Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-12-10

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in order to eat his THANKSGIVING turkey
Ht me homestead in Lincoln, and was
thete III Time He has pre-empted a home
sttAu III Kansas, also n timhcr clam He
WlsheS TO go West again in the spring
lbs years time has nettrd him $1,000
;''... me tobpggHn fever threatens to
break ont again IN Nergenncs ...... The
SHOW windows are putting on holiday
symptoms .....It is an open secret that
me proprietor Of Fulton market is Il
grandpa"
Montpelier.
Rev. Howard f. Hill will preach at
/ " rlghtS Mills, Sunday at 2:3O D. m
a union ladies' prayer meeting VIII be
heid fllday afternoon IN bethany church
Chapel Charles De f.. Bancroft has
Tor ms guests Charles II. Nye and wife of
MatthlOrsette, MHss. 1'he Montueler
pu3lic scnooisciose their fail term FrGay
ana Tue NlhJcrterm opens January 3 rhe
winter ttru of the Vermont Methodist
seminary opened MOnday.....A Christ
mas poultry train viii be run to 3ostun
over the Central Vermont railroad, De
Geihner I.'.;;..On the evening Of Decem-
Der III "A Midnight Marriage" will be
presented at Capital Hall by the Rich
monu barry company The Montpel-
ler Electric Light and Power company
VIII soon place III their central station il
one hundred aud twenty-five horse power
engine. Miss Lila STARK has gone to
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position as clerk in the money ordcr
department of the postoiIice at that
place. She formerly held the same
position in the postollice here......
J. Nay Appebee delivered hi, first
lecture at the Church Of the Messiah
tuesday evening The subject was THE
Labor Problem and its SOlution.n There
was fair Attendance, and the
lecture was one of Interest. We'd
nesday evening he spoke OF "OlIvcr
CromWell-the soldier, statesman and
SAINT. Aptommas, the harpist. ap.
peared at Blauchard's opera house. we'd
neHdhy evening ,.."..At the annual meet
lng ol Mount Vernon Commandery the
following officers were elected: Emmi
neht COMMANDER, j. IS. f. Washburu
Generailsimo, W. y: Briggs; Captain,
General, George l.. LNnr; Prelate. Col
ins Biakeiy; Senior Warden, \. ".
| Frink; Junior Warden, f. l.. Eaton
/ Treasurer, j. {. HOUghtou: Recorder,
George Atkins Standard Bearer, +. l..
W hte sword Bearer, +. O. Hibbard
W"r"er, James f. Currier; LIST Captain
Guard, ID. >. Wheatiey; 2d Captain
Guard, James 7. Sabin; 3d Captain
Guard, ii. W. Lyford Commissary, J
a. Erwin; Sentinel, Emory Town.
| ne annual village meeting was held
MONDAY evening at Capital hall. II. a.
n use was elected moderator and James +.
Sabih clerk. a long discussion occurred
on the adoption of the village report which
was at last adopted. The election OF OfIi-
GERS followed and Is as follows COllec-
Tor OF taxes, ID. Il, Clark treasurer j. c.
ioughton auditors, J. ". Brock H.
part Is! Cross I; G. Phinney; fire wardens,
ISL ward, L. Bart Cross I'd ward. NJ NJ
CUTLER 3d ward, j. l.. Tuttle, 4th ward.
T., L Pltkln, 5th ward, G.. A.
Itch water commissioner, a. o.
cummings; bailitfs, lst ward, l.. b.
Huntingtqn, I'd ward, c. l.. smith,
hemp, oth ward r. NJ. Guernsey. There
Is no change in any of the officials and
me voters apparently are satisfied with
Inc administration of the village govern
ment la gwen them last year. 1t was
voted to raise a tax on the grand list of r.
cents On the dollar to pay the debts and
expenses of the village, including the in
tterest ON IT'S bonds, the tax to be paid by
feO. |. Inc treasurer was authorized to
borrow an amount not to exceed $1,000 to
pay any immediate liability of the village
'.....N hlltemure ~ Clark's miustrels ap-
pear at Blanchard's Opera House on
saturday evening. The special train
to Barre last Saturday evening carried
only nlne passengers To attend the lecture
aud presentatiOn of the great battles of
the civil war. The extreme cold prevent
ed more members Of Brooks Post from
attending as was intended.
over 100 copies of the FREE PRESS fonrd
ready sale AT the book store of II H Slav.
ton Saturday. The interest in the Sayt0I-
Mason case is ipcreaslug and ~ an, M tn,.
young men of the capital mas hean bron',hr
into the affair the develunmrnts ira
watched with an avidItv bnr,ierin., On
ANXIOUS desire.....The Iloutnrlirr Can,'
rialc company are turning nut ~ lnr'.
number of sleds. which find = ruorktt ,1 /
over the country ......As those in cb.r''..
of the central station of the NuntnaIi,7r
Electric Light and Power cnnnurl ha
come accustomed {, the WORKING If tIa
machinery the light improves ana for thc
past tAree or four eyeiirgshis breuoi.
most AS good AS pas.
The story going the rnuud. oto N-er
mont engineer VINO refused tn .,di,. b.ro-
ic,llv nj ms nost" her,usa hi. f,,,,ii,
needed all the money he rnrrId aorn',,"3
whose wages had bcpn c;it dovn in ,,a' nor,
cent. should. if true. afford a rn.t. fori
for the railroad com,ui.uinm
ers ...T The ladies of rhp rhl,rch uf H..
Messiah will hold a fair in thn vaSrrv nI
the church in about t\vo ,yeels
.' 4 candy Dull and snelling m',tnh
was held W ednesdav evpning in
the Nethodist church nnrInrs ."