Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-10


the publication will be stamped with the
college seal. 1t will necessarily be larger
than previous catalogues.
Miss Ruth Boardmnn and Miss Minnie
Wheeler gave party to large number OF
their friends Tuesday evening at Miss Board.
mans home. After pleasant social chat
they tripped the light fantastic to the ex
cellent music furnished 10y Miss Mamie
Smith, piano, and C. a. Oakman, violin.
Refreshments were served.
At the debate at the high school ycster-
day afternoon the question was, "Resolycd,
That the government ought to control the
railroads. - The leader in the affirmative
was H. b. Shaw, and in the negative j. T.
Stearns. so many spoke that the time had
to be extended. Tho jury and house both
decided in favor of the negative.
The slaughter house OF Joseph Derway
was discovered on fire Tuesday evening
about o'clock md was totally destroyed
The cause of the fire is unknown. Mr.
Derway is very fortunate in his loss he
bad but very little stock in the building at
the time of the fire He has an insurance
of 5000 in the agency of 4. S. Peck and the
loss will be settled at once.
The work on the addition to the Van
Ness House is progressing rapidly. The
frame is nearly up and boarded Tho sec
ond story of the rev part with about 30
feet oil the OLD buldlng VIII De litted up Tor
a new dining room, the present one IN the
south ell beng too Smal 10 accommodate
the summer trave', TO say nothing OF tho
banquets which are oiten heiu at the motel.
The trucks Of one of the cars on the south
bound freight tram, drawn by engine Bing-
ham ana running wiz, broke Gown us the
tram reached Ner7ehhes' auouI ''oo lhurs-
day evening. \ wreck IRAN IN charge oil
Master MechanIc l. a. .ia'ur "eh' 10 Uhe
scene from TINS city, ana Ill throe hours or
Whereabouts the track was cleared. Inc
south- pound hlShl express was ueIayeu an
hour by the accident
A couple of pheasants that were shot
few days ago in Charlotte were secured by
w. d. Pope and i. Ii. Shattuck, and the
birds are now being mounted. Any one not
familiar with the bird would have no idea
OF Its beauty The plumage Is brilliant, es-
pecially about the neck and head, and rev
eral long feathers in the tail give the bird
the appearance Of species found in the
tropics. The pheasant is fully as large as a
partridge.
T. would ho wall 10 ror,ird visitors 70 +bo
oitv and p,I,,i,,,to,,io,,s as ,ra1I thot n,hsn
they would like to climb the college dome TO
enjoy the view but are deferred by the cold
weather and bleak winds, Prof. Cooke
would. without dornt. be l,esed to allow
access to the cupola o. the new barn on the
experiment farm. The view from there is
fine. and the cupola can be entirely enclosed
by windows
nurIi,,+o, oh,,,.cbos will r,al,o tho ,,sro1
!
season md con,,rit,aas have oIrsn1v basn
spnointed to devise wnvs and means The
old question come. nm every year .s\Yha,
shall it be ~ II is always a consolation tc
know bovover that if nothino nav can Il,
Thought of fine Christmas tree will neve,
lose its charm for tbe little folks and ,
Santa Clans will ALWAYS proyide plenty O,
entertainment and nre,ents
r,, -, ,..a.;. h.c.o A.. 900,
''' ~ va ,i'S 'u IN
- "
RinIev in tho exten.i,.. Of parn street :,
ElmToo avenue. and thn DAMAGES ayardoe
him was comnleted and sub,nitted nm Setur
day to the commissioner 10 reserve thei
decision. CITY Attorney a. G. Nybittemor,
appeared for The city. Hon. f. b. Taft fo
MIR. Rinlev. md 7. +. Wales for Mrs Nc
Mahou.
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prompt in response and quickly extinguish
ed the flames. The damage is not yer
large and is covered by insurance placed j.
the agency Of T. S Peck. The fire wa
caused by defective partition safe. th
| flames playinp Letween the studdin,, nm
Dlasterinr.
Tbe ,nen,bers Of ,bo 4 cios, of tho tr;o
school ara now nronnring for rbatorics,
,rhioh vii ho noIi i, tha 1aor f,trra NJ,
vo,,,,c, lo,I,cs ,iyo es.a,,s md rho GantIo,,a,
ora a1ualIv diyided ono contin,,ant ,y.,.i,,
COMPOSITIONS and the other delivering ora
tons. At present the BOYS who are assign
ed competitions select their own subject
The idea of varying the work in this wa,
, is to give the students practice in prepare
ton for graduation exercises.
s-,orts,ra, about +ra o;.,, ua ,o.i.
oooS mcL ind,,inT from, sa,.sro, do at,.i'',
&c ,,artridTas ond d,,,l,, ,t,+ .,a,s 80 r
,os,ard.y lo+ ~ ~ ~,.'I 80
irov,,ht in from, ui,o. i,,n,. 80 ~.
,. ducks from Sond Rar Er.6 ,a TEi' n,n