Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-02-22
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ESSEX.
The annual report OF the Union Poor Farm
Association, in Viii, h Essex has the largest
pccuniary inter, a. of any town in he asso.
ciatiur, shows that the expenditures for
IN" wear ending Feb. Is, 1884, were 81
S5S. 80, and that the reCeip S w,Ie 81 032 o.,
leaving deficit % b. provided tor by the
towns nssDcla ted Of 1925 "a, to which must
I've added tue exp SO uf us ine AT Braile
boro, fj35 IA, making total dednt IT 81,
81 6S. uf which The share If Essex is
1857 so one hundred dolas more than ast
year. In conplrsn with last year the
iarn has doubted its indpbtedn, ss, increased
iis exp uses aud lessened it's receipts. The
number ~ inmates % the same. The farm
is valued at $4,000, the number of cows
kept on II is IS, and it has all the modem
appliance. Necessary for It's economical and
success ful maraleneni. Inst, al OF an il
come or paying its running expenses, it has
tor several years past shown an incl easing
deficit. Very naturally the taxpayers of the
town, and presumably of the other towns
interested are strongly inc ined to inquire
how it happens.
The school 10 District No closed on FIJI
day OF last week. Jerry Ashley and Fred
p.rrigs have had no marks against them dur
Ayers had no marks during the last term
and Fatie Calkns had nome during the first
term In Distric, No. 8 Emma Kelley,
Charlie Kelley and Frank Bellows had no
marks against them during the first term. In
District No ., Laura, Henry and Emma
Porter, over mile away from the school,
were not absent day and had no marks
against them.
The Farmers Institute, held here ON Thurs
day and Friday OF last week, was not SO
largely attended as il would have been, had
it not been for the January thaw," which
set in in full force and made the roads al
most impossible. The members OF the State
Board present were Secretary Cutting, and
Messrs. Towlc Pemher, Lane and Davis,
with Mr.. Smith of New York. The pro-
gramme for the meeting comprised papers by
the members. Of the board, and discussions
led by individuals In the locality. Hon. A.
b. ualbert was appointed chairman, and
spoke upon The Methods of Highway Super
vision" lie advocated that by commission
ers as being the most practicable, economical
and most likely to secure the desired result,
good roads. The subject was further dis
cusscd by Messrs G. II. Nichols, Beechcr
and others. Mr.. F. Andrews presented a
practical paper on "Poul,ry, fattenng and
marketing Dr. l.. G. Butler introduced the
discussion Of abortion in Cows" which pro-
49, 1,tU a" T ~ a "h'om
ner,ic,notaJ i,nu ~ oncann, 70, oh iho ,iH
cml,v nas ihc rrac,icaI n";n, which oil G emnL
das;rons ~ ,aaoi,;rer and ra,,,1lt,;rn an,l
cleanliness of The s,ahlee and The snrrornI.
inrs ,ha Iarr,. ~ ,n,a ,r.'ai - oo,,',,
seed meal and Of smutled corn fodder, were
suggested as Solutions Of the problem, not
"a
ways tLc anteccdcnts 81 The TACT. The sub
J,uv 10 o',T ny y, GGus''.rau nc p.a.'ca, import.
,r ~" VIZ, ,h ny az ,u1 p,rseus 'i', ",,u
',,; Vs. WE s."o WV n'al''i iu'o
o,,na,.li ne o1ou'eu ''ie
terestnr and practical naprrs un mil, anu
ON our crops. how to raise them Mr. smith
gave some s,aijs,ics hearing upDu wi,,t,.r
d.iryinr Nj Lane srnke nn',n scirn,,hr
feeding Mir TDwe mon what, culu.r
Mr.. PImbcr upon The day z uern,ly, auu
Mr.. Davis ch1ard the meetlng with sum
tnaiy of the Mistakes OF the iarln, rs ev,ry
nae OF which was bnntut ct p'actical in.
suucuou IT Tue neh' NJ on lHFuifs ahd Ihclr'
S Ms anu ds'ghle'S. These papers arc OF
w"n,inr * nv hos,n Iu '"',' it az une,y
nriu,rd ami di.,,i, ,r.d oy'r ,no S,.n
i,n,.. NO.. a,, m', 'u.u s ~. r.
meeting was u success.
The vvi,,er,. NJ m. rss.x ,rosssio. i
inetiin,e ci,,.as,,n Er,,a" of 80 .,..'i, s,',n
nriza en-. ,k,n,, hy ,an ~ N. u,,''s,.i. WY
ivIv on M" n tI,i;u !. .yn.c ,A T"a v.,1
;rution .x rc;.ss noo,Ir ~ tr,,,at Aa I
Fmd1v 'e'' '~''' VA so'y anu
milton.
c. E. Coon has sold several thousand f,uit
trees to the farmers Ia Milton and vicinity
They Will be delivered in about thirty days.
The people of Milton have not the reno
test idea OF adop iug the town system Of
sch ,o!s. We stall not remove the ancient
land marks
Samuel Howard is talking Of disposing OF
his real estate with view Of going soUlh. as