Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-15

and giving excellent entert ailments each
night this week. Friday night they give
u benefit to the ladies' library. From
five cows and a heifer, Rev. +. Gerry has
sold 1925 pounds of butter the past year,
besides supplying his family DIR. Heman
Morgan Is suffering from stroke of par
alysis, but expects to be out again in
day or two. The rivers are very high
here.
Isle La Motto.
All who have business that call them
ont of town are glad to see prospect of
crossing on the ice again at no distant day
,.:.Our bridge came in play during the
late thaw, as there were several days dur
ing which there was no other way to cross
onions on the Island. Price paid seventy
five cents per bushel Quite u party of
young people gathered at the residence of
II. q. Holcomb, Esq, last Thursday even
ing to spend the evening with
his daughter Helena who was to
return to her school in st. Marys, =. G.,
he next day. The evening was enjoyed
by all in various ways until Il late hour
when the company separated for their
several homes.
Horace NJ. Bruce is numbering quite
extensively up at the Forks. He makes
about million feet of clapboards and Il
large quantity of shingles each year This
lumber is all sent to IT, A. Woodbury. of
burlington. Mr.. Bruce is irving to get Il
road through Smuggler's Notch to Cam
bridge junction, which is only six miles
| from his mills instead of hauling all his
lumber eighteen miles to Waterbury ...
Messrs. Arms Il Haines, wholesale gro
GERS, paid more than Sll0O in freight bills
i'll one month.
Franklin.
A few days since while Mrs. S. A. Bell
and two children, her mother, Mrs.
Emma smith and Miss Anna Hibbard
were out driving, the shackle which holds
one side of the thills broke while going
down hill. The wagon was suddenly
turned out of the road and ran Oft the
end of a sluce way several feet down and
threw the occupants all out. Mrs. Smith
was the only Ony seriously injured She
had limb badly broken at the hip and lies
in critical condition.
Enosburgh.
At the annual meeting of the
Enosburgh Congregational Sunday
school, held the 5th, the following
officers were elected for the year 1SS6
president, ii. G. Allen; vice president, \.
5. Croft; secretary, q. II. Nichols libra
rian, Il. II. Fairbanks: superintendent
and treasurer. II. 5. Leach; The, report
of the superintendent, Mr.. Leach, for the
year 1885 gave the aN erage attendance in
the congregation for the past year, Oa
and in the Sunday school 81.
weybridge.
Mr.. Hiram Hulburt of Bennington,
brother of Col. w. B. Hulburt, has been
spending some time in town. Milo John
son has lately lost young colt with lock
jaw. Born, on New Years day, son to
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Eels. Mr.. George
Sneeden of the firm of Hall IL Sneeden is
contemplating the building of large
grst mill, in the spring =. Hay is selling
in town from SIP to So Potatoes forty to
fifty cents. -. Mr.. f. ID. Barton OF Wal
than has recently sold twenty head o.
young ewes, Spanish merlno, for $1,000.
Hayward * Roscoe are putting in a new
shingle mill ut their saw mill.
Montpelier.
Hon. and Mrs. John A. Page left for
Florida, yesterday, where they will spend
the winter months. .. There is considera-
bic talk of Introducing electric lights into
this place. The streets are not lighted
now at all on account of some difference
between the baillffS and the gas company,
for which the people have to suffer. since
the change in the police force one police
man guards the peace and checks the pas
sions of our 1000 people.
Franklin.
A. b. Olds of this town who has been
an invalid for several years was taken
worse Il day or two since and died
Monday morning at clock.
South Royalton,
Mr.. George A. Mudgett goes to New
York this week A large amount of lum-
Der and bark is being shipped from here.
Duxbury.
Mrs Ruel Morse, aged "a years, was
buried, Jan. :, 1856. She died from quick
consumption.
south Straffold.
There was a public installation of the
officers of Henry Dow Post at the Bap-
tist vestry, last Saturday evening. They
were installed by special mastering otli-
Ger, l.. w. Rolfe of TunbridSe Hon.
Hiram Barrett of Cleveland, Ohio, is
spending the winter here.
Efforts are being made to start Y. NJ
c. y. at st. Adams
W. X. Annis. senior, of Albany slipped
on the ice, recently sustaining a partial
dislocation of his right shoulder.
H. l.. Nerder has taken a position as
mail route agent from Essex Junction to
Boston, and made his first trip Monday.
Manager Aver, of the Hawkins Bridge
company, has about twenty teams at
work now hauling stone and other ma
terial for the North Hero bridge.
Rev h. O. Allen finishes his work at
the Christian church in West Randolph
February |, and Rev Mr.. Peters is ex-
pected to take his place,
An attempt was made to burn the build
ings of Harvey Foster in Walden few
nights ago by putting some lighted can
dies in some straw in the barn, but for
tunately the fire was discovered and put
out before any damage was done.
The Rutland cornet band expects to hold
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