Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-06
NEiiNiONr MATTERS.



over Sunday and Monday 30. The hard
ware firm of Earl and Barnum has been
dissolved ny mutual consent, and Mr..
George f.. Bnrnum retires. Mr.. Barnum
will stay for II time at North Wiiliston,
and will then probably engage in other
commercial ventures. MIR. Barnum leaves
many good friends behind him who very
much regret his loss to the business in
terests of Middlcbury ... Some repairs
have been begun on the Middlcbury post
Office, with the object of making 1t more
habitable. pleasant and convenient for the
winter. lhc "COmc,s' of West Rut-
land nave challenged the Amateurs of
Middlebutl to II game of POLO, ana II Is
expected t.u,t a game will come of be
tween these two teams within II short
timc....M, --r-. &. Vt. WildS and James
Nj. Shade. With ". IT, Smell, their client,
went to A.nUj uilyr, Monday, TO argue the
hubC3S ca,p9" case Of Mr.. smell, winch,
it is conf 'rutly expected, Will come to II
favorable conclusions Mr.. A. i. Topper
went up To- represent the prosecutions.
There was a very small attendance at
market, Monday, owing to the uuiaNOrable
weather. Butter brought from 10 to %
cents per pound, but only II very small
quantity was brought iu....Mr. &. G..
Peck started, Monday, for Boston where
it is expected that an important test OF his
electric motor will be made, on Tuesday
or WCdue,. lay
day morning. after having been confined
to the house Tor several months. Dr. Gale
has been in more or less feeble health for
several years, with but little chance of
ultimate rrcUvery...lt is expected that the
rubber game of polo between the Middle
bury Amateurs and the Bristol SCarlets
will he played in Middebury on Saturday
night of this week. ...At last Joseph b.
Cobb, the leader Of the Middlebury band,
came up smiling Tuesday morning in
consequence of Il gilt presented him by
Mrs. Cobb during tde preceding night. 1t
is Il boy baby and .lO says he was Just III
need of a "hddler' for his orchestra,
Mr.. Hnd Mrs. Alexander Daniels have
gone to Clifton, Mass, to visit a son and Il
IN lrrIcd daughter living there. ...T The
m my fri-uG> OF Max Naliquette are sorry
tnat failing health has compelled him to
roW up his position here and return
home 10 ltullund...Mrs David Burke,
who has been quitrlY seriously sick with
eryslreta., ,ur the past week, Is improving
constantly but slowly. The three
month, old iuli.u, Of James Hughes has
been very sick with fever, but Is now be-
lieVed I" he recovering. OZias san ford,
the mighty hunter and fisherman OF ROX-
bury, i, visiting friends in this vicinity
....llcrbert w. Denis, astudcnt III Mid
dlebury college, has been quite i'll with IA
fever tor some days past
West Randolph.
-Four or five inches of snow fell Monday
morning. Several sleighs and sledS ap.
peared in the street, but the slcighing was
OF short duration, and rain fell making
travelling anything bat pleasant. Miss
ELSIE tOlhurn, one OF our most esteemed
youn- ladies, was united in marriage last
weeh 10 Mr.. Albert bartholomew of Hart
ford. The bride ana groom went to BOS-
ton and vicinity and will be at home, in
Hartford, Nov llth. Many good wishes
are extended to them; The Vermont
Farmer of THIS place has been
sold to the Nclr EHgiunh Fcrmcr. The
several attempts to make an agricultural
paper pay in his State have always fail
ed 49,. The Randolph Cornet band had {;
social dance III Cornet hall, Saturday
evening. There was good attendance
The Mechanics band have Il dance thi,
week Thursday night ...The initial mum
Der of The Randolph Ucr0ld, an edition
of the lIcrdid and NC,CS, will appear this
week....W. Bates Nichols Of Manitoba
son OF Judge Nichols, is in town. .Gcorg,
Laird Of Hanover, y. H., mas opened /
clothing store in Dubois 4 Coy's new
ed IruGl the seal fields of Alaska, wher,
he has been taking his usual vacation
with his famiiy....W. \. Briggs of Mont
pelier. assisted Hon. ". II. Dubois il
making out the State tax at the Stat'
tretsuIer's Office ...L. u. Yhayer, ESQ.
y
.... Gror-c j. Pwudie manufactured l9?,
900 butter tubs the past year.
Cornwall
Rev hsa Bullard of Cambridgeport
Mass, is expected to occupy the pUlpi
of the congregational church, next Sun
day. Mr.. Billiard Is So years of age, bu
is hale aud hearty, and has been aZellouS
lie i...s worker for the interest of tn
SUNDAY school, editing the wen Spring
Il chill PAPER, for over forty years..
Fred I'oau, son of II. +. Dean, is HON
for visit after an absence of neatly thre
years 81 Chicago He was for some tim
in the ,npl"y ri Marshall Field IL Co.
and u ljsuu brothers, large NhOleSal
houses. lie cputcmplutes returning t
the West, after Il short visit, to engage l.
the lumber business in Nebraska.
Bristol.
w. ". Lawrence, who has been cor
fined 10 his house with sickness for som
time, is about once more The tuners
OF Mrs. pyrmulia Tucker was held at tn
Methodist church, sunday forenoon, an
was largely attended. The services wer
conducted by Rev Mr. Nash, assisted b.
Rev. MC>Srs. Gardner and Strong. Mr.,
Tucker was very prominent in the ten
perance work and an active member {
the Methodist church. She was in he
sixty ninth year There was a pl4asaI
Mansfield, saturday evening, the occt
sion being the marriage Of his daughte
Cynthia to Mr.. Henry SevOir, only tn
relatives and few OF the friends of tn
contracting parties were present. Tn
happy couple stood under an evergree
arch. Mr.. Frank Mansfield, II cousin {
the bride, acted as best man, and Mis-
Hattie Mansfield of Rutland, sister of tn
bride, acted as bridesmaid, Rev. NJ
Hayward officiating. The happy pair T.
ceiyed many valuable presents. a fin
supper VAS served.
st. Johnsbury.
During the month of October ninetee
letters were received at this Office btarin
the special delivery stamp The first te
weeks ut thc school year aJ the acadenl
closed last week and the students enjoye
Il short Nacation....Th band gave ven
fine concert the first of IL series-la,
Saturday evening, at Music hall...Tl
rink was very we'll filled Saturday CIV
nIug to witness the burleSque SkatiI
and limitations of prof" Durham.
Mrs II. Paddock returned Saturday lru
a two weeks visit in Connecticut. SIEVE
persons united with the Nortn churc
last sabbath aud one person at the Sout