Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-16

The recent tournament of the Brattle-
boro bicycle club netted about $40.
The annual fair of Vermont academy
will be held the second week in Novem-
Der.
There will be a reunion of Company l.,
18th Vt. Regt., at Post Hall, Barton, on
the afternoon of Oct. %.
Mrs. Mary Livermore is to give her lee
ture on Wendell Phillips at Vermont
academy, Saxton's River, October II.
The Bellows Falls Catholic fair held
last week, was IA great success, over $500
being taken, which will net the society
some $500.
The Stowell Manufacturing company at
Putney Is putting up large factory for
the manufacture of folding tables, toys,
etc, and a town meeting has been called
to exempt the company from local taxa
ton.
at would not be surprising if the next
governor of Vermont should be Gen. w.
Y. w. Ripley of Rutland" says IL Mont
pelier correspondent of the Boston Her
did
Two colts were found dead in George
Tenney's pasture in Albany recently. A
post-mo"tem examination revealed the
action of a corrosive poison.
The first lecture in the course at New
port will be given in Fields Opera house
on Thursday, Oct. 80, by Rev. Lyman
Abbott, ID. d., of New York; subject,
wolves and Foxes"
Rev. Father William Sullivan of Ben
nington, who will shortly enter upon the
duties of his new field of labor at Mont
pelier, was recently presented with hand
some gold watch as u token of esteem from
his present parish.
Memorial hall, at Rutland is slowly
rising and the workmen have nearly com
pleted laying the seventh course of mar
bic. They expect to build the wall only
three and half feet higher when work
will be stopped for the winter.
A little son of Charles Graves of Barton,
was thrown down by another boy at
school, one morning last week, and suf-
fered the fracture of collar bone. He
braved it out all day at school without
crying, and did not have it set till toward
evening.
Rev. G.. H. Chatterton who has been
spending the summer in Rutland has ac-
cepted Il call to supply the PRESBYTERIAN
church at West Milton, Saratoga county,
New York, and will enter upon his duties
November |.
The title of Mrs DORIS new volume of
poems to be published by the Scribners
has been changed from -Four O'clock
to "Afternoon Songs, because it was
found that Il volume issued some Years
ago had the former title.
A curiosity has developed this year in
the orchard of G.. X. Stutflebean in Georgia
From the trunk of one of his apple trees
there issued Il single sprout, which has
grown down about half way to the ground
and on this sprout hang ten apples of the
Bell Flower Sort which it is estimated
Will weigh half pound each.
J Patents have been recently granted
to Nermonters as follows: Charles G.
johnson, Springfield, assignor to Moore
Arms & Thompson, Bellows Falls, toilet
paper holder; Daniel Thompson, Ovid
Mich, assignor to Derby & Ball, Bellows
Falls scythe snathe fastening.
| A dozen Merino sheep We're sent to Wis
consin Tuesday by George NJ. Smith from
! Sho reham and Mlddlebury The export
of sheep to the Western States, Australia
and other parts of the world is becoming
an important industry in Vermont. There
! is hardly a day but what some pass
| through Rutland in fiOcks, averaging from
three to fifteen in number.
Postmaster Reddlngton reports to the
! department at Washington that during
the first ten days of the special delivery
system twenty-eight letters were deliver
ed in Rutland. The average time of each, ,
including local letters, was IL minutes
and the average pay for each of the boys
has been thirteen cents day.
! Members of the st. John Baptist society
expect to 90 to Proctor from surrounding
branch of the society in that place. There
is already branch at West Rutland with
about forty members
! About a dozen milk producers in Rut.
land are making stir among the retail
dealers by raising the price of milk. They
want to make the retail dealers pay fOur
cents quart instead of three, which
they have been paying all summer, and
are likely to succeed in raising the price
of milk.
Post Roberts of Rutland has voted tC
give the drama of six acts, entitled "The
Battle of Gettysburg" for six nights
about the middle of December in the skat-
ing rink. An effort will be made to have
some of the men take part in the play who
engaged in the real battle at the front
There are a large number of characters in
the play and from 100 to $50 persons are
required on the stage at 4 time. There
are fifteen tableauX in the drama, in whcl
young women will participate
An injunction was served by the village
of Rutland, Monday on Gen. f.. II. Rip
ley to restrain him from disturbing the
Mendon brook above the village reservoir
1t is alleged that Gen. Ripley in buiding
over an Old saw mill pond uses the chan
mel of the stream running through the
broken dam to carry away sawdust ant
refuse, which is brought down into the
village water basins and settling ponds
A gang of men have been at work on tn,
pond removing the muck aud brush t
make 1t over into fish pond.
The Grand Army post at st. JohnsburN
is looking forward to il fair commencing
October 10 Governor Pingree is expect
ed to open it Monday evening. "Hhe Tw,
BOnuicnStles' will he given Tuesday ant
"Wednesday evenings and the doctor o
Alcantara" Thursday Ben d. House,
prominent Indianapolis veteran will reaC