Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-06-13
CrIICTENDEN COUNTy.
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Isincsburgh.
The new safe has been placed in the town
clerks office and is everyday satisfactory.
Its weight is $500 pounds.
Sunday was Children's Gay and sermons
were addressed particularly to the young.
A school board meeting is called at the
town house, July 1st at o'clock, p. M,
to discuss methods and means for grading
and imp owing our public school. All IN any
way interested are cordially invited to attend
aud take part in the discussion.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet We'd
nesday afternoon of this week at Mrs. l.. G.
Andrews's.
Mr.. jacob S. Rood has handsome colt
three years old this spring which weighs
1910 pounds. 1t is well broken to harness.
Essex Centre.
Through the patriotic influence of Capt.
Gilbert Morton and Miss Laura Chapman,
teacher of the Centre school, Decoration day
was not allowed to pass wholly unobscrved
at Essex Centre. Flags and flowers were
obtained fer the soldiers graves, and put
into the hands of the school children, and at
III o'clock a. M, a procession was formed,
led by Capt. Morton, followed by the chill
dren, bearing the the flags and flowers, to-
gether with small company Of citizens.
They all marched TO the cemetery, where the
children sung patriotic songs, a prayer was
offered by Rev. w. Wilder who also read a
part OF a beautiful poem written a year or
two ago for a similar occasion, by Rev. A.
j. Hough, entitled "Thc Blue the Gray"
After this, the children were separated into
| companies, and went through the cemetery,
putting a flag and two boquets of flowers
| upon each soldiers grave, A letter was read
TO the children which was written, during
the war, by a mother from this town tO
| Capt. Morton concerning her boy, lad
| about sixteen years old, who had enlisted and
was under Capt. Mortons command.
A small Union flag was exhibited by Capt.
Morton, a rude, homemade thing, which
was put out by Union family along the
| shores of the Mississippi, as signal to our
| fleet. A company of soldiers were sent out,
| and supplies of food were offered to the
soldiers, even to the last remnant the family
had. Those days were days of trial and
| suffering to true patriots North and South,
and worthy of a much more patriotic remem.
bIance than is commonly accorded to them.
Shclbmrn.
Childrcn'a day will be long remembered by
| the juvenile portion of the community. Mr.
Dlbb!c's address was very interesting and
| many little hearts were instructed as well as
| amused by his illustrations and object les.
aonS, ~ 'ne e.ouihE tne chlIolcn LOOK
pronlncn' part IN inc exercises, which were
heartily enjoyed by both old and young.
~ decided success both financially and
socially WAS the jubilee Socablc" in the
Church parlors, Wednesday evening. About
one hundred and twenty-five people were
piesen., inc c NUMBER Oh burlington
The refreshments served Inv the Ladies' wonid
do credit to nnv society, 1hoicn music yvas
furnished and IN rancrol nonJ Tine ",as
truly the result.
Inc thunder shower OF Friday afternoon
was ushered in by sprinkling OF hail stones
las'l0g about ive minutes. The stones were
the largest seen here for number of years,
some OF them 'neasurlng nearly an inch IN
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Inc many trends OF Mrs. e. D. ROWlcy
VIII regret TO learn that she has been quite
SICK tor the past lew days and is but little if
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Chttcndca Lodge of Good Templals are
to have a strawberry festival Thursday even
ing
Rev. j. Il. Williams Of Rutland has
preached here the past two Sundays and an
cn,I,. "''' ~ ''''''0 ~ 0"7"s' nun i'c''ii'u-
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SUNDAY was ChiIdrehs DAY at the COnGre-
sat'ona' chutch. me church was D1au-
lllulIy decorated with plants ana flowers,
running vines anu FERNS, ana IN front OF the
uesK was perfect Dlhk OF mousse plants ana
MOWERS
There was a Blaine and Logan flag flung
to the breeze here Monday. Enthusiasm
does not run very high.
E. ,,,
Edwin Andrews was thrown from his
wagon, Saturday, while driving home from
the milk factory, his horses taking fright at
a parasOl. His shoulders, one leg, and three
ribs were broken.
Mrs. Warren Brigham was knocked down
bv her horse bockinG thc wheel oTainst bcr
after She had got ont from the WAGON SIM.
dav and suffered n broken hin
D.. wiz r'
uoi nG''nm " nise, youns iauy VINO Is an III
Saiu' was pelus laNcu GUY 10 rae SUNDAY
anu was thrown OUT anu SO injured mat II
Is no' eApec'eu snc eau recover.
Mrs. Job Bates will start for Dakota
Thursday.
Jericho.
..s.., 800, ,,, ....
, Wy suI ,l Ei,; anu nisnIy intI'cstins
49, 80 tu;,,o,Sa., 80, I ~ .''
Congregational church at Jericho Corners