Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-01


Davis was n brother of Deacon Mial Davis
of Fitchburg, Mass, and Captain George
Il. Davis of this city; and was Past Su-
preme Grand Chancellor of the World,
knights of Pythias, prominent odd
Fellow and Mason. He was acting as
sstant paymaster in the navy in the civil
war.
The preliminary trial of William Je-
rome, on the charge of burglary in
breaking into the house Of II. X.
Barnes and stealing watch and other
jewelry, was completed in the City Court
! Wednesday, He was bound over to the
! County Court in the sum OF $500 in default
of which he was committed to Jail.
Charles Fredercks OF Richmond arrest
ed for intoXication, pleaded guilty and
was fined s. and coststs which he paid
A letter from Dartmouth touching the
| statement made that the Bcthels had van
pushed the Dartmouth team, discoses the
fact that the Bethels never have played
with the Dartmouth team at all. The
game played at Bethel was by nine
made up entirely of outsiders, and in
which there was not Il single member of
the college nine. At "A former game played
at Hanover, in which only two of the col
lege nine played, the Bethels were beaten
by a score of 32 to 3.
The Sophomore class to the number of
25 held their class banquet at the Cumber-
land house, Plattsburgh, Thursday. An
elaborate menu was served after which
toasts were responded to rs follows "Our
Glass;" ). 5. Watson 1.-The Ariel" II. G.
Chase THE Freshman Profs2 a. f.
Chase "The Fair Ones" j. NJ. Cantwell
university" f. NJ. Corse. The officers
were as follows: Toastmaster, A. NJ vii.
cox orator, w. n. Clark poet, c. b.
Sornborger historian, b. c. Day prophet,
G. c. Stafford.
The firemen of St Adams deserve the
thanks of our fire department as will he
shown by the following from the MCSsen-
ger Of Thursday: AT meeting of the
fire department Wednesday night it was
voted to postpone Indefinitely the fire
mems tournament projected for the 4th of
July-on account of the proposed ctlebra-
ton at Burlington. The latter city have
i'll view, as a part of their programme, a
tournament of this sort, and the st. Al
bans firemen decided to leave the field clear
for the Queen City"
The celebration of Memorial Day in this
city was in various respects the most inn
pressive and successful one as yet held.
The day was superb one, in point of
weather. More veterans were in line than
ever before and the procession as II whole
was large and good one. The interest
of the citizens was almost universal, as
shown by the crowds on the streets, at
the cemeteries and at the public exercises
in the park and DR.. Hawes's Grafton was
second to none ever delivered here in in
terest, eoquence, and fitness for the occa-
sion. The ample voice OF the speaker en-
abled him to make himself heard to the
borders of the crowd Numbering thou.
sands, which surrounded the stand and
he held the attention of his hearers better
than any previous Memorial-day orator
within our recollection. The exercises
throughout We're impressive and inspil-
ing. and the influence of such a day, so
observed, can be only good
The report of the dedication of the sol
diers' monument at Brandon, ON Saturday.
ought to have especial interest for he
citizens of Burlington. In his last mes
sage Mayor Woodbury. of our city called
the attention of the Board of Aldermen
and of our citizens TO this long postponed
duty, in this regard, and recommended an
appropriation of 5000 for the purpose of
erecting a soldiers monument in Bur
lington. His recommendation has not
been acted on but we trust the matter
has rot passed from the notice of the city
fathers. Time is passing ON. Rutland, ST.
Johnsbury, Brandon, Brattleboro, Cavern
dish-almost all the large towns and many
of the smaller ones of our State, have
their soldiers monuments erected or in
process of erection. Shall Burlington,
which sent more soldiers to the war than
any other town, be the last to honor the
memory of her patriot dead Brandon
voted the money for her monument at
time OF great business depression will
our city, in her progress and prosper
ity wait much longer? We trust not.
The fifth annual festival of the Philhar
monlc society, which closed Friday night, |
was in many respects the best yet given |
by the society. The unfavorable thing !
about 1t was the weather, for which of
course the managers did not undertake |
to be responsible. After a month of the |
finest spring weather ever known in these |
parts it fell to the lot of the festival to be |
struck by prolonged rain storm, pouring
day after day, and allowing not single |
half day of wholly fine weather, or Of good |
going. Yet in spite Of this the festival has
been an unqualified success, unsteady, |
financially, III size and quality of the au
dlences, in enjoyment received, and must |
cal cultivation gained. The chorus would |
have been larger by rs singers more but
for the storm, and with fine weather. the
attendance would have pretty well tested
the capacity Of the opera house. AS it |
was the chorus was larger than hereto
fore, strong i'll sopranos and tenors, good |
in alto, and excellent In quality and fair
in numbers of the bass, though the bass
can never be too strong, and dozen more
strong bass voices would have been well |
come addition. The chorus, too, was Of
superior quality. This must have struck |
all hearers. Those who have sung in the |
previous choruses have evidently profitted |