Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-05-21

last Friday to see his mother (Mrs. II. G.
Fisk who is dangerously sick with lung
fever and at last accounts was very low.
MIR. Allen Fleury of St. Albans was
in town last week delivering copies to
subscribers OF the history of Vermont
brigades and soldiers of the rebellion. -.
Ira Hyde. who lately returned from Vir-
ginia is in town visiting relations and
friends. Mr.. Arthur and Miss May Hill
were home over the Sabbath Sabbath
school was organized in the Methodist
church last Sabbath, with Mr.. +. f.. La
moreux as superintendent and II. Fl. Hill |
rs assistant superintendent
White River Junction.
Ed. f. Smith of South Royalton, lately |
of the American House, Montpelier, is |
now head clerk at the Junction House and
in the absence of Mr.. Spaulding has full
charge. He is very popular young man
and one of the best hotel clerks in the State.
The reorganized White River Medical
society holds its first annual meeting at
White River junction Wednesday, May
10. Papers from Drs, A. G. Bailey, o. w.
Sherwin, G. p. Frost, G. G. Smith and J.
5. Richmond are expected.
windsor.
A benefit concert was given to the
Windsor Cornet band on Friday evening,
May a. The band made their first APP
pearance in their new uniforms just re-
ceived from Simons & Co., Boston. They
are dark blue tunic coat and pants
trimmed with scarlet, new regulation
helmet caps and epaulets. The band
now numbers IS pieces under the leader
ship of Henry Harris. The programme
gave the large audience one of the best
lier and Mr.. l.. X. Willis of Brattleboro
were heartily applauded and they made
themselves favortes with the audience.
During the concert Capt K j. Coffey
was called upon the stage and Marsh o.
Perkins, Esq, of the Windsor journal. in
with splendid gold headed ebony cane
suitably inscribed for his services as
chairman of the committee of arrange
ments during the late fair for their bene-
fit by which the band received $500.
Col. J. j. E5tey of Brattleboro is prepar-
ing for business trip to Europe next
month.
f. w. Booth of Essex recently received
1000 dozen of eggs from Irving Davis. of
Grand Isle.
The body of young Graves, drowned in
the lake at Newport last fall, was found
on Thursday at Adams's bay.
The book committee of North Benning-
ton have been adding 40 volumes to the
ladies' library, including complete set of
| Waverly.
A. f. Shackford of Brattleboro has in
vented an incubator which promises good
results. At the first trial 33 chickens were
obtained from 40 eggs.
The Young Mems Christian association
of Brattleboro observed the third ami
versary of its organization last Sunday
evening at the Baptist church.
The Brattleboro Free Library building
is to be constructed Of Dummerston gran
lite. The underpinning is to be furnished
| partly from Crowell'S quarry.
Vernon has population Of only 652, but
of this number there are SO persons over 10
years old whose average age equals 76
The seven oldest among them are women,
Twenty men are now employed on
the new Clarendon quarry, and block of
marble recently raised there fully realizes
the promises made by extensive core test
ing.
The ceremony of laying the corner stone
of the French ca holic church at St AL
bans will take place on Sunday, July 4th
when Bishop DeGoesbriand will be pres
ent.
The Lincoln iron works of Rutland are
making castings for a machine to crush
car wheels, that will weigh 30 tons wheI
completed and put together. 1t is for the
Miltmore car wheel works at Arlington.
George Drury IA compostor in the Rut
land Herald office, has been appointed
deputy state organizer of typographca
comes from David p. Boyer of Columbus
Ohio chief organizer.
Alhenan Ingalls,, the son of b. w. In
gals of North Chittenden, who has beer
at work in the ore beds at Mineville, hat
his back broken, fatally njuring him. A
telegram was received Monday that ht
was still alive.
The Vermont Statesman, the first paper
| printed i'll CastletOn, was established by
Ovid Miner about the year 1926 and wa.
: first issued in the medical college build
| ing.
The monumental bronze company offel
, to run special train from Brattleboro Il
their Bridgeport, (CtD factory to give the
townspeope an opportunity to judge o
the stability and character of their work.
f. p Bowen of Linden, Mass. who has
been visiting in Ascutneyvlle, will TAXI
back four. year old colt with him which
he values at $1,000, its sire being old "Nol
unteer' of New York.
Windsor is to have new high schoo
building, and work was begun last week
The foundations of the old building wer,
within its walls, as far as can be ascer
,, tained, was in 1911, with Joel Linsley a!
/ preceptor.
young man named John O'Keefe o
e Bellows Falls became suddenly insane
} one day last week and went to the priest
HOusc with q Stating Hio iitSh
ton to shoot the priest, himself and wife
= but was arrested and taken to the asylum
at Concord, n, H., by Officer Heald o
: North Walpole
The returns of the listers of Castletol
: : Just completed shows the total number o
polls in the town to be 57S. The valuation
Of the personal property is s253, SOB o
=. real estate, $593, 800 ; and the total grant
list $859, ,493. There are six persons who's
: grand list is over $4,000. The town farm
: is valued at 1850
t The listers OF St. Albans have finished
( their work, and the result shows tina
4 there are in st. Albans 1854 polls, aggre
r eating t296S the real estate valuation l
n 81 .90l ,l0l. IA, and the personal estate $795,
. 700. 73-making a grand list amounting t.
~, ,93601.
At the annual meeting OF the Fairmoun
Park Trotting association at Fair Haven
!, Fred II. Leonard was elected president
DR.. Arthur S. Murray, vlce.president
- Rufus X. Hamilton, William II. Streete
ntaI,. nd n