Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-06-19


Mrs. w. 5. Streeter returned from Boston,
Thursday, where she has been with her
friends for some weeks past Mrs. G. f.
Shepherd was called to Morley. n Y, last
week by the death of her father, who re
sided in that place. Judge Charles >.
Dana. formerly of this place, is in town
for Il few days Mr. Dana now resides in
Kansas City, Mo-. Frtti :. Fletcher, son
of Col. f. +. Fletcher, left Wednesday for
a ranch in Montana in which his father is
interested George Winch of Lyndon
vile has accepted the position in the store
of L. G.. Fletcher x Co., recently vacated
by Perkins Underwood. -. The baccalau-
reate sermon before the graduating class
of the st. .johnsbury academy, St Johns
bury was preached at the South COngre-
gational church. Sunday, by Rev c. NJ.
LamsOn of Worcester, Mass. The class
numbers fifty-nine. The attendance was
large. The sermon was very fitting one
and the music by the quartette was fine.
Albert a. Wheelock, of the telegraph
force, spent the Sabbath at his home at
Barre The average number of persons
who visited the Y. NJ. &. \. rooms during
the past week was l2 per day. James
f. llartshorn has returned from Burning
ton, where he has attended the course of
medical lectures just finished. Mr. and
Mrs. II. w. Carter of Lebanon, \. H., are
in town this week attending the com
menccment exercises at the academy
The ball game Saturday between the
Barnet nine and the Union school nine of
this place resulted in Il victory for the
former by a score of iifty-three to four.
Asthe baccalaureate sermon was preach
ed in the evening at the South church, the
exercises at that church in the morning
We're devoted to the observance of Child
; ren's day Rev, c. NJ. Lamson OF Wor-
ccstcr, Mass, preached at the North
church, Sunday morning, and in the eve
ming delivered the baccalaurcate sermon
at the South church.
Niorrisville.
Mayor Woodbury. of Burlington. was in
town ON Saturday.. Col. ID. j. Stafford, Il
former resident, now special pension eN-
. amner is spending few days IN toN
....F. u. Robinson, photographer, who
has been making views in Canada tor the
Lake st. Bernard fishing club, returned
home ON Saturday y....T The first ball
match of the season was played between
l a regular organized nine and IA
e picked nine, all from thi, place, on the
old fair groudds, on Saturday afternoon
-. The Sunday school class Of Mrs, A. f.
l Whitney, of the Methodist Episcopal
school, spent Saturday afternoon very
} pleasantly at her home on the 'Brvoklyn'
| side. Mrs. \. V. Gile and daughter,
Miss Hattie Gle, who have spent the past
. year in California, will return home this
week DR., Thomas J. Holbrook, return
t ed on Friday evening from prospecting
George Durham and wife and Miss Cora
| Stafford. former residents are in town
. from Manchester and Concord, New
| Hampshire. Post Commander \. A.
, Niles Will attend the National reunion at
, Portland Miss Anna Stevens, who has
, instructed Il class in oil painting III the
/ academy for the past few weeks, Will
! close the term next week. POSTMASTER
| Robinson and !. NJ. Green are reported Ill,
the latter quite seriously Several pa
5 tients who have been sick with the meas
les fail to improve Mr.. Thomas has
had large gangs of men at work on tho
g village streets and walks for the past few
: days, and many Improvements have been
4 made. The water supply has been eX-
tended from Summer street to Union
= street ...S. X. Bracket has commenced
D work on residence on Winter street
= midway between Congress and High
e streets 49,. Miss Anna Bell attended the
Y marriage of Miss Nellie Morgan, duugl-
j, ter of Rev. Ricnard Morgan, r. r.. to MI
e Will Nutting of st. Adams, ut that place
on Thursday evening ....I The board of cit
| izens chosen to select place for new
[ cemetery, have not yet reported. The
4 committee have several locations under
t consideration w. q. McClintock and
, +. +. Foster attended the Masonic meet
e ings at Burlington.
e Rev. r. Morgan, presiding elder of ST
I AlDans Will address the union temper
: ance meeting 10 be held next Sunday eve
: ming at the Methodist church. The noon
stage between MorriSvilie and Waterbury
7 via Stowe is to commence running the
I first day of July. The newly organized
second nine has received a challenge from
e the johnson nine, for match next Satur-
day.
e Waterbury.
: Mrs. Page who attempted to drown her
y self in the river at this place last Wed
y nesday afternoon, is probably in "A fair way
Il to live. Mrs Page came from TewkSbur,
IL almshouse three weeks ago to visit hen
. brothers who live in this place. She wa,
u taken to the home of Charles Humphrey
one of her brothers, and she sald that SHE
! would rather die in the street than e
d back to Tewksbury, and that she wa,
II homeless and friendless and had IL minr
3 to jump into the river, AS her sister Anne
u Humphrey did two years and IL half ago
II Some say that like her sister Anne sh,
: had poor health, and that her friends re
II fused to give her Il home with them, whil,
l others say as they did about Anne, that
/ she was unwilling to work as much ~
4 She was able. 80 after walking in The
:; cemetery, she went about IL mile to lht
IL same place where Anne ended her life
u and jumped into the river,
d Bristol
:, The Scarlets played match game o
u polo last Friday evening with the Ncr
q
u three straight goals, in five minutes, an,
% played ii match game with the Amateurs
u of Middlebury in the Bristol rink Sat ur
= day evening, the Amateurs being awarde,
e the game, they winning the first, seconC
= and fourth goal, but according TO all pol,
!, rules they forfeited the game as three o
y their men had on raWhide rollers. q. f.
Grover of this place acted as referee, no
Ned Allen as stated in Monday morning
paper. The Scurlets have sent a challeug,
- to the Amateurs to play them for - or $l
1t "A side the game to be played SATURDAY.
=, June 21..... .Children's day was appru
,, priately observed at the Methodist Eps
~ cOpal church Sunday. In the evenin!
W there was speaking and singing by TN
/. children and all done nicely. Miss Lull
!. Landon favored the audience with IL sol,
n entitled Cast your Bread Upon tn
:. Waters" which was well rendered 49,.
- Henry Gardeners son Willie, had the mis-
- fortune Friday while climbing fence t.
u fall and break his arm....E +. C.. Dix
# shipped Monday to Western parties Al
~ ~ cans of sugar The protracted meeting