Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-05

pOSlOlllCe ~ strong u W tDI = Sltlt Mon !
day for the first time rbe office has been
htted up with d new cabinet and j. very
taslily arranged .....COl. Hindes OF Bur
lingtOo vas III town last week on business
connected with the New England FIRE In
surN c- company y.....The delinquent tax
bill was put into The collectors hands
Monay 'norning. II showed ahnn $3.50
w. Wiswell and wife.
DR.. R1adall and wife and Others viii 90
Boston this week k....Ibc dockeus iOr the
December term of I.amOlle County Court
are OUt and show 50 court and II chan
Ccrv cases. Court sets December 1th
lSSG. Mr.. Warren ot Molcott and f..
\. Smalley Of this town have moved into
Mcfarland and SmalIey'o house at the |
lower end.
Kipton,
TIE Ladies' AID society Will nave an px-
hibltion and an old-fashion supper at the |
tow hall Frday evening, Nov. l3......
Miss Lizzie Spoor, VINO went to Mauches
ter TO teach in the high school, had q |
slight shock of paralysis and had to leave
her class and return home..... cpoor |
has commenced building mill dam and |
will put in II wheel to up |
ply power for his mill.... Some |
of The farmers are selling their po-
tatoes for 35 cents per bushel.....I.
kirby recently bad valuable colt ladlvI !
cut ON a barbed wire fence. e..... Three |
new dwelling houses are being built ON |
the turnpike two of which are nearly com |
pleted.....Th recent rains have left the |
roads very muddy so travelling is ,ry |
disaCrceable.
New Haven.
Scloctman Squier is somew hat improved. ,
being able to he about the house .
Mrs. and Miss keE- arrived al lou.. -.
session of their cottage last week ....
EllIu kingsley. worthy and industrious
laborer AT the Huntington Fails pulp mill, !
is receiving aid by general contribution |
Tor the purchase OF Il hOrse......
The young men of the academy have or
ganized dramatic club, and in the near
the sea- and the farce Jumbo Jumn ~
Until the recent rains everybody praised
the roads-now, all vote them "hOrrid"
......Of the $4Oll.S3 town and highway
taxes Of this town, the collector has
handed in, including fees, nearly $1,000
49,. Mr. Alfred p. Roscoe has been can
vasslnY, with very good success, for Pic
turesque Washington"
Tunbridge
David II. Moody, u soldier of the war of
1872, died October %, aged %. ... Thirty
or more went on the excursion to Bo-tOn
Monday 49,. There was good yield of
potatoes this year. Many are being
drawn to South Royalton. The Robinson
Bros. report a yield of 9S bushels from a
little less than one-thrd of an acre Of
ground.
Post Washburn, No. II, G. \. r., was
Inspected Monday evening and found 10
be in excellent working condition aS ~.
nearly all of the Posts in Orange CO N
This Post was named for the late CNN. p
II. Washburn. The Grand Lodge of
ODD Fellows and the encampment is TO be
held here in February
south Hero.
Miss Adda Landon and Mary Allen have
gone to Florida ....M Miss Alice &. Hall
goes soou to teach in springfield, 'Nt......
Lewis Drew, who worked for II. W. Cur
It's left town last week, also leaving many
debts......A large number attended the
North Hero bridge ctle bration. Miss
Laura Minckler has returned to WOrces-
ter, Mass ..... Reports say that illegal
fishing is going on at the sand Bar.
East Fairfield.
Harvey Upton about 70 years of age had
narrow escape Thursday afternoon while
struck by the west bound freight train
and his left leg fractured above the ankle.
.....D DR.. \. Is. Patten of franklin of the
medical class of Sc of the University, has
located here.
Waterbury.
There is considerable talk over the pro
posed bill to amend the charter of the vii
lage corporation. A petition to the Legis-
lature and also a remonstrauce is being
circulated.
From Other Parts of the State.
Herbert Tracy of West Charleston
raised 800 bushels of turnlps on 3i!a rods
of land, it being at the rate of 1850 bushels
to the acre.
The Orleans county w. c. T. I. will
hold one days meeting at Barton Land
ing next week, date TO be hereafter an
nounced, AT which Mrs. Hunt, national
superintendent, will be present.
A man from Troy has posse of men,
women and children in Woodtord gather
ing evergreen and moss in large quant-
ties for the decoration OF churches for
Christmas festivities. He is also cutting
1000 spruce trees to be laden with presents
donated by Santa Claus.
The subscription list of the l'dllCp sun
of White River Junction has been pur-
chased by l.. o. Green of the Woodstock
Standard.
To William w Reynolds of Rutland
has been granted a patent for scale for
weighing according to two standards.
Since November all the st. Johnsbury
banks discount Canadian bills per cent
when offered for deposit,
Mr.. Ryland Hanger, the largest slate
dealer in Hydeville and one of the largest
in the country, died sunday after brief
illness. His death will be a serious blow
to the slate industries and he is the fourth
slate dealer TO die in Hydeville within "A
year.
st. Albans is seriously agtating the
electric light question, and the other day
their board OF village trustees went to
Montpelier to examine the light and were
very much pleased with its workings.
They have a special village meeting a
week from Monday night 10 consider the
matter
At Il recent gathering of some of the
friends at the house of Jacob lde in Pas
sumpsic on the anniversary of his S0th
birthday, eight persons were present
whose united ages amount to Gil years or
an average of 16l years.
Monday morning Bridget Kingsley
stepped into "a hole in the sidewalk at Rut-
land and broke a bone in her LEFT leg at
the ankle.
Caswell Il French's steam saw mill at
Holland was burned Saturday. Loss