Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-10
VERMONT MATTERS.

y woman in Rutland couury is said 10
be the mother of tWenty-scycn children.
Governor and Mrs. pingrce have zone
to The beach TO be absent two or three
weeks.
Rev Charles Mills was installed over
the Springfield Congregational church
Thursday.
The failure of O. f. Scott, ieweler of
Waterbury, is announced. Liabilities
$500; assets, 500.
j. J. r.. Randall of Rutland is reported
as likely to succeed A. II. futile ms post
master of that place.
Justin Batcheller, president of the Rut-
land Trust company, with his wife sails
! for Europe Saturday.
Lewis Flint of Williamstown has inst
/ had an increase of pension of four dollars
a month and SOD back pay.
The Brandon brickyard now has about
225 600 brick in the kiln, and it is the in
tention to burn about 100000
Quite a number who vert west from
Orange county this spring have returned
Disguised with the country.
The Congregational society at West
Rutland propose TO build church and
parsonage during the summer
I II. {. Wilcy'S house, five barns and out
buildings near SaNton's River village
were burned Tuesday loss $1,000.
The argus says that II. c. johnson.
postmaster at Nergcnnes, has made u
virtue of necessity, and resigned
Castleton has furnished thirty-fve grad
yates from different colleges. the most of
them from Middlebury, since fSl5
Not less than three hundred students
were graduated from the college prepare
tory schools of Vermont this season.
Lorenzo G. Manuel of North Troy. has
been granted Il pension of four dollars per
month and arrearages amounting to $500
A new mail route began recently be
tween Woodsville and WILDWOOD This
route formerly went from North Haver-
hill.
The town grand list of Fair Haven this
year represented valuation of - ,O69. 3g6 ::
an increase of S2j2 1923 over that of last
year.
George w. Bryant of Morgan Centre
has received Il pension of four dollars
Il month. and back pay amounting to
S1Ot1.13.
Rev T. J. Clark formerly of Manchester
has accepted call to supply the church at
Boru0rdstOn, Mass, where he has gone to
reside.
Lightning struck house in Rochester
recently in which were nine persons. \
lady received shock but the others were
uniniured.
An orange tree. with fruit. in Mr.. Con.
ant : Nard at Brandon has been an object
of considerable interest to passcrs-by this
summer
\ man who has Just returned to Pownal
after twenty wears absence. learns forthp
first time of the death of his father ten
years ago.
Samuel G. Tpham, the well known
patent medicine manufacturer of Phila- |
delphia who died Tuesday, was a native
of Montpelier.
Rev. p. b. Strong of New York has nc
cepted the call extended to him by the
Bristol Baptist church, and will begin
work August I.
There are eighty-fve inmates in the
workhouse now. and altos ether too large .
a percentage of them come from Rutland. /
saws the HCruId.
The Grand Chapter of Vermont. Order .
Eastern Star. have organized a new Chan /
ter at North POWnal' to be called POWnal .
chapter, No. 10.
A Georgia woman has in a box in her
front yard iig tree raised from the seed /
There are twenty-three figs on it this sum
mer, of good size.
Daniel h. Long, a Brattlehoro boy. has
Just been elected city councillor of James
town, OAK, after close fight, by very
complimentary vote.
From 10000 to 100000 slate pcncilsare
made "A day at the quarry and mill at Cas-
tletOn where thirty men. women and |
children are employed.
The ST. Johnsbury granite company
has Just sent "A gang of men to Greens |
bOrO to open quarry there which gives |
promise of unusual value.
The, meeting of the st. Johrshury Dis |.
trict Ministerial association will he held /
at Barton, Tuesday, Wednesday and |.
Thursday, July !, $ and Q.
Rev. Amos Merrill of East Haverbill
\. H.. aged - is dead. He has supplied
the Methodist churches in Vermont and
New Hampshire for fifty years.
This afternoon at two O'Clock is the
time set for the special town meeting at
Brandon to take action on the question of
locating the soldiers monument.
The soldiers monument question at
brandon is having rest until July :, |
when the special town meeting will settle |
the question, it is hoped for all time.
Judge Tyler of Brattleboro decides the /.
DISCRIMINATING ejectment suit in favor
of the plaintiff, and the defendant gives |
bonds iii the sum of $3.50 and takes an APP
peal.
The whooping cough is prevailing very
extensively at Salisbury. The school at !
the village has been closed on account of |
it, many children having the disease very |
hard
The officers of the Orange county apri- |.
cultural society have decided to hold the /.
coming fair Tuesday, Wednesday and /.
thursday, September 20, 30 and October /.
first.
Fred w. Farnham of West Fairlee, has
been appointed postal agent between New /
port, VT, and Springfield, Mass, in place
OF Samuel l.. Chapman of Springfield, /.
Vermont
At North HoosIck, recently G. c. Per F.
cey ana Thomas Clark COlndcd while run F.