Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-27

! Sln0lley S MCfuGlilu nave DuICiuSt'l uHc
! Cleveland tenement, and Will manage
! the same jointly. Is. b. Waite, deputy
county clerk will soon succeed w. II. II.
! Kenfield, the present clerk, who intends
leaving town.
West Randolph.
The Orange county Good Templars'
union was held here to-day, the attend
ance was good and the exercises spirited
Frank Plumley, Esq, of Northfield, de-
livered one of his popular temperance ad
dresses. Ed. Harlow, a prominent citi-
zen, was buried yesterday. The young
Terry boy who had no blood veins,
spoken of in the FREE PRESS several
weeks ago was buried Thursday. His
skin was fractured by n stone thrown by a
playmate, and he bled to death. His
blood flowed just under the skim and cut
ting the skin had the same effect that cut
| ting the large veins in a common person
would have. Hon. w. w. Grout was in
! town the first of the week. One of our
merchants sold $3.50 worth of goods Satur
! day, the largest amount ever sold by one
merchant in Il single day in town.
| The Weber Quartette of Boston, assist
ed by the Mechanics band orchestra Of this
place will give concert here Friday
| night. This is the second entertainment
! in the Free Reading Room lecture course
| programme. Over sixty tous of poultry
were shipped from this station to Boston
| last week. Several tons will go this week.
| This is the largest shipment ever made
! from here in one week.
st. Johnsbury.
The senior class of the academy have
engaged BlaisdelPs orchestra of Concord,
n. H., to furnish music for their exhibit
| ton, Monday evening, Nov. 23 w. II.
| II. Murray gave one of his readings in
Music hall, last Tuesday evening, to Il fair
sized audience. .... The Ketchum concert
hall, Friday evening to packed house,
| intending to organize Il chorus and have Il
| musical convention tor the next four or
five days.
The Importance of having some organ
| lied and efficient protection against fire
has. been agitated, and various plans pro-
posed and discussed from time to time
since the great fire in 1877, that destroyed
Il third part of the business portion of the
village: and after so long Il time the re-
suit begins to appear i'll the form of Il sub
scriptiOn by the citizens of the village,
sufficient to purchase :2200 feet of four inch
iron pipe, -1hich is now being laid through
Main street from the Bethel mills to
White River bridge; also for the pur-
chase of hose for company which is be
ing raised The water power is gen
erously furnished by Mr. II. H. ellison,
proprietor of the mills, by means of his
powerful force pump, which throws an
inch stream over IA three story building on
any part of the line. The second enter
tainment in our regular course of lectures
occurs next Saturday evening the 2Sth
inst, by the Weber Quartet. -. The
second term of our graded school closed
on Wednesday with Il very satisfactory
showing the four departments registering
l2O scholars.
Cornwall
Benjamin S. Fields is in very poor
health, and it is feared that his condition
is a critical one .... The remains of Will
liam +. Sampson, a former citizen of Corn
wall, but for several years Il resident of
Saratoga Springs, \. y, were brought
here for interment last week, and were
buried from the Congregational church
on Sunday, November %. Mr.. Sampson
was an active and devoted Christian, and
Il member of the church for ttty-One
years. He had been III poor health for
several years, and suffered much, but had
never succumbed to the disease which
proved fatal until within Il few weeks
He leaves Il wife to mourn his loss
South Royalton.
Four carloads of poultry were shipped
from this station last Friday. Monday
morning more than 5000 pounds were sent
by express; j: H; Haynes, Henry Whit
comb and David w. Cowdery, VINO were
summoned as witnesses in the case of the
, State of New York VS.. Frank Palmer, for the
murder of Peter Bernard near Dannemora
\. V. last summer, have been absent
, since the 10th. A jury had not been OBJ
talned Saturday evening. 1.-The Chelsea
stage line has been sold to Martin +. Ord
, way of Chelsea.
New Haven.
Messrs. Richards of this town and Spcal
of Braintree, who went to Montana witt
; a car of merinO sheep, have sold them anC
returned. The young ladies pound
sociable last Friday evening, was consid
cred decided success, both in respect t,
fun and finance. -. The Sabbath-schoo
1 call for aid in furnishing Il Thanksgiving
dinner to the worthy poor of Boston. -.
Mr.. H. w. Carter, an old and respected
citizen, has been severely afflicted witt
: rheumatism for a few days past.
Potatoes have been moving freel,
Good Burbanks bring thirty-five cents.
I Dr. Frank G. Sanborn, son of DR.. q. r
y Sanborn, formerly of New Haven, bu
now of Rutland, was in town over tn,
L Sabbath. DIR. Sanborn is just returned
l from course of medical lectures in New
V York and expects soon to resume prac
tice ... Allen, soon of q. w. Barton, Esq.
is out of health and is being treated by
Dr. NJ. ID. Smith of Middlebury.. Mr.
! Charles w. Mason has sent Il despatch
I lTOIl SOlOIuuO, NHllutT ne WtHJ WIFI
e shipment of merino sheep, that he had sole
< out and would probably be home thi
: week.
Tunbridge.
Several tons of poultry are being shippe,
q to Boston this week Apples are selling
{ for 81 90 per barrel, =, Cider sells for $40
, per barrel at the mills. Some cider bran
a dy stills are said to be in operation.
: About three inches of SNOW fell SuuIHl.
y STAFFORD.
Il Henry Dow Post No 70, &. a. r., wa
y inspected Saturday evening by Assistant
/ Inspector f. W. ROlfe of Tunbridge. Tn
u Post now has membership of twenty
y two, and its members are very earnes
I workers o.. f. " Parker, adjutant of tn
q. A II. Post has II rebel drum capture
near Fort Fisher in February, 1886, tina
Il he has cut up and proposes to sell for tn
O benefit Of the G. \. H. relief fund. ..4
s benefit concert was given the cOruet band
IS Monday evening of this week.