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


Fairfax Miss Ida Barton of John
son has been spending some days with
friends In Cam bridge There was So
cable at the home of Florence Read last
Saturday evening". Myrtle Green Is able
to sUntjnue her school again Miss
Myrtle Euker spent Sunday with her
pal'tn The young friends of Gertie
WhitcOmb gave her very pleasant sur
prise party last Satu Y evening, IL being
her lSJh birthday. A goodly number
were present, and a good time enjoyed by
all. The evening was passed in games,
music and charades, and at 10 o'clock ice
cream, cake and coffee were served. The
company left behind them many tokens I
their esteem and friendship. Rev l. ..
/ Tenney conducted religious service in
the school house IN the Holmes DIST Ct
! last Monday evening ........M a.
| Kingsley is Wis ting friends this wee't in
Fair AK ...J. NJ. Wilcox has sold several
/ Buck moving machines to parties in Cam
bridge this season "A hble Wicox left
for the White Mountains last Tuesday.
| Mortified.
4 The United States signal service observ-
er at Mortified, furnishes Us with the
meteorological summary Of the local
weather record for June, from which it
appe trs that the meau barometer was 90
800, the mean tenn erature 90 3, the high
est temperature So on the BIRD, and the
lowest 35.1 on the 4th. The prevailing
wind WAS south and the total movement
55so miles. The total precipitation was
4 Il inches.
Mise Mabel Woodbury., who ha, bee in
| Barre at work this summer, is at home
sick with scarlet fever ....... : veral from
/ tins town attended the celebration at
/ Barre, July 4th.......Jesse Hodges has
old his dwelling on Uulou street to Al
bert Cutler of Albany ........It is expect
/ ed that the work Oh the new university
] ! nj ht4 r,4I At
II must ne ready for us" september LIST
! The building is to he GOM4O teet and three
stories high DR. y. \. MinOtt gees to
Boston July 9ih to attend a meeting OF the
Vermont Connecticut River Valley and
! Massachusetts ID ntal society.
Waterbury,.
George y. Cove has sol his livery sta
BILE, with horses, carriages and household
furniture for $1,000 to Alvin CAnerdy OF
s.. A!ban~, an engineer, wcli-known on
the railroad H. I'D DC" Miss Jennie Ash
ley is spending le " weeks with friends
at ThJmpson's point on the lake. E.
Mrs. CuarlrS X Chute of Minneapolis
aud Mrs. Martha MouIton OF Chica o,
daughters of the late Joseph Moody, are
visiung their uncle George w Moody and
a large circle OF relatives. Mrs. Mon ton
Is accompanied by her daughter, VI IS
Adeiiue Muulton and expects her hus-
band, Mr. Thomas Muu'on the LAST Of ne
week VI IS u '-Hl' L ItEN Oh ,NIItlI lrH IL
visiting with Mr. Thomas Sanborn....
Miss Elenur smith, teacher at the
Reform school in Nergennes,li lis visiting at
the residence of DE- j mes ...... Ben jamir
Ienuey Is home from BUstCu..... Harvey
Henry with his " ,te and little grl are
spending a few weeks at his tarm-the
Sylvester Henry farm. They came from
Troy \. y, accompanied by MIR and Mrs
Raves, his wife's parentS.......Mr. anC
Mrs. John Dutfus rejoice in the birth OF 4
son. Mr.. George Rich gave a free
lecture on horseshoeing in the park. anC
showed 63 different kinds of hOrse-shoes
; tn It such a large number Of our horse
are spoiled by bad shoeing. He
makes and puts on the shoes witt
his own hand. and is doing gooC
work tor Vermont farmers ...... The
: mother of Rev. Charles sheldon cam,
; last Monday from Salem Mass. .JohI
Deal from Middletown, Conn, Charlie
Rolf and Bert Anterior from Hartford
Conn, are home on vacation. They
"t'h cTCr0l other youlg gentlemen Will
, vonng ladies went to Cancels Hump, tax
two ....... Carl Richardson, witt
his son Dan and Benjamin Jenny
went up the Ridley brook am
, caught lG3 out........ Mrs Dr.. WILLARD
OF Chicago is visiting her mother, Mrs
Forrest. The doctor is expected mex
week ........T The new library assOciat OF
is fully organized with Rev. Charles Shell
den president, G. +. Richardson secretary
and Charles Wells treasurer The book:
of the Old association are to be received
and such members take share in th
society.
Alburgh Cent
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