Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21
WAITE RBllRY.

Cries of woman for help wcrc heard
on the night of Feb. II about 10 o'clock by
Mr.. Boyce going home from his store. He
found Miss Stowell Il girl of lG, holding on
to Thomas Smith, who was trying to drown
himself in the Butler brook. lie was fight
ing like tiger to get free when Mr. Boyce
led him back TO his house in his night
clothes. He had left his bed where he had
been confined for several weeks i'll critical
condition from dropsy and heart disease,
with occasional fits of insanity like this
one. Mr. Smith has been peddlng milk
the past three or four years and lately has
seemed to be on his route from early morn
ing till late hour at night seven days in
the week. Competition the past year
troubled him good deal and he made extra
exertions, Notwithstanding his poor health,
until he fell sick and has been ever since
confined to his bed. He is now in the care
of strong man.
Harvey Brown sent a fine cocker spaniel
to Columbus, Ohio B. W. Shaw has rent
ed his farm to George Warren of Stowe,
and his family are boarding at Barrett S
hotel.-Claud the son of the late Albert
Selleck, who formerly lived in this place
but now resides with his mother in Somer-
vile, Mass, has been in town on his first
trip as a Boston drummer. One hundred
new books have been ordered for the libra
| ry, mostly works of travel which it is
hoped will add to the interest and cause
more of our citizens TO join the association.
| Levi Kicker is working for Luke Roberts
and has rented Mr.. Rhodess house at Mill
village. Bert Savage stuck to Mr. Rogers s
delivery team, notwithstanding he had the
| grippe until he fell on the seat and broke
several of his ribs, and was obliged to lay
Off Alfred Savage of Watsfield has been
employed by II. Z. Boyce to work in his
| slaughter house. Moody is at
work in c. f. Richardson's store--Arthur
Baker is in town for a short vacation from
| Springfield, Mass, where he works in a dry
goods store. John Deal has returned to
| Hartford where he works for j. l.. Foster
! &, Co., dealers in clothing. john buffers
will move his wife and children to Williams
town in a few days where he is engaged in
the granite business. Mr.. Tracy of the
village hotel will remove to Woodsville, n.
! H.-School district No. 4, in Duxbury,
Miss Nellie Ryan teacher, among the pupils,
| Annie Athertoh, Minnie Morse, Orvis Neal,
| Fora Richardson Viola Ilaverman, Lester
| Hills and Charles Granfied had no absent
marks.-A large number of the friends of
Mrs S. H. Wheeler gave her a birthday
| sur lIlSe pdTLy Win IL eOpulJ luluuci VI
presents The farms included in the will of
Robert Parcher, made one hundred years
ago, may prove to have a shaky title Thi;
will was found in the probate office in Bur
lington but the estate was never settled. j.
Parrher, who now comes from Big Horn
City, South Dakota says that his father
having deserted from the United States
army went to Canada and spent the re-
mainder of his life there and did nothing
about settling the estate when his father
died. The farms now occupied by William
H. Spicer, j. W. Sleeper, Mrs. Aurora
Stearns l.. \. Collins, j. W. Moody, Gil
man Moody and several pieces of land il
Colbyville and Mil village, are included il
his will. "A year and half old child OF
Patrick Karon, died of lung fever.
DR.. E. &. Hooker, W. 3. Clark, George
w. Kennedy, Hollis Sheplee, a. Mansfield
S. Chandler and Seaver Howard, members
of Winooski lodge No. 40, attended the Ma
sonic convention at Montpelier last week
and it was assigned to the Waterbury lodge
to confer the second degree, Fellowcratt
on DIR. Bisbee of Montpelier. Mrs c. \
Arms has returned from Boston. Mrs {
L. Richardson has returned from st. Al
| bans-C. +. Douglas and wife of Mime
apolis arrived Saturday with the body o.
Mrs. Perkins, the mother of Mrs. Douglas
which they took to Stowe for burial Rev
5. II. Wheeler preached his first sermon a
the Congregational church last Sunday an,
has commenced his pastoral work.-Rev. l.
II. Elliott preached at St Albans las
week, and at Marshfeld this week .-Osca
Bowman and wife have gone to Barre t,
work for William Bowman. -Cornelius
sherman and wife, and other relatives
Il
Atherton's Saturday. --Rev. Judson Wad
Shaw, \. NJ, of Andover, Mass, preache
at the Methodist church Sunday morning
and delivered lecture in the evening at
union meeting on The Family and tn
State. MIR. Clark of Glover, spent las
Sunday in town.
Something ought to be done to encourag
the band to keep up their organization
The band has given us good music and vii
be missed this summer when there will b
so much going on in the place. job
Duilus of Williamstown is in town mOvin
his wife and children to that place. Mr..
| Alice Cooley will go with them for fey
days. -Ahira Richardson, a Watstiel
boy, went to Boston and lived several year
, and then returned to Vermont with wealt
enough to enjoy life. He has about con
: pleted house at st. Adams that will be on
of the finest in the place. He prefers Ven
mont for place to spend the remainder {
his life. An important meeting OF the W
) c. Il. [. viii be held Friday wit
5 Hattie Thompson. Rev. Mr.. Collins {
Waterbury River FTeewill Baptsts had
2 donation which was well attended and gen
erouS gifts We're received. Charles Sam
} son is laid up with a lame foot from Gu
received while at work in Mr.. Warren
= tannery, but is improving. -Great prepare
tons are being made for the maple sugu
season.
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