Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-24

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son and Norton club met Monday evening
to perfect its organization Quite mum
Der of democrats here will vote for Harri
son and Morton this fall ... The concert
band have given up their excursion to Ii
conderoga, rs tickets enough to pay even
the charges for the boat could o. be sold
If the charges for the boat had be n lit
tie less they would have succeeded. Mrs
II. ID. Pearl and Miss Grace II. Macon Der,
who have been visiting in Farhaven, have
returned. Some farmers have begun
threshing and they expect a good yield of
oats.
A. w. Whitney and Enoch Martin re-
turned from Boston Wednesday with a
car load of horses, Is in number, it being
the fourth car load they have brought to
town this year. There seems to be lit
trouble in disposing of these horses though
somewhat stiff and lame. They frequent.
ly straighten out and become apparently
sound after little use on our dirt roads.
....... George l.. Stowe and wife have
been in Lebanon, n. H., recently John
b. Bacon and wife are still absent in Sara
toga and with them are Miss Hattie
Hinckley and Miss Mary Prescott. ......
| ii. *. Darling and George Tracy are 20
accompany he Bradford Guards to Derby
for the annual encampmeut of the State
militia. p. Flint of West
Randolph was in town Tuesday suck
ing his large purchases of wool in tits
and surrounding towns; 25 cents per
pound for washed wool was the highest
price paid whereas last year it was 20
cents, and in a few instances as high rs "a
cents 10 cents is paid for uuwa- he'd WOO.
........ South Royalton has been untor-
tunate in It's open air rallies both Monday,
the 18th, and Friday, the l1h, being rainy
days. Yet there was a good attendance
the latter day, and the rally was success
........ Jhe Chelsea rally Saturday had
1000 people. Excellent speeches We're
made by Hon. a, w. Tenney of Brooklyn
n. Y. Hon. j. X. &. Pitkin of louisiana,
aud Lieut. Gov. Fuller of Vermont Hon
| w. p. Dillingham; was unable to be pres
ent.
New Haven.
Mrs. A. NJ. Roscoe had the misfortune
while in Vergenues last week, to fail
while alighting from her carriage and
break her wrist. ...... Bert G. Sargent OF
Bristol now occupies the Dillon market,
having recently purchased it, and has
meats OF all kinds cons tautly on hand
........ some 20 of our young ladies and
gentlemen have been camping at kellogg's
bay the last fortnight. ...... There is to
be a republican rally here, Wednesday,
the 22d of August. Col. Hooker OF Brat
tleboro will give the address. ...... Hon.
r. b. LangdOn and wife of Minneapolis
Mimi, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
A. Roleau. ......The Misses Thompson
have taken possession of Mrs Barton
residence which they bought recently
$500. Mrs. Adeline Dickey is visiting
friends in Ackworth, n. H........M Miss
| Watson of Boston, is guest of Mrs. VIII
liam Mcintyre. ....... Miss Eta Thomp-
son so long an invalid, is deriving some
| benefit at the seaside. .......Nliss Pingree
of VI ssachusetts is spending some weeks
at the parsonage. Mr.. Rich, practical
horseshOer, and veterinary surgeon gave
| nj n II arl lDCr foil l.Gt H1,t,- ,fln,-
the horse and the way 20 shoe one. ......
Beeman academy opens the first Tuesday
in September .......W We are panied to
note the death of Charles H Wicker who
died on Friday night, Il. II O'Clock, OF
Bright's disease. He was a resident of
| old at the time of his decease. He
! joined the Congregational church
by letter in 1865 aud had been an
earnest worker III the CHRIS ian cause
He leaves TWO DAUGHTERS, Miss Abbie, and
MIS-. lou (Wlcker) DUud, VINO reside here,
aud son Charles, VINO resides in Oshkosh,
WIS. Mr.. Wicker was man Of sterling
integrity and strong principles, ana his
| fanny and friends are eeply sensible of
his death. HIS funeral took place from
his late residence on Monday a p. IN.
westtieId
Miss Jennie Smith of Stuffordville,
Conn, is visiting Mrs. W. d. Miller.
The attraction of the next Congregational
Ladies' social, which will meet with Mrs.
Jacob Stehbins, the 23i, is an exhibition
of babies. The Loyal Temperauce
legion will meet with Mss Lillian
Wright next saturday, p m....... Mr..
and Mrs Orrin Miller started on a driving
trip to Burke lat Saturday ..... Misses
Mary ard Htrrle Wln-low o. b pston,
Mass, are Waiting their rather, ID A.
Winslow aud other relatives. Mrs.
Eliza Elliot Richardson is at w ". Wake
field 'S....... Frank Bean WAS kicked
by horse and two or three
rihs were broken. Mrs. Rhoda Barnes
has gone to Newport on her way to b. s.
ton...., Miss Chase Of st. Adams is visit
ing at Orson Stones ..... Mrs Georl {
Hoyt has taken back her farm from SID
ney Harding aud re-sold it to T.. II. Wood
...... Miss Charlotte Clark of Fairfax
was III town over Suuday Mrs. o p.
Wright and eldest daughter are testing
the curative value Of Bolton Spungr
Canada, for few wee ks......A company
of soldiers from Plaltsburgh, n Y.
marched through here Sunday Oh thell
way to the encampmrnt At Newport.
They We're dinet by W-sttiAll people
at the hotel
Hon. Henry Ballard of Burlington and
Col. &. w. Hooker of brattleboro vii
address the republicans of Shoreham on
Friday evening, August "a.
Mr.. Linus Parsons of Charleston, Mass
and son have returned home ....... Mr.
f. j. klock preached Sunday and evening
IN exchange with Rev. g p Byington.
Norman b. Douglass of Sherburn, Mass
, II visiting relatives ....... Friday party
OF Is took pleasant trip through Lake
George and returned on the yacht Meteor
........N ISIS Jennie Hall of Bristol is
spending herv cation In town. School
opens at Newton academy on Mon
day, September 3....... Republican rally
on Friday evening at Academy hail..
Mrs. Tracy and granddaughter of Plain
field, \. J o., are visiting at Mr.. 8yiugton's
....... The Methodist society have pur
! chased cottage at Spring Grove camp
+ ground.
Lincoln.
The 18th annual reunion of the Purintol
families will be held at the residence 0
Edgar Purinton in South Starksboro, Sep
i tember 7........ Senator Howard of Fair
e haven and States Attorney Wilds of Mid
dlebury will speak al republican rally II
this place August 30. Miss Tower o
Rochester Is teaching a select school a