Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02


screams of lynx that he was hardly re
cognlzable when he reached home.
| On the large elm tree in Gardner Wheel
/ er'S yard in Bethel there is u curiosity in
the shape of II sunflower that is growing
ana IN blossom in the fork of the tree.
where the first branch leaves the trunk
Mr.. Chandler intends to hold another
camp meeting at Silver lake, near Bran
don, commencing October 90. He will
then have the chapel in readiness. and can
accommodate an audience of 400 indoors
if need be.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
wednesday night to break into the store
! OF w. H. Tibbetts in Coventry. 1t is be
lieved that the burglary was undertaken
by three suspicious looking characters
VINO have been lurking round there of
late and who stopped at the hotel Tuesday
night.
A tribe of Arabs, with performing bears
and monkeys recently passed through
BennlngtOn There were several small
children in the party. They were squa-
M set 1t IS reported that one of the
children died few days ago, add that it
was cut in pieces and fed to the bears.
A second troupe is on the way south.
Col. Luke Osgood of Pittsford has pre-
sented the Methodist society with deed
OF seven square rods of land, which will
make a great Improvement in the looks
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back Friday and new one will be built
providing SIX more stalls.
| Rev. j, NJ. Gelot of Rutland is assisting
| Charles Thibeau of Montreal in writing a
| history of the French Canadians of Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada
from the time of Champlain to the pres
ent day. 1t IS expected the work will be
out III January.
Joseph Belrose of Swanton met with
/ r.iI l,, 10,
ly. A staging under which he was at
work broke down and buried him beneath
ton or two of sand and marble, breaking
one rib and an arm.
Ten eX-members of the Vermont legisla-
ture reside in Castleton. The oldest is
Hyde MISSIONER, ninety years of age. He
represented the town in 1887 and 1898, and
in 1851 and 1858. He is one of the four
surviving soldiers of the war of 1872 now
living in Vermont.
! William Butler has Just passed his
eighty ninth birthday at Castleton and
Mrs. Butler her seventy-eghth They
were married in 1928, and have walked to-
gether in unity from that time to this
/ They gave seven sons to the late war for
the Union.
| Last Saturday four young men of Lon
donderry got into Il drunken row. Byron
| wilkins struck Frank Stevens across the
back with his gun, nearly breaking Stev-
ems back. Henry Howard was hit across
the arm by wilkins, breaking it. Will
klnS has been arrested.
/ The Western Vermont Agricultural
society offer about 400 premiums this
! fall as follows a for horses, 15G for cat
tie, 30 for sheep, "A for hogs, 12S for fowls
| 60 for vegetables, 356 for fancy work, 100
on painting, 1870 on cooking, and 46 on
flowers and plants.
DR.. William r. Prime of Richford, Vt.
has been appointed by the United States
hospital service to board all trains run
ming from Montreal to the United States
in view of the smallpox epidemic, and no
passengers having the disease will be al
lowed to enter Richford.
1t is announced that at the Legislative
reunion $3.50 will be spent in fireworks
purchased of Hyde Co. of Boston at
especially low rates for so fine a display.
| The list of pieces will include figures of
the yachts "Genesta" and "Puritan' the
famous Niagara scene, and closing dis
| play OF green fire with the words "Ner-
mont Forever"
Receiver Price of the ruined First Ma
tional bank is in Bratteboro for the pur-
pose of settling ut public auction in the of
/ flee of Haskins & Stoddard, October ., the
Judgments secured against the stock
/ holders for non-payment Of the % per
cent assessments, after which he will
wind no the affairs of the bank and de
clare dividend.
! Two barns belonging to f. A. Wood
bridge of Nergeunes and situated near the
State reform school We're burned with
/ their contents recently. There was in
the barns Il quantity of hay, unthreshed
oats and barley. The fire was supposed
to have been set by some boy and the loss
is estimated to be 5000 with no insur-
ance
] 10 # ri.1,t, abe Il
| June "a, 1862. 1t was organized into Il
township in l1S6. The first permanent set
tlement was made in the year isis.
Many of the descendants of the first set
tiers still remain in that and adjoining
towns, and il Is proposed to celebrate the
one hundredth ami versary of the orgau-
cation of the town next year
The oldest living eX-membcr of the
Vermont legislature is Eli Chamberlain
Of Albany, "a years old, who intends to
attend the coming reunion. He served
in the session of 1922, while the oldest
Senator Homer f. IIubbell of Fairfax
was Il member in 1896. when the Senate
was first organized.
/ The retreat of Catholic clergymen made
these changes Father Lane of Rutland
will take Father Michaud's place at Wi
nooski. Father MiChaud will take Rev
/ William O'Sullivan's place as pastor of
st. Francis de Sales church in Benning-
Ton, ana KEY. w imam " SULLIVAN goes TO
st. Augustine's church in Montpelier.
/ 1t is understood that the annual conven-
ton of the Vermont Y. NJ. c. A. will he
held at St Adams the last of October
Representatives. of the Congregational
Methodist and Baptist churches met at
the Congregational church there on Thurs
day night to discuss the matter and com
mittees were appointed to make all the
necessary arrangements. Eminent speak
ers are expected
The Vergennes Athletic association will
hold its fall meeting at the city fair
grounds on Thursday, Oct /, at which
there will be II bicycle race for purse of
ST, best two in three ; a running race and
a walking race for a purse of So each a
potato race for a prize of 81, and match
game of ball between Nergennes and
Westport mines for a purse of $25, The
fun begins at p. m
| Word comes from Manchester that
Route Agent &. ID. Millington found a
package of dynamite cartridges in the
mail bags Wednesday morning. If the
package had dropped ON the floor AN eX-
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