Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-03-07
VERMONT LOCAL NEWS.
NOTES AND GOSSIP OF DOlNGS IN
THE FREE PRESSES BROVO FIELD.
The Winooski Valley, Villages up North,
Along otter Creek and by the shores
of white River Covered by
Special Reporters.
MONT PELIER.


Eleazer Dodge has taken the Job of trans
ferring the mail pouches to and from the
postotilce A public examination of teach
ers for " ashington county, will be held in
the Supreme Court room, at the State House,
at $50 a. m, Tuesday, March IL.
Mrs Lizzie Tiden has sold her farm in
West Berlin to Atwood G. Bullock for
$4,000.
Asa Blanchard has purchased the social
ed Thompson lot on Barre street from Mrs. L.
i. Stevens and the consideration is said to
be $4,000. Report says a son of Mr.. Ban-
chards will return from the West and build
thereon.
Mrs Martha Rivers was 90 years old last
November, and is supposed to be the Oldest
woman residing In Montpelier. Her eye
sight is good she has never worn glasses,
sews, and knits stockings with ease and can
90 up aud down stairs as well MS many
young people She was born in Canada and
has lived in this town nearly GO years. Paul
Rivers her husband, died about 80 years
ago. Mrs. Rivers, Mrs. George Smith, her
daughter, II. j. L. Smith, her grandson,
with his wife and ch i'd all reside at % st.
Paul street, making four generations of one
family in the same home. She has four
children, Mrs. Geo. Smith, Mrs. John Vat
Ter. Miss Kate Rivers and Peter Rivers, all
residing in this cwu, II grandchildren and
- great grandchildren.
Personals. Rose j., wife Of Fred b.
Miles, who was formerly of this village,
died at Lynn, Mass, February o., aged
22.-Mrs. J. G.. Brown returned Saturday
to her home at North Haverhill, Mass,
after visit of one week with Mrs w.
Arthur Jones. Capt H. c. Lull has re-
turned to work at Bristol Gonna. j.
SIbley is caring for the Vermont Savings
Investment company office while e. Z.
Blakely is in New York with the president
OF the company arranging future business.
The clerks in the Montpelier postoflice
have organized a branch Of the National
Post Office Clerks association, with +.
GoodenouGh, president; d. F. Clark, secre-
tary, and G. a. Knapp, treasurer.
George w. Bolton, for nearly 30 years
printer al the Waterman Office is number
ed among the lucky ones who have procur
ed a pension, this being an original of Sl2
month and S19S arrears. Mr.. Bolton en-
tered the claim in 1884, and the delay was
that the olds records showed him to be
deserter. The facts are, George ran away
from home when l6 years old, enlisted un
der an assumed name, so his parents could
not find him, in Co. B, 18th Indiana volun-
teer on March e, 1865, and when the regi-
ment was ordered to Baltimore to be mus
ttl CYL OuI VI sclNlSS OI VI lue Sullle
year he was in the hospital, and was conse-
quently booked by mistake as deserter
which fact he did not know until after the
pension was applied for. He secured the
pension through T. j. Deavitt. Among
other pensions are, r. S. Nichols, Brook
field, increase from 81 to S12 and $3.50
arrears; w. n. Thurston, South Royalton.
increase from 50 to So L. c. Butterfield,
Morrisville, increase from 81 to So.
A fire alarm was sounded by the engine
Niddlesex at the Central Vermont depot at
s O'Clock Monday evening, and Capital
hall was quickly emptied of the citizens
caucus. The fire was discovered in the
workshop of j. Dewey q Sons tin and
hardware store. Capital Hose company
No. had first water in the building, and
Volunteers No. | second 1t is said that
tue fire was confined to barrel of charcoal
but considerable damage was done by
water.
The recapitulaton of orders drawn for
the town of Montpelier during the year end
ing February %, is follows Highway
tax on lease land, $10S17; street commits
sioner, w. c. Walker, 81, 1921; account
of liquor and agents services, 81 800 jS;
school fund, So 100 05; gospel fund, $10S.
SO; town clerk and expenses of Office,
800. 50; State school tax, 81, 800; State tax,
So, 55l. 80; printing. $50 %; labor on high
ways and bridges, $j9S 50; listers services
and expenses $3.50; rents, $40; salaries of
town officers S425 IS; tax bill, $25; inter
est on United States deposit fund, 1888 90;
use of water at highway, $50; appropria-
ton for Memorial day, $50; returns Of
births and deaths, $23 10; taxes, $40 20;
discount on taxes paid before August ,
1883, $94190; Sunday expenses, $50. 81
total, 1928 20G 81.
The annual meeting of the Montpelier
Public Library association will be held at
p. m. Monday, March II. 1t is well said
that ''the past year mas been a successful
one with this association, in that, through
the ready and generous aid of the Ladies'
Library Guild, its expenses have been met,
and many excellent volumes have been add.
cd to the library. And best of all, the peo
pie generally, have patronized its rooms and
enjoyed the privileges it affords, "
Charles Dodge suffered with smashed
third and fourth fingers on his right hand
last Friday, caused by the cogs of a starch
ing machine at Pitkin's laundry. william
Q. StaEdish, the big fat butcher is now
Il grandpa. 4 nine and half pound son
was born to d. W. Foster and wife last
"Wednesday. Frank Garrand, the barber
returned on Tuesday after an absence oil
three months on the sick list, and will work
IN the shop of Aughtney Jangraw. -Florencc
Wilson of Lynn, Mass, is visiting Mrs. NJ
j. Hurnham, her sister
Hon. Ira 5. Town, a resident of Mont
pelier, who is temporarily residing with hi
son at GO West S4th street, New York, was
50 years old Monday. and several of hi.
Montpelier friends sent him joint tele
gram Of congratulations.
The Office of ID. l.. Fuller & Son is beine
renovated, and new doorway has been Gu
tIrpuob n he hal adj oi,,