Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
VERMONT MATTERS.
Institute of Heredity and Hygiene.

Institute of Heredity and Hygiene.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Vermont opened the business
meeting of its first annual session OF
the institute of herrdity and hygiene at
Bellows Falls Friday morning. Mrs. r.
&. Greene of St Albans presided. Among
the speakers were DR.. j. Draper, Suptrlh-
tendent o. the insane asylum at Bratile-
boro, who spoke on the Relation or IN
temperance to insanity" NJ ry weeks
Burnett, National superlntendent pl tile
department of heredlty, DIR. f.. II: Pcttln-
gill of SaXton's River, Dr. Mary f Part.
ridge of Bennington, DR.. ID. c. Hawley of
Burlington and others.
New Railroad Arrangement.
The Boston and Albany and New York
Central railroads have just completed ar
rangementS to establish ticket agencies
uD the Connecticut River as far as Wind
sor, with the principal office at Bellows
Falls, making low rates to all points
West via Springfield and making good
connections with the Connecticut River
road III connection with tasts train from
Boston.
Burglary at Lyndonviile.
The safe in IIoughton & Mastin's jewel
ry store in Lyndonvile was burglarized
Tuesday night. The burglars entered Il
window in the back of the store, drilled II
hCle in the safe and blew of one door.
They We're frightened away by Mr..
Houghton before having secured anything
of value.
st. Johnsbury.
A. ID. Chandler, late of the Lake road
offices at this place is ut present employ
ed by the Utica and Black River railroad
company in the Office of the general
freight and passenger agent at Utica New
York. :. Pastotfice Inspector Lamson of
Augusta was in town Tuesday, making
ntfis si n 11.lS II fpr "a
ter. -. Prof ). ii. Bracket is one of the
examining committee ut the POLYTECHNIC
Institute at Worcester, Mass, where the
examinations occur this week.
A large number of people witnessed the
Masonic celebration on Wednesday, The
exercises began at a. m. by Il serenade to
the officers of the Grand Lodge. At l0:3O
the Palestine Commandery and st. Johns
bury band escorted the Grand Lodge from
Grand Army hall to Masonic hall, where
the dedcatory services were held by the
Grand Lodge of Vermont, Most Worship
full Marsh o. Perkins, Grand Master. At
p. m. the column was formed under Sir
+. +. Fletcher, chief marshal as follows
First division, Sir {. II. Horton, aide, pla-
toon of police, St JOhnsbury Military
band. Palestine Commandery, X. T., Cres
cent Lodge No. &C. Danvile band, Wash.
burn Lodge No. o. Moose River Lodge
No 50, Caledonia Lodge No. IS; second
division, Sir l.. I. Gleason, aide Litteton
Communicates, X T., Passumpsic Lodge
No -, officers of Grand Lodge of Yer
mont, invited guests III carriages. The
procession was as fine if not the finest that
was ever seen here. At 2:3O p. IN. the Ma
sonic address was delivered by Col. Kit
tredge Haskins of Brattleboro, which wa,
a very fine effort.
James f. Curran, special pension eX
aminer, of Washington, ID. c., was il
town Thursday and Friday of last week
In Nm. lll- IL ham Ia I1l t't. ~
Montpelier. DR.. James +. Hartshorr
was last week in Lancaster, y
H., visiting friends. George NJ, Gray
of Gray, Iowa is in town for I
led law with Belden " Ide OF this place
but gave it up and accepted position
with his uncle who resides in Gray, Iowa
Miss w. NJ. Glines, teacher of Ger
man at the academy, leaves this week
for Block Island, X. l., where she expects
to spend the summer. DR. A. W. Free
man of Chicago, H., stopped in town Ovei
Friday with friends who reside here, OF
his way home from Portland, Maine
where he had been attending the encamp-
ment held at that place.
Mr. G. II. Sage leaves for New YORK
this week George II. Hale will attend It
the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms until a new secre
tary can be secured. d.... Carl II. Jewell ha
returned to his home in Barton for t
short vacation before going to the Profile
bell boy through the summer vacation.
Arthur f. Walker and George H. Eros
have returned from their bicycle tour
They rode from Burlington to RUTLAND
and from Rutland to White River June
tion from whence they came by rail
Rev. Henry Fairbanks supplied tn
pulpit at the North church last Suuda
morning. .. Col T. c. Fletcher and fami
y left Tuesday for Mr.. Fetcher's farm
in Shelburn, where they will stop for
few weeks. ID. &. Buckminster, clerk il
CIR. Randall's drug store, is at his hom
in Concord VT, this week on his vaca
tiolf
Franklin.
Independence Day will he celebrate
this year on a larger scale than for years
A committee of arrangements has bee
appointed, and programme issued, o
which an address, a poem, athletic sports
antiques and hOrribes, and Il display o
fireworks are among the items Tn
new road machine, The Victor" is az
parently doing very satisfactory work III
der the management of Mr.. w. 5. Robi
.... Mr.. Prescott Vincent of St. Armand
p, G., and Miss Emma Riley of this tow
were joined in marriage by Rev. E. SnoN
at the residence of the brides father, Wi
liam Riley, on Thursday, June 4th a st
lect company of friends being present
They started Immediately after the cert
mony on a short trip through the Pro
of interest.
Bethel.
A free reading room is to be establishe
in this village, located over Tupper
Martins store Brooks d Washbur
have the foundation for their new stor
on Railroad square completed, and wi
commence putting up the main structure
which is to be of brick, next week NJ
George II. Tupper, who has been comi
stoned as postmaster at this plac,
takes possession of the Office July l..
The lawn parties given by the ladies {
the Congregational and Universalist =,
ceties respectively last week were yer
pleasant occasions socially and profitabl
for the ladies' Rev. Mr.. Robin, VIII
has supplied the Universalst society fo
the last two years, closed his labors SUI
day.
Waterbury.
DR. George c. Washburne has taken
trip to Galveston, Texas, He took
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