Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-23
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tors.
c. s. CARING, an Armenian, who has
been here for The past ten days or 50 selling
specimens of Turkish embroidery and other
fancy work, gave an interesting lecture on
the institutions and people Vt Turkey before
tho nun,ls # the two uNru schools on Fri
day afternoon.
some pairs mc hcing made upon the
Methodist church. Only four or five years
ogo the whole interior of the church was
rcmodclled and rebuilt and handsomely de-
decorated.
The Republican County convention is to
be held in Midlehury Immediately after
luuc court. The call will be issued next
week.
Rev Edwin f. Rogers, n graduate Of Mid.
llcbury college. in the class Of 1878, has
been installed as pastor of the Congregational
church IN Wallingford, his native town. For
nc past two or three years he has been
preaching al Hamilton, n. Y.
The Femocr tic caucus to choose delegates
to the State and district conventions will be
held a the Addison House, next Saturday
evening, at 100 o'clock.
+. A. Bonds fine rev roller skating rink
u Main street was opened to a large privote
| rrty Of invited persons, Friday evening
On Saturday evening the rink was opened TO
the public, and there was very large attend
ancc.
Congressman Stewart arrived home from
Washington Saturday evening.
John Thomson has purchased from Gard
ner CadY. administrator of the estate of
| Peter Jackson, a small house and about two
| and onc-half acres Of land on the East Mid
dlehury road.
Lucius Twichcll. brother Of L. ID.
Twitchcli and Mrs. Horace GorhRm of Mid
| d'chnrY, died At the insane asylum in Brat
'lohorO on Saturday, and the remains were
| buried in Wcybrdgc, his former home, on
| Sunday.
| Rev. c. &. Frost is in town again. Sun
day afternoon he delivered n temperance
| address in the Congregational church, which
was attended hv n large audience. It is
| said that Mr.. Frost c0nlempates making
Middlrhnrv his permanent residence in the
| near future. Sjncc he was here before he
has hccn delivering Temperance addresses in
the western towns Of the county.
| A meeting to make arran gemcnts fot
the Observance Of Memorial day was
held Monday evening and was well
attended. The following appointments
were made; CO... A. S. Tracy,
president: Dr. T. p. Russell, NJ V. b
Bronson, L. II. Thorp, Charles NJ. Wilds
| and Page Potter. committee of arrange
ments; Mrs w. II. Button, Mrs. George
| Walker, Mrs. f.. II. Thorp, Miss Elga
Stewart and Miss Hattie Chapman, commit
tee on flowers W. II. Goodnouph. financial
committee. The procession will form at Q
| o'clock in the morning, and after proceeding
| to the cemetery and decorating the graves Of
dead soldiers will return to the town hall,
where the address will be delivered by p.
r Kendall, ESQ. Of Rutland. The Middle
bury band will furnish music.
The opcretta 'Lqila, the Bcggar." is to be
! presented here some time in June by local
talent, under tie management of Mrs. Henry
| ;. Foot. The last entertainment given IN
| der Mrs Fo0ts management was remark
| ly successful.
| Postof1icc-Tosrcctor Field las been here
| looking into the matter of the burglary at our
| nostofiice last week. Nothing new was
| developed. There is no clue to the burglar
or burglars, and no one in particular is sus-
poctod.
Charles G. Steele, an old Middlebury boy
! AMI \ graduate Of our college, is visiting
relatives in town. Mr. Osborne of Boston
| Is na'ipg visit TO his family here, and Mr..
ter D ,nriq, ig also hare on a visit
1 lawn o,,,o,,,, - Wac, H., hoo, I,r,,,ob,
T., town, o,,d soid ho, "1 ,,; I. ~
| T,i,chcll oi[,a hoIt,,,,i,. IN 600 ,,,,i, ~,
,,oo,, ,,, Tno,Sa,, rba n,;aa ,'', ,a
ca,,e NOV ,,",,,d for ,no,l;,,,, On o. oo",s co.
| fine wool unwashed.
| The Republican County convention will he
| held in Mjd1'ehurY on Thursday, June 10.
| CanAidltcs fp- the various Offices are as
plenty ~ mosquitoes, if not more so.
Aporeciallc progress is q; last being made
toward the turIdinr of T. II. McLeod's new
| block. The dimensions of the huildin- will