Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
ME- DIE BURY.

Camp Tracy Sons OF Netrans, No. 20,
have elected the following officers for the
next year: Captain Clarence e. Taylor;
first lieutenant, George f. McIIugh; second
lieutenant, Fred A. Taylor; camp council
+. +. Rogers Elijah Labounty aud Charles
Kelsey; delegate to the State encampment
at St Adams, f. A. Taylor; alternate
delegate, Charles Bell. The newly chosen
officers will be publicly installed on Friday
evening, January 10, and past Captain
Horace S. Tracy, will be the
installing officer. One new "Sonn was
mustered in at the meeting, and there
were about 80 members OF the camp present.
Harry Wright, IA popular young man,
died Wednesday morning in Weybridge at
the age Of a. after an illness OF only about
a week. He had been attended by Drs.
Smith and Eddy of Middlebury. Mr..
Wright leaves an aged father and mother,
and a young wife to whom he had been
married only about two years, besides
large circle Of warm friends
Harvey G.. Ellis and wife send cards to
their friends in town stating that they will
be lat home" in Washington, December 25,
the 25th anniversary of their marriage.
They will hold a reception from s 10 II
O'Clock p. m for their friends.
The weather has been extremely unfavor
able for business this week, and but little
has been done In town. Even on Monday,
our weekly market day, but few country
people came into the village and since that
things have been unusually dull in business
circles for the week preceding Christmas.
Mrs. Mary b. Sheldon, mother OF DR.. W.
H. Sheldon, has been quite i'll for several
days with bilious fever and does improve
SO rapidly rs her friends could wish.
Lewis Skiff who has for several months
been laid up with typhoid fever at his faith
er's home in Bridport, has now so fully re-
resume his duties.
Clarence Page Of Turner's Falls. n. H.,
former popular Middlebury boy, is in
| town on visit TO friends.
| Forefathers' day will be celebrated in the
Congregational church Friday evening,
| December 90, under the management of the
| Middlebury Historical society, OF which
Philip Battell, EST, is the head. The adj
dress will be delivered by Rev. j. j.. Ran
kin, d. D., Of Orange Valley, n. j., for
merly of st. Adams and later OF Washing
ton, d. c. The public exercises will COM
mence at $50 clock. and will be followed
by the customary ladies social party in The
vestry room. at which there will be toasts,
! speeches. music, etc
Post William Z. Russell elected these Off
| GERS Commander, Dr. Edward i. kuSSel;
senior vice-commander, Julius T. William
| son; junior vice-commander, Edison y, Will
Hanson; Surgeon, GeorgS$McCue; chaplain,
| Byron H. Fleming; quartermaster, George
w. Pinney, ofilcerof the-day, Wallace z.
| Dewey; officer-of- the guard, Matthias II.
holland: delegate to State encampment at
| Rutland, Walter NJ. Martin; alternate,
George McCue. Charles L. Goutt was re-
| appointed adiutant, and Chauncey L. Clark
was appointed quartermaster sergeant. The
other aprointive offices are yet to be filed.
d. II. Agnew, one Of the college students,
slipped and struck his face against the iron
railing around the stairs which he was as
| cending. The result was serious fractur G
of the nasal bone Miss Dodge, daughter Of
the late Col. SarGis Dodge, has returned to
! Syracuse university, where she will resume
her studies. Miss Dodge is member of the
senior college class-The college closes FRI
| dav for three weeks. Charles e. Earl has
moved into his new store with Allen Cal
! houu general hardware and stoves. A BRAN
! Williamson made his usual shipment of cat
! tie, sheep and hogs to Boston Monday
\ new iron bridge is being built across the
| Lemon Fair in Cornwall to replace the old
wooden one which has been torn down and
| the stage is compelled to 60 around by Bird
port.-The fall term of the graded school
closed Thursday with exercises in the even
ing in school house hall 10y the pupils of the
grammar and high schools