Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-07-13

guest of Miss Helena Holcomb "A few
from our town availed themselves of the
privilege of attending the celebration mt
st Albans July 4...D DR.. Melvin Hyde and
family have gone to Fairfield to reside.
There was quite display of fireworks at
Nc. Fisk's on the evening of july ..
Roxbury.
Mr., Stanton, father of Judge ,Xed Stan
ton, is very ill........ Master Vance Wa
terman had a fine display of fireworks on
the evening of the 4th.......The hide
pendence day ball at the summit House
was success in every way, the music was
fine, the mem all that the most tastdlous
could desire, and 30 couples made them
selves merry until the rosy dawn.
Worthwhile.
Active work on the Methodist church
structure was begun on Thursday OF last
week and will now ne pushed as rapidly
as possible ..... The Morrisville drum
corps went TO HardWick on Wednesday,
ana their playing here is very highly spo-
ken of.....Bev W. A Bu,hee, late
pastor of the Congregational church,
/ preached i'll Montpelier last sunday. ....
I j. G. Robinson is visiting friend in Hart
: ford, Conn, and vicinity.......J. &. f.
SlaytOn and family OF Boston, are in town
; on brief visit TO hi~ relatives ......SOme
very heavy stone work is beng put IN at
the Rider trestle on the railroad, between
here aud Cady's F4ls........ Prof NJ. >
Stone, principal OF the aCadtlIy, Is stop
ping III town........Mrs. Bowman, for
merry Miss LOttie Williams Of ESSEX
Junction, and her sister, Miss Clara VII
liams, both former preceptre>se- in our
academy, are sp nding few Jays N town
| ........ Two daily stages pre now run be
tween here and Waterbury via Stowe.
1t is understood that Col. Leach Of Fetch
er, has bought the f & Merriam residence
on Summer street. Mr. M-rrian's family
will soon move to Topeka, Kansas ........
/ Members of the Methods Sunday school
went ON their annual excursion 90 Etmore
pond on saturday. The large wagon of
the MOrrlsville bakery company was fitted
up with evergreen trees and carried II
| large load OF children. our towns
/ people and others coming to WullaCe's
circus should be warned by the reports OF
sWindliug operations aud pocket picking
which come from localities where the
! show has been. The cucuS j. said to be
excellent, but Il hard crowd Ot hangers Oh
! with gambling Schemes are following
stevens Mills.
Farmers have commenced haying. The
crop Will be nearly quite a. good as last
year. ...... jock Monty, an employe Of
/ 6 u Stevens * Co, WAS arrested on the
9th, charged with driving large nail into
Il lOE with the malicious Intention of dam
aging the saw. \ preliminary trial before
Justice of the Peace \. F. Hamilton. re-
suited in his being bound up III tue sum OF
Sl0l tor appearance at the optember
term OF County Court.
North Zero.
Dr. Marshall Warren, wife AID child,
and Mrs. Frank Warren aud C i'd, and
TWO nurse girls have engaged BOARD for
about SIX weeks at Mrs. Ruth Mcbride :.
The party arrived from New York last
Friday, and next Friday four more are
expected to put III an appearance go. Mrs.
Agnes RetsOn, who has ueen confined To
the house for some time Is cOnvalescent,
although her attending physician does
not consider her out OF danger, owing to
heart trouble which might prove fatal at
any time. A sunday school was organ
wed sunday 1t the Jerusalem school
house with Judge Hazen as snperinten-
dent Having will begin in earnest this
week, and the crop will ~. much below
last sea -ons. Oats, corn, EEus and pota-
toes are looking well, although little
rain just now would do much good. Sew
eral pieces of beans were cultivated up
and sown to buckwheat, the prospects
being that they would not amount ia
much when planted on low land....R. &.
Blanchard is building an addition to his
horse barn, which Will be divided off into
box stalls for the accommodation of brood
mares
John Tudhope has begun he foundation
OF his new store ar the city" aud expects
Troy.
Mrs. DR.. Brown of Colorado is visiting
her brother, f. o. X uuedY.. In the tug
of war the 4th, between NermOnters and
Canadians, the former won. The Troy
Cornet band are the possessOrs of the
finest band wagon in this region, using II
for the first time Jul 3, going to West
tield....S SPIRITUALITY services were he'd
last Sunday Miss Emma Wakefield
hnr b. n at .St wi "a Z
.... States Alto uey Alfred was here last
Friday, and prosecuted George Brown
for intoXIcation his fine and COS $ amount
ing to Sl5 81
Waitsfeld
Fred Palmer sold $3.50 horse to party
in Montpelier MOnday.... Miss Ahbie
N-wcomb and Mr. Gale We're married
Monday evening.
Enosburgh Falls.
Butter market quite with prices same as
last week. Dairy butter, lG TO 10 cent
creamery IS to 20 cents shipment $50
tubs eggs III cents; shipments, 400 dozen.
........ Farmers have commenced having
aud report "A good crop,..... There was 4
lively runaway Tuesday. A team owned
by NJ. Lunderville aud driven by w Ii.
Blllado, became frightened at a sun-um-
brella and turned around quickly, throw
ing Mr.. Billado and his daughter out, also
an organ which he had in the wagon The
horse then ran down Church street across
st. Adams to Main street, and then up
Main street to the postotiice, where he
was secured.
Mr.. Bilado and his daughter escaped
with slight bruises but the organ was
damaged and the wagon and harness bad
ly wrecked ......,,T The faithful few" pre-
pairing a campaign banner with the por-
traits of Cleveland and Thurman, which
dung to the breeze Wednesday when the
reDu Olican county convention Is here
Westheld
Miss d. Wilson spent last week in Mon
treal her father returning with her and
, remaining few day s........ Orson ; o le
and Warren Farmau exchanged farms
last Monday, Stone receiving $1,000 differ
euce aud each taking immediate gOsSes
Mr.. pnd Mrs. Garland of Sut
ton, Canada, spent last week at |. VII
son's..... A lsIge number of persons ut
+ tended the circus Wednesday, dUuOtles'
, for tire benefit of their children as II
: the usual reasOn...... Mr.. and Mrs JONI
Brown were rejoicing Monday at the adj
: vent Of their third c.lld