Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-14

| Nelson NJ. Flnel goes 10 New 1ork
next week to enter Il hospital for treat
ment The Sophomore nine from Dart
! mouth college came up Saturday to play
the academy nine but owing to the rain
were unable to play They returned on
! the night train....B b. III. Badger of Derby
was in town over Sunday, stopping with
Mr. p. J. Cowlps. Miss Florence l..
Clark of Quechee is visiting in town.
Miss Clark Will be remembered rs the
! teacher of drawing in the public schools
last year. Mr.. Jerry Drew, proprietor OF
the Newport House, Newport, was in
town on Monday making arrangements
! about rlying the United States mail
| from the poStoflice to the train. Mr.. Drew
still holds this contract and now that
things are changed at the st. Johnsbury
! hotel he has to find a responsible man to
convey the mail to and from the trains.
Mr.. II. b. Davis of the CdledOnidn force
has been quite ILL., but is now slowly i'm
proving.
Isle La Motto.
IA. and J.P. Hall raised a large barn last
Monday. County Court week and some
of our towns people expect to have cases
tried there. - Some of the farms over
this way need rain to make the land in
good condition for spring crops. Miss
May Adams commenced a term OF school
III district No !, with far attendance
We are pleased to see our old minis
ters back with us again, Rev. r. Chryste
and Rev. G. w. Ross, both having served
us acceptably as ministers of the gospel
, Rev. G. w. Ross especially has the sym
pathy of the people. The efforts that have
been made to traduce his character and
ruin his reputation as a minister and
Christian are without cause, he having
since he has been with Us behaved himself
in Il gentlemanly and .ChriStianlike man
ner The reports that have been circulat-
, ed by those that would seem to be in
high authority are false and without the
slightest foundation. He preached
sermon last Sabbath to a large and ap-
precative audience. After the sermon a
, contribution was taken and about 80 raised
+ and presented to him in token of the es
TEEN in which he is held by our towns
: people Born at Isle La Motto, May 1th,
/ IA son to Mr.. and Mrs. Doras Goodsell.
e Captain II. y. White was found Gead in
| his bed Tuesday morning May t. having
D retired in his usual health on Monday
1 evening. Mrs White was awake and ar
e ranged for his comfort several times in
p the night and noted no unusual change in
p his condition. Captain White was born
J. October %, 1902, previous to 1870 ne was
e captain of a vessel on Lake Champlain.
lie married Syrena Adams, daughter Of
Friend Adams, and occupied the farm
now owned by Mrs. DR., Davis of. Wor-
II cester, Massachusetts, at Adams Ferry.
% Mr.. White was Il man widely known, of
| rare intellectual attainmens and held
n nearly all the important Offices of honor
d and trust in the gift of his fellow towns
+. men, having twice represented the town
If III the general assembly. The funeral SER
% vices were held at his late residence on
II Thursday the 9th inst. Rev. j. ;. Mott,
pastor of the Methodist church of which
deceased had long been one of the fore
most members, preached an excellent dis
course. His remains We're land at rest be-
side those of his first wife in the cemetery
). near the ferry, the grave being perfect
:. mass of evergreens. He leaves widow
% and four children, w. +. White and Mrs.
oh. Ill Of Mrs
I'd 1aggart of Burlington and Friend White,
n who resides in Illinois, and wide
r, circle of friends who regret his loss;
DO The ferry has again changed hands, VIII
y Adams having taken possession last
e week. Capt. Spauldng. former owner, in
f tends to start for California next week,
d accompanied by his sister and Thomas
i Doyl. Sowing is nearly all DONE some
Of are planting corn. Potatoes are nearly all
planted. .... Mrs. DR.. Towsley went to
Pawlet last week for brief visit to rela
, tives and the scenes of her early home.
u, Bristol.
Y. The butter market Saturday was dull,
Sc very little brought in. Prices ranged
lie from II to Is cents..:A large audience
as greeted o,:I Mrs Io, Mary 4 Ariav L'etmore
Iy ing, The Boy. Of To-day" be
ii ing the subject of the lecture, which
le was both instructive and entertaining. 1t
~ was one of the best entertainments If the
)r balance in the treasury for next years
re course. ... Rev ). p. Hayward, of the
De Advent church, preached in Addison,
'e sunday, his pulpit being supplied by Dea-
he con Grout.. Floyd Briggs colored gen
te temau, for beating his wife and getting
drunk, will spend los days in the work
house at Rutland. He was escorted to
that institution, saturday by Con
d. stable Farr....A tramp barber was
ar fined - costs Monday, for drunkeness...
t. Watson Narney, son of NJ p. Narney of
: this place, a student at Middlebury col
lt lege, who has been quite Ill with pneu-
er muua, was brought home Friddy....
'e Opinion is divided on the New Haven
~ road question. The majority are opposed
D. to it, though they will not raise any OBJ
to jectIOnS. Some believe that macada-
nj mzed road would be preferable to rail
rd road, but there are very few of this class.
Sc There is one man here " no stands ready
k, to grade one mile ot the railroad and also
=. do all the stone work on the line Slate
e roots are becoming fashionable in Bristol
IN .... The Methodist parsonage Is being re-
paired. The Peoples Theatre company
Will occupy Holley hall one week, begin
Mug May 3l....T The Mddlebury camp of
n Sons of Veterans will present the Hanger
r Spy" at Holey Hall Friday and Sat
ly urday evenings.
e Suicide of IA Former Vermont Postmaster.
n y BRATTLEBORo, VT, May II. Frederick
~ NJ. Palmer, a Boston physician, who
lr Jumped from the Portland steamer on
IS Monday and was drowned with his four
y years old grandchild, was Brattleboro's
-, postmaster during Polk's administration.
n He was the originator of the first Amerl-
,y can postage stamp which was engraved
t. by Thomas Chubbuck of Springteld, for
n the postmaster's personal use These
is stamps were in use long before the gov
IA ernment decided to use stamps Tor the
pre- payment of postage The Palmer
stamps bring fabulous prices, one having
been recently sold for Sl45, while n few
~ wears ago one sold for $500 at an auction.
a DR. Palmer married for his first wife the
ii youngest daughter of the late Judge Asa
st Keyes of Brattleboro.
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