Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-04

me lecture on intemperauce at the Meth
g W church Monday evening by Mr.. David
ialum, attracted rather a small audience,
ou' was well worthy Of a much larger one.
Charlotte.
laying will begin in earnest this week
drass in most old meadows is light. Sowe
gram generally is very fine corn and pota
toes late, but looking well,
There is an immense set for apples and
pears, but plums are Off
The extremely warm weather brings the
rush OF campers and cottagers to the lake
snore, and there are more and more every
season who spend the heated term in this
way.
Rev. l.. A. Dibble delivered very inter
eestlng memorial address on the la;e Bishop
Simpson, Sunday.
MIR. Dibble has been engaged to deliver
an address appropriate to the occasion, on
July Fourth, at Hinesburgh.
Farmers have just commenced harvesting
very light crop of hay.
MIR. b. f. Lemers, with the firm of l.'
Taylor of New York, is in tow %
visit. Mr.. Lemeris is II former rcsil .j Of
TINS place, and he will meet with bearty
welcome from all the young people as well
40 tllC OluCT ones.
The coming Fourth of July" will be OBJ
served in this town by grand celebration.
Col. f. V. Randall has been engaged as ora
| tor of the day. The Horrlbles numbering
20, will eve a street parade in the morning.
During the day there will be a tub race on
Homes pond, wheel-barrOw, sack and
potatoe races and other similar sport. for
which prizes will be given to the uers,
| the whole TO conclude with mI- lsplay
of fireworks in the evening. r 'izens
generally have contributed libe'n . that
the committee have a good fur Ii which
to work.
Sunday was cbidren's day at the Univer-
salist church.
There was union Sabbath school eXcur-
| sion and picnic from here last Wednesday,
going by rail to Burlington and to Willsb0ro
point on the Reindeer.
| q Farmers have begun their haying Grass
looked finely until the frost the first of June
when it stood still for q season. 1t now bids
| fair to be very light. The potato beetle is
actively at work. The early apples were
entirely ruined by the June frost in many
portions of the town.
Bolton.
"Chidren's day" was observed at North
DuXbury last Sunday. The house was taste
| fully decorated with evergreens notices
| and eugravings while there was a profusion
| of flowers handsomely arranged. REGULATIONS
appropriate for the occasion were spoken,
among them "All things bright aud beauti-
| full" by Miss Vivie Thomas, "The Chid's
| World" Miss Fanny A. Davis, THE Sunny
Side" Miss Mary Thomas, 1.-The Lasi
Hymn" Miss Winnifred Stackpole. Rev.
Mr.. Miller of Waterbury delivered an inter-
estlng address to the children from the text,
| 'And the streets of tine city shall be full Of
boys and girls playing in the streets there
of, Zech. iv-5. The singing by Rev Mr..
| Leonard of Boston, Mass, Henry j. Leon
ard, superintendent of the Sunday school,
franklin Leonard, Esq, of Winooski Mrs.
A. N. johnson of Rutland and Misses Liz
| zie and Winnie Stackpole, was excellent.
The occasion was very pleasant one to all.
Essex Junction.
Mrs Fanny Tyler Bingham, wife of
Warren Brigham, was buried last Sun
day, having died from injuries receiv-
ed about two weeks ago, when she was
knocked down by Il wagon. Mrs. Brigham
was SO years old, aud native of this town,
where most OF her life has been spent. She
had been a consistent member Of the Meth
o1ist Episcopal church for nearly forty
years and will be sadly missed from church,
and home and in the community. Her
funeral was largely attended, Rev. Mr..
Wildes spoke from the words 81 go to
prepare place for YOU" Her aged husband
and the family have sincere sympathy of the
community in their sorrow.