Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-21
ADDISON COUNTY.


Middicburv.
The weather has for the present put an
end to building operations, which had been
begun IN the hope that spring had finally
come Among the buildings to be erected
in the village this season, SO far rs known,
are the McCuc and Sargent business block,
Clinton Smiths new house, and probably a
block OF stores to replace those burned down
ia December,
Il. i. Corners has left town, going to
Dandy, and the proposed wrestling match
between him and Goodrich has come TO moth
ing.
Officer Dickinson, after having been con
fined to the house fOr more than I've weeks
as the result OF colliding with bob sled. has
recovered 50 far es to he able to ride down
town
Edward Parker, son Of Professor w. II.
Parker, who graduated from Middlcbury
college in the class of 1880, has Just grahuat.
ed from the medical school a'tag he'd to Bel.
lcvuc hospital
TIE amount Of Tie Bitncy pension has been
enormously stated. The amount they expected
to get is S2700 or $4,000 all told, but the
case seems to be much complicated and the
arrears allowed So far 20 Mrs D.tnpy IL only
$500.
Many farmers in this part OF the county
have already engaged their flrm help for
the coming soaron, and others are trying to
make their arrangements. The wages of
farm laborors will probably range from sis
to $40 per month for the season. The
prospect is that help will be scarcer than 1t
was last year. as good mruy o. She El.
ropean7 imported year ago have taken
VIM Ter foreign parts since then, and those
Wno remain will probably knew onoGgh t.
ASK more than $40 nc1 luGnth. this year
Secretary Albert Chapman is of the opin.
| in, from what he saw and heard in Wash.
ingion, that no legislation favorable to the
wool growing industry Will be enacted by
| Congress a. the present ecssiCr. There is
little prospect, ho thinks, that the duty on
foreign wool; will I've restored 10 the OF
| figures
Rcm1s Bradley th3 cd gentleman whose
he waH broken by "A fall on the ice a. EasI
Middlcbury several weeks ago, has beer
having painful time with bis Ipiury bu, i.
slowly recovering.
| There seems TO be considerable ro"b, rs {,
who was elected SO forth t5wn grand iurul
! al u" anl"iI tlarch meeting lust week
Se,elal persons were proposed for the place
and declined, and II is rather uncertain who
| ii any one, was chosen. 1t is Il matter of NJ
great consequence, however, as the three
| grand jurors elected eau easily dN all The
work eni have some linc - spare
Inc farmers who arc rortunltc eogu2h tC
possess 5ugni orchards ere getting ready /,
mcke maple sugar on a large scale, and som,
have already commemorate tap trees Shoul,
the weather prove Favorable, it is pIohab.,
mat an immense quantity OF sugar will b,
made this season, "a almost none was -,tad,
| last year.
Inc thaw mas aeAln RACED the water it
Ne" lav-n river SO that it has flowed owe
ne r!ad aud travellers coming from Brislo
aud NV Haven 10 MidIlebury are row
Obliged to 90 good ways around.
Charcs Earl, Jr.. las been laid up fot
about week with throat drtli ;ulty Of au
aggravated nature, but has 50 far reco- ere,
rs be able TO resume his business
The Efforts !hat have been made ,c
| secure PREACHING hare regularly hy Uniycr
! s&Ilst ministers seems to have proven :
| failure. HE trouble seems t. he that tb,r,
are 50 lev people Of the Univusls, per
suaslon IN tbwnthat The cXp,use of holdina
regular meetings woul bear to, heavily 81
each Of t'tm.
y Go1i Enny ta'mcrs in this county VIII,
| leW on - their crops Of p)lators last TALL
because thty cJuld not sell lheM for moro
man lhitit-lhiec or thiryiirc ccu,a re
pu'h'l, are now sorry thal lhry did not dis
Pose OF thcM when 'ncy ~crc hrngug lhny,
prices. twenty cents per bushc is tue mic,
II wv h,iog pni in most casts, and there ~,
thousands OF bushels of potatoes in the coun
| ~ which will never be sold for even lhrs,
figures.
There Is now an unusually active demand
Tor good horses in this vicinity, and h0r.,
buyers from abroad are here constantly look
Ing ont for fine animals. Lanbcrts seem 10 h,
| Tue tavortcs OF fashion Just now and they ar,
bringing pretty sill prices. If is boo!
Elnd III ana! nowadays thot won't brin.
5000.
George Hammond started for California
Monday morning, Mr. Hammond accom-
| PAVING h'a: On the journey. Mr.. Ham
r-ona goes to San Francisco to look after the
| shcep which he shipped there last month fol
| shipment thence t. Australia j is not Vel
| known JUS what Wes the reason why Am. r.
| lcan shcep were prohibited from landing il
Australian ports and there continues to be
coaslLerah,c mystery ajJpt the whole affair.
mere we c!ctcrse that the Vermont
| sAecp WHICH had been imported into Austria.
| ia SoAlr%ctcu disease on the passage over,
and 1t is uu lerstood that this is the ground
on which their importation was prohibited
i in!.' Is ar9n PROBABILITY that there has
IN ,,,S S,'!' tl"tILatu influence at Work IL
49, i1ii,-s't' anu tuat lhe "hllc trouble IS the
pron3sss 10 rc a. no ""u 'l' iinf'o ,u
matter ''''' '"'-S VI '"'
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drm,nJ f6r Jnl 'E aPtiidu5 nnu tIelc IS COCO
ar risin,, 'TIu,,Gii, hous's hch''
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In, hr,.' ~ | ,,, H''ei iloHn ana hilcheo
ono 70, r.s,i,.C ~ ','!,iiia3 Itcly ana V"luaoIt
ro ~; ,loNc ns n''chlnS sllap ana
some new one, was b,dlv hrnl<c nm hnt W. =,