Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30
THE BURLINGTON, PRESS FRIDAY. MARCH 80 1883

music on the street in our quiet little
: village Mrs. Hiram Wood who has
been in Hyde Park for some time wit
her SICK daughter Iowyer, has returned
home. Mrs. John Butler made birth
DAY party for her little daughter last week
Thnrs1ay, aud a merry time was enjoyed
by the little folks ...H. Minor has post.
poned his trip West till settled weather
, Mrs. M. Ia. Griswold was in Burlington
last week Miss Katie Noolan of Under
, hill visited friends in this place last week
-. Charles Simonds expects his parents
to start from England so as to arrive in
/ America In May. Joseph Budour lost
his only son last Thursday with typhoid
pneumonia Bad roads and stormy
weather didn't prevent "A goodly number
from Gathering at Mrs. George Powel's
10 ENJOY tne mite supper one evening last
week Mrs. susan Melendy, formerly of
Cambridge, bu who has been living i'm
Macon. Neb., for several years, died March
r.. Mts. ODER is home from Hdrdwick
..Old Mrs. Adams is very sick
j. Dow aud family of Portland, Maine,
visited frie nds i'll this place last week .
MISS Maggie Suliv&l has closed her win.
ter school In Swanton and returned home
e: Ihr sie' nm mill AZ the valley is idle for
few days as the men had to go to the
Notch to work....W. Burton is improving
in health, while Mrs. w Patten. Mrs
Addie Sandersop, Mrs Thaddeus Wells.
and Mrs. William Hall have been quite iii
during the past week....Mr. and Mrs.
Bert ko%ers are very much pleased. It
Is llttle girl this time. Mis- Barrett is
IN Fletcher visiting friends ... Mi,s
Clara smith has been visiting her
brother in Hyde Park. -. Prof. Oscar
Atwood OF Jacksonville gave one OF his
lectures at the Boro saturday evening.
Keelers Bay.
Death he's again visited our vicinity ana
taken from our midst Miss Eva Wads.
worth, who has been sick for the past
year with consumption. .. Tuesday
was he time appointed for our school
meeting, but when the time arrived some
one had destroyed the warning so there
was no business done. There will be an
other notice, and the rOgues had better
keep dark.
Chelsea.
About 3 o'clock Monday morning Leroy
l. Sleeper's dwelling house at the upper
village was discovered on fire aud though
an alarm was Immediately given, the eli
part adjoining caught, and 1t was only
with the greatest effort that the barn
connected herewith was saved The
house and part of the contents were burn
ed. Loss, $500; insured for 5000 . Friday
afternoon, Florence, the 10 years old
daughterot Edward Il. Hyde, had severe
spasms resulting from her taking several
strychnine pills. DR.. Cos, was summoned
IL Time to save her from the fatal effects
...lhe town committee has called eau
Gus Tor SATURDAY. afternoon to elect
delegates to the state convention at Bur
/ llngtOn, April Al, and the district CON
vention at Montpelier next day........On
Friday last as Cornelius Pettes WAS
! driving his horse attached to a load of
saWdust up steep hl,l two miles below
! the village, he was met by pair of run
away horses hitched to "A traverse, and the
latter striking his horse, injured 1t so that
! 1t Will probably die....A masquerade
promenade held in town hail Tuesday
evening, March 20, WAS we'll attended, de-
spite Inclement weather
John Is. Bacon, who was for many wears
president OF the Orange county bank is
very sick with an acute disease of the hi /
neys.
South Royalton.
Dwight Leisure, whose buildings were
burned Sunday, WAS not insured and will
not rebuild 1.-The people of this village
and vicinity have suffered many losses at
the hands of n sneak thief and are now re-
Jocing i'll the belief that the thief has
been run to the ground
Waterbury Centre.
At the school meeting Tuesday night
DR.. Wrisley was chosen moderator Frank
\. Smith, clerk j. o. Freeman, pruden-
tial committe; Charles Clark, treasurer,
ana y. i. Lane, collector. -. The Griffin
cashier of Howard National Bank, Bur
lingtOn, is advertised for sale or to rent
by w. f.. Marshall, manager of the pro
perty... Elizabeth Colby, a. NJ, principal
of the seminary, has been called to her
home in Hill, \. H., by the death OF her
lecture at the seminary early in May. II
Is also expected that concert will be
given during the term by Madam Nellie
Brown Mitchall of Boston. Prof. Chap
man Will assist with readings. ..... The
Ladies' Aid society met Wednesday even
Chapman has been engaged to give in
StructlOn in elOcutiOu to the students in
St. Johnsbury academy.
Isle La Motto.
The ice is beginning to fail, but at the
travelling on it,. Theodore Montgomery,
son of Capt. William Montgomery, is dan
gerously sick with typhoid fever and
BRAN trouble, with but little hopes of his
recovery Miss Lottie Reynolds is quite
seriously sick Mrs. Leslie Connolly is
shipped a carload of horses to Providence,
Z, /, last week. n. w. Fisk returned
from Buffalo lost Monday. Miss Nellie
Fisk is the guest of her brother, y. w.
Fix. Miss Nellie Rugar returned from
New York last Thursday, where she mas
/
La Note ice boat fleet have been having
aJolly time for few days past sailing on
the lake, the ice being in splendid con
dition. Married at the residence of o. j.
Thomas, March 24th, by Rev. Mr.. Adams,
| Hon ). II. Pike and Mrs Martha Carew
80. Died in Southbridge, Mass, March
20th, MIS- Amasa Doolin, aged SO years,
Her remains We're brought to Isle La
Motto for interment, the funeral services
beng held in the Methodist church last
Saturday, Rev. Mr.. Adams officiating.
Stevens Mills.
Leman NJ. Durkee's little son is sick
with pneumonia. Hiram Wright's young
est son is also quite ILL.,. Eber Stanhope
of st. Adams visited here last week -.
one farmer was seen tapping his sugar
place on the 23d, with the mercury at
zero. The thaw of last week played
havoc with the highways. Bridges span.
ming streams on the lumber roads were
swept away, etfectually curtailing bust
ness in that line.
Miss Frenla NJ Stanhope daughter of