Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-15
THE NEWS IN VERMONT,
MATTERS OF INTEREST IN our OWN
STATE.


The subject of GOV. Samuel f.. Pin
gree's address before the State Teachers
association on Thursday evening, Jan. %,
will be THE Relations of the State to its
Institutions of Learning" The subject of
Chancellor c. n. Simss address on Fri
day evening, Jan. 30, will be "Neighbors
"A study of Society" There is to be an
exhibition of specimens o. school work and
school apparatus during the course of the
session, and the indications are constantly
increasing that the meeting will be one OF
the most largely attended and interesting
ever held.
Vermont Dairymen's Meeting.
The annual winter meeting of the Yer
mont Dairymen's Association will be held
at Bellows Falls opening at O'Clock p.
M, January 18th, and holding three days.
Among the the speakers secured are Ed
ward Burnett, Esq, of Massachusetts,
Messrs. II. w. Sadd and II. p. Bidwell of
Connecticut, Professor Cooke, of the Uni
versity of Vermont and State Agricultural
college, Secretary Cutting and the State
board of agriculture. Delegates are eX
pected from the Canadian and New Hamp
shire dairymen's associations. Dairy
stock cooperating dalrying, feeding, fer
tilizers and other kindred topics Will be
L
nished by the secretary to those coming
over the Central Vermont, Rutland and
Pasumpsic roads, and the conductors on
the Connecticut River road will give them
over their road if asked for Ell route fol-
Bellows Falls A large attendance is eX.
pected and all are cordially invited by the
management, especially dalrymen from
New Hampshire, us the meeting has
never been so favorably located to give
them an opportunity of attending.
Western Vermont Masonic Union.
The eleventh anniversary of the West
ern Vermont Masonic Union" will be
held on Wednesday, January 20, 1886, at
Fair Haven, VT. All Masons are cordially
invited to attend Sir Knights, in regalia
The usual programme will be adhe red to
consisting of Il business meeting banquet
and ball Members of lodges III Addison
Bennington, Chittenden ana Rutland
counties are eligible to membership OF the
union. For several years these annual
meetings have been source of much
pleasure both socially and masonically.
Receiver Writers Announces Dividend
Receiver Writers of the First Nationa
bank OF st. Adams has applied for ant
received from the comptroller an order JC
make l2J9 per cent dividend, amounting
to about $50. 800. The checks went tt
Washington Saturday for signature and
will be ready for delivery sometime this
week. After this dividend is paid there
will still be a good surplus on hand witt
which to meet any contingency
Officers of Randolph National Bank.
The following officers of The Nationa
bank at Randolph was elected Tuesday
William II. Dubois, president; John w
Rowell vice president. Directors, Willard
Gay, A. B. Tewksbury, William b. Wall
r. Il. Dubois, cashier. The bank declar
ed a semi annual dividend of l-2 per cen
on Jan. /.
The Cold in Vermont.
Tuesdays extreme cold weather wa
experienced in all parts of the State, ant
in some places with extraordinary securi
ty. AT West Randolph the spirit ther
mometer registered "a degrees below; a
Enosburgh Falls the murcury stood at 3
degrees below All through Central Ver
mont the cold was intense. Montpelie
reports 80 degrees below Barre-that phe
nomenally cold hamlet-3l degrees Viii
Jamestown 80, and Moretown caps the eli
max with II round 40 below. AT North
field, during the morning, the thermomt
ter lowered about the comparatively mil
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