Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-03
Middlebury.


Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Bond are
. home from Massachusetts, where they
have been visiting during the past three
weeks .. The address at the county fair
next week will he delivered by Hon
James X. Batchelder of Arlington. 1T
4 will come on the afternoon of the last day,
| Thursday ...M Mr. George Morcom, eldest
son of John Morcom, who has lived in va
rious places IN the South and West for the
past 20 years, is H. town on Il visit to his
folks. Mr.. Morcom is now running a.
ranch in Texas. This is his first visit
home in 10 years.
The Democrats helda well attended eau
Gus to nominate Il candidate for town rep
resentative, Saturday evening. James f.
Stapleton was chosen chairman and Frank
+. stone secretary, Henry Grant nOmin-
ated q. ID. Miner for town representative,
who was unanimously made the candi-
date. Speeches were made by several per
sons in favor of sticking to the nominee to
the last, and the idea was enthusiastically
received. The town committee was
authorized to appoint number of persons
to look after the interests Of the ticket on
election day DR.. w. II. SheldOn's fine
Thoroughbred st. Bernard bitch, Konigin,
has litter of puppies which are beauties,
and valuable. Their sire is the imported
Rudolph ii. of the Chequasset kennels,
Lancaster Mass. Rudolph is a great
prize winner, and some of these puppies
are likely to rival his laurels... Miss Ag
gle Mcmahon arrived home Saturday
night from South Haven, Mich, where
She has been making a visit to her uncle
... While the Salvation army soldiers
were going home after the close of the
meeting Friday night they were shower
ed with rotten eggs by some unknown
rullians Capt Gray received some of the
dose and Miss TTaftOn, the lieutenant. got
more than IA liberal allowance. Ii is hoped
that the blackguards will be discovered
/ and severely punished ... George Il.
Ltugworthy, Jr., Harvey q. Ellis ana
Harry 7; Lan!E,worthy who have
p returned. The large number OF visitors
from the cities who have been in town
I this summer, are NOW beginning to de
5 part for tueir homes The Addison House
l aud the Pierce House have had about all
they could accommodate. Gideon ID.
Miner will soon start for the West on an
: extended business trip.
1 The Addison county fair commences
+ here to-day. President +. y. Bissell of
5 Shoreham, has been actively at work
D making preparations for the fair, and
there are good reasons to believe that the
exhibition will be considerably better
than usual -. The repairs on the dam at
/ the upper mill of the Green Mountain
Pulp company, have been completed and
I they We're enabled to resume work at
; the mill on Monday .... Lieutenant
Eta Trafton is now in command of the
| Salvation army, Capt Gray having left
T. town. 1t is understood that some more
, of the regular army will arrive this week
!, .... The fall term of the graded school
opened Monday with Il good attendance
= ... Next week Thursday the college term
t Will commence and there are prospects of
"A an unusually large freshman class ... The
. outlook throughout the county Is favor
g able to gratlfYngly large and excel
1 lent crops of ever ything but potatoes.
= A. to potatoes, while the yield per acre
\ will he comparatively small in COnSe-
. quence of dry weather, the quality is
e everywhere reported to be good .... a
l. couple of Bristol sports got pretty full at
[ the Spring Grove camp meeting sunday
. and were brought here for an official ac-
counting Rev. :. l.. B. Speare has re
c turned from his annual summer vacation
II and he occupied his pulpit in the COngre
Il gational church ON Sunday. Mrs. and
r Miss Speare are also back The local
z market was pretty brisk Monday and
q butter was nOticeably frmer II
# cents was the ruling prlce for good arti
q Gle, but | cents was paid for many choice
It lots. Rev. o. A Kramer, the evangelist
L who has been preaching here all summer
Is conducted the services at the Young
IF Mems Christian Association rooms OF
e sunday. The secretary, Mr.. A. l.. Par
:. sons, otliciated at West Cornwall Mr.
e J. W Patterson of Augusta, Me, is visit
e ing his daughter, Mrs. Charles c. Peck
10 for several weeks.
is Mr. and Mrs. f. A. Brunette and wife
3 of Nashua, \. H., are in town on a visit t'
old friends, from whom they recelv,
warm greetings. Mr.. Brunelle formerly
lived in Middlebury and was very mucf
At liked. He is now manager of the Nashu;
IN house at Nashua. 80. Messrs q. d. Miner
lie and j. \. Wright have got a carload o
Of sheep all rams together for Colorado, anC
re they were started on their journey OF
1t Tuesday. Samuel Brassaw is going will
I'd them. Mr.. Miner expects to start th
e. latter part of this week and o' ertake then
/. at Chicago. Mr.. Wright will 90 Wes
st later on -. Mr. John II. Stewart and wife
ed who have been visiting in Massachusett
lg for the past three weeks, are home again
ar .... Randall Hammond, son of Georg
IN Hammond, will start Wednesday TO
a Chicago, where he has obtained employ
$. ment His brother, George f., who wa
er assistant postmaster here for about si
k years, has been in Chicago for nearly
ey year 80. George Morcom, son of .Joh
in MorcOm. who has been making IA visit t
of his parents here, has started for his hom
+. in Texas. 1t is now understood that tn
ld Middlebury Prohbitiohlsts will not nom
ry mate any candidate of their own for tow
ST representative, but will throw their intlu
=. ence in favor Of Judge Knapp.
1n on Isle La Motto.
IS An Isle La Motto correspondent says
TO 1--WE do not feel very proud over this wa
us as republicans to have it go out to I'll
ny world that we are being carried around i
as a certain mans vest pocket, because thre
II. or four Republicans that ride on free pas
Tn es get together and have secret caucu
and elect each other as delegates to ia
county convention, to elect such ones [
Office as will further their own scheme
ca, or renew their passes, without on
80. thought for the benefit of the party I
re-, which they profess to belong. We thin
ng it high time to see if things must 90 O
nd in this style, or if we cannot have goo
nd old fashioned caucus duly advertised I
Dol all legal voters.
id Some of our farmers are harvesting
ne others are threshing, and some are ploN
he ing Harvesting is nearly done. Ga
-. will be lighter crop on low lands tina
mt has been anticipated. Mrs. Frankl
lis, Bell il visiting in town, after an absen
ed of 20 years Mr. O. b. Hutchins OF Bo
sci ton has been in town the past week
hst Mrs. Carrie Hutchins of Boston, who h
led been visiting in town the past mont
he lett last Wednesday for Minneapolis.
no The fair that was held three cOnsecuti
np days last week for the benefit of d