Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-19
CITY AND VICINITY.

The choirs are busly practising; Christ
mas music.
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday aye
Ember days
Gen, W. w. Henry is able to appear
upon the street once more.
G. \. ilibhard, Esq, with his family,
sails for Bermuda next MONTH
Edward W. Peck ESQ. is confined to
his room by lnilummatory rheumatism.
Col, |. \. Woodbury. and Capt Il. b.
Stearns will visit New Orleans this win
ter
The steamer Maquam went into winter
quarters al Shelburn Hurbor on .Satur-
day.
If your neighbor does not take the Free
Press Ito him favor by handing him this
copy to read.
Next sunday will hc st. Thomas day
This is the winter soiat.ce, the shortest
day III the year.
The iniunrt"n Of secrecy will soon lee
removed fro the gathering heap OF
Christmas packages.
The Christmas cards were never q,
artistic and pretty is now. For proof.
look at the extensive assortment at t..y
FREE Pres ol,i.c.
Elf you are in doubt IA, to what Kind OF
ii Christmas present to bay for your wife,
let yOur vic Duy Tor herself. Ten to one
she viii! be better suited.
The members Of the Berean Baptist
church have bought the lot at the corner
of Pearl street and WinoosLI avenue aud
propose to erect chapel upon it.
Mr.. Milford &. Decclle starts for st.
Paul, Mimi, to-day, To enter into the prac-
tice Of law in that city, with prominent
Law firm. Ills many frienis will wish
him success.
The holidays have but small charms foI
the pDsloliict employees as Christmas and
New Years mean II vast amount OF labor
on account Of the great number of pres
ents sent to and received from friends.
The late Judge Parker was insured in
the New York Life Insurance company
for $4,000. General Agent y. p. Chjlds
OF Springfield, Mass, will pay the claim
through the local agency of l.. +. Eug!cs5y
of this city
The commercial travellers viii hold
their annual banquet at the Van Ness
House on Tuesday evening, Dec. 80. Tn,
preceding banquets have been exceedingly
pleasant and successful affairs, and this
one will rot be less so.
The house on the brcakwalcr was
brought ashore yesterday 1t was loaded
on two canal boats and taken to the south
dock, the operation being easily accom-
plished and taking but IA short time. Tine
brea8water looks odd enough, with The
house gone.
Old Canadians pro3uosticate thus; We
are going to have mild winter, The sign
on which they base this is that there wer,
no end of raspberry plants in blossom this
fall, rs well rs quite II number Of second
Strawberries. They say when this is the
case there is no fear of IA severe winter,
Frank Goodwin, Theron Goodwin and
Theron >. Goodwin of Castlcton were an
rested for selling liquor without a United
states license, appeared before before | nj
ted States Commissioner johnson and
waving an examination, were put under
$500 bonds each to appear at the February
term of the United States court in this
city.
The University can undoubtedly claim
States. Rev. ). &. Wilder entered The
class of ~, but WAS unable to finish hi.
course lie has lust joined the class Of s:
and although he is in his eighty
year, he seems full Of enthusiasm fol
the completion of his course,
We announced the other day that in ac
cordlnce with her wishes, the body Of tho
late Laura Clancy, the actress, would be
crcmated and half her ashes placed in hel
sister Ncnie's grave in Baltimore and hall
in her mothers grave in this city. The
ashes arrived here Friday morning and
were duly inferred in Lake View cemc
terry. There were no funeral exercises.
Flour is now cheaper than in many
years before, but is still proportionately
higher than some other things, WheI
wheat WAS at 81, IA bushel of il would
only buy seven or eight pounds of sugar
and from eight to ten yards of calico
Now, that it is at sixty cents, Il bush