Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-27
VERGENNES.

George Clcavcs Of the ,Ausable Chasm nail
works S,,I IS IN town; Mr. Burden and party of
1urne, spent sunday at the Ilcaley college
Mill Point, guests OF Miss Foss and Ir. Sew
eerance.- H.. F. Beach has sold fine driving
smith, Mrs. F. NJ strong. of Basin Harbor'
IS visiting Mrs. Frances +. simmons, dau litter
OF Mr.. strong, OF Providence, Il. LIN the
base bali contest, Friday, on the fair grounds,
Hct"een the Piattsburgh and kccSeVille mines.
four innings resulted i'll Il tie, three and three
each Lyons won the 100 yards dash, easily;
lie also captured the l35 yards handicap, with
out much ettort.-'rhc youngest son of George
". Kellogg, West Ferri. burgh, is seriously i'll
Mrs. ; d. Miner a. d son are visiting rela-
Mrs. Robert Ross and family have gone into
camp at Basin ilarhor for the -eason-Nlrs
Peabody goes to PitIsford for the vacation,
body rctires from the sChool.-rhe exercises of
the graduating class ut school house hall Fri
day evening packed the room TO its capacity,
and left large number outside of the hall.
The following l. the programmes: Grafton,
Ca2ar in Britain, with Latin salutatory, C. r.
Benton; essay, The Millennium, sara I. Hoyt;
essay, Truth the Condition OF all Excellence,
Jcn le H. Bristol essay, Happiness My
BirthriEhtt' A.. Ruth Fisher; essay, True
al Holidays. Frances f. Crosby: essay. The
Wheels of Time, Ada l.. Bristol; Grafton, win
our Nation Decline, w. +. Clark; essay Adj
ton, New England influence, with the Vale
and orations were far in advance of
ments Supervisor Hasetine of Bristol
conferred the diplomas. The Howard OF era
House orchestra, surpassed itself and was
excellent taste Bishop Alexander Burgess.
wife and daughter are going abroad. Miss
Jennie Stevens will accompany them.
Mrs Dr. Stearns of Elizabeth, y. j., is the
guest of Mrs. G. +. Parker,-C. l.. Dolan of
burlington is visiting his sister, Miss Kate
nolan' }. ), Rafferty,, night OPERATOR at the
charge of the New Haven station, during Mr..
Ialmer's illness. At present the nigh work
at the Nergennes station Is done by T. }.
O'Brian.-Nlrs, Lyon of Decatur, Ala, for
merly one of the officials in the State Reform
school, is visiting that institution. Among
the guests at the State Reform school FRIDAY
were Hon. IL. {. Fisk and wife of NlurrisVile.
Hon. Herbert BrainRrd, wife and daughter
OF St Adams were guests at the State school,
Col. Siranahan, and wife. of st. Adams.
The Plattsburgh h Ugh schoo' cadets gave a
drll under Capt. benedict in from OF the
Stevens House, and their soldierIy appearance
elected the compliments OF old army officers
Among the towns represented in the excursion
Friday, were Plattsourgh, Port jackson, Port
bering in al between 500 and 800 persons. 1t
was a well behaved company. Seates of
the well known firm of Bryant a Seatcs of
Boston, is visiting +. +. Sears, Panton,
Children's day observances at the Congrega-
tional church sunday evening were largely at
tended s1d fqIl of Interest The programme
1900 wv -" W may dbniSpus
Little servants, by Fanny Sears; Our Treas
ures, by Edith McGovern only Little Child,
by MAY Foss; Christ Blessing the Children,
by Roberta May; solo, by 'Risa Stevens.-The
Gazelle made trip oWe-tportandP ortHenry
Monday. Walter Happen of Troy is Visiting
Nergennes and panton. The Healey cottage
camping party broke camp Monday. Miss |
Anna Cram and Miss j. Fields of Grown
Point have returned home. Mrs. : +. Dyer
and daughter are in the city.-St. Paul's |
parish Nergennes, donated 81 TO Bishop
Grafton of the dioc' of Fon du Lac, Wis
The ladies of the Congregational church
gave their ro~'or and family tea
reception in the parors of the church
on their re urn from their vacation