Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30

prices were not materially changed, .!
cents per pound being the highest paid
... Maple syrup and maple sugar are be
ginning to come in in rather small guam
titles, so small that the prices are not yet
established. Sugar men do not seem tC
expect to make much of it this season.
Waterbury.
John Hayes of the Centre, aged Gi years
was buried Wednesday, March 81. He
was native of STAFFORD and came to this
place 40 years ago.. f.. j. Ennis takes
possession of the Trotter House this week
aud Edward Foss is to keep a livery stable
there. ...... Seth Jones leaves the Trottel
House for Brattleboro where he will keer
a hotel and have charge of trottinQ
course about two miles from the station
Mr.. Jones is one of the directors of the
Winooski Valley Fair association and will
be missed in this community. Mrs. G..
n. Arms has returned from Boston where
she has been spending several weeks. Her
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Baker of Mont
pelier is with her for a few days.. Pre-
siding Elder TruaN preached at the Meth
odst church last sunday evening. The
, quarterly conference was held on Monday
This being the third year of the pastorate
Of Rev. Geor-e F.. Smith, there will he a
chance at the coming conference which is
TO be held at West Randolph, ADril 18th.
....Dr. Eli b. johnson with his wife
aud daughters from. Burlington spent
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prices Monday remain the same as last
week Miss Abbey Haines has re-
| turned from OSwego, n. y, where she has
been attending school.
stowe.
Messrs. c. l.. Mcmahon of Stowe and
V, II. Chase of Richmond are going to
start creamery near Stowe village about
the first of May. They now have pledged
the product of 800 cows.
North Hero.
The adjourned town meeting, which
took place the Goth, was well attended,
and the affairs of the town gotten into
such shape as todsclose our Indebtedness.
II WAS vole5; to raise % cents on the dollar.
The selectmen's report (there was only
one present. showed that $40 that has
been collected on subscriguon papers
canpOt be accounted for, and the meet
ing voted to have our new board ferret
out the matter, and, if possible, ascertain
who has cot this amount. There are be
tween 500 and $500 on subscriptions vet
uuculeCred, and the town fathers will
IN chaotic state, aud if the Old saying is
true that murder will out" it is possible
that this $5iy will vet he accounted for
r.. Il. Hathaway and wife started for
Washington, ID. c., last week. Rod"
says he is going down to see if he can't
wrong side OF politics 1t will probably he Il
failure
Shoreham.
The funeral of + 5. Newell took place
Thursday, March %. Mrs. c. y. North
took the train on Tuesday morning of last
week Tor an excursion trip of ! | days to
Washington, ID. Co.. MIR and Mrs How
ard Orchard are rejoicing over the birth
ola - pound son, born last week Wednes-
al mn off l.,
ladies' missionary meeting Thurs lay
afternoon of last week at the chapel was
good, and work was commenced for
Dakota home missionary, Miss RenA
smith is home on vacation from Bur
lingtOn.
store by putting on an addition to the rear
Of 40 by - feet. .......The parsonage is
undergoing repairs preparatory to the
moving in of Rev. G. =. Byington and
family. Messrs Frank Moore, Ste
.phen Byington, Asaph Brook ps
and Richard Wisell are home f;om the L.
V. NJ. spending their vacation.
Morrisville.
The entertainment by the Albany Grand
Army Post, postponed from last week,
was held at the town hall on Tuesday
evening, the 20th inst Members of the
post, assisted by friends. pres ented the
wa tulllleu 11hl ltHXZdru | ne
little folks, under the direction of Mrs. p.
X. Gleed, gave a pleasing entertainment
at the town hall on Wednesday evening,
the 2lst. This entertainment was also
put over from last week because of the
storm. Rev. w. a. Bushee of the Con-
gregatiUnal church was again out of town
ON sunday. His pulpit was occupied by
Rev. William pufler of the Methodist
church. .Our representatives at the L.
'. VI. are at home to spend the spring va
Gallon. 80. Utton Bros. are preparing 70.
and ant cipating large amount of bust
ness III the horse handling line for the
coming season. Their sale of both gen
tlemeu ilyers and trottng stock in the
past few months is unprecedented. .
Morrl-J' wn has undertaken and carried
forwar the work of reducing its bonded
debt In Il truly heroic way and with but
one year more after the present, the bur-
den will tie lifted. In noticing the
amount of tax raised by other towns
through the State, it is seen that there
are but two or three towns that are doing
rs much, but there is satisfaction in know
ing that it is rot long to be so, and that
we snail be free while other towns will
have but hardly commenced, and some
but paying their interest. . Morrsvile
foundry company are driven with work,
and are now employing more hands than
ever before. .. Percy ID. Stone is at home
for brief vacation from the New Eng
land conservatory at Boston The road
machine has been applied on the snow
roads in the village, with the result of
leveling the snow and filling up cradle
holes"
The republican town committee calls
for caucus to he held on Saturday even
ing, March 81, for the purpose of electing
delegates to attend the district and State
conventions to be held in Burlington next
week. Easter services will be held at
the congregational church next Sunday
morning.. The academy students ly-
ceum last Friday evening, was held and
largely attended at an earlier hour than
usual on account of other entertainments,
An interesting discussion was participa-
ted in by good number. ....I A. White
of the bakery firm was thrown from
sleigh while turning near his home on
Sunday morning and received quite
severe injury to his back . Two new
business schemes are talked Of One is
the project of establishing another bakery
here by some outside party, and the other
the putting in of a large tanning bust
ness north Of the railroad track, beyond
the foot CT Portland street . Mr.. Full
some, who has served rs engineer on the