Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-07
LJN. NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. BURL


in Philadelphia and New York. -. There !
was "A socable at the rooms of the Young |
Mems Christian association frldayeNenlng |
ana the members of the association and |
of the woman's auxiliary were out in con |
siderable numbers The Mddlebury or !
chestra furnished music, and those pres |
ent spent very enjoyable evening. -. NJ. |
Y. Butterfeld lost very valuable livery |
horse Friday. The animal was let to be |
driven over the mountain and died after
reaching Hancock. Mr.. Butterfeld has
gone over there to find out if there was
anything wrong in the matter...J. B. !
Cobb, leader of the Middebury band, !
has been offered the position of cornet
player in the band attached to SignOr san |
telle's railroad shows and will probably
accept and travel with them this season
....T The proposed game of base ball be
tween the Mddlebury college and Rut-
land mines will probably be played next
Saturday, at Rutland 1t is generally
remarked with satisfaction that there are
now fewer indications of liquor-drlnking
The other day Charles Huntington of
Middlebury received Il letter from his
brother Lyman, formerly for many years
resident of Middlebury, but now living
in Detroit, Mich This is the first letter
that Lyman Huntington has written Tor
3S years, during all of which time he has
been so nearly totally blind that he could
neither write nor read, and when living
nele ne nau ~ lIS, 'do T"1 o,'i ha y, hna
"oouo ~? W" fi,,,,,'i1 -, 80, 81 otos
"H p, p,,i lo' ~. ~ ;ht ie 70 ~
large extent restored and he can now see
to read and write with ease after his many
years of darkness. e. Charles a. Chapman
n, n"o SUI - Iii 70 ,o ~, li,, tba,,N 70 tha
uT"lel i,f'' anu ~, ooo'I 1"io Drni,,o who
has been in Marietta. Ga, since last fall
arrived home Saturday afternoon and
,ooA9 as .,iouSr '9 niH 5 49,, ,raii
NY 9'inS 1,t 2ou'n nay "S pnS,,, has
@ @Ni'n rt9 .6 T7, lPt ~ tt ~ ~
peeli oi,eIIo d SoUU ioi n'',r , - .irnd
S"V "a .oaU SO, n'"tei W.. i7di,, WI
pS hotlum "nu W t,,,',i i.'t"
e sette % ~ go. ,nS omt
tto'n tNtW III IN w aT ii',oSroJ IiS
Ihe Mlnler III Nennel 'I.'., neLeu u,9
ieCVule oll HiS opSvl t' io,9 III a.
me Town nan Oh eInesuu9 eNeIltmI 10, iol
the dement, 0l lhe WOMAN Oni ''''''l
temperance mon.
Bishop Blssell OF the EplscopaIiah
church OF \ermont was IN town on Mon,
day, ana on Monday evening he conducted
confirmation ceremonies III the Episcopal
church here, OF which kev. a. r. Carpeh-
ter Is the, rector Iwenty-l0ur persons
were confirmed, and The church was
people desirous of participating in the
interesting services, There was to have
been meeting OF citizens ana eX-soldlerS
at the hall of the Grand Army Post on
Monday evening for the purpose OF max
ing arrangements Tor Memorial DAY, put
owing to the fact that various other mat
ters OF interest were engaging the atten-
ton OF many OF our citizens at the time,
| there were only few persons present ana
/ no action was taken. Inc meeting al
! JOurned to next Monday evening at the
same place and hour, when, 1t Is hoped.
there Will he IA much larger attendahce
In three weeks time the prlce pald
! for butter here has 1allen on just SO l :
per cent, or from p to IS cents per pound
the latter nSures DelhS the lop price pa'u
| ON market day this week Mrs. Abran
| IIa t1,rn and the nrosnerts for her milf
mate recovery now seem to he uuite GOOD
At the meeting of the Masonic lodge
/ Monday nipht nine applications for adj
mission to The order were handed in.
/ The Niddlehury college nine which i to
comnete for the echamni0nship i'm the Stat,
intercolleginte leaIlle has at last beer
definitely settled ON. and the following are
the pInyers and the positions they Will oc
cupy: Willis NJ Ross SO captain an,
cotcher. G. Willis Mead 'S,i. pitcher. w
ID Rich 80 first base: W. s Alden. 80
second base. r. +. Howe. 'SS. third base
lanes +. Clark. 's7. short stop; +. f
Douplas 50 left field. ". h. Cliff. SIS
centre field T. ID Howe. 'S7. right fielC
.Tha,l NJ. Chapman arrived home witt
his family from New York Tuesday, an,
they nre now ail settled down for the sum
meT Frank Champagne went to Rut
land Wednesday and expects to make hi
hradonnrters there for The future Tn
Ara cdmnanv was ont for practlce and eX
ercise Tuesday evening, and the steame
was fouud to he i'm excellent working con
dition mat new hose company. q
which we we're so confident three week
400 has gone nm in smoke. Cause. diff
cnltv in raisinV The amount of money re
ouired to purchase the cart over tn
amount that was at first thought to b
; sufficient
J Morrisville.
The funeral of Charles ladley was large
ly attended from the Unlversalist churct
Rev. MI Healey officiating, on frlda
afternoon, Mr., Hadley. was an uprlgl
and respected cltlzen. II ms terrible sultel
ing FOR tht past lew weeks win cahce
! Gus trouble IN ms throat, ana lhe courage
l ous manner IN which he faced the eXpec
]; ell end, has prompted many feelings an