Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-16
VERMONT MATTERS.
G.. A. X. Fair at st. Johnsbury


Chamberlain Post G. A. II. will hold a
five days fair at st. Johnsbury commenc-
ing October 10th, which will be opened by
an address by Gov. Pingree and close with
an address by Gen. John A. Logan Friday
evening, October 23d.
Isle La Motto.
Crops of all kinds are nearly secured ...
Messrs. Ford& Goodsell are doing driving
business in the threshing line. Oats and
peas yield well beans are about half II
crop. Potatoes are nearly all dug. They
yield well, but are rotting ON some kinds
of soil n. w. Fisk has been on the sick
list for the past week, but at last accounts
was improving. 1t is thought he will be
able to be out in few days. Some of
our eX-mcmber of the legislature attended
the social reunion at Montpelier, last
week ~ Mr.. Fillmore Pike of Virginia is
home on visit .... Miss Adele Hill of
New Hampshire is visiting in town..
The Adventists still continue to hold
meetings here Miss Lillian Parks of
Troy n Y, is the guest of Capt. E. b.
Rockwell -. Miss May Hill has returned
to her Oswego school.
Shoreham.
1t was discovered Sunday that the bur
glars who broke open the store of G. A.
North, had occupied the Congregational
church for sleeping place, and leTt there
the boxes and papers taken from the safe
go. Saturday as Miss l.. Vail of Orwell
was driving INTO the village, her horse
ran, overturning the carriage and throw
the occupants out. Miss Vail clung to the
reins and thereby received several cuts
and bruises on her head and face.
ochester.
Soon after lighting the chandelier for
the evening service in the Congregational
church last Sunday evening it fell and
broke into many pieces, splling the oil
upon the pews and carpet and setting
them on fire. The fire was eXtinguished
with difficulty but not until considerable
damage was done. The damage was fully
covered by insurance, except the chande-
lier, which was an elegant and costly
one. No blame is attached to the sexton.
... Two deaths occurred in town Sunday
night, Justin II. Beckwith and Stillman
f. Richardson, both farmers, and two in
Hancock, Charles G. Church, son of Will
Yliam H. Church, who died in Il fit, and IL
Mr.. Newton, who died of cancer in his
throat. All lived within Il few miles of
each other.
North Ferrisburgh.
Some of the oldest citizens of this vicin-
ity had IL rennlon on saturday, October
10, at the residence of Mr., William H.,
Fonda. The occasion of the reunion was
the eighty-siXth birthday of our esteemed
fellow citizen, Mr.. Amos COgswell. There
were present Mr.. Peter Cronk, aged 81
and his wife, aged so Mr.. Lot Bull, aged
SOand his wife, aged u; Mrs. Betsey Hyde,
aged 81 Mrs Newell, aged 81; Mrs. RoX-
ana Fonda, aged 50 Mrs. Tuttle, aged
13; Mrs. Coburn, aged So Mrs. Betsey
Mead, aged so, and Miss Ann Jones, aged
-. The average age of this dozen old
folks is 81 years. They all seemed to en-
joy themselves, and even the younger peo-
Pile were delighted at seeing the old people
50 merry and hearing their "reminiscences
Of by gone days. e. Miss Jennie Barber has
gone to Boston during her three weeks
vacation.
West Randolph.
Our base ball club went to Bethel, Sat
urday TO play with the Bethel nlne, and
were defeated to l5.. The selectmen have
warned our people to be vaccin-
ated. People feeling too poor to pay the
fee can be vaccinated ut the expense of the
town Loren f. Buck, Esq, has re-
turned to Wisconsin, He made the first
Montague cyclinder printing press at
Worcester, Mass, about forty years ago.
Montague was the inventor of the Acme
press of the present day.. George j.
Prince has offered his extensive tub fac
tory for sale. Fred Terry has seven
year-old son unlike any other boy ever
heard of i'll this vicinity. He has no blood
4 veins, the blood flows under the skin, and
if the skin is cut or fractured it is hard
work to stop the blood flowing
Cornwall.
Rev. j. Inervin Hull and wife of Lud
low are i'll town, guests at Franklin
Hookers. Mr.. Hull has been located al
Windsor for several years as pastor of the
First Baptist church, and also as chaplain
of the State prison, but failing health com
PEELED him to resign his charge and take {
years rest. Mrs, NJ. NJ. Peck, who ha,
been so severely i'll for many months, Is
slowly improving Only few of the
ex-members of the Legislature from thi:
place accepted the invitation to attend the
reunion at Montpelier Quite number
attended the Horsebreeders exhibition al
Howard park last week,
Montpelier.
The "Clefs" played the "Musketeers" tt
full house again on Thursday evening
AS a whole the performance exceeded IL
merit any previous one. MeSSrs. Ban
croft and Hopkins played their parts t.
perfection....A game of base ball wa
played on Seminary hill, Saturday, be
tween the University nine of Burlington
and the Barre boys. The score stood a
the close, Barre 90, L. V. NJ 10.
Waterbury.
The widow of the late Asa Atherton i
visiting y. X. Brown in Burlington
Mrs. Marian has closed her house and i
going to spend the winter with her son il
Chicago. Mrs. Forrest also goes to spen,
the winter in the West. Rev ;. ii
Wheeler and vile nave closed their hOus
to board at the hotel, on account OF Mrs
Wheeler's health.... Rev. Leonard Tenne.
and wife have shut up their house to e
to Boston for while, where their daugh
ter resides. w. IL. Billings is rebulldin!
his steam saw mill which was destroye,
by fire in August. AS Mr.. Billings en-
ploytd about twenty men, the communt,
are much interested in having the mil
rebuilt, and some have made liberal con
tributious TO help in the work ... The wiz
OF Horace NJ Brull severely sprained he
ankle while in New York, on the eXcul
sion last week.
Niddlebury.
w. II. Smell, prodretor of the pool an,
billiard room in Dyer's block, was arrest
ed for opening his pool room, about thre
months ago, in defiance of the selectmen'
order closing it up. Smell, since reopen
ing the room, has run it unmolested unit
now. He was put under 800 bonds AM
was locked up in the county Jail owe