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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21
WINDSOR COUNTY NOTES.

After much discussion and canvassing or
places by the committee it has been decided
TO hold the veterans reunion for Windsor
county at Springfield, August l.
The lime operations al Amsden will be
largely increased this year. Last year the
output was l6, 600 barrels; this year 1t will
be 10000 barrels, nearly if not quite
With a new railroad there would be practi-
caly no limit TO the production.
Preparations are being made at Tyson
for large number of visitors et Echo Lake
house the coming summer. Tho chain Of
lake. Of which this IS one are very inviting
to the vacation sojouruor among the hills
and mountains. Beside the beauty and at
tractiveness of the lakes there is much wild
scenery in the immediate vicinity which has
peculiar attractiveness for hunters and fish
ermen
In the town of Andover IS a valley which
would easily pass for q model Of the y Gose-
mite Valley of California Hills rise alb
ruptlv to the height OF several feet on eth.
or side and a stream ru-hes along the bot
tom as though it wanted to escape from the
danger Of overhanGing rocks and banks
above it, The hillsides are clothed with
timber and look into the chasm from
other hill makes one almost shudder. The
natural advantages Of that town for pioas
ure seekers and hunting parties ought to be
more luly known.
The proposed railroad from Woodstock
TO Rutland. au extension OF the present rond
from White River Junction to Woodstock
seems likely to be built ere long. Rutland
is directly west of " oodstocli and the road
would cross Brdgevater, Sherburne and
Mendon, beside a largo part of the town OF
| Woodstock itself the terminus Of the pres
ent road being in the eastern part of tho
town. Water power, lumber and valuable
mineral deposits are abundant all through
! the towns which would be intersected. Ply
mouth with its uurvallod mineral deposits
would be near, and transportation be COM
| raratiyeiy easy. 1t is likely, however, that
another road would be built from Bridge
water southwark TO connect with the Rut
land road at ludlow It is hoped that the
matter will he pushed through the coming
| spring.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21
ROCHESTER.

The dry house owned by Messar & Bush
at the Lower iiage was burned Monday
afternoon. Loss e12J: no insurance.
Miss Addie Lattincr Of this place and
Charlie Gage Of Wells River were married
at the brides house on the morning Of Feb
ruary -. They will reside in Wells River.
The funeral Of Charles Whitaker who
was killed on the train beIow Bethel. was
held at the Methodist church, Sunday after
noon, Rev Mr. Handy conducting the SER
vice.
j. r. Hubbard and Mrs. William Tupper
returned from Orange, Mass. Wednesday,
where they were called 70 attend the funer-
al Of Mrs. Charlie Hubbard
W. II. Sanborn the horse trainer, was
in town Monday Briggs was rhe
guest of ". ID. Huntington last week.
g. t,jee and wife OF ~horbrooke Canada,
were in town Wednesday, TO attend the wed-
ding of Charlie Gage and Miss Addia Lat
timer The Tniv"rsalist society are 10 re.
pair tnelr church th" coming season.
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EAST CALAlS.

A large number Of people from this place
attended the horse trot at North Montnelier
February IS. The pacing horse owned by
John Jones of Barre won tine $50 put up
b. Jones aud Clark Roberts Of Montpelier
Some good horses were present e. v,
Kent's Ben Franklin showed good speed
/ is estimated that there We're seven hun
dred people present,
Carlos Jacobs has been visiting his
brothers at Cabot.-Nlr. and Mrs Emanuel
Williams of Springfield Mass, are visiting
their parents, MIR, and Mrs. ". c. Peck
Because of water ON the ice the horse trot
at North Calais on Saturday was failure.
MIR. and Mrs G.. W. Parker We're the re-
cipicnts of n little girl February l3-Ben-
iamin King is vorN I'D with pnommonia.
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PTTSFIELD.

The winter term of village school closed
February A. Owing to Ia grippe the at
tendance has been much more irregular than
il otherwise would have been. Those who
could attend regularly, have, in most cases.
done so. Following, are pupils in higher
department having best record of attend
unce: Clarence Collin, Walter Parmenter,
Maud Austin, Belle Austin, Myra Burditt.
OF these. Clarence Coffin is the only one
having a perfect record. The whole mum
Der of pupils in attendance during the term,
in higher department, is 36 of this mum
Der ii, have pursued other than common
school branches.
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SOurH ROYAlrOM-

The government authorities have been in
town in search of parties who are said to
have been passing couterfet money,
Augustus Freeman and James +. Whitney
have been arrested.
George Haywood Of Lowell is in town
buying cows and other stock. Ella Wells
has returned from Fitchhurg. Miss Oua
Day has returned from a visit TO Lowell -
Edwin Paige is at home from Massachusetts
where he has been at orl,--Prosiding
Elder Morgan preached at Methodist church
last Sunday.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21
ISLE IA MOTTE.

The travel this winter to Alnurgh goes
over the bridge and on the nd.--Daniel
Trombly started last week Wednesday for
Boston with a car lond Of apples. -Messrs.
buying apples in town, paving s. per bar
rel. There is some travelling on tho ice to
different points, but the ice is not called
very good. hon. r. r. Goodsell of Bur
ington was in town last Sunday.-There
were quarterly meeting exercises in the
Methodist church last Saturday and Sun
day, with Presiding Elder Malcolm in
charge. Hon. N. w. Fisk returned from
New York last week.
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JOHNSON.

Nollio Dodge has gone to Clinton, Mass,
to work in tue woolen factory. y.-Edward
Andrews died Sunday Of consumption, ,-
Engineer Leo Dubray spent sunday with
his parents here.-J, f. Paine and family
have gone 10 Belfast, Me, where he has
bought grist mill.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21

fields. 1t is said there is fair prospect of
several new ice houses being built along the
lako shore one with capacity of 40, 600
tons.
A club has been organized at Rutland
known as the Rutland Reform club. The
following platform has been adopted Tax
reform. tariff reform and ballot reform.
The following were elected: President, +.
W. Maoney vice presidents, B. +. Po-
land, A. a. Orcutt, George L. Royce;
treasurer, Richard Ryan secretary, J. r.
Hcadey Permanent club quarters will be
secured.
The Rutland county boar1 Of education
have selected as text books Franklins series
of readers and Harrinton's supplementary
Writing, the Normal course spelling, the
Mecham speler; arithmetic, primary
Wentworth complete. Greenleaf's; gram
mar, Miss Hvde's series; complete, Raub s.;
geography, Buffers, Conant's geography
and history of Vermont and Heaton's
romance; drawing, kruse's; history,
Rarnes's.
The Northern Caledonian Fair As
sociation was organized at Lyndonville
Saturday. The following officers were
elected president, l. b. Hains vice-prss-
dents, Henry Chase and w. A. Bems sec
retary and treasurer, H. j.. Davis; assistant,
and secretary, J. A. Sanhorn; executive
committee one in zach town. The limits OF
+Ta saoio+,, in'I,lo Catalonia nortion of
Ee,oy o,i o,.ioop. co,,r+ios Animal fairs
will be held here this year two days, in the
week in September following the State fair.
The 20tii annual report of the Vermont
Dairymen's association will be issued in a
| few days and in towns where there are 20
-. ,,,o,., ,,ia, - 10 Ji.trih,1t,d +bo,, ,,o,-
~ ,4 ,,'o ,,,,,aI Na,.oh ,,,oa+i,,s
w ~ az '''e o
hNrIN "ali man h'''ine ~ ~ iii0i OoNs :
so lar as lhey are known 10 'i'9 secretary
Ii'', VIII receive 'Il's IPloI1 a.'' any o'''l4
| desiring IL ana enclosing t"o t"o c'h'
stamps 10 paw posture WIN 0'so oIFiNt ~
II Is n07,t my '''i f1i 80, .',9
4eioi "a ",.ei .i' 1,--.';t.,,i. q"
'''ia " ~ i''' IA '''''' ''''
fosters are out announcing 'he mus'cal
festival TO be hed IN banN opera nan at
hlchlord, March T. D, ana 9 at Wnich
lhe IoiioWlnS talent Will take part !. -
cornell, 81 Albans' mUSlcal uliec'or' mrs
| >. H. Mimlns soprano 0t' Aluahs' MISS
mary II, simpson colt'ulto' burning on
Hf. Ii, H. NarYlh ~, ADAMS TENOR VI /;
~, l. LaNe9dlI, 81 -N'p,1IS, "'tl'o"e' an"
MISS flhei H. br'Shl' iNchloru, P.lnls'
ne Dudley BUCK quartette Oh o1' AIoans
VIII oe a feature oI the l'Sti'"i anu INC
| howard opera mouse orcifes'ra Vi puiliha
Ton VIII paruclpate'
Business IS booming at the sugar OK
change ht brartIeboio' thls hohth ph'
ORDER was IecelVeu laaV week ior Nv sa'oH'
oil syrup 70 90 10 SIOUX ans l'"AC'"' u9
Soon as Inc new SyfnP co'Nes III III 'uc
| past tWo weeks IueJ hhNe Sulnl"u hcnIlN
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FOUND DEAD IN The FIELD,


Einyon Ransom OF Jericho Centre. broth
er of D. V. and Sia, Ransom Of Jericho
Wa found deud in the lot between the rcsi-
dence OF the latter nauod brothers. He had
been to the office after the mail and took
the path through the meadow, as be often
dil. when hc was last seen alive by Mrs. u.
u. Ransom. As he did not como in. search
was made and he was found near the fence,
where he fell on his back, with tho mail III
his hand. He apparently had not made n
motion after he iell. Death was probably
instantaneous and caused 10y heart disease
a. he often had bad spells, He was about
90 years o3 age had never been married,
had always lived in jericho Centre, and he
used to make his home with the late Hiram
Day.
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WESTFIELD.

Ms Lila Smith died Inst Saturday Of
typhoid pneumonia, the result OF la grippe
She was the youngest daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. Hirgm Smith and was II years old.
Rev T. " Granger conducted the funeral
services which Wore at the house Sunday
afternoon. MIR Smith and his sons are still
very Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. j. Miller are additional
delegates to the Derby y. F. ). c. T..
county meeting Hey Edwin Ross was III
SUNDAY and unable TO attend church and a
reading service was held Both depart
neuts VI the village school close next week.
Mrs I. $. Miller finishes her primary school
in Troy this week Little Harry Hitch
cock is sick with scarlet fever. Miss May
Watkins has been visiting in Glen Sutton,
Canada. Mrs. Edwin Wool is in "A very
precarious condition and Mr and Mrs Ey
ron Wood uf Leomiustar, Mass, have come
LONE 10 see her. II hlres Gardyne'S father
aud mother spent last week at his home. -
Alr. aud Mrs willis Wakefield of Mont
gomery were in town the first OF the week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21
RtPTON.

During the night of tho l4th inst, the
ice broke up again in our streams and in
places iammed up to a large extent, doing
some damage to bridges
Mrs Nancy Grant Turner widow Of
the late Charles Turner died on the 14th
inst. Her late husband died on the Goth
ult She leaves two married daughters,
one in Bennington and Mrs. John Gee here.
She was buried in Middlebury Sunday al
teruoou.
John Bean is removing TO the farm he re-
Gently bought in Randolph. lillian
Whittemore had cow break a leg recently
and it Uas necessary to kill the animal. --
l.. II. Baker has sold the selden 1uul to j.
L. Goodroe -On one day last week there
werc drawn to ". ;. Huntley's mill 3l4
logs that measured 2t. 1t3 feet.-N. i.
Brown drew 1915 feet OF logs at one load
one lay lest week. Our stage driver, !.
g. Pierce, has made two trips only to Mid
di-bury on ,ieighs this winter.
David G.. Sherman died on the Sth il-t. Of
a complication ot discusses beinga little past
- years Of age ano having Leen a resident
here fer over ~ years. lie was "a quiet,
pcacoable Citizen and will lie missed.
". 3. Brown has hired The blacksmith
shop of l. H. Baker bought his stock Of
tools and hired \. ". Narney. who with
himself find all the wuri; they can DO.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
What Oar Senators and Representatives
Did During the Past Week.


In the Senate on Thursday of last week
the amendment to include No Mans Land
within tho territory of Oklahoma was
agreed to, yeas 81, nays 10. Senator Nc
Pherson said that the Indians ought to
drive good bargain in the sale OF their
valuable lands
In the House there was the usual wrangle
on approving the journal, followed by
Lively discussion of the new code Of rules
bill to relieve the sufferers by the wreck
of the United States steamers at the Samoan
Isonds was passed in the Senate Friday.
In the House the new code of rules was
adopted by strict party vote Of yeas 16l,
nays 145.
In the Senate Monday Senator Dawes
presented over 24O petitions from Nlassa-
chusetts stating that more than SO0, 900 gal
Ions of intoxicating liquors are annually ex-
ported from the United states TO Africa, de
moralizlng tho people of Africa and detri-
mental to all legitimate commerce with
that people, and praying that under the
section Of tho constitution which authorizes
Congress to regulate commerce with foreign
nations, that SORT Of thing shall be stopped
Senator Blair presented a petition signed
10y 30, 900 members Of the G A. II. in
favor of pensions to army nurses and pet-
tions signed by over four millions in favor
of the educational bill The educational
bill coming up Us unfinished business, MIR.
Blair resumed his argument i'll support of it.
Tho party wrangie in tho House CONT
nued.
Sir. Blair occupied most of the day III
the Senate Tuesday with another one OF his
addresses and at the time OF adjournment
hat b..X 4 il,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-02-21
MARSHFlELD.

The Congregational church was first es-
tablished in town, Dec 24, 1900, was re or
ganized in 1870, and the present edihce was
completed Aug. 16, 1871. The first
Methodist church was organized in 1929
the first church building erected in 1860 and
burned in 1878, and the present edifice com
pleted Jan. 16, 1879. The Universaist
church was organized in 1871, although a
"Universalist Society of Liberal Christians
was started in 1855. Their church building
was erected as the union meeting house in
1917 and remodeed in 1851.
George 0. Davis says he has mauutactur-
ed boots in town for nearly 40 years, and
his present wholesale business has been run
ming about 80. Thinks he is the pioneer
of the State, and was first to send out a
drummer with samples. lie now has 10 or
T. men making kip and veal calf boots,
mostly hand work, and averages 30 cases,
IL pairs in each every month, and is now
beginning wholesale trade on gents p8gged
calf slippers.
The board Of civil authority met Tues
day, at Bancroft's hotel for abatement of
taXcs. Eli + lson has just added new
butter box saving machine 10 his factory. -
George Bemis has sold his farm TO Horace
BUrnhan A flock of blue Jays were sing
ing on the outskirts Of the village Tuesday
which the farmers call sure sign OF an
early spring and an early and good sugar
season. over 70 tons OF maple sugar have
been made III this town in one spring.
'Resolved. That money is of more value &c
n Young man than education, was the sub
iect for debate, Tuesday night, at the rcgu-
lar Meeting of the literary society.
Personals Mrs Il. O. Hall is danger
Ian h,,, f-,r
, 1890-08-13

Within a short time the agricultural
department hopes TO make an interesting
experiment, probably on the plains near
the state line of Colorado and Kansas.
In the agricultural appropriation bill is
an item appropriating s 1000 forthe pur-
pose Of an experiment in producing rain
fall by explosion of dynamite. This
paragraph was put in the bill by the in
huence of Senator Farwell, who for
many years has believed that rainfall
may be induced by the use of explosives.
Secretary Rusk thought well Of the idea,
and the senator induced the committee
on agriculture to make provision for the
experiment.
Senator Farwell's notion Is that about
twenty-five pounds of dynamite should
be exploded at n time n half mile or so
in the air, the material being sent up by
means Of inexpensive paper balloons and
exploded by time fuses. Senator Far
well and Secretary Rusk believe n sue
eession of such explosions will cause
rain to fall over a considerable area. AT
least the experiment in their opinion is
worth making, for if it should succeed n
cheap and effective solution Of the arid
land problem would have been discov-
cred. The members Of the senate COM
mittee on agriculture do not express
much faith in the success of the under
taking.-Chicago Herald.
, 1890-08-13


Capt. Dillon, of the steamer Fisher, or
June 80 brought up n sturgeon which
had been caught in the last,tran nj the
mouth Of the C68}}dmbfta, almost to the
2essaf. The popularity about the fish is
that there was attached to him n chain
nearly five feet long, about the size of a
halter chain. He had been caught be-
fore, and on the under side of his mouth
a hole had been cut. Through this the
chain had been passed, and through n
ring on the end of the chain, thus form
ing n bow knot or loop around his under
lip. Then he had evidently been fastened
to 4 polo or stake, with q rope attached
to the end of the chain.
After the rope broke the fish was at
liberty to leave, and how long he has
been swimming with the chain hanging
to his mouth is a mystery. If any Of
our exchanges know where the fish has
escaped from, or when, and will state it,
it may form An interesting sketch Us to
how long the fish has carried the chain
and where he has been travelling.
The sturgeon was quite poor, and one
Of his fins was partially worn off by the
rubbing of the chain, showing that he
had travelled with 1t a long time. -Asto-
raan.
, 1890-08-13

A look through a powerful field glass
from one Of the narrow windows in the
top of the Washington monument in hot
weather shows a new side of domestic
life in the capital-what might be term
cd the upper side-as a writer has said
in a book of which all the rest has been
forgotten. Washington is a city Of
boarding houses. AS you look from the
top of the monument with your field
glass you can see bedrooms on the house
tops. That is, light, portable cots have
been taken up OIL the fat roofs Of houses,
rug spread over the sheets of tin that
have become floors, and som etimes fold
ing screens have been placed between
the beds The houses SO topped off are
probably the big boarding houses where
unmarried department clerks live, and
they take to the roofs on hot nights for
b sake of the maximum of air and
minimum of temperature. And the plan
is not q bad n by long odds.-Wash-
ington Post.
, 1890-08-13

The palmetto hat is going out of
fashion, and you rarely see one on the
street now, even on the head of the most
old fashioned Southerner. Yet there
was a time, and that not ten years ago,
when every gentleman thought that to
sustain his dignity he had to wear n
palmetto hat in the summer. The fact
is, that in spite of their light and cool
appearance, the palmetto hats were the
hottest covering that n perspiring man
ever interposed between his head and
the burning rays of the sun. White
starched shirts on a hot day don't COM
pare to a palmetto hat for discomfort.
The straw is so closely woven that not
a particle of air gets to the hair, and as
o as people began toget ideas in their
heads about common sense clothing for
snnSmer they began to look with dis
favor upon the palmetto hat. Besides,
the hats are exceedingly expensive. The
cost of n good one is $e5 to begin with,
and in order to have 1t in good condition
you must pay several dollars every sum-
mer to have it reshaped and the straw
Observation-Disclosures with st. Louis
Halter.
, 1890-08-13

IT was a noticeable fact that the name
Of DR.. A. W. Barber, Republican nom
inee for secretary Of state, was not even
mentioned at the Republican ratification
meeting last night. This Is pretty good
evidence of The LEADERS, statement that
it was known when he was nominated
that Barber would not run for the Office,
but 1t was intended that he should decline
so as to give Secretary Medium a show.
The Sun displays so little interest in the
nomination hat it doesn't even spell his
name night and persists, even in its official
ticket, in calling him barbour.
, 1890-08-13
. MISUSE OF PUBIC FUNDS.

4 MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
The Laramie Boomerang, in speaking
editorially on the subject of the Carey
board bill, says: The so-called nom
partisan meeting which was held in this
city and addressed by Judge Carey took
place Thursday, July 81. In its issue of
that day the Boonteran0's local columns
contained the following:
"A complimentary supper will be ten
dered Delegate Carey by the Republican
club at the Thornburg this evening.
The supper was given, and last even
ing the bill Tor it was presented to the
city council and allowed without a protest
from a single member of that body.
''Carey's visit to this city was purely in
the interests OF the Republican party and
his own candidacy for the United States
senate. 1t was announced by the Repub-
licau managers that it would be nom
partisan but Carey's speech was little
more than a bitter attack Upon members
of the Democratic party copiouslv inter
larded with self adulatIon. So far as the
meeting went il was thoroughly partisan.
Carey made a Republican speech, he was
introduced by a Republican and all those
who had seats upon the platform were
Republicans. The meeting was arranged
by committees appointed by the Republi
can club and 1t was that club, through its
committees, which ordered the supper at
the Thornburgh.
I'm short, the whole affair was gotten up
by the Republican club for the benefit of
Carey and the Republican party. yet the
city is asked to pay the bill, and the Re-
publican council has ordered a warrant
drawn for the amount.
WAS such brazen effrontery ever
exhibited before by the members OF any
political party? The fact that such a bill
has been allowed is an insult to every tax.
payer in Laramie, whatever his politics
may be. The public funds are not to be
used for partisan political purposes and
in so ordering them used the members Of
the city council have violated their sworn
obligations to the people and the Repub.
lican club has at the same time over
stepped the bounds of decency and dis
cretion."
, 1890-08-13

In the bodily mechanism when the liver
gets out Of order Constipation, dyspep-
sia. contamination of the blood, imperfect
assimilation are certain 10 onsuc. But It
is easy 20 prevent these consequences. and
remove their cause. bY a course of Hos
letter 8 Stomach Bittcrs, which stimulates
the hillary organ and regulates its action.
The iirect result is "a disappearance of
the pains beneath the ribs and through
the shoulder blade, the nausea, head
aches. yeIlowncss Of the skin turrcl look
of the tongue. and sour Odor of the
breath, which characterize liver com
plant. Sound digestion and a regular
habit of body are blessings also secured by
the use of this celebrated restorative OF
health, which imparts a degree of vIgor
to the body which Is its best guarantee Of
safety from maIarial epidemics. Nerve
weakness and yer-tersiOn are relicyed by
it, and Il improves both appetite and
sleep.
, 1890-08-13

NJ. p. Holland, postmaster, Rockaway
Beach, Long Island, N. Y, was entirely
cured OF dyspepsia and rheumatism Of
sixteen years standing, by taking two
Brandreth's Pills every night for a month.
During the month he took them he
gained eight pounds in weight.
Brandreth's Pills are purely vegetable,
absolutely harmless and safe to take at
any time.
Sold in every drug and medicine store
either plain or sugar coated.
, 1890-08-13

STRICTLY Cash, One Price only" is
the motto pasted on the walls OF the Re.
publican headquarters. 1t is one of the
literary remains of the merchant who used
to do business at that stand but it strikes
strangely on the sight OF those who are nc
quainted with the provisions of the new
election law.