Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-12-26

and banjo clubs. after enjoying the fes-
tivities Of Christmas at home, will meet on
Monday at wanton, when tho first in u series
Of five concerts will be given in the evening.
On Tuesday evening they will appear at
st. Adams, Wednesday evening at Morris
vile, Thursday evening at Barre and Fri
day evening at Montpelier.
There was "A small gathering of intimate
friends at the residence of Mrs. md Mrs.
William Smith on Elm street Wednc day
morning TO witness the marriage Of their
daughter Kate TO Mr.. George T.. Fcrrin
Rev. DR.. Edward Halves performing the
ceremony The hearty wishes of a host Of
friends went with Mr. and Mr3 Ferriu,
who took the / O'Clock train for the home
of the groom parents, who will give tho
couple reception this evening.
The Y. NJ. c. \. mcoiing Sunday after
noon was somewhat different in character
from tho ordinary meeting and proved very
interesting Secretary Gibson took charge
and the questions that were asked and an
sworcd were as follows. "Whv am Chris
tian ?" answered by John Evans; "Can
be successful in life and be a Christian ~
answered by y. f. Chamberlain; 'Whnt is
my relation to God il | am not Chris
tlan ~ answered by r. A. Clark
There was large attendance at the
'cuntata' given by the young lulios of the
First church last evening. An in
tercsting feature of the programmes
was the dairNmaids drill in winch
II young ladies' participated led by
Miss May Hammond. The evolutions Of
the maids were executed with almost mill
tary precision and they We're heartily cheer
cd. After the entertainment supper was
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to a close.
At the regular rehearsal Of the National
band at their hail ON Church street, Mr.
George fapiEcHU, the president, in few
appropriate remarks in behalf of the menu
bere OF the band, presented to Mr.. +, X.
Boucher an elegant embossed leather case
and smoking ST in recognition of his scr
vices. MIR. boucher was takon completely
hy SURPRISE but he responded in term, OF
appreciation. The National band is pro
crossing finely. Il now has 20 members
and holds two rcheursais each week.
The wafer department la, outerown its
old headquarters in the basement OF the
City Han and new rooms are being pro
vid-d for the commissioners and superiu
tendent on the first floor jf the building
The old office of the superintendent q.
divided and the south half will ue connected
with the assessors Office, while the north
half and a room occupying IL feet the
entire width Of the hail wIIl be occupied iy
tho water Department. \ partition ina,
already been built across the hail aud the
rooms VIII be soon ready for occupancy.
The bennington Banner rightly reco5-
uizas the existence OF bu. one queen in tho
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brethren Of the quill elsewhere do not escape
It seems the common lot OF printers. Mis-
takes viii occur Tho Granville. y. y,
Sentinel undertook to cali its VILLAGE the
Queen, aud the paper read Green VII
lage, for which the editor makes an
apology He forgot that there is but one
Queen, in the Champiain valley and that
is the accepted name OF Burlington
A large and interesting meeting was held
at the ". c. T. L. hall Friday afternoon
The principal feature of the occasion wa.
report from the national convention hold
Mt Atlanta in November given by Mrs II.
II. Reed, who was one of the delegates
from this State. The courtesies extended
on the way showed true Southern hospital
ity, and the delegates were royalty received
and entertained at Atlanta. Mrs. Reeds
story was an interesting one and was al
mraby told
Wednesday after the whistle of the
Venetian Blind company had blown for &
o'clock Mr.. George ID. Wright was called
from the Office into the shop by the fore
man, Mr. Beaupre, where he found all the
employees of the company. 1r. Leon II.
beaupre in a neat speech presented Mr..
Wright with an elegant gold-headed cane
inscribed, "George y. Wright, from his
employee, Dee. -, 1890. As Mr.. Wright
had just arrived home from three weeks
trip in the West, he was taken completely
hy surprise, but in a few well chosen words
thanked the men for the token of their
good will and esteem, with the wish that it
would continue for many years to come.
At the tri,nnlal election Of Vermont Con
sistory go 5. l. K. >. held at Masonic hall
last evening tho following officers were
elected and installed Tor the ensuing term
Marsh 0. Perkins 33', Windsor Command
or in chief Daniel n. Nicholson, Burlington,
l,t lieutenant COMMANDER; Henry r.
Copger burlington, % commander: E,ihu
Il. Tart Burlington, NJ of =. and grand
orator Sas ". Cummings 1872 st. AlUaus,
grand chancellor; Sayles Nichols, Buriing-
ton, grand treasur Warren Reynolds
80, Burlington, grand secretary. The
oitcersclect present were duly Installed by
W. George O. Tyler So, deputy for Yer
mont H., Bro. c. a. Barnard acting as
Marshall.
At protractcd meeting OF the leading
burlington milk men held at the Van
Ness House a charter was presented for con
sideration and a committee appointed to
prepare bylaws and constitution There
was considerable discussion rs to the ad-
vantages of organization over individual
action. Tho meeting adjourned to meet
one week from date at same time and place.
Outsiders have signilied their desire to take
stock in the company should an Organization
be perfected, and there seems to he consi-
derable favorable sentiment to the move
ment among the mikmen. 1t was shown
that $50 900 annually is expended in the
city of burlington for milk. There are now
80 milk carts run in the city, and it was de-
monstrated that the work could DO done at
least equally well by 10 carts.
The st. Johnsbury Republican tells this
story about a man who moved from Bur
lington early in this century: "Times have
changed in Caledonia county in the last 80
years rs some Of the Old landmarks can
fully testify. For instance the Oldest man
in the town Of burke is Capt Erastus