Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-06-01
THE NEWS In VERMONT.
MATTERS OF INTEREST IN OUR OWN
STATE.
Chittenden County.

Chittenden County.
wtLLsToN.
The Rev. Miss Kiugsbury is spending
his week in Boston. Letters to her should
,e addressed ere of Parker House.
uNDERHILL.
Service in Calvary (EpiscopaD church,
-'nierliil Flats, on Sunday next, June 3,
1t p. M,
MILTON.
The Ladies' fair ard festival in the vii.
age Of Milton, on the second week in June
beginning with "Wednesday the 18th, and
continuing three days and evenings, is
looked forward to with much interest, by
he good people of Milton, and their
,riends IN adjoining towns. The proceeds
will he added to the building fund of the
new Episcopal church
AT the regular communication of Seneca
.puge No. 80, f. and A. Nj the following
officers were elected; G, S. Ashley, w.
-. j. u. Wheeleck,. S. w. Abel Max
ield, w; f. Mills, treasurer; j. 5.
Benham, secretary; |. Mayo,lle, s. D. !;
w. w. Brown, j. ID. II. G. McNall, S. s.;
2. j. Costello, j. $; A. b. CdswelL;
chaplain f. T. Holbrook, marshal; II.
1. Smith, tyler.
ESSEN CENTRE.
Decoration day will be observed here to
lay by public exercises in the town hall,
and by decorating the soldiers graves in
he cemetery.
Grass is looking finely ....... The farm
9rs are still engaged in putting in their
seed........ DR. Styles has moved into his
house, and is quite busy in his profession.
....-... The road machine is doing some
Inc work on our roads .......Our band
gave fine band concert il the park on
last Saturday evening.
HUNTINGTON.
The funeral services of Luke Somers
look place here at the North Village on
the 2Sd lust, Rev. W. II. Lyster officia
ting. The remains were taken to Middle
County Sunday school convention will be
held here in the Union church at the
North village on June q and 7..... G NY
Bickford, Myron Small, and John Mason,
are repeinting and making extensive re-
pairs OF their houses this spring. So. Rev. |
francis Reed of Starksboro, preached the
Memorial sermon here last Sunday and
Rev. w. H. Lyster of Huntington preach
ed the same at StarksborO ....... Child |
ren's day will be observed at the North
village in the Union church on Sunday, |
June 4........ Little Martha Cook has |
Jeen dangerously sick bnt is slowly i'm
proving. ......The Huntington Cornet !
Jand have received their new uniforms |
aud will row make a fine display on our
streets
WESTFORD.
Acordial invitation was extended to the !
citizens Of Westford TO join in the Memo |
rial exercises at Fairfax, bv l. B. Richard |
son Post % The Westford Cornet band |
was in requistiOn. epidemic is |
prevalent here among horses, which the
wise ones unhesitatinely declare to be cpl |
1ootic, pink-eye or something else........
With the use of seed sewers, sulky plOws
patent harrows, manure spreaders, cora
planters, etc, springs work has become a |
pastime among the farmers. With one
machine four acres of land on George Ho-
9art's farm was planted III about halt a
day .,......E ID. Richardson of Cambridge,
H., son of DR.. j. II. Richardson, is visit
NJ friends in this vicinity ...... The citi-
lens were favored with an outdoor con
cert by the cornet band, last Saturday
evening. .......A meeting of the CoEgre-
yatonal society is called for next Satur-
day. Repairs and improvements of the
church are in contemplation. Farm
ers who coat their seed corn with coal tar
before planting are not troubled with the |
depreciation OF crows ......,S. Z. Bates |
and G. NJ. Grow viii commence their nice
job of painting for Ephraim Gates of
Cambridge next week.
wINOosKI
The II. 5. c. club met Tuesday evening
with ii. +. Wolcott at the motel. Mr.. and
Mrs Shpmau and Mr. ADAMS furnished
he music; Messrs. Lord and Little gave
the conundruns, and Mrs. Tanner, Mr..
WOlcott, Ma. Hartigan and Mr. Lord read
selection. :..Mr. Zachary Wardwell
has returned from Chicago. ....G. b.
Woo ward is to open news stand here
about June l........T The mills and public
schools closed Decoration day. Eighteen
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