Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-14

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Bailey and family have gone to Old Or
chard Beach, Maine, for a two weeks
stay. Hon. l.. p. Poland has begun
sending out his public documents, Re
ports of the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture." So far there have been 2l69 pounds, |
6l5 pounds of which go over the Vermont |
division of the Boston and Lowell, 215
pounds over the Vermont Central, SIS
pounds over the Passumpslc and 10
pounds over Montpelier and Wells River
railroad. This will make IL big difference
in favor of the railroad companies, as the
mails are being weighed on these roads
this month and all this will of course
come in and be averaged in with the rest,
50 that the railroad companies Will get
paid for twenty-fOur tons more than they
really carry.
All of the merchants closed their stores
on Saturday AFTERNOON, during the memo
rial exercises at Masonic hall Rev. f.
T. Fairbanks and family have gone to
Brunswick Springs, Vt, for IL few weeks.
. Rev. DR.. l.. Goodell of St Louis,
Missouri, supplied the pulpit at the North
Congregational church, astSunday morn
ing, and in the evening gave very inter
esting talk to the children of the North
| and South Congregational schools on
Jewish customs, illustrating his talk by
several Eastern relies from Col. f. Fair
| banks'S cabinet. One of the most Valua-
BILE and interesting was a roll of parch
|
of twenty-eght sheep skins. This roll is
known to be 300 years Old, and was used
| i'll II Jewish synagogue in the East. The
Pentateuch is written upon it III Hebrew.
| Mr.. Gerard 7. Stafford of the grocery
department of +. " 7. Fairbanks Il Co. 5
store, has gone to Everett, Mass, on Il
brief visit to his daughter, Mrs w. X.
| Menus who resides at that place. 49,. Geo.
| II. Hale has returned from few days va
cation in New Hampshire, and resumed
his duties as secretary of the \. NJ. {. a.
of this place. w. p. Stafford has re
turned from Saratoga Springs, y. y,
where he has been stopping for two weeks
past.
| Morrisville.
| BY far the best game of base ball ever
| played in LamOille county was the game
between the MOrrisvlle and Hyde Park
teams, here on "Wednesday afternoon,
with gentleman from Swanton rs UNI
pre- The game resulted in favor of the
| Morrisville team score fifteen to ten
| The Morrisvile team play the Cnderhill
team at Cambridge to-day. Messrs.
Utton Brothers have between TWEEN
ty and thirty horses in training in
their stables 49,. Professor Whipple, or
ganist of the Congregational church, has
about six hundred dollars pledged for Il
new organ .. Mr. c. w. Fitch had his
nose broken by IA base ball: :.
| York is at her sisters Mrs. w. ). Cheney
A high wind did considerable damage
especially among fruit trees, corn, etc,
during Monday night and Tuesday morn
ing The wind hardly ever blows harder
here . All engines on the lake road are
draped in mourning ....A new side track
has been put in at the depot. -. The an
nual picnic excursion of the Methodist
Sunday to Gilmore pond occurred
. Thursday IA party of friends visiting
II hill IL t,,.f
Thursday We're thrown from the wagon
by the team running away all being in
iured to some extent Mrs. Livingstone
was the most seriously hurt, her spine and
ankle being injured.
At the close of the ball match between
the Morrisville and Hyde park teams on
Wednesday afternoon, the former and vic
torious nine furnished suppers for the
HYDE Park team, and the young ladies
were on hand promptly with their lemon
ade. Our base ball players and citizens il
: general endeavOred to treat the visitor,
from Hyde Park in a proper manner, anC
trust that their efforts are duly apprecl
ated by all. the game was wholly with
out loud words or arguments OF any KIND
and the decision of the umpire was not
. disputed i'll the least.
Doctors Hall, ilolbrook, Rublee ant
Woodward of this place, and DR.. Sanborn
of East Hardwick, and DR.. Petty of Hyde
Park and DR.. White formerly of Hyde
Park held post mOrtCm examination il
the case of Mr.. H. II. Morgan who dice
on Sunday evening, AS was expected by
: many the fatal disease was a cancer in tn,
t stomach. The funeral services of the de
J. ceased We're held on Tuesday Afternoon
y August u.....At the Union Temper
: ance meeting held at the Methodist churci
! ON sunday evening, remarks We're madl
4 by Rev's. Bell and Bushee and George }
|, Slayton G. a. Burrows and wifi
1 lett on Monday for II visiting tour through
h the West t...Alrs \. q. Stone is witt
I relatives in Palmer, Mass. and Miss Hat
o tie Bundy goes to Worcester this week
/, w. NJ. Clark and II. II. Elmore were
each fined ten dollars and costs for fun
II nishing drink to a resident of Hyde Parl
900. Prof. \. \. Hadley of the Methods
:. seminary of Montpelier is in town. H. {
i Chase and Geo. r. Story, former student
., the academy, now OF the |. Y. NJ, Wel
y in town on Tuesday. Grant memor
5 al service was held at the Methods
= church ON Sunday morning. very AZ
2 propriate and impressive discourse wa
't presented by Rev NJ p. Bell, Post Wal
u ner, q. A. X. was present in body -.
- The funeral of II: IL. Morgan was hel
from his late residence on Tuesday afte
y noon, Rev. w. \. Bushee officiating,
is Montpelier.
'e The Grant memorial exercises were hel
II at the Golden Fleece rink, Saturday afte
| ~
5, Montpelier band, G. j. Pitkin, leader
m Co. II, n. G, V, Captain O, ID. Clark con
l. mandng Post Brooks, G.. a. r., Col.
1r Il. smith commanders, and neighborin
X societies and citizens formed in front {
t. the State house and marched to the rim
Il marshalled by Gen. stephen Thoma
/, Post Brooks rehearsed their regular fl
, neral service after which Hiram a. Ius
Esq, delivered an eulogy on the dea'
$, and Rev. II. p Frost delivered an eloquel
c, address. Music was interspersed by Il
n band and quartette of singers under II
OF leadership of f. w. Bancroft. The Sc
vice lasted about an hour and half. III
er audience numbered about 1900. On Il
" the principal streets symbols of mournln
.. were profuse and private Residence
as throughout the village bore some to- ken
IS regard .. Hon. Charles Dewey and tami
OF left for the sea shore for the summer vac
1l tation, Friday.
or Middlebury.
IA The eating saloon kept by John c. al
ar Robert Manney in Aliens block WI
20 lburplariZed sometime Tuesday night, e