Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-08

ping at Frankfort, Chicago and Louis
vile. Rev. &. NJ. Lamson and Prof
Henry Fairbanks and wife went to Des
Moines, Ia, Thursday afternoon to attend
the meeting of the American Board Of
missions. Mr.. ID. A Clifford. st. Johns
Dury's veteran photographer took some
me pictures of the herds of thorough
pred cattle at the fair last week Among
them were the herd of Herefords owned
by !" Is. Harris Of Lyndon, the herd of
Polled angus owned by II. n. Vail OF
Lyndon, Il herd of Jerseys, owned by f..
L. Darling of the Fifth Avenue hotel
III New YORK city, which are raised upon
Mr.. DarlinR's East Burke farm; also
several photographs of Mr.. l.. ID. Hazeu's
mohstrous oxen. Beside them stand Mr.
Lambert Hastings of this place, the oldest
drover i'll Vermont He also took photo
graphs at the recent wedding of DR.. j. r.
Herrick and Miss May Florence Fair.
banks, daughter of Col. +. Fairbanks
These photographs included pictures of
the bridal party, the floral decorations,
ana large picture of the bride in her
wedding costume. Mrs. f. L. Wallace,
VINO mas sung soprano at the South Con
grcSaIlonal church tor some years past
is about to remove to Palmer, Mass
Where she has a better field During the
month of September +. and r. Fairbanks
~ COS. mail carrier kept count of the
number OF letters received by that firm
and found that they received 2S34 letters
III 80 days.
Worthwhile.
Major ID. j. Stafford pension examiner
at Manchester has been visiting in town
the past week. The Lamoile Veteran
association held their first annual reunion
here this week, Col. Hooker OF Brattle-
boro delivered an address on Wednes-
day Rev. George H. Bailey, Moravia,
\. Y, occupied the desk at the Congre-
gatlonal church on Sunday morning Rev.
Mr.. Bailey aud wife are visiting at Hon.
Il. w. Hendees. The academy base
ball team defeated the WolcOtt team on
saturday in game PLAYED on the fair
grounds here. our juvenile team were
badly beaten IN game at Hyde Park the
same day ....A temperance concert was
gwen IN a successful manner by the Con
gregational sunday school on Sunday
evening l.. b. Boynton has moved to
the skating rink building which is nov
completed and used for hotel. The
building furnishes ample room for the
business to be carried on and will make a
very att active and pleasant location.
The store of X. f. and n. NJ. Parker at
Wolcott was hurglarzed on Friday night
The safe was blown open and some Sll0
taken. The safe is made useless by the
explosion. =. Prof Allen and Mr. Davis,
the two gentlemen who made the balloon
ascension last week, made many friends
by their gentlemauly bearing and cour
teous treatment Prof Allen returned to
his home in Providence, X. l.. for few
days before making another ascension at
Brockton, Mass. The academy students
are to hold the first lyceum of the fall
term at the academy Oh Friday evening
and the members Of the Morrisvile
cornet band which has disbanded some
time since are to hold reunion in con
nectlon with the soldiers reunion this
week and will furnish music. II. +
Spauldng and family of Montpelier and
Z. A. Spauldig and family of Barre are
visiting in town. There were fully 1000
entries in the several departments at the
fair held last week. -. Warner g. Sum
merville, proprietors Of the Morrisville
water works are connecting additional
springs with the reservoir which has in
creased the supply of water. -. w. A.
Choate and wife of Albany, n. Y, are
visiting friends in town The Montpe-
lier telegraph company has opened two
new offices making eight connections.
West Randolph.
l., p, Thayer and George Walker rode
their bicycles over Barnard hills to Wood /
stock and back one day last week, dis
tance so miles, in six hours and - min
utes Rev. V. NJ. Hardy and wife are
having a pleasant trip in Kansas. -. Chas
Z. Goodwin has sold his place in East |
and bought his brothers. place
here for $1,000. He will move mis- family |
here this week. The committee appoint
ed at the late village meeting have found
good springs and also natural reservoir
near ID. II. Morse's to store the water.
They estimate that the cost, which com
prlses the land damage, dltching, pipes
and tile will not exceed S2O,OOO The sup
ply of water would be 1000, 900 gallons a
lay and the pressure on the fair ground,
~ pounds to the square inch. Such Il
supply would be just what Randolph
needs not only for domestic use but for
noters and in case of fire. Moulton
Brothers exhibited IA of their choice Jer-
'eys at the Bay State fair in Boston this
week Among the number are cows pro-
iucing - pounds of butter IN seven days.
West Fsrrisburgh.
DR.. Dickinson is greatly improving the
)olnt south of the mouth of Otter Creek,
ately purchased by him of F. VI. Strong.
His new dock, for the accommodation Of a
team launch next season, together with
'ther permanent improvements com
'leted and contemplated, will make this
cottage one OF the most desirable on the
oast.
New Haven.
Rev c. S. Sargent, pastor, preached
asst sabbath. Among the strangers at
hurch Sunday were Mr.. Hathorn, rela-
i've of the venerable Alvah Hathorn,
Ezra London of Vergennes and Ira j.
|
Kent, youngest daughter OF the late Rev.
)ephas Fl. Kent, has returned after an alb
ence OF more than ayear and when the
Kent cottage has been put in readiness ;
will go to Greensboro for her mother and
he two ladies will reside here for the
resent. .... Miss Matte Barrows gave
he ladies at their church parlors on
Wednesday afternoon resume OF her ten ,
ears work as missionary in Japan {
-: On Wednesday evening the Young |
4adies' Club gave an antiquarian
upper, at the same place. ..., Mrs. Gif- {
ord and daughter, and Miss Carrie
.aton will soon leave town to spend the ,
7inter with Rev and Mrs. X. b. Tobey {
t Ashburnham, Mass. Mrs. Tobey is
daughter of Mrs. Clifford , Some anx-
)us ones i'll this vicinity are holding their
reath to get chance at that Boston
IL comes this way. ..... The {
rass band fever has struck this locality.
Ibout dozen horns have been hired and /
he music (D occasionally heard about {
he village is said TO not only astonish, .
ut terrify, the natives.
South KOyaltOD.