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

has sold his place on South street to Mrs.
| o. n. Elkins for 81 $50. ..... Harry Gale
| is working at Lawrence q Lorimer's.
II. b. Green has received his accident in
surance of %96. .....J. II. Hall is danger
cusly sick with BriRhts disease. ......
Mrs NJ. f.. Dodge is at home from Denver
Col......O. G. Miller and wife, and f.
Il. Alfred are in Boston ......The last
lecture in the course will be given March
II, by Hon. William Cumback Subject !
The Invisible Some People. ...... George
Miller, who has been with the Information
al lumber company for several years, has
obtained position with lumber com.
pany in Boston. Harry Reed has
returned from Lancaster, n. ii.
Isle La Motto.
Messrs Ira A. and J. p. Hall are ship
ping their onions AMI potatoes to Man
chester, n IL Mr. and Mrs n. w.
Fisk have returned from their New York
and Washington trip, reporting good
time and fading f. \. Pike, the manager
of the famous hotel at Old Point Comfort,
the right man in the right place. He is
the son OF our respected townsman, Hon.
! i. II. Pike, and is always glad to meet his
friends from his old island home. .....
+. b. Goodsell Is having large lake boat
built to Use in work at the Rouses Point
| akwater....... II. g. HOcOmb has ptIr-
chased of Martin ). Bowman year old
jet black Black Hawk colt, fast stopper,
to cross match with his famous star Ethan,
! Pearl H....... Horse buyers are in town.
b. f.. Lengteld sold Il span of blacks for $500
and Henry FURY sold his carriage horse.
... Farmers are unusually busy in
marketing their produce, much of last
seasons crop having been stored until the
| present time ....... Rumor says we are to
have first class grocery and fancy store
at the centre. Miss May Adams, daugh-
ter of our pastor, has been brought home
| from Montpeler seminary sick with ner-
vous prostration from over-study..
Miss Addle Reed IS in Champlain, \. Y,
sick with the humps. Mrs H. II.
Hill is sick with an attack of pneumonia
Dr. Allen +. Scott, lately from Oregon,
youngest son of the late Allen Scott (Dec.),
who in his life time lived in Isle La Motto
visited at Hon. H. c. Hill's part OF last
week .........Dr. Melvin Hydes little
daughter is sick with diphtheria. w Mr.
Ira Hall loaded a car with potatoes and
onions Tor the Manchester market last
week ... MIR. and Mrs. Franklin Hill
of Chazy and Mr.. Charles Russell of North
Hero were in town last Sunday .......A
number OF horses in town are afflicted
with horse distemper.
Waterbury Centre.
There are three well organized and
growing temperance societies here : The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
Elizabeth Colley, a. NJ, president; Mrs.
Frances Mather secretary the Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
Cora Hunter, presidents lnez Moody, sec
rotary the Loyal Temperance Legion,
Master Hermon Freeman, president; Mas
ter Lewis Moody, secretary. All these
societies hold interesting public meetings,
and are doing good work in the temper
ance cause go. Rev j. f. Rhoades of
Barre lectured in the Methodist church
Wednesday March :, under the auspices Of
the Womans Christian Temperance
Union. He considered the question "Wh
are the Duties of the Patriot and the Chris
tian to Temperance Reform?" Mr.. Rhoades
is pleasing speaker, aud forcible and
cogent reasoner but it is doubtful if all
his hearers admitted the truth of his con
clusion that the prohibition party is the
temperance refOrmer's only hope. The
vagarles OF st. John and his followers
have made the party in the minds of many
honest lend5 to temperance anything
but an effective force in true temperance
reform School in the seminary
opened Tuesday, March 8. 1t promises to
be the largest spring term IN the history
of the school. ....... The Filip Minerva,
the young ladies' literary society had its
first meeting of the term Friday night,
The members are purchasing new books
for their library. The young ladies are
showing fine ability in the management of
y.
attended the performance of Little Ty.
COON at the Howard Opera House.
Mrs. H. II. johnson went to the Mary
Fletcher Hospital Saturday, TO be treated
for cancer... Rev. f.. IS. Fuller preached
on sunday at the Free Baptist church an
earnest and practical sermon on the re
wards of Christ followers DR.. Foster at
the Methodist church gave an interesting
discourse on the dual nature of Christ....
If the town fathers would adopt a more
modern system of accounts IN the town
reports. The tax payers could more readily
understand Tor what purpose their money
is expended .AlonZo Hart, esq, has
gone to ChiCopee, Mass, to visit his
daughter ,...... Frank NJ, Smith, admin
istratOr Of the estate of the late Alonzo Il.
Murray, adVertlses an auction sale of the
personal property Saturday, Eth inst.
Sheriff Atherton is auctioneer. -.... Mr..
Daniel Hopkins and wife returned Satur.
day from Ocean Spring., Miss, where they
have spent the winter. ....... Prof. Chap
man is expected at the seminary in a few
weeks His popularity AS reader Is con-
stantiy increasing. The board OF eX
aminers of Wellesley college has voted to
admit students OF the seminary on certti-
cate of the faculty that the candidates
have passed the seminary examination
A donkey party was held at Mrs Mary j.
Smiths Wednesday evening.
+. f. Wilson, who has been in Canada
during the week, returned Friday, the 9th,
bringing with him Is livery horses. This
is the third lot of horses received this
winter, and is desirable class. ....... The
sugar manufacturers are busily preparing
for the sugar season, but rs yet no sugar
has been made in the White river valley.
........ Eight couples We're taken in link
hams four horse "Killington" to attend
the leap year ball at Rochester, Tuesday
evening, March g. On the occasion
of the leap year ball to be held in Bascom
House hall, Friday night, IT is eXpec ed
the Rochester people will reciprocate with
the pleasure Of their company at this
place .,......E f.. Fisher, who has been in
disposed the last four weeks, Is just able
to get on the street again.
Newport.
The meetings of the Young Peoples
! Society OF Christian endeavor hereafter
are to be held Sunday at4 O'Clock -. Miss
| Anne Woods has returned from Boston.
I'D l.. Hildreth is improving. ..: The
revival meeting in the Baptist church dur
ing the past two weeks have been very
successful John Young fell on the