Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-04-10
VERMONT MATTERS.
Vermont knights of Honor

held Wednesday at Windsor. The reports
show the order to be in Il prosperous con-
dition. The following officers were elect
ed Past dictator, George O. Boyce of
Barre; grand dictator, George II. Crosby
of st. ,Johnsbury; egrand vice-dictator,
George w. Hooker of Brattleboro, grand
assistant dictator, A. n, Bailey of Rut-
land; grand chaplain, G. l.. Piper of Rut-
land; treasurer Allen L. Pease of Hart
ford; reporter, w. A. Briggs of Mont
pelier; guide, j. II. Head of Bellows
Falls, guardian, G. A. Wheaton of Barre;
sentinel, II. II. Taylor of Brattleboro !;
representatives to Supreme Lodge, A. H.
The next session will be held at Brattle-
boro.
The Ladies' Aid society voted on We'd
nesday to prepare and donate barrel OF
clothing and supplies to the burlington
Home for destitute children. .Selectman
Squier and Treasurer Doud divided the
public money on Friday-amount divided
S1,0S9.i0 apportioned to nine whole and
three fractional districts. ON Wednes-
day evening last. quite a number of per-
sons, who had previously signed articles of
association met and organized the Cen
trail New Haven Cemetery association,
electing II. p. Palmer, NJ. j. Landon, {.
w. Mason, n. w. Partch and Loren Rich
ards, trustees. ... Mr.. 5. b. NJ. Cowles re
Gently Slipped and fell upon an icy place
in his yard, thereby spraining his shoulder.
Mrs. Cowles has been quite i'll with neu-
ralgia, but is better now. Rev. Mr.. Sar-
gent went to Boston on Saturday to be
present at his (Dartmouth) College class
reunion to be holden on Monday. Rev.
Mr.. Jones of Middebury College filed
Mr.. Sargent's desk on Sunday. Mrs.
Carrie f. Nash is in Fairfax, VT, visiting
her sister, Mrs. Joseph Purmont. Mrs,
Carrie (Bottum) Hall of Cambridge, Mass,
Bottum. e. Mr.. w. w. Warren OF West
port, N. Y, spent the Sabbath in the fam
lily of Mrs. A. NJ. Roscoe.
Our first robin put in his note on Mon
day morning Think there must be bad
reckoning somewhere for there are acres
of snow here and considerable sleighing.
go. Constable Caldwell has been partially
disabled by the kick of a horse. The
amount of the passenger and freight traf-
tic of this station is very large for rural
point. Besides Il considerable share of
this town, Bristol Lincoln and Starks
boro find this almost their only railroad
outlet. Farm products, clapboards,
coarse lumber and slaves IN large .quanti-
ties are shipped from here, one lumber
man alone, Mr. 5. r. Cain, having sent
out since Jan. list, 1884, over eighty car
loads of slaves. The above named towns
also receive their western grain, flour,
feed and miscellaneous merchandise at
this station. The cemetery association
nOlu an auJOurntu Injecting W eulleSudy
afternoon. The assistant Judges have
appointed Col. Noble f. Dunshee, Erwin
A. Hasseltine of Bristol and Hon. Henry
b. Williams of Monkton, commissioners
to appraise the school houses and other
school district property in the town of
Starksboro, that town having adopted the
town system of schools at the recent
March meeting.
Waterbury.
1,b Ia
on Saturday of Il large amount OF surplus
household goods. He has lived in the
same house for fifty years. He now re
moves to Essex Junction to live
with his son, Charles Atherton
confined to his bed all winter with
consumption is now evidently in its last
stages. His daughter Anne has been i'll
several weeks and some are fearful that
her lungs are affected, but hope she will
recover. Henry kneeland, who has been
drayman for several years is about to re-
move to Watertield. Rev. Mr.. Tenney
breaches at the Congregational church in
Mr.. Wheeler's absence. The annual
school meeting at the village voted to CON
tinue the graded school OF four depart
ments. l.. H. Haines, James A. Burleigh,
and f. f. Palmer, trustees. -. The Owl
club had sugar party Tuesday night I;
getting plenty of new sugar from Henry
Coburn. .,..E Eli B. johnson and family of
friends in Waterbury.
Fast Day union services We're held at
the Congregational church on Friday
evening, the Rev. Mr.. Tenny, Jr., and
Rev. ID. +. Miller occupying the time in
short and appropriate addresses. DR..
Chandler of Montpelier came down to
counsel with DR.. James, in the case of Mrs.
Alpha Davis, who has not recovered from
her confinement at the birth of her child
in January. They hope for her recovery
a . lprinCp advances nn1laV White OF n
tiOn agent and postmaster at North DuX-
bury, has resigned. and is to remove TO
Wisconsin. Mr., Daily of Milton has come
to take his place. A counsel of doctors
examined the lungs of Miss Anne Ather-
ton and they say that it is hopeless case.
This is Il remarkable case of quick con
sumption and causes much excitement in
the village. tits only three or four weeks
since she was going about apparently in
usual health, and now the doctors say
that she has but short time to live Miss
Atherton will be missed by a large circle
of mourning friends.
Isle La Motto.
1t is feared that the late storm freezing
on the fruit trees will damage the fruit in
this section of the country The voters
in school district No. /, elected the fol
lowing officers for the ensuing year
dental committee, +. X. Goodsell, j. ID.
Bowman, II. j. Fleury. Voted to raise
IS cents on the dollar School meeting
in district No. was well attended and
the following officers were elected for the
year to come: Clerk, f. f. Lamoroux
treasurer, II. &. Holcomb committee,
f. f. Lamoroux, S. S. Pike, Stephen Con
nally ..J. ID. Bowmans little boy who
has been so low with lung fever is
thought to be improving. The farm in
North Bangor, that Capt, f. b. Rockwell
bargained for, was not what it was repre-
sented to be, the late thaw taking the
snow from the fields, so that they were in
condition to be examined. So the Cap
tain has arranged with the owner to keel
the farm, and he will look for home
elsewhere. The sociable last Thursday
evening was not very well attended OF
account of the rain and bad roads. About
four dollars was taken in...At last ac
counts there were about seventy-two dol
lars in the treasury of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety towards cushoning the church seats
st. JOhnsbury.