Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-01-20

suit much Indignation is expressed by the
far greater portion of our citizens that the
selectmen felt obliged to take notice of
these complaints
wEsTFoRD.
Presiding Elder Culver is expected to
! hold meetings afternoon and evening of
January 30 at the Baptist church. ......
Hon. Henry Ballard will deliver his lee
ture, Across the Continent" on the eve
ming of the 9th of this month. Music
will be furnished by the quartette club.
...... From his artificial pond, George
| Beach is harvesting his first crop of ice,
which is quite solid and more than n foot
thick. "A hearing of the litigiOus case
between A. S. Sheldon and l.. w. Irish,
day at an insolvent court to be holden at
Essex before Judge Wales. ... There was
be an oyster supper and donation visit on
| Thursday evening, at the Methodist
vestry for the benefit of Rev Mr.. Tel
| Her
CHARLOTTE.
Richard D. Whalley of Wisconsin is
| visiting friends in this vicinity after an
absence of about % years. ...... The jubi-
| lee singers were greeted with an enthusl
astic audience in spite of the terrible
storm of the 18th, and their entertain
| ment was FIRST class III every respect......
snow is very deep in the woods making
| teaming difficult. Charles Bernard
| the shoemaker at the Corners, who had
been sick for some time was buried on the
14th. ...... Moses Yale, grandfather of
| Deacon w, H. Yale, WAS one of the first
tour permanent settlers in town. He came
| here about the close of the Revolution,
after having sold Il comfortable property
| he owned in Connecticut and located on
the farm now owned by Miles w. New
ton. He took pay for his Connecticut
property in Continental money that depre
ciated to nothing before it could be used
in paying for land here. and the sturdy
pioneer found himself almost empty hand
ed III wilderness. They came by the way
of Whit nall i'll the spring. The fall be
fore, Mr.. Yale with a few more had com
! menced a clearing, throwing up Il log pen,
covered with boughs for temporary shell
ter and this pen. recovered with poles and
bark was occupied by Mr. Yale and fam-
ly until something better could be provid-
ed. The old story of hard work and long
waiting was repeated until more prosper.
Gus days finally came. The territory west
and sonlh of Mr.. Norton's house was Gov
cred with an immense growth OF hard
wood timber that was cut and RATED to
Canada for ship building, and according
to family tradition, Moses Yale could have
| walked tor half mile nearly at one time
on timber cut and hewed ready for haul
ing 10 the lake for transportation. Dea-
con w. l.. Yale, from whom these facts
! were ODbdlutu, Il sui Ol UldH ale, Is
now i'll his sgd year, was born in this town,
and has always lived here with the eXcep-
ton of II years spent in Williston.
The Weekly Free Press from
this date Is reduced Ooe haiti
is now only ONE DOLLAR a
year.
Ver%ennes.
The dwelling house of Scion Blu rroughs
Waltham, about one mile south of Yer
genues. was totally destroyed by fire be.
tween aud 10 o'clock Monday morning
The loss was $1,000 insured for $1,000
$1,000 on the house and 5000 on contents
Mr.. Burroughs family were given tenn
porary home by Mr.. William Woodman
.... Spencer w. Hindes left for Chicago
Sunday evening to be absent two weeks
49,. There was no preaching in the
Methodist church Sunday evening, Rev
Mr.. Smith being at Ferrisburgh.
The "Heroic in Religion" was the subject
of Rev. Mr.. Pillsbury,s sermon, Sunday
ing Mrs A. B. Clark in Schuylervile, N
w.. The lecture by Theodore Hopkins
on Egypt, for the benefit of the book fund
of the Vergennes library, will be given al
the Methodist church next Monday eve
ming.
Messrs. N. G. Norton & Sons, Postmas
ter Kimball and II. E. Allen are building
a wharf at Mile point, 40 feet long. with 8
bare front of 10 feet ..... Mr.. E. II. Dan
iels of Bristol, was in town Saturday.
"Uncle 'Lisha," hale and happy, was one
Of the pleasantest visitors on our streets
market day. ..... Eggs are still going down
in price, and were "a cents Saturday. .....
There are twelve tenements to let in this
place go. School house in Dist. No. 6. AID
Olson, was burned recently, and the schoo
is continued in the seminary building
"A shepherd dog and nail hammer
managed by young man of Cornwall
succeeded IN killing fox, last week .....,
Perch, fresh from the lake, at 20 cents 6
bunch were for sale market day......G
, II. Sprigg x Co. shipped 20 cattle and II
, calves to Boston, Monday.
Mayor McCuen has placed a city bulle
tin board at the postofiice, for ofiica
business only. There are several modifi
| cations of the laws governing the city
which the notice now on the bulletin call,
upon the city authorities to notice official
ly.....Mr. Charles Merrill of West Addi
son WAS taken seriously i'll Sunday. Drs
ShIpman and Hopkins were called. Mr.
Merrill Is in a critical condition. He J.
one OF the prominent men of his town.
Mr.. Seymour Hayes died Tuesday nigh
2 from pneumonia, in his 76,h year II,
was born in West FerrlshUrgh......
The Christian EudeavGr society held ,hen
regular meeting in the yestry of thu Con
gregaLlOual church Tuesday evening
Mr.. George Dimmock of Cornwall is tn
, guest Of NJ. O. c. Dalrymple. .......M Mr.
= Fred f. ~covllle of Minevllle, \. Y, i
home on a vlsit....... There have been L
n applications for marriage certificates Il
/ the city clerk during 1885,. The friend
and relatives of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry 81
q mond- of Los Angeles, Cal, are rejoicing
:. with the young couple, over the arrival
Tuesday, at their California home of a.
, eight pound baby boy.
Waterbury.
o Nike Manning is cutting ice out of tn
f river for his meat market. .......C.
; Warren has cut ice for his creamery on
: of the pond at Mill Village.
@ The show bills for the band concer
}. Wednesday evening, at Barrett hall wer
8 illustrated and illuminated by origins
4 sketches Who knew that there was sue
> disciple of Thomas Mast growing II
d among tho boys of this village The Cit
e zens band will give five entertainments i
r. all. With new music and fine playn
e they should have full houses 49,. Tn
Is village trustees are making roller fC
Sc breaking roads through the snow, GRADY