Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16

!ector in place of the old land mark.
! Elisha Brigham, and voted to have him
collect all the taxes instead of having
| them paid to the treasurer up To a certain
dfte and then put into the hands of a col
rector. just previous to final adjourn
| ment it was seen that 1t would be a mis-
take to carry out that plan and as the mo
ton was put Lets take it back" and
carried by a rushing vote, so "Mun.n the
treasurer, and elisha" the collector, will
nave the matter in charge as for several
years.
Chelsea.
During 1887 there were six marriages.
Is births and 81 deaths in Chelsea The
ollIs for breaking roads in this and sur
! rounding towns have this year been the
largest ever known, viz, Sll00 in Chelsea,
Tl20O III Wllliams'own and $240O in Ran
dolph. VIII ID. Laird, who left town
some three years since, writes from Texas
that he Is now county and district clerk
IN Amorilla, Potter county. e.. f. iward A.
Davis, formerly of Chelsea, who left De.
trolt IN November last aud went 10 New
MEXICO Tor his health, is now recovering
from severe cold and measles He writes
| nome strange anecdotes of ranch lie
! cowboys sleep on the ground rolled up in
their blankets, and sometimes on waking
in the morning tnd mathematics coiled up
| in Their blanket having crawled in for
! the warmth.
| EX-Gov. Roswell Farnham WAS in town
! W edresday, examining ancient records in
the town clerks Office in search of iufor-
nation concerning the early lawyers of
! orange county. w. Whitney lett
for Boston Wednesday morning and re
turned saturday night with car load of
horses bought from horse car stables. Ii
| i3 said that horses foot sore and famed
from use on stone-paved roads, can be re-
stored to soundntss ii returned to travel
| ri ii.
morning, March IL, till 3p m, Tuesday
March 18th, occurred the longest and Sc
! verest snow storm of our winter, the suow
falling almost continually for 80 hours,
and being accompanied with terrific
winds. Fully three feet came upon Il lev.
ell aud nearly everybody's dooryard fur
nshed drifts from six to 10 feet deep. 1ne
roads were impossible till ploughed out.
The Washington stage left Chelsea at : Il.
m Monday but when three miles up the
branch at the end of two hours it was
compelled to turn back and did not leave
town till Thursday. The Royalton stage
left as usual Monday morning but did not
return till Wednesday night. Likewise
the stage to Nershire aud West Fdirlre
All day Tuesday there was no travel with
teams. Physicians were compelled to 90
horseback or OH foot. A hostler living a
half mile from his able usually walks
the distance in six minutes. 1t took him
three quarters of an hour Tuesday morn
ing, and part of the way he had to walk
on fences the drifts were 50 deep in the
road.
WestheId.
l.. X Annis, after several months alb
sence, has returned from McIndoes Falls
....James Crane OF Lisbon, n. y, Is
spending a few days in town 49,. Mr.. and
Mrs. Alvah Brown left here Monday for
| Grand Rapids, Mich, expecting to make
their home there. Frank Brown of
, Troy were arrested recently on the charge
II lntoXlcation, arragned before justice
+. :. Miller, pleaded guilty, and were
fined each s. and costs. Carter Fowler
has sold his matched span OF black horses
to Peter Martin for $3.50. Miss Henrietta
Perkins, who has been in Montpelier and
vicinity for some months, has returned
home
WatervilIe.
A. Fairbanks and wife were visiting
friends IN Stowe the past week Ma
thaniel Peck of st JohnSbury was in
town the past week. Luke Potter and
&. y. Beard are on the sick list this week
u. Y. Stevens was in Saratoga over
sunday to see his wife who is there for
medical treatment.....Rev c. :. Vale,
occupied the pulpit at the Methodist
church on Sunday ...... Mr.. Tedford has
moved on to G. a. Beard farm. ..... Mrs.
Oscar Ives has been at Hyde Park the
pttSl Ntch earring lOI a slCh CulIu.
Vergennes.
The call for the annual March meeting
for Tuesday, the 27th, is issued, for the
bents are Mayor, n. j. McCueu; alder
men, ID. H. Lewis, j. &. Hindes, n. j.
Renaud, Charles Stone; city clerk, Miss
+. :. Smith treasurer ID. II. Lewis com
mon council, j j. Barnard, o. c. Dat
rymple, j. II. Dounelly; city sheriff, :
u L'iAh liz.
J. l.. Miner, NJ. I, Bristol, l. Smith street
commissioners =. Austin, y. q. Norton
NJ. T. Bristol: city grand jurors y. Weth.
erbee, r. W.Tuttle; water commits
S5iorers, :. ID. Miner, f. II. Foss
Mr.. Plllsbury, c. +. Parker, j. d. smith:
chief engineer fire department, > d.
Miner; overseer Of the poor, j. l.. Miner
........W Wednesday evening, the DIST inst,
the republicans OF Nergenues will meet at
city hall to choose three delegates and
three alternates TO attend the district con
vention 'at. Burlington April 3, and the
State conv ention at Burlington April
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Norton are rejoicing
over the arrival, Monday, of promising
girl baby. 49,. Judge G. L, Stevens is
now the leading favorite for the mayoral-
ty........ Hundreds We're engaged in snow
shovellng Wednesday. The city has the
appearance of mining town........NO
mail from Monday morning until Wednes-
daY afternoon.
Mrs. f. II. Hall of Brooklyn, y. Y, is
the guest of Mrs. Eugene Norton. .......
Mr. Cyrus Smith, who has been out but
little this winter, was on the street Sdtur-
day He is in his cd year Mrs. Smith IS
in feeble health and is IS years old They
have been married 30 years ........
The schools are generally closing. Miss
Belle Carr 5 school, No. 6, West Cornwall,
closed with interesting exercises at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs ii +. Sanford.
...R. &. GOodale of Addison. who left for
the Pacific coast is in san Francisco, Cal.
The scholars in school district No.
5 OF Lincoln, presented their teacher with
a fine album the last day Of school ........
| The East MOnkton school which has just
closed with Miss Mabel Weaver AS teach
er gave an entertainment recently The
! school kept 10y Miss Gatfney at MOnktou
! Ridge, closed with exercises which show
ell thorough teaching. Miss j. II Doten,
teacher in the north part of Monkton, was
presented with a toilet set by the scholars.
! Miss Nellie Hines of Bristol has given eX-
! eel lpnt satisfaction i'm district M