Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-12
CHARLOTTE.


CHARLOTTE.
Hon. Henry Ballard will lecture in the
Congregational church of Charlotte on
Saturday evening, Nov. 18th subject,
Across the Continent with the Grand
Army"
ESSEN JUNCTION.
Mrs. J. j. Drury died Tuesday after
noon, aged 81 years. The funeral will be
held Friday afternoon at half-past
o'clock.
ESSEN CENTRE.
The band for some time has been pract-
icing under the efficient leadership of
Mr.. q. ID. Sherman of Burlington and to-
night they will give concert for the ben
eft of the organization. They have been
doing some fine work and they deserve II
good audience.
wINoOsKI.
AT the meeting of the St Stephens club
i'll their rooms Thursday evening the semi
annual election of officers was held and
the following were elected President,
Hartigan; secretary, ID. w. Taylor treas
urer, Joseph Allard Auditor, Thomas
Gleason ; janitor, NJ. Barron committee
on membership, Henry Mccarthy, John
Gleason, j. H. McGreevy.
HUNTINGTON.
John Bashaw. a lad about Is years ofage,
shot himself through the left hand Wed.
nesday morning while handling IA revolver.
The house Is small and his little brothers
were standing around him and it is a
wonder that some of the children did not
get shot The ball passed through his
hand and out through the window. The
postoflice was moved Wednesday morning
for the third time into the new building
erected for that purpose. IT is now in
good lnrDfiOn a
JERICHO CENTRE.
Mrs. Harriet Sayles has sold her farm
to Moses Leary... Will Lewis has
lately owned by II. S Woods 49,. Mr.
Putfer has resumed work on his house
...... DR. Cilley is building large hen
no Sunday morning people We're
somew hat surprised to see about IA foot of
snow on the ground. .. The Ladies' Aid
day evening. At the annual meeting of
the society not long since Mrs Hovey was
elected president. ...S. j. Haskins was
elected G. T., Mrs. Ransom V T., and
Lula Barber, secretary at the last meet
ing of the Good Templars' Lodge.
MIR. c. S. Cornell OF Burlington organ
lied music class of about p, Tuesday
evening This will undoubtedly be near
ly if not quite doubled. Mr.. Cornell also
has fiourishing class at Essex junction.
RICHMOND.
The Richmond Post, G. A. r., held a
very Interesting and largely attended
camp fire Friday evening, consisting of
singing, recitatidns, an address by the
principal of the Richmond High school,
soldier talks by Comrades Gibbs and
Fuller of st. Albaus, and a reading and
address by Department Commander
Chllds. There were quite a number of
prominent Grand Army men present from
other towns, among them Assistant Adj
tant General Schroeder and George f.
wilkins, aide-de camp to the department
commander OF Burlington, Captains Lull
of Montpelier and COfIey of Windsor, and
j. A. Durkee of DuXbury.
HINEsBURGH.
Mr.. James Miner has bought the grist
mill at Mechanicsville for $4,000, Mr..
Cheeney |. Cole will run the mill l.....A
little daughter of Rev. a. 5. Gilbert died
after a short illness and was taken to
Fairfax for burial on Tuesday .... Mrs.
Seymour w. Pierce has returned from
Stamford, Conn, where she has been
visiting her daugThter, IA horse be
longing to Mr. +. f. Brownson got ont
ana ran against a barbed wire fence in
the pasture and was nearly ruined. ....
Mr.. Daniel Patrick 2d has made 500 bar
rels of cider at his mill which is about
tWo.thirds as much as usual ..... Fall has
Il
foot deep.
ST. GEORGE.
The school in district No /, taught by
Miss Annie Conners of Wlliston, closed
on the 9th inst. a very successful and sat.
isfactOry term, with more than the aver
age attendance. Miss Conners is entitled
to much praise. Her education and pre-
paratiOn has been the work of her own
industry. ...H II. Tiley of the old 2d
Vermont regiment has been granted IA
pension increase from = to so month
and $539.2O arrears. Mr., Peter McGlb-
bon is quite dangerously sick. ...... Mrs.
II. j. Sutton is gaining strength slowly.
...The anti-temperancec cause is AT fever
heat III the vicinity of sucker-brook with
some prospects OF "A much needed pros
ecution of an old offender of the prOhibi-
tory laws; ;... Frank f. Hlnsdill, son OF
r. liinsdill, Esq, is home from Worces-
ter, Mass, buying and loading a car of
potatoes for his Worcester market.
wEsTFoRD.
The celebration of the 5Oth anniversary
OF the marriage Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Partridge took place at their home on the
lst inst, and was IL very interesting social
event. REV. b. :. Adams opened the ex-
ercises of the occasion by reading copy
of the marriage record which showed that
on the first day of November 1896, Albert
Partridge and Electa Rice were Joined in
~ tolhiNOll tIlldlet, minister,
Prayer was offered by Rev. f.. b. Cham
berlan of sharon. former pastor, and
the song FIFTY Years To-day" was rem.
dered by the choir. In benalf of the don
ors the gifts, estimated at $3.50 in value,
We're presented by Warren Gibbs. Esq,
in his usual earnest and pithy manner, to
which Mr. Partridge responded with
grateful acknowledgements ana related
some pleasing historic "reminiscences. A
spicy letter of congratulation from Rev
j. II. Woodward of Milton was read
Also "A poem from the pen of Mrs. George
p. Byington of Castleton. Letters and
tokens of friendship were received from
various parts of the state and from the
states of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas aud
California, About 1875 friends were pres
ent and seemed to enjoy the occasion
vastly. Uncle Albert and aunt Eec;a
are still hale with "A prospect Of enjoying
many returns of their anniversary ......
john +. Rice has bought the farm which
belonged to lothian Rice's estate, consid
in oh Of fail