Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-17

brother Byron in California, was in town
/ last week, a guest of her cousin, Mrs
Milo b. Williamson.
Bradford.
Harry f. Parker, the editor aud propre-
! tor of the opinion, has commenced build
! ing a new office for the accommodation of
his paper. 1t is to stand north of the drug
! store on the east side of the street and
will be 60 by 30 feet and two stories on
! the street. In the rear 1t will be four
stories or more He proposes to put hall
in the upper story for public use his edi-
torial sanctum, composing room and Il
store to let on the main floor ; his presses,
engines, ETC., in the stories below. 1t will
be great accommodation to his increas-
ing business and an addition TO our vii
| lage. Mr.. Parker has also bought the
right to sell the Kendall newspaper folder
of G. w. Kendall of st. Adams, and pro-
poses to go into the manufacture of this
machine at once. .... Elijah Smaley, one
of our oldest citizens, is dangerously i'll
and is not expected to recover. He voted
for the first Harrison and regrets that he
may not be able to vote for the present
one. ... Miss Lena Baldwin, a highly es-
teemed young lady of this village, is sick
at her home and is not expected to live.
.... The prohibitonlsts of this county
held their county convention at Chelsea,
last Friday, and nominated a county
ticket. They could not find a lawyer in
full practice for States attorney, so they
| left that Office to be filled by the commit
tee They might have nominated w. j.
| Tarbell, who was admitted to the bar in
Windsor county, but the convention put
him in the responsible place of high
bailiff. j. b. Pickett of Bradford is one
of the county senators, l.. w. Hanson, a
| physician in full practice, is sheriff and l..
d. Livingston, tailor, Is nominated as
judge of probate ..... Fairlee Pond, six
miles from our village, and but mile
! from the Connecticut and Passumpsic
rivers railroad is becoming place of sum
mer resort Mr. Kennedy, an artist from
Chicago, has built him a cottage and
studies on Middlepoint and has a class of
IL pupils, sketching from nature in oils
New Haven.
The farming implements and some of the
hou~ ehold furniture belonging to the es-
tate of the late ID. II. Squer were sold at
auction on Thursday. .......ln letter re
Gently received by friend from Rev.
James Barton, ordained as a missionary
from here to Harpoot, Turkey, he gives an
interesting but sad account of the famine
stricken districts, enclosing piece of
bread which is made of mud and straw,
being sample of what is eaten by those
starving people ......Rev. stephen knOwl-
ton of Greensboro, for many years pastor
here, has by reason OF illness, been unable
to fill his desk for several sundays. ......
town, the guests of Mrs. w. p. Nash, a
sister of the latter........ Mrs Smith, the
mother of Mrs. Barnum, and Mrs. Wheel
er are very low.
Swantun.
The last of the series of base bali
matches between SwautOn and ST. AL
bans came off on Friday and resulted rs
usual in favor of Swanton, the score stand
ing TO 1. Very little interest was taken
in the match and the gate receipts were
light. The st. Adams spectators were no.
ticeably absent. They have seen their
team defeated so often by Swanton, they
lind poor satisfaction in witnessing a
game. .....A little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Eugene Ayers died Saturday night
The funeral took place Monday ....... EN-
GCv. Smith and j. w. Hobart were il
town Saturday with view to building IA
side track from the Central Vermont main
line across the river to the Barney marble
mill and the grist mill. The new prOprie
tors of the marble mill intend to make
the marble business here one of the most
important industries of northern Yer
mont. II. c. Barnes has sold half
interest in his grocery business to Mr.. A. f..
PlaSridge They are now taking an in
ventory of the stock. The Union
Sunday school picnic OF the Methodist
and Congregational churches takes place
Friday at Missisquoi Park.
MOrr1sS1lle.
The annual campmeeting of the Metho-
dist people OF the st. Adams district,
opened here on Monday with unfavorable
weather. This Methodist campmeeting
viii continue until Sunday night or Mon
day morning, when the State Temperance
campmeeting will be held on Monday and
Tuesday of next week, winding up with
the Lamoille county rally of republicans,
to be held on the same grounds on We'd
nt lar rIi n q
house and eating stand on the grounds is
i'll charge of Carroll Randall. 80. The open
ing of the fall term at the Morrisylle
academy occuls Wednesday, August 90
80. Mr.. Earnest Bracket of Detroit,
Micn., is visiting old friends here He is
with large wholesale drug and chemical
house "A young man, son of AFRO Dur
kee of this town, was badly injured while
coupling cars at Hyde Park early on Sat
urday morning, and died at his home in
Cady's Falls in this town on Sunday al
ternoon. The band and drum corps
aided much in the flag rails ng and rally
on Saturday evening. 49,. Several Masons
went to Stowe on Sunday afternoon to at
tend the funeral of George Raymond a
highly esteemed citizen and brother mason.
Morrsville's and towns republican rally
and flag raising on Saturday evening was
IN every way a success. The flag went up
with hearty cheers. The flag is the
largest and best that we have ever had
here. being 2OX30 feet, and having the
portraits and ndmea of the candidates
The town hall was filled, all the seats and
standing room bein2 taken. Maj, ID. j.
Stafford presented Hon. p. X. Gleed as
the speaker Of the evening. Mr. Gleed's
address was filled with clear, scholarly,
practical thought and he was often inter
rupted win applause.
Middlebury.
c. w Ross has purchased from Elmer
Parkhurst the Hines house on the College
green for $500, and is repairing it......,.
Miss Agnes +. Mcmahon has returned
fIom her vacation visit to her uncle, Capt,
James DOnohue, at South Haven, Mich.
....... Hon. l.. +. Knapp has returned
from SIX weeks visit to the Pacific coast.
...... George Ayres, II, +. Smith and his
brother-in law, Charles Sattley of New
York, will start Wednesday morning for a
three weeks TO the Thousand islands. 49,.
j. w Parker superintendent of the filing
room of the eastern division of the pension
Office, is visiting his father, Prof, W. II
Parker ...... Mis-. j. Is. Hayes and her
two children are in northern New