Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08
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Inc Bennington fire department has
been reOrganized.
Inc annual meeting of the Franklin
county agricultural society will be held
at sheldon October 49,
Brattleboro will have an agricultural
ialr October Is for the first time since
Ioo'. lhere VIII be 5000 offered in pre-
miums.
The Rutland letter carriers handled Fri.
day the nrst day of the system there be
tween 1000 and 5000 pieces of mail mat
ter.
Mrs. ;. NJ. Waite of Brattleboro has
soid her place in that town and will soon
ION her husband, Silas NJ. Waite, on their
Nebraska ranch.
f. W. smith & Co., of Pittsford, ship
pea d cars of marble in the month OF
september and have Il large quantity to
SEND to I'LL orders for winter use
Supt. Dart holds Teachers Institute
for Grand Isle county at North Hero.
october q and s. an educational meeting
AT DhnNlile, October -, and Il l.amoille
county Institute at johnson, Oct. ID,
II, IL and lG.
In the, Rutland county court Henry
stone pleaded guilty to two offences of H.
quor selling and was fined 5000 and costs.
-. d. y Herne was also fined for 20 of
fences and quite number were fined for
single offences.
Hugh Finn of Holland has a young
sheep that has given birth to two pairs Of
Twins, inns year, the first the list of Feb
ruary which have been sent to market
and the last pdirSeptember 3D..
AT Pawlet, George Sheldon a few eve
nlngS since, with the aid of another per
son, shot and capture five coOns from one
tree. Cyrus BOyntOn on Friday shot a
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inches from tip to tip of wings.
Gerry c. Messer, leader of the phihar-
monte orchestra, and May, eldest daugh-
ter of Henry &. Clark, were married hy
Rev. :. NJ. CrOthers, at the Unitarian
church, Bratleboro, Wednesday.
-. John Demerritt of Montpelier has vio-
I'm that IS indeed an old one, it having
been made 10y Gioviani Paolo Maginni, at
Breslia, Italy, in l13S, 253 years ago.
The net receipts of the Springfield fair
last week were 500. After paying all eX-
penses AID prizes the society Will have 800
in their treasury.
1t appears not to be generally known
that the newly organized town of Norton
in Essex county elected its first represen-
tatlVe to the Legislature at the recent
election. His name is NJ. f.. Nelson, and
he is ademocrat.
Charlie, the l2-years old son of Charles
WV
tree and fractured his left arm, besides
sprdining the wrist.
Joel Dodge, who lives near Wright's
Mills, was leading a calf from the barn
when the animal became obstinate, and
would not leave the barn He sought to
pull the calf along by rope attached to
his neck, when it broke, and he was
thrown violently to the barn floor, break
ing one tnIEh bone.
Mr.. j. II. IIoughton, on the Henry Nor
gan farm, Woodstock, has caught two
Western red tul heuhaWkS, one of them
measuring tour feet two inches, and the
other four feet three and half inches
spread OF wings. one Of them he keeps
and 1t Is quite curiosity.
Carl IL. Day, son of Hon. Buel II. Day,
OF Jericho, has been selected by Governors
elect Ormobee as his messenger and exec
utive clerk.
The quadrennial valuation of real estate
Tor purposes OF taxation in the town OF
Georgia, recently completed, is as follows
/ lrst class S26,33lG1, second class 1926,
iO3A. This Is an increase over the final
valuation Of 1852, as established by the
equalization convention, of 81, 92 in the
first class and SILICA in the second class
making ii total increase OF 3S,Sj0G1 or Il
triile over = per cent.
The first semi-annual meeting Of the
Vermont Amateur Press Association was
held Friday at Brattleboro. a conStitu-
ton was adopted and the following officers
elected +. W. Tewksbury, president
Miss NJ. +. Chatlleld, vice president ".
b, Goodrich, secretary and treasurer G..
=. Spence, Official editor; Miss f. f.
Brooks, c. G.. Du l}ois W. > Pratt, eXecu-
tive committe. Official organ to be conduct
ed in the Advance. West Randolph was
chosen as the next meeting place. y ban
quet was served at the Nendome at $50 p.
m. At the next meeting about - are eX
pected to be present