Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-27
MIDDLE BURY.


who were sick with what was supposed to
be typhoid fever, died December 49, aged
about eight years. He had been i'll for
many weeks and part of the time was IN
great agony. His death makes the fifth in
the family since September /, when the
whole seven members of the family were
alive and WE'LL and now the mother, father,
two girls and this boy have died. The re
naming children ace aged respectively about
! II months and two years and have SO far
failed to contract the fatal disease, what
ever it may have been. The remains OF the
/ boy and those Of his eldest sister, who was
drowned in Otter Creek here year ago the
past fall, were taken to Chazy, n. Y, on
Saturday, and buried beside their mother
| there.
Charles G. Peck ex-postmaster, has
returned from "trip to Boston and
Portland, Me-, on business connected with
the organization of his electric light com
pany. The company was organized in Bos-
ton with Thomas j. Boynton as president.
| Mr.. Boynton, the president of the company,
| is Vermont man, and was postoilice in
| spector in the state for q while after Cleve-
lands administration came in, and was later
chief of the New England division of the
service. The company mas a small motor
which has recently been subjected to rigid
tests and has shown slow speed efficiency
OF - por cent and the speed could be varied
rapidly from 80 to 800 revolutions per
minute. Mr. Peck has already sold large
number of shares Of the company, which is
named the Giant Motor Electric Light com
pany and feels elated with its future pros
poets
barn owned by Julius S. Morgan, who
lives up buck of Chipman hill, was burned to
the ground on the night Of Dec. Is between
10 and II O'Clock, with most OF its contents
The origin of the fire is so far unknown, and
it cannot be ascertained that there was any
insurance on the building. As a matter OF
fact, property up in that neighborhood has
been generally "backlisted' by the insur
ance people for some time back, and 1t is
very probable that there was no insurance
| whatever on barn or contents
4 large number listened to the address
at the forefathers celebration Friday nj sht,
delivered BY Rev j. Z. Rankin, D. D..
LID, on The Pride OF Nationality" Tho
address was highly instructive and enter
tanning At its close the ladies served n
banquet in the lecture rooom, and furnished
excellent music.
Rollo and Arthur Bingham are homo foG
the holidays. j. W. Pitts of Worces-
ter, Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs r. W.
Pitts Carrie, daughter of Frank 4. Bond
is visiting friends in Washington, d. c.
}. T. Hubbard of Prairie du Sac, Wisct a
sin, is visiting bis daughter, Mrs Charles
A. Piper. Mr.. Hubbard emigrated from
Middlebury II years ago, and has not been
back since.-NIis, +. y. Wilcox has gone
to Chicago for the winter. -Rev. A. D. f..
f. Palmer, former pastor hero, has &C
cepted a call to the pastorate OF the Baptist
church in Plaistow, y. H.-Besse Rrainerd.
Jessie wager, Mamie Allen and Mamie Steel
arc home from boarding school.-The funer-
nj OF George a. kimbail Of Orwell was at
tended by Col. Thad NJ. Chapman Col. Al
bert A. Fletcher, Peter Goodrich p. F.
Chapman. w. H. Cobb and Dr.
Kingsley all members of Mount
Calvary commandery of Knights Templnr
Mr. l.. A Skiff. who was sicl;
IS able to be about town. Mr.. and Mrs.
II. c. Ellis will celebrate their Goth mar
riage anniversary Christmas. Emma Droey
mas engaged with Clinton G. Smith as
bool-kceper, AMI Lena Smith who has had
charge OF her father books since the ross-
nation of j. Wesley LoVetC, will Resume her
| studies and lit for the Massachusetts lnsti-
tute Of Technology, where she viii enter
next fall. Arthur t. Pease is visiting III
New York ley. l.. N. Hardy Of Bur
lington, preached in the Episcopal church
sunday. Chief Justice Royce anu Assistant
JUDGES Ross, Taft, and Rowell, are assigned
to hold the next term in the Supreme Court
for Addison county.
G. X. z. Cogswcll. class of 50, who has
been teaching III ST, George academy,
Maryland, is home for the holiday. Mrs.
j. ". Pitts Of Worcester, Mass, is visiting
friends in Hridport --Hev. Foster q.