Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-06-26
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.


Essex.
The selectmen who are the road com
have distributed the highway
tax by school districts giving to each dis
trict about the same amount as hereto
fore, and have appointed agents to do the
work. Under this arrangement the June
ton district, having nearly one-third the
grand list of the town, have about one
third the highway tax, with some eight
miles of highway, while the other two
thirds is distributed over a much larger
extent of thoroughfare to be kept in re
pair. =. George Newton'S barn IS ap.
preaching completion. The roof is cover
ed with iron. In its size and conveniences
it is one of the best arranged barns in
town. The drug and book business be
longing to a. NJ. Buffers estate has re
Gently been sold to George H. Brown the
owner and occupant of the CORNER store"
The corner store has undergone
sundry changes within the past few
weeks, enlarging its working capacity
and rendering it one of the best arranged
and most convenient country stores in this
region Mr.. and Mrs. Topper are spend
ing their vacation at Mortified e. Miss
Lizzie f.. Bates, very successful and
popular assistant teacher of the Essex
Classical Institute for the past year, has
been invited to accept similar position
in the academy at Moriah, n. Walton.
Homer Goodhue of the board of SUPER
visors of the insane, was the guest of DR..
l.. G.. Butler last week. The Board, con
Sistng of GoOdhue, Butler and Johnson
visited Lake View Retreat for the Insane
at Burlington last week, and also the
Burlington poor farm, where there are
several persons who were recently dis
charged from the Insane Asylum at Brat
tlebOro. Wilbur PerrigO, who recently
bored his way out of the jail at Buring-
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escape. On being discovered he claimed
that he and his companion were on their
way to Canada. 1t is strongly suspected
that he did not write the letter over his
signature in the CNppcr. Much needed
improvements are in progress in the Gem
etery at the Centre. The east fence has
been rebuilt and painted the hearse hOU ee
reshingled, the shrubbery and the grass
are soon to be close shaver. and the lean
ing tOmbstOneS to he righted up The
present board of selectmen have an eye to
order and neatneSS.
Essex junction.
+. A. Beach and DR.. Smead went with
the &. \. i. boys to Portland. 4 coun
ell of Congregational churches is to bC
called to meet at Essex Junction, Thurs
day July ,, to Urdain our new minister
VIM. f. English. Miss Katie Howe dice
Monday noon. She had been sick som,
eight wcclls....Mrs. Kctchum, wife o.
/ Prof. Kctchum. and daughter, are stop
/ ping for a few days at the Central IouSr
PROT Kctchum is expected in Il few DAYS
milton
There have been series of petty burg
laricS committed here recently. Bar
NUNS premises last "Wednesday. Goorg
McI.adcn's Saturday and O. Is. I.andon'
on Monday. The most taken is food al
ready prepared for use. The thoughts q
the people naturally turn to two or tire
prominent '''er9 ant" Io"h-eT''
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l. Clifford has cnutractnd tn hui1L III
new school house in the village, for on