Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-03-19

nave ticket cut and dried for Friday
evenings Republican caucus. The. Re
publican caucus was called to break up
tine ring" Can it be that another ring
is forming l.. f. Benton has bought a
tract of land, bordering on the lake, of Mr.
George Kellogg, West Ferrisburgh. 49,.
st. Patrick's Day is lovely and quiet m
March, mud and moving are of daily
consideration. Presiding Elder Bennett
Is expected to be present Sunday evening
at the Methodist church. Love feast in the
morning. Mrs. u. b. Smith and daugh-
ter of l3ridport are the guests of Amos
Wetherby, Esq....Mr. Winmo, jeweller,
with f. II. Foss, will move into the Eng
ham house on School street rs soon as Mr..
Kingsley vacates. We are having maple
| sugar weather, and the sugar makers are
getting their augurs and buckets ready
for business.
The sociable at Mrs. II. Stevenss,
Wednesday evening, in the interest of the
Congregational church, was well attend
ed Letters from the California party
who went out with Mr.. w. Holland, say
that he has settled some six miles from
Los Angeles, has built him house, and
will use tor his blind manufactory the fine
water privilege there available Recent
ly the eleven-years-old son of Mrs Frank
Ross OF Nergennes, now living at Frank
| lin Falls, y. H., took silver medal for the
best map of the United States, IN Il school
of l03 scholars.
The DR.. Maxeld house is vacant, for
the ilrst time IN many years The town
| hall was filled with lively audience,
Tuesday evening, the basket festival by
the young ladies and gentlemen of the
| Roman Catholic church, proving signal
success. One hundred dollars was realiz-
ed. Some of the deer that cross the lake
to the Vermont side, get quite tame. a
| llne doe, has, for some time, been in the
woods at West Addison and nibbles the
leaves on the trees and occasionally, is
seen feeding with the cattle and sheep in
the farm yard. No one disturbs the visit
or. George II. Sprigg shipped
q cows and calves and nine veal calves to
Boston market, Monday ... The authori-
ties are getting more brick ready for the
continuance of the walk by the town hall.
....Prellmlnary action is being taken to
insure clean Republican ticket at the
charter election to be held the 23d inst.
....Samuel Ives has removed to one of
the tenement houses on the Panton road.
.... Mr.. Wallace Holland has taken up his
residence at Pusedena, six miles from Los
Angeles, Cal, where he will start his
manufactOry.
Mr.. Willard Bristol lost fine COW owing
to the animals eating large quantity OF
bought by the New York syndicate
for the completion of the lake front prop
erty in Shelburu brought. we are inform
ed, $1,000. -. The Philo Bristol farm,
Panton, has been sold, a part to r. 7.
Bristol ana part to +. A. Field, at $50
per acre Between two and three thous-
and logs are arriving at II. p. Fishers
steam mill. 3. Rev. NJ. Robertson preach
ed to the youth Sunday morning. -.
| The Sunday-school concert at the Baptht
church, Sunday evening, was well attend
ed and very gratifying to all. -. There
were two liquor seizures here Monday, j.
w. Jackson and j. w. Ryan. The mat
ter now bpiup inUnirpI into bpfOrp
Judge John +. Roberts.
Mr.. j. >. Hickok was able to sit up a
part Of the day, Tuesday. His daughter
Nellie is also quite i'll. Eggs took quite
IA tumble, Saturday. They fell from eigh-
teen to thirteen cents per dozen ...
George Sloan, who has been an employe
of {. T. x c. o. Stevens for nearly TWEEN
| ty-five years, died Thursday last, after a
| very brief illness. He was buried Mon
day, and his remains were followed to st.
! Peters cemetery bya large number of our
citizens He left wife and nine child
ren, most of them having grown to mans
and womans estate. He was much es-
! teemed in the community. Andrew
! Grady, a young man who left here for
| Colorado some years ago for his health,
has fallen victim to consumption, it is
| thought, as he was very low at last ac-
counts.....T There is to be Republican eau
Gus at the town hall Friday evening of
this week TO nominate city officers. There
has been talk of "A citizens caucus.
West Randolph.
The fourth quarterly meeting OF the
Methodist church occurred saturday and
Sunday Sermon by Presiding Elder II
a. Spencer Sunday morning. Five were
baptised in the evening, II. j. kimball
sold ten cows last week TO New YORK
party for $1,000. Col. John b. Mead has
been home from the exposition at New Or
| tba ,raotbar or tbo Soutb Tho anuunl
eiectloh OF tne oincers OF hlthey
Chapter, NUMBER SIX, hoyal Arch
Masons, -, TOOK place MONDAY alter
noon Inc installation TOOK place
III the evening ailer "nicn heN' ~ Gerry
delivered the address, lhis was lolloWeu
by banquet. .John McBrlde VIII be
away Ihls summer haVlhS accepted a no
eral olier TO travel with leading circus.
Mrs Mcbride assisted by her daughter
and another clerk VIII run the cafe.
Mrs. Green Griswold sold her household
effects at auction saturday ana mas started
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