Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-10

purposes in Bethel and Stockbridge, his
native town.
c. f. Taylor of Middletown Springs,
| formerly postmaster at Pawlet, committed
! suicide at Middletown Springs Wednesday
morning by shooting himself through the
head with revolver. Nocause is assigned
| for the act.
the Woodstock creamery project is
| success, sufficient number of cows being
I pledged and the stock subscribed In due
| time a meeting for organization will be
| held, when the location will be settled, and
active preparations begun for erecting the
building. An early start in tho spring is
! anticipated.
AT the tariff hearing before the ways and
means committee in Washington f. n.
| Bissell of Shoreham gave some facts con-
corning the cost of sheep growing in Austria
lia and made comparison between the
conditions here and there, stating that the
same grade of sheep were a dollar cheaper
in Australia than in the United States.
Granite deposits on and around Ascutney
mountain will probably soon be developed
In Weathersfied is a fine quarry of superior
building granite, in West Windsor quar-
ry of green and black marble, in Windsor
are deposits of gray, pink and green stone
lnasmuch rs the whole mountain is solid
| mass of granite and gneiss, the value of
the quarries can be understood.
The statement going the rounds of the
press that Rev. Miss kingsbury, who will
deliver the next Memorial day address at
Cambridge, is the first lady in Vermont to
fill that position is mistake as Mrs. Aman-
da Newcomb, daughter of General Thomas,
delivered the Memorial day address at War
ren last May, and so far rs is known bears
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accorded to Miss Kingsbury.
The failure Of the creamery operated by
John Reynolds at Essex. which was an
nounced in last weeks FREEPREss, will prove
n hard blow to many farmers in the towns
of Essex Hnesburgh and Williston. Rey-
nolds owes many of the creamery's patrons
for the milk handled during the last three
months and those who have depended en-
tirey upon their dairies will bear the loss
with difficulty.
a store belonging to Mr.. Foster at
Cuttingsville was entered OH Thursday
night by an Italian tramp. His move
ments about the store woke up the clerk
who occupied a room next to the office, but
the thief escaped while the young man was
Lighting lamp. The latter fired several
shots after the tramp, who was evidently
one of gang of five that were seen loiter-
ing about the depot early in the evening
and belonged to a carload of foreign CON
tract laborers hat We're imported last
spring.
Arthur Fairbanks Stone, associated with
his father in publishing the St. Johnsbury
Caledonian, and Miss Helen S. Lincoln
were married at the residence of the bride $
father, A. j. Lincoln, at Northampton,
January /. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Isaac Clark of the Edwards
church, assisted by Rev. Howard Bird sman
of the Congregationalist. a reception fol-
lowed, which was attended by about $50
guests. The bride graduated from Smith
college recently and Mr. Stone is graduate
of Amherst college in 1850.
Miss Proctor, the daughter of the secre-
tary of war, is distinctly a New England
, girl, both in appearance and character,
says the Washington Post. She is tall and
we'll formed, with u clear. healthy COM
pleXion, and an open, intellectual face the
especial feature of which is high, noble
forehead. She is not at all sure that she i,
going to like Washington society, and frank
ly owns her doubts about the matter. Mis-,
Proctor will spend only part of her time in
A Washington, the other part will be given tc
1 her mother and invalid brother, who will re-
9 main South during the cold weathe
t Charles II. Pierce, aged 43, an old Central
Vermont engineer residing at White River
a junction, died Thursday evening of last
week of Inflammation of the bowels
He was engineer Of the train wrecked at
e Hartford bridge three years ago, and those
scenes SO undermined his health that he re-
= signed his position and entered the furni
= ture business. Last Christmas he was pre-
s sented with gold watch, chain and charm
G in recognition OF his heroic action in rescu-
{ ing the giver, Henry w. Tewksbury, at the
Hartford bridge disaster February ), 1881
He was member of the United Brethren
- lodge of Free Masons also of the Improved
Order of Red Men. He leaves widow
Q Arrangements have for some time beer
pending in regard to the formation of
county union of the Christian Eudeavol
societies of Lamoille county. The date ha
=, been finally fixed for Friday, January H.
+ the place. Morrisyille Congregations
T church. Tie first session opens at | p. IN.
+ An interesting programme has been pre-
pared, which viii be carried out to the let
. ter. At : O'Clock in the evening j. w
: Sault of st. Adams, president of the Stat
% Christian Endeavor union, will speak upoI
! the subject ''Aim and Objects of Christian
i EndeaYor.N - The same evening George w
- Newton of Montpelier, will give a report o
the national convention at Philadelphia.
w. w. Moore of Shoreham, the breeder
y and owner of Vermont's celebrity, Gillil
>, 2:23i writes the Manchester Mirror as fol
!. lows: 81 have just sold to Leander Hall o
= Hartford, Conn, Elsie NJ for 500 She
y is by Aristos, dam by Pasacas 1900. She il
- "a beautiful bay standing IL hands high, anC
as fine driver as | ever saw considering
u she was not handled or broken to harnes
till last summer. She is four passed. Also
u | am pleased to say that Gillig is growing
u and wintering splendidy. He sired in al
this year seven colts, six weanllngs and on
yearling, bays and browns, and one chest
nut, no marks, and | will go good way
T. to see seven better ones by one horse"
Il Daniel Lambert has five in the list of pro
. ducing mares for this season, says tn
, Breeders Gazette, and it may be said tina
J of late years his daughters have been il
great demand by breeders. Like all the ge
of their sire they have speed at the trot
y and are of the Morgan type of conforma
n tion than which there is no better so far a
Il brood mares are concerned, they ben
g,,I ,,-itl Ialt Of