Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-28

81 v,
prize of 800 for the best herd of thorough
brd cattle is offered by the Passumpsic
railroad besides gold medal by the soci-
ETY.. Several noted herds have already
been entered The amount of premiums
offered has been nearly double ms year
and indications are that it Will be the best
exhibit ever given here.
Crushed Between the Cars.
uther Russell, station agent at North
Concord on the Boston and Lowell rail
road, Vermont division. was crushed be
| tween the cars Wednesday while coup
| ling Several ribs were broken.
Bristol.
| S. p. Wood and wife of Schenectady, y.
| V, DR. j. w. Moon and Tom Moon of
Cohoes, n. V, and Philip Dorlon; Troy,
rooms at Ridley's for the season; Nv. A.
Lawrence and wife are camping at the
lake this week VIM. II. Milicrand wife
are visiting friends at Essen. Mr.. and
Mrs. f. l.. Pratt of ambridge, Mass, are
in town visiting friends. e. r. f. Allen, {.
+. Thompson, Arthur Bristol and brother,
with three or four of their friends,
are camping at Lake George. -.
Oscar Ames, editor of the Malone, tN., W
Pullddium, was in town last saturday,
on Il visit to his relatives and trends....
H. \. Bates of Waterbury, was in town
Frank Farr is in Salisbury, this week.
Chas Abernathy is getting the material
ready for Il new house: also /. >. Drake Is
preparing material for new house.
There are some twenty-stN summer board
lerS in town, registered at Ridley S.....
Is. NJ. Eaton has sold his Mullen farm to
Henry Lavarn and Willie Labombard of
| MOnktOn...A large number OF our clll-
Zens are in attendance at the spring
Grove CampmeCting.... is reported that
the boarderS at Ridleys are getting up
an teltanment for the benefit OF oar
local ministers, to be held in llolley hall
; some evening next week. y vocalist
from Burlington has been engaged
2 The One-mile race at the rink saturday
| nirht, between Ed. Ray of Hinesnurgh and
VIII Chase of tins place resulted IN laVol
of Chase. Ray has challenged Chase tC
skate him in the llne,burgh rink Satur
: day evening of this week ....T The Bristo
Cornet band went to Monkton last Thurs
day evening and gave G. L. Beers ant
, family Il serenade All who were present
, had most enjoyable time. Refreshments
of the best were served. The summer
boarders of the Bristol house give an EN-
: tertalnment in Holley hall, Tuesday even
ing, Aug 25. TableauX, vocal and instru
mental music will be presented. ihe pro
ceeds are for the benefit of worthy loca
object G. b. Bates of New Rork city
arrived in town Saturday evening, The
guest of j. j. Ridley.
IL Cornwall.
+ Mrs. Achsa Sampson, widow of the lat
il | Deacon Eliphalet Sampson OF Weybrldge
u died at the residence of her son Curtis
l. Wednesday morning, Aug. 10, at the ag
IS of seventy years She had been in poo
n health for more than year, and Tor I h
v last two months had been confined to he
J. bed. and suffered much from heart trouble
L She leaves two daughters and two sons t
| al
y tended from the Congregational church i
p | Weybridge on Friday, Rev. NJ. c. Stef
V bins of Cornwall officiating. II. II
:. Towle of Franklin, member of the stat
= | Board of Agriculture, is III town spendln
: Il few days, AT Judge Henry Lane Mr.
+ Benedict, widow of the late Capt. Ado
/. phus Benedict of Crown Point,
= y, has been in town this weel
IA guest of Mrs .Juliette Hole,
/. Quite a quantity of grain that bad bee
r, cut was much damaged, and some entir,
< ly ruined by the heavy rains of last weei
S The crop of oats and barley will be yer
$ large and of fine quality. Mrs: ;.
\. Cooke and daughter of Knoxville, Tenn
:: are guests at G.. II. Lanes.
j. st. Johnsbury.
Miss Mabel, daughter of Col. VIM.
Fairbanks, is spending Il few weeks
IN Cabot with the family Of X. II. Rogers.
rv Miss Martha Ross is visiting friends
y Coventry, Vt The st. Johnsbury ban
IL give an out door concert from the bar
m stand on the Railroad street park ne!
ke Tuesday evening.
e Rev. i. b. Phelps of Ewing, Mass,
d. visiting friends in this vicinity NJ
at Phelps was formerly pastor of the chur'
lis at East st. JOhnsbury. C.. H. Morrlso
er who has been visiting friends IN this pla
til for two weeks past, mas returned TO Far
ot ham, p. g., where he is employed in I
lg shops of the South Eastern railway.
an John f, Ritchie has purchased the Edwa
ne Underwood place on Spring St, and
lis moving his family IN tins Week....I
ct directors of the y. NJ. G. a. have secur
Mr. Charles Page as secretary of the Y.
u c. A. of this place, and it is expected I'll
- he will enter upon his duties in this ca
ws acity about August 81. Mr.. Page has he
a very successful secretary of the y. Nj.
~ A. allNewburyport for about year pa
b., .... Miss Helen l.. Brown, is visiting
ne Portsmouth, n. H., with Hon. j. b. k,
Tor ngs family....An alarm was sound
his from box Al Friday morning, about 5;
in for fire, which broke out in the kitch
,or of Geo. NJ. Howe's house on North Nj
IL ST. 1t was eXtinguished before the +
~, companies responded and no great da
'Iy age was done John G.. Clark, assista
t cashier of the First National bank,
hheo gether with his wife and child are at tn
n ,,,o former home in Chelsea, for few da
be vacation.
NOrtn
Dd, A COW belonging to 5. b. Martin "
nj struck by lightning during the storm i
nd day night, and instantly killed. the pi
o. turc.
IS Chelsea.
nd Tuesday evening came the news Il
ara Edward X. Hyde had been appointed pc
: master in place of John b. Bacon. 1t !
.nI disappointment to the patrons OF
'ha Office that it may not remain under
nv present efficient and courteous mana
.irs n nj .. Friday morning the forty ERE
emf AR Fund" children returned to Bos
he after their fortnight's sOjourn here. i
ose is the second lot sent to Chelsea this su
q mer Chelsea cornet band gave pre-
ere. enade concert Thursday evening, III
II. former leader John G. Clarke, once ca
Ter: ier of the First National bank of Chel
and and now acting cashier of the First
tional bank of st. Johnsbury, was IN
D., tendance and played. Rev, VIM. ii.
'ei Wis of Detroit, Michigan, who is spend
his vacation at his old Chelsea home, W
of his wife went to Middebury Tuesday,
,ont turning Saturday. w. Il. Hazen,
~ merly TELLER Of the -MprchantS' NatiO