Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-20
VERMONT MATTERS.
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entirely out of postal cards for more than
nine weeks before the new supply ar
rived. Rev. l.. b. Speare has gone to
Haverhll, Mass, for Il few days. IT Is
rumOred that two of the students OF Md
dlebury college have been expelled from
the institution for participation in the
pranks of last Tuesday night, but II Is
probable that the rumOr is untOunded
Isaac Lavouture, Jr., and bride arrived
home from their wedding trip SATURDAY
evening and were received at lme
residence of Mr.. LavOuture, ST.,
by large number of friends VINO
brought many presents and had a me
time .. An increased quantity OF Dutter
was brought into market here Monday;
First-class October butter brought x
cents per pound and the best quality ot
fresh butter sold for 2l cents. ;..J. r. Sev-
erance reached home Saturday after an
absence of several weeks selling sheep IN
Texas. MR. Henry Langworthy has
been very sick sfOr the past few days, ana
fears are entertained that he cannot re
cover Mr.. l.auLwurthy belongs to an old
Mdllcbury family, and is one of our old
est residents ... George f. Nallette and
VIII Brown started for the West Monday.
Mr.. NalIette goes to La Crosse, Wisconsin,,
10 enter the employ, of ; Il; Bracey, rail
road contractor. The Middlebury artist,
who were advertised to spar ut Ripton,
saturday night failed to appear with the
exception of one only, and he is reported
to have received pretty thorough pun
melting
Rev +. A. Sanborn of Pompton, n. j.,
is here making Il visit to Rev y. f.. Car
penter. Mr.. Sanborn otiiciated in Yer
genneS last Sunday, as he also will on the
coming Sabbath. Frank Nisun has
leased the hotel in Bridport, which he will
himself manage. ... Harry Langworthy
was considerably better on Tuesday, 50
mucn so indeed as to give his friends
great encouragement. Miss Della Ham
mond is in town for a few days and is
staying at T. NJ. Chapman II. a.
Peck has been making extensive repairs
and improvements on his house and
grounds, and in consequence the place
has assumed II much more attractive ap-
pearance Julius :. Morgan seems
to have been on the war path Il good
deal lately, and among other pleasantries
has been raising considerable amount of
Cain around home so that his family at
last felt obliged to have him arrested,
which was done Tuesday night Mr..
Morgan was lncarcerated i'll the jug and
was to have had hearing Tuesday morn
ing, but at that time he had touch of the
Jim jams and the hearing was necessarily
deferred.
Thanksgiving balls and parties are adj
rertscd III all directions. Among the rest
will be Il dancing party and clam choWder
under the auspices of the Middlebury
Jolly club, which will he held at the old
Star" skating rink On Thanksgiving
evening. Relies band of Rutland will
furnish the music. .Judson \. Wright
and Charles X. Witherell have returned
from Kansas, where they went five or six
weeks ago with cattle. Among the latest
persons in this vicinity to be put on the
Governments pension roll are Timothy
Duriec of East Middlehury, Daniel Bar
nett of Bridport and Willis ID. Kemp of
Ripton = Morgan got Strengthened
around enough to have his hearing for
breach of the peace on Wednesday aud he
was fined so and costs with an alterna-
tive sentence of one hundred and twenty
two days in the Work House. The fine
has not yet been paid, but probably will
be in time to save the respondent from
serving out the term in the Rutland re-
frigerator
Morrisville.
A special meeting of the society con
uected with the Congregational church
organization is to be held on Friday even
ing, to incorporate an organ committee
new pipe organ may be made. The young
people OF the church and society are to
hold sociables at intervals during the
winter for the purpose of raising funds
to fresco the interior Of the church. w.
A. Choate, former Morrisville boy,
was recently married in Albany to young
lady of that city Fred w. Choate, also
formerly of this place. has recently gone
from Albany to Kansas where he has
opened branch office for supplying school
furniture and stationery The exterior
of Hon. u. X. Gleed's new residence is
nearly completed, and is Il fine specimen
Of modern architecture. The interior
of the house will not be completed until
spring. L. b. Boynton left town, Mon
day, Tor New York city The trotting :
horse, Harry j" owned by j. NJ. Joslyn,
was sold to New York parties last week,
for n considerable sum which is not made
public. The horse has been in training
by the CttOn Bros. here for some time
1.-The SUNDAY evening prayer meetings
At the Congregational and Methodist
churches are now held at $50 p. IN.
Frank y, Rand has closed Il select school
At Westiord ....T The fall term of school
at Morrisville academy closed on Wednes-
day. Public examinations were held,
covering the work of the term, on Tues
day and Wednesday. The students held a
public lyceum on Wednesday evening
The winter term of school Will open after
vacation of two weeks The UNIVERSAL
ist ladies held Il chicken pie supper AT
town hall on Thursday evening Ad-
iroudack Murray is to lecture ut town hall
on Wednesday evening of next week 90.
Mr. White OF SwantOn has leased the
bakery for Il term of five years ... The
choir at the congregational church. with
chorus of about twenty voices, have in
preparation the cantata Ruth" The
young people of the Congregational so
ciety are to present the Magic Mirror
At town hall on Saturday evening, this
week.
st. Johnsbury.
Charles c. Locke has accepted the posi-
ton in the dry goods store Of Y. G. Fletch-
er & Co, made vacant by the resignation
Of w. d. Howard, who intends to 60 to
Providence X. | The middle class in
The academy gave Il very pleasant recep-
ton to their friends in Academy hall last
Friday evening. 49,. The postotlicc eXpe-
rienccd its scmiannual cleaning at the
hands Of l.. b. Flint last Friday.
The third entertainment in the \. NJ. C.,
4. course Of lectures ana concerts was
given Monday evening by Rceves's Amer
lean band of Providence, X. /. The pro
granme was very attractive and the Sc
lections were well rendered, the players
receiving frequent encores Herbert >;
Carpenter, Dartmouth. 'Ss, has returned
TO his home in this place TO rest for a few
day.. o.. Miss Hattie NJ. Chaffee has been
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