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

CITY AND VICINITY.
The physicians say there is but little
sickness in this city at present.
1t is something unusual to see the dust
flying on our streets during as cold wealth
e. is that of Saturday and Sunday.
The door and box manufacturers report
only a moderate trade just now, with
prospect of Il revival however, soon.
Business has had IA natural falling off
since Christmas and some of the mer-
chants are about to take inventories.
There is no scarcity of apples in the
Burlington markets now however much
the people of other cities may complain.
Col. W. l.. Greenleaf, department com
mander, has received application for the
charter of IA post G. a. X. at Barton Land
ing.
The thermometer marked three below
zero sunday morning - the coolest
weather thus tar recorded in this city this
winter.
The Salvation army continue to parade
the streets in the afternoon and evening
and succeed in attracting fair audiences
composed largely of boys
De Voc, the New jersey meteurologist &,
predicts IL cold blast for January >. Janu-
AIRY, he says, will be an extremely cold
month,
The next entertainment in the y. NJ G..
a. course Will be the lecture by Lieut..
Schwatka, which will occur sometime
near the middle of January.
The steamer Williams made her last trip
on December u last wear and the prOspect
is now that her season Will extend Il mum
btr OF days beyond that time this year.
The street department have completed
the work which was interrupted by snow.
OF putting on the top dressing of the ma
cadanlllng at the lower end of Soul h
Union street.
The altehGance at the Y. NJ. c. \. read
ing room is rapidly increasing On Sat
urday 100 readers visited the room and ON
Sunday thirty-three awaited themselves of
its privileges.
We are in receipt of il handsomely illus
traed annual issued by the plattsburgh
Sentinel, 1t is gotten up in an excellent
manner ana does credit to the office by
which it is published,
The Golden Fleece uolo Team have in
vited the Association club to 90 to Mont-
pelier III a week or so to play Il bene fit
game for the former. The invitation will
in all probability be accepted.
Those who exnect tn hecome local tohog
panlsts will he Interested tn learn tl,.t tho
initial ride on the Mouut Ida toboppan
slide at Troy was taken Saturday by two
gentlemen who made 1000 feet i'm six
seconds.
Nh. socord ,o,o,,.i,,, ,,i,.,,, $40. ,ro,,,
Nonnt,in nd,,o NJ n ~ u ot Odd
Fellovs, hall was bald rnecd,v niobt and il
was a most ENJOYABLE affair. The evening
was spent in n deliphtful manner between
social chat. music and refreshments.
,rba ornr.l don,.io,, G. Iobr,.
ornhon As,,I,,n, tool- ,,,ona T,,aed.y of
tornoon o,,S a,,a,,in,r and ,,.os 'ottandsd N,
a handsome numhar A LARGO numher ot
presents were carried to the orphans and
the affair was a most ENJOYABLE one.
A yr.lI l,,o,.,n horsa,,on sa,s whom :,
man ch.n,,as hi. horse from, a carriaga tr
- SLEIGH ho shnrId obnn,,a tha h,rnosc
slightly Nire ont of every ton do NOT do
this and the result i thai tha horse il
badly iniured Inv rbis o,ralosenass
Merchants saw that an tba yho,a Christ
mas trade was ne GOOD nc tina a,,arooo this
wear. and was ouita .ati.factor,, concider-
inc the lack of slei,,bipo tha Ios, nf tbo