise, but 1t is per
manent sourceof qualification, to the friends Of
Alderman Shepard Happen of Troy, n. Y,
to know that he promptly cared for the five
hundred little fresh air cxcursionists, or
their arrival at that city few days
since. He made five hundred children
happy, children who see by far too few
bours of rladness What n glorious thing