Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-10
CUITTENDEN COUNTY.
safe Robbery at Shclbu

Attempted safe Robbery at ShcIburn.
The Shclburn town safe, at the railroad
station, was broken into Monday night
The work was evidently that Of prorcs-
sionG'S, ~ they were furnished with rcgu-
lar huie.ul' tcrls and did their work in
an expert manner Ihry first drilled in at
the side of tine combination and inserted
blast, which when discharged blew open
the front doors The inner ,ors, which
were Of chilled steel, were a more formid
able barrier The raSCHls succeeded in
prying and forcing these doors partly
open. but were unable to get them fully
apart so as TO gain access 90 the money
drawer They were evidently frightened
away or they would have eventually ac
complshcd their object. The outside and
Office doors of the station were both fore
ed. The shop of George Miller, standing
across the road from the station, was also
broken into and some tools taken, which
were used in the work at the safe, The safe
is owned by the town, but is used by the
Railroad company for tickets. etc There
was no money of any amount in it. As
yet there is no clue to the perpetrators,
but every pains will be taken to trace
them out.
James r. White recently made a ship
ment of POI barrels of pears to John Nix
of New York ~ Miss Anna Partridge has
gone to Faribault, MINI. Miss Mary
Seely, formerly of this town, spent Sun
day here. Rev. Mr. Smith of Bristol
preached here Sundav...C Wortheim
shipped from this station, Monday 26
head of cattle and lO4 head of sheep.
The skating rink, the opening of which
has been somewhat delayed, will open
"Wednesday night, Oct. sth, weather or
no weather. It is expected that ten
pieces of Sherman's band will be in at
tendance to furnish music and Il general
good time is anticipated.
Charlotte.
Apple picking has begun and fruit will
sort much better than it did last year, gen
orally. There is little complaint of pota-
toes rottnr in this section, but the white
grubs have done considerable damage
Henry and George Winterbottom harvest
ed 400 bushels of oats in $40 minutes for
Henry Thorp. Corn would have been n
fairly average crop, but for being injured
10y frost. Buckwheat was badly cut off in
the same way....It is astonishing how
our lots and pieces Of wood are coming up
to second growth, and pine trees in many
sections predominant. In thirty years
there will be valuable timber for building
purposes on land now comparatively
worthless. Speaking of the growth of
wood land Alanson Edgerton said he
cut pines for bridge building that hewt d
ten inches square and forty feet long on the
Everett Rich place, and Mr.. Rich then
: stated that he had seen corn growing on
the land where the pines stood. 1t seems safe
to say that wood and timber is growing In
: this section much faster than it is cut
off. ...T The late heavy winds have done q
good deal Of damage in orchards, blowing
p down apples In exposed localities the
ground is covered with fine fruit . Bee
| keepers complain of its being II poor year
, The bees have made but little honey, anC
have done no swarmng in comparison
= with other years.
T. East Charlotte.
f Mr.. f.. j. HARRIS conducted .srrN ices adj
+. ceptably at the Baptist church on a recent
, Sabbath, during the absence Of the pastor
! in New York Mr. larri, is q Wortnl
licentiatc Of North F,rrishur4u Mcihp
dist church. .... Tx senator G. ". Ecac
\ Ifltl
=. tives and friends in this vicinity. Mr.
and Mrs !. :. Shaw ha,. gone To- spend I
~ short season with their paul,hter, Mrs
: Estabrook near Boston, Ma>,..... Farm
ers are glum, Il, they may well be, Owe
TIE prospective low prices for winter ap
pies, which are extra fine hCreabOut thi!
u season AS an index to what prices may
u be, the writer was shown few
I days ago, in New York, the very choices
of Greetings that had been laid down TO-
:. sale in that city at SlI5 per barrel. $50
very pleasant gathering took place las
Thursday evening, the End inst, at tn,
e residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Powell Read
y the occasion being the twelfth annver
II sary Of their marriage. Friends wer
II present in large force from Burlington
: AddiSO and Charlotte, and adjoiniu.
Il towns. \ large extension table laden Will
\ ID variety of handsome, useful gifts, anl
e rem lrsS offered by Dr. Narney, ex-Sen
l. ator Read and other, testified to the es
teen in which Mr. and Mrs. Read ar,
y held by their friends.
o one Of the younger members of MIR. NJ
" f. Gove'S family was somewhat badl
IL sc;,ldcd 10y the upsctting of vessel of no
~ '''' va lI. ll''l llliE VI INV Nlll lllNl, III
" NmUcy was called and under hi, treat
Is n.eut the patient is doing well...Mi
Ut CNru, &. priuglc returned ON the 9th ms
- from his summer botanical researches i
Arizona and other parts of the West an
II southwest. He reports having had ii NOR
rs than usually successful season, althoug
i'll Of late both himself and his assistant hay
III suffered from malaria. His numberles
r. friends will he heartily glad to learn of hi
l.. safe arrival hunc.
'd st. George.
Il The literary society held its first meetin
II of the season on Saturday evening. tn
III 4th inst, and elected the following of
IL GERS President, O. w. Isham vice pres
l. dent h. II, Tilley: secretary, w. )
lsham usher, Allison Smith The reg
h lar meetings will hereafter be every MOI