Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-02-05

cient number of Signers to it obtained, to
warrant the selectmen in setting out n
fire district which shall include the Hart
ford and White River junction school dis
trcts, under chapter l34 of the revised
laws 1t now looks as if we should have
some adequate protection for our build
ings against fire in the near future.
vergennes.
Union revival meetings are held at the
Congregational, Baptist and Methodist
churches during the week. Two after
Mary G. Woodbury. of Massachusetts con
ducts the services. Mercury fell to %
and % degrees below zero. Thursday a. IN.
49,. The Charles ID. keeler tannery in this
place is the only one of any size between
the Massachusetts and Canada lines. This
tannery was first established in 1925. Mr..
keeler has been resident of Nergennes
since 1896. The main building Is 100x50
feet, with several annexes. Fifteen to
twenty hands were formerly employed,
where now now there are only eight
to ten. The main line of work is now in
card leather, which is used in cotton and
woollen mills usually. Mr.. Keeler has
been for more than half a century one of
our leading and estimable business men.
....A large gang of men are engaged in
ice cutting and selling above the falls.
Over $1,000 cakes of ice have been handled
here for Nergennes, Panton, Ferrisburgh,
New Haven, etc. C. 6s f. f, Yattaw are
the leading men,. Rev. Mr.. Sargent of
New Haven, preached in the Congrega-
tonal church Sunday.
Revival meetings began again at the
Methodist church Tuesday evening, to
continue three evenings and perhaps
longer if the interest taken warrants it,.
The next fortnightly social by the Con-
gregatonal ladies will not be held at the
church Vestry, but at some private resi-
1aDpp The rrtic TphDynun rlnh a
Nergennes had its public Tues
day evening, and was greeted with full
house. The Nergennes band furnished
excellent music. The club hours for slid
ing are from s a. IN. till II m From
/ p. IN. till II O'Clock in the evening
During the year 1885 there were 13 appli-
cations for marriage licenses in this town.
1.-The last meeting of the commission
ers of the lngham estate occurs Tuesday
October, .. Nergennes was represented
IN the lively party at Hon. j. NJ. Dyer's,
West Salisbury, Monday evening, given in
honor of the sixteenth birthday of
his eldest daughter, Miss Lizzie...
The health of Mrs. Mech, which has been
feeble for long time, is somewhat i'm
proved. The sliding community received
a large addition from Charlotte, Wednes-
day evening, and the toboggan chute a
grand boom. n large party of ladies
and gentlemen from Charlotte had Il
sleighride to Nergennes, and after enjoy
-
evenings sport with an hours fun on the
toboggan at the Arctic clubs chute on the
fairgrounds. Good hard wood is worth
81 in this place. Coal is selling at s. per
ton at the yard.
The infant daughter of DR.. A. A. Ar
thur, is dangerously i'll. go. Mr.. and Mrs.
j. b. Hickok have returned from their
visit to relatives in Port Henry y. Y.....
Mrs. Van Wagner of Glens Falls, n. Y,
was in town, Friday There has not
been winter for many Years that has
been 50 favorable for farm and out door
work as the present.
Egbert Frisbee. son of w. 7. Frisbee of
Waltham, had the misfortune, while
sliding down hill, to wrench his ankle
out of its socket. He was brought to this
city, and DR.. Woodbridge skillfully reset
the injured limb. a similar accident oc-
Cured to Mr.. George Burroughs. of the
same town, year ago and he is Just able
now TO get about without cane or crutch.
The dance at Martins, Friday night,
was attended by forty couples. Andrew
Huey at the Grand Union, has Il fine four
years old Lambert mare, u good stopper.
-. There have been five deaths from
whoopng cough in this place, the past
fall and winter, all young children....
About three hundred scholars attend the
public schools in this place .... The four
oxen, bought 10y +. Wheeler of j. Q.
and George Adams of Ferrisburgh, for
: the Watertown Union market, attracted
general attention from their size and
weight. Their weight averaged 4O0O
pounds per pair. Over 100 head of coarse
wool spring lambs from the farm OF r.. :.
Wright OF Weybridge, We're shipped TO
Boston market Monday. Average weight
~ pounds also II others from the farm
of Hon, \. L. Smith, New Haven.
Parties from Bristol are expecting to get
up sleigh ride to this place, probably IA
supper and the grand closing treat. Il gay
time at the arctic toboggan chute The
demand for hay in Eastern New York,
and the scarcity of grain for feeding pur-
poses, makes an excellent market for the
surplus Of those products held by West
ern Vermont farmers, and the opportuni-
/ ty Is promptly improved by them. The
sleighlng is very line and is being well inn
proved.
Enosburgh.
Snow enough for good sleighing and
teaming gives To business a lively appear
ance. Most of the farmers have secured
their ice and are now busy at their wood
and logs. Mr.. John Whitcomb is at
work on his mountain lot, getting out 250O
spruce logs, which he has sold to NJ. A.
Slmpkins, delivered at hls mill. .... Willie
woodward IS getting out Il large lot of
lS-inCh wood The first sOciable of the
season was held ut f. X. Perkins's, last
Friday evening. goodly number We're
present and pleasantly spent an even
ing in social way, The amount of
COllecIlOn received was II little over 81
....Rev. g. f. Pay has finished his
pastorate with the Baptist society at East
Enosburgh, and at present goes to Mont
gomery once in two weeks. We under
stand the Baptist people voted not to open
their church for meetings before June |.
The 56th annual address before the Enos-
burgh Young Mems Total Abstinence so
ciety will be given in Memorial church,
Friday evening, Feb. IL, by Rev. Mr.
Sweat of Enosburgh Falls. Mr.. Sweat is
very able speaker and it is hoped that
he may have full house The 26th
meeting of the Eastern Franklin County
sunday school convention will be held at
Richford, Wednesday, Feb l0...C. H.
Bessey has been appointed postmaster at
West Enosburgh. Mr. Bessey has always
been Republican, but as Democrat
III town said the other day, in answer to
the question why they should remove n
Republican and appoint n Republican,
. "The Democrats had nnoculated Mr. Bes-
sey, and We're in hopes that it would work
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