Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-02-08


way. The club is large one, and wi
make big display, especially as it is to b
Joined by thirty members of the Detroit clul
and Others en- route. The route is by wa
Of Niagara, Toronto, Montreal, Burlington
Iicondurogl, Saratoga, Albany, Troy, an
thence straight to Boston. The club wi
leave Chicago on the 10Th of July, and
good share of the distance will be travelle
by rail Our local wheelmen will now hav
an opportunity to see how the big clubs slim
style.
The GOODNESS of the Saturdays and Sunday
of the present Winter has been a matter G
frequent remark. The weather tables sho,
that since the middle of December Their
have been eleven days, Saturdays and Sun
days, the mean temperature Of which wa
within ten degrees Of zero: nine the mea
ol which was lower than 8 and five il
| which the mean was zero or below, running
down to mean of g on Sunday the 9th o
January and 10 on Sunday the 23rd o
| December. The mean temperature of tn
was (Which is IA degrees colder than TIT
mean of the remaining 3j days of the period
At the regular meeting of Champ lair
Lodge No. 90, |. O. OF G.. T. the followin,
officers were duly installed by the deputy
- W. - l., u. H. lIlCh usslSlcu ny I. L
Nichols as G.. w. S. and NJ. A. Cunningham
as G. w. NJ, for the ensuing quarter
Henry Il. Hill, W. C. T. Mrs. b. L. Kent
W. V. T. William c. Schroeder, w. S.
Mrs. L. IL. Sails w. A; Mrs. H. II. Hill
w. T. VIII Richardson, w. f. S. c. n
Greenwood, w. Chap. John Hoag, w. NJ.
Miss Jennie Trick, w. d.; Miss Grace Kel
ley, w |, G. Miss Katie Thyme, X. II.
5. Miss Sadie Austin, l.. II. S. ; Charles
i. Nichols, L. W. &. T. Miss Nellie f.
Scott, librarian Miss Alice Morgan, pianist.
1t would seem TO the traditional man nm
a tree that the Winter had been cold enough
to freeze the lake TO the very bottom. bnt
that such has not been the case was yery IN.
pleasantly proved by party of two men and
woman, Saturday. They started to cross
the lake, but when out about six miles the
horse quietly walked into a crack in the ice.
The men scrambled out, helped the woman
from the water, and turned their attention to
The horse, They succeeded in relieving him
OF the harness. but before they could get him
out 1t became necessary for them TO assist
the woman, who was now thoroughly chilled,
10 return TO shore This done, they returned
to the scene of the accident and got the horse
out OF his uncomfortable position; and what
might have been bad experience resulted
in nothing further than bad scare and q
broken trip.
Old Mr.. Numo. who died many years oro
rave February The nnsition in the yeor r,bicb
Il still retains and nIaced il nnder tbe nr ~
tec,iOn of Nentune Tho name Febrnarv
saws Chambers. arose from he nractice If
religious expiation and notification which
took place among the Romans ot tbc bepin.
ming Of this month IFtJruore 70 exncdit7 ar
purify. Another AUTHORITY ascribes the
name to the FeJraa or Feralia sacrifices an
GENTLY offered to Philo at this season for the
souls OF the departed. The Saxons termed
this month sprom kele. by kele," says an
old writer, meaning the kec wust which
our ancestors used, and the booth made
herewith was therefore also called kele."
The SaxOns subsequently altered this term
to Salmonath (rendered 'pancake month";,
because in the course of ii before their con-
version to Christianity they offered cakes to