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

sailing from san Francisco, and visiting
the sandwich Islands, Japan, India,
Egypt, Palestine Turkey, and home
through Central Europe, by the Black sea
and Danube river
The l4-ycars-od daughter of George
Scott of GrOtuu took to her bed january
I, and went to sleep, and has continued
to sleep ever since, with the exception of
II very few minutes at a time, when they
give her a little liquid food. She has not
lost much flesh, and does not seem to be
IN any pain. SIZE is as helpless as a baby.
Various doctors nave been called to see
her. but do not know what to call the
case.
The meeting ol the Spring Grove Camp
Meeting associI. ion Will begin at their
grounds at New Haven Tuesday, August
Is, and continue ten days. The meeting
will be under the direction of Rev. John
w. Bennett. The Missisquoi Valley camp
meeting situated on the Miesisqu0i rail
road in the town of Sheldon will begin on
Monday August ~, and close the follow
Ing Sunday evening.
Pensions have been granted rs follows
TO John Brassaw, Montpelier. 81 n
month and SO arrears Thomas Sanders,
Waitsiield, ~ Il month and 500 arrears
Octave Tabo, WillistOn, - month and
SJ52 arrears John VI. Stone, Cabot, - a
month aud SLIP arrears : j. NJ. Bailey,
Barre, 81 a month and $3.50 arrears Thos
lIadley, Weathersfeld, an increase of pen
sion from - to - II month Wesley +.
Hayward, Charleston, an increase from
S24 to 500 month Loren W. Young, st.
Johnsbury, an increase from j. to Sl2a
month Albert H. Ward Bralntree, an
increase from - to - a month Clark j.
Foster, painiield, an increase from Sl2 to
SIG Il month.
\ sad accident occurred Thursday of
| last week at the residence of Theodore
/ a ln1l in, Inn g
had employed saving machine and was
saving wood with II circular saw and en-
plOyed Peter Combs, Il French boy, IL
years of age. While saving the arbor
/ broke, and the saw still continuing its
motion struck the latter in the calf of the
right leg, running up and cutting an aper-
ture in his leg over two feet long and large
enough to lay mans hand into. Drs.
Stewart and Whittlesy of West Randolph
amputated the limb above the knee There
is not much hopes of his living. He is a
poor boy and Il contribution has been got
up for him.
These gentlemen are engaged in weigh
ing the mails in Vermont p. f. Dem
ing at Burlington Thomas Brown at St
Adams Frank b. Gillett of Richmond
and w. w. Morton of West Randolph
between St Adams and White River
Junction Capt. John ID. Sheridan OF
Swanton, from Swanton to South Luuen.
St Albans to Rutland James +. Staple
ton of Middlebury, from Essex junction
to Bellows Falls, via Rutland DAME
Kellogg of Westminster, from Brattle
boro to Palmer, Mass w. ;. Guild OF
BrattlebOro, from South Londonderry t,
Brattleboro; Thomas keefe, of Windsor
| from White River Junction to Newport
e and II. c. Segar of Milton, from Burling
ton to Cambridge Junction
The following is the programme for the
tiftieth anniversary of the organizing o
T. Black River academy: Tuesday evening
August p, historical Grafton by H. b
Atherton of Nashua, n H.. poem b,
nesday morning, Grafton by Rev. DR.. Ar
| thur Little of Chicago, and poem by Ed
win Blood of Newburyport, Mass. Wed
. nesday afternoon banquet IN Hammond
, hall with Il. W. Clarke of Bratteboro II
toast master, and responses by distln
guished men. An orchestral and voca
concert vii! be given Wednesday evening
Two thousand invitations have been sen
| out but there are over 400 persons who's,
, addresses have not been got.
The Pittsford association of former res
dents of the town held its first annua
meeting Wednesday. There were abou
400 present including John |. Gilbert q
Malone, " Y, Prof George y. Board
man and wife of Chicago, Rev. w. W
Foster and wife of Albany, +. j. Hende
of Burlington, Judge Nicholson of Rut
land and others. Mr. Harmon presided
5 Prayer was offered by DR.. Boardman, ant
, the opening address was given by John
Gilbert, who spoke largely of Gen Gran
Z and made a very torcible talk. The nee
rological address by Rev. Mr. McIntyr
e followed, in which the members who Ia
: died during the year We're referred /,
| They We're f. Brown, Shepard Leach
| Rev. DR.. Curtis, Mrs. Pike and Mrs. MAJ
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