Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-01

OuJ lOT lne lldIIItgc Ol MISS IIIlldll,
youngest daughter of Hon. Hiram Cal
kins, to Mr.. Frederick W. Strong of Meri-
dan Md, Jan. g.. Sunday the Congrega-
tional Sunday-school elected the following
officers superintendent, II. VI. Page
assistant superintendent, Andrew Dow
secretary and treasurer, Miss Lottie f..
Webb Librarian, Clinton Field.
CHARLOTTE
Russell :. Pease is home for visit from
Minnesota, where he has bought a farm
ga A. Wicker and wife spent Sunday
with his fathers family, Ira b. Wicker,
leaving Monday morning for Boston. 80.
Herbert Thorp cut his foot quite severe
ly with an axe recently George Toner
recently returned from Washington Terri
tory, where he has been tor couple of
GLf....The Congregational sunday
sclVol had II Christmas exercise last sun
da'. Next Sunday will occur the annual
election of officers for the school 49,.
F. r. Hill will give another lecture on As
tronomy before the lyceum at East Char
lotte, Friday evening The great gale
last summer blew down immense quanti-
ties of wood rs is discovered now when
farmers are goinginto the wood lots to cut
the winter supply. Men who are chop
ping ON the farm of l.. ID. Stone say there
are POO cords blown down in the heavy
timber on the hill east of the house.
Miles w. Newton is cutting up fine
sugar orchard that was uprooted almost
to Il tree. The patrons of school district
No. ae making an effort to prolong the
school term, as their teacher Stella Rus
sell, is giving such excellent satisfaction.
Christmas trees bore unusually well
this season, despite late froSts and unfa-
Norable weather One family had 100 pres
ents, and among them fifteen pairs of NIT
tens-just pair apiece Martin X
Squiers have been paying fifty cents Il
bushcl FOR snowflake potatoes for market.
The Christmas communion aud service
were duly observed by Trinity mission. on
Sunday, Dec. y, ut 3 p. m, at the mission
rooms on River street. Copies of the new
hymnal were distributed and an Offering
made for missions. The music was very
excellent. The ladies remembered the
missionary with special gift. The mis-
sion rooms have, of late, been especially
repaired and fitted up for church services,
and within the past year, the attendance
has more than doubled.
UNDERnILL.
The annual New Year ball at the Dixon
house, Cndelhlll, Will be given on Friday
evening this week.
Miss Lizzie Reagan of st. Adams is
spending the holidays with her parents.
...There was an oyster supper and dance
last Friday night, at the home of James
Morrill,, which was largely attended =.
DR.. q. W. Church, formerly of this town,
has recently sold his practice in Middle
sex. For the past ten days DR.. and Mrs.
Church nave been visiting in Westford
and West Bolton. Rev. George +. Smith
of Waterbury preached an excellent dis
course at North DuXbury, Sunday after
noon, on the subject Of "Christis Nativ-
ity' ....Mrs. Rufus Preston of DuXbury is
sick, having had partial stroke of par
alysis.
The children of Mr.. p. Burke are sick
with canker-rash. Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Stevens are going to RichfOrd for a few
weeks visit. Miss Ida Town of Water
bury, died at the home of her brother-in-
law IN Jonesville last week, after an i'll
4 ness of two weeks with rheumatic fever,
! Miss Town was to have been married in
Two weeks To one of JOnesVille'S best
young men. He has the heartfelt sym
pathy OF all Ill his bereavement.
WINoosKI
Thomas Fox, an employe of the BurlIng-
ton WoOllen mills, was badly scalded
Saturday afternoon. He had finished work
and was going home when, having oc-
casion to pass near the watts of dye in the
dye house, he trpped or run against one
of the watts and fell forward into the hot
dye. His hands and arms were badly
scalded, and he was also somewhat scald-
ed about the head. He FASTENED to the
Office, where he was carefully attended
until the arrival Of Dr. Peck, who dressed
the burns. AT last accounts he was
dong welt, and no permanent
injury Will probably result......
Work on the iron bridge is making good
progress, the force having been kept at
work all Christmas day and yesterday, it
IS suearIA itS lar advanced as ii was when it
fell....The severe cold having frozen the
open channel ol the river between the two
dams, saturday night, planks were laid
tons OF the temporary bridge by employees
OF MeSsrs. Gates d Co., and Il crossing for
foot passengers provided.
about thirty couples attended the social
assembly held in Corporation hall, Tues
day evening Howard Opera house orches-
ira furnished excellent music, and it
proved very enjoyable occasion The
iron bridge is still growing, the cross
pieces &Ver which the planking is to he
placed DeIng put III position yesterday.
Nothing has yet been done between the
the middle pier and the Burlington side
-. Teams have been crossing the river on
the ice above the upper dam for the last
TWO dayS...A temporary waiting room
has been built at the horse railroad termi-
nus across the river for the accOmmoda-
ton OF passengers while waiting to take
the car,
EAST CHARLOTTE.
The Catholics celebrated Christmas day
NllH very interesting StINlCcS at tnelr
church. AT the Baptist church there
were handsome decorations, Il concert eX-
ercise and recitations by the young people,
visit from Santa Claus, II christmas
horse" music, etc.
ESSEN JUNCTION.
Last Thursday evening the Union Sab
bath.school held sociable in the vestry
of the church. Miss Smead, who has been
the organist for the church and school for
the last two years, was presented with Il
purse of 81. There were no public Christ
mas exercises, but several families had
their Christmas trees.
The young people had another spelling
match, last Tuesday evening. The village
hall was well filled. Mr.. Gale received
the first prize, set of Macaulay's History
of England, and Miss Laura Brownell the
second prize, II gold pencil. Miss Clara
Williams pronounced the words 1t was
a very pleasant and profitable evening to
the young people. -. Miss Alice Howe
from Burlington, is visiting friends in
town The union Sabbath school re
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