Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-18
LIN. NEW SERIES VOL. NXXI.
VERMONT MATTERS.


Runaway Near Chester.
While Mrs. DR.. Knight of Springfield
and Miss Susan Daniels of Grafton were
riding between Chester and Grafton Fri
day their horse ran away, throwing out
the occupants and injuring them 50 seri-
ously that their recovery is doubtful.
burglary at Morrisville.
An attempt was made Friday night to
rob the Office of III. A. Siayton ~ Co. at
Morrisville. The thief, II young man
about twenty years of age, was suspectedof
being implicated in II recent burglary at
Enosburgh Falls and was watched and
followed to Morrsville by II detective who
discovered that he was going to enter
Slayton a. Co store. He notified the
firm and stationed two officers inside of
the office. The man was two hours i'll
etfecting an entrance and he was begin
ming operations on the safe when Mr.. Fitch
jumped on his back and succeeded in hold
ing him down, though he received blow
in the face in the struggle. The thief,
Leonard Gibbs by name, is supposed to
live at Enosburgh Falls. Drills, a fuse
and powder and Il steel bar were found in
his possession. He was locked up
Change in Transmitting the Mails.
The course of the through registered
pouch exchange between Montreal and
New York has been changed, to
leave New York at 1870 p. m, via
Boston, Springfield and New York
r. p. o., connecting at Springfield, Mass,
with Richiord and Springfield II. p. o., to
White River junction. where the pouch
will be transferred to the St. Adams and
Boston Il. =. o. Ihe pouch from Mon
treal will be returned by the same route,
arriving in New York ut ll:45 IL. m, via
Boston and New York h. p. o. Short
run.
Assaulted with a Scythe.
Jack Ackerman, one of IA party of men
employed on the farm of Smith Taylor of
Chelsea to cut his grain, assaulted IA fel-
low laborer named Forrest Rollins, We'd
nesday with scythe and nearly severed
his right arm. The wound is Il very dan
gerous one Ackerman is at large.
Serious Accident at Enosburgh Falls.
As three men We're at work upon II
staging ON d. NJ. Gardner's new house at
Enosburgh Falls Monday afternoon it
broke and precipituted them all to the
ground, IA distance of fifteen feet. MI
John Lawrence struck upon his head and
shoulders and remained unconscious for
several hours and his recovery is consid-
cred doubtful. Thomas Gilbar struck
upon his feet and broke one leg below the
knee and dislocated his ankle. The other
man named j. Paquette escaped with a
few bruises. He was very fortunate, as
this is the second accident of the kind
he has been i'll this summer and escaped i'll
jury.
Vermont Postoifice Appointments.
The Postmaster General has announced
the appointment of the following fourth
class postmasters in Vermont: Taftsvlle,
Windsor county, Clark Newton Leices-
ter, Addison county, Mrs. Ida NJ. Bushey
East Brooktield, Orange county, VIM. a.
Robbins.
Vermont Horse Breeders Fall Meeting.
1t is announced that l.. J. Joslyn of
Watsiield will exhibit at the coming
Horse Breeders exhibition, the noted
stallion Phil Sheridan, Jr., and some Of his
stock. Phil Sheridan, Jr, is half brother
of the mare Phyllis, now the most note Il
trotter on the turf. Mr.. Joslyn sold four
four-yearolds by Phil Jr, last spring for
something more than $1,000 and we are as
sured by Il competent judge, who has Wis
tied his breeding establishment, that his
young stock is rarely equalled in Yer
mont.
Middlebury.
The silver wedding of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph l5rouillett was celebrated on Tues
day evening. About sixty friends assem-
bled at their house early in the evening,
many Others who would have liked to be
present being unavoidably kept away. a
large number of costly and handsome
presents We're brought in by the visitors
the gifts completely filling Il table. The
guests were handsomely entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. Brouillett, and the supper,
to which they all sat down, was an eX-
cellent repaSt, and was thoroughly enjoy
ed " th music and dancing the evening
hours flew rapidly by until II O'Clock,
when the party broke up and the guests
retired to their homes, after having spent
such Il pleasant evening as occurs very
rarely in lifetime.
There was hard frost on the night of
the 9TH inst. which did much damage to
corn and other late crops Owing to the
bad weather the grain crop is much dam
aged f. Whttemore and X. a. Damon
recently found two sWarmS Of wild bees,
and from one tree they took two twelve
quart pals of nice comb honey Rev.
Moses Patten, pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, who has been on his vaca-
ton to New Hampshire returned last
week, bringing with him II new wife,.
Horace Ellis recently lost II valuable OK
by lightning.
The Bristol Cornet band has been in
vited to attend the Champlain Valley Falr
and has accepted. Ernest Kilburn has
gone TO Boston to attend a business col
lege..., There have been some three hun
dred tons of coal sold in town, this fall
Mervin Jacobs of Chelsea, Mass, who has
been in town visiting, the past few days
returned nome Thursday =. The crops in
this section are in the main average ones.
The hay crop, which in the early part of
the season bid fair to be very light, is fully
an average price per ton so Fruit will
not be plenty. There Is some complaint
among the farmers of potatoes being sour
Wy Corn is poor. Some farmers are cut
ting their corn and curing it for fodder
II. 5. Drake is putting up Il new tene
ement house at the corner of Mountain
and Spring streets. Mrs. Charles Han
chet is in Burlington, visiting friends, thi,
week. ... Charles Ford, who has beer
clerking for VIM. II. Miller the past sum
mer has bought stock of goods in War
rem and taken possession.
Chas Alternately is putting upa new
house on Pleasant street ; and Frank Il