Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22
ALL OVER THE STATE.
WHAT A WEEK BEINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
Vine Happenings of soven Days on our
y5ills and In our Valleys Condensed and
Photographed for Busy Free Press
Readers.
MONT PELlER.

II mas already been decided that in the
Memorial day street procession the Brooks
Grand Army post will be accompanied by
Cen Stephen Thomas camp, Sons of Vet
sians, Vermont lodge, Thomas Widely en-
oanpment and canton Montpelier OF Odd
Felows; Mount Zion commander. h. T..
Montpelier military band, Montpelier drum
corps, Co. IL. Y. i. g.. and ST. Jean Bap
tieto society. Col Thomas Q. Seaver of
Woodstock will he orator of The day and
Rev. J. Edward Wright chaplain. de-
tan from the post is to decorate the graves
Of comrades at the cemeteries in tho morn
ing.
The state Farmers League session on
June D. is to be held in Red Mems hall, in
stead of Capital hall, the latter having first
been engaged for the Catholic fair.
Montpelier Juvenile Temple was instituted
Friday afternoon, at Good Templar's hall,
by State Deputy w. Arthur Jones and Mrs.
d. /. Fuller, superintendent of the temple
There were about 30 candidates initiated
and several honorary members obligated.
The officers are to be elected and installed
al tho next Friday afternoon meeting. Mrs.
Fuller has appointed as her assistants Miss
Nellie Sloan, Miss Lueg Bradshaw, and
Miss Ellen Young. This promises to be one
of the largest temples in the State
The windows are being placed in the new
National Life Insurance building, outside
work mostly done, and stagings nearly all
down.
The new granite sheds erected by the
Montpelier and Wells River Railroad COM
pany are completed on the outside and
painted.
The United States Clothes Pin company
on Friday, shipped 1900 gross Of clothes
pins to Germany. Within two months they
have sold 1921 clothes bars.
ON Friday the Montpelier Telephone ex-
change was connected with the quarry of
Ward &; Cole Granitevie.
\ large new platform is now being built
around the Montpelier and Wells River
passenger depot. \ train and gang of men
are also at work laying the double track be
tween this station and Barre junction.
Quite large fire was raging in the forest
at the summit of the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad near the Edwin Lane mills,
Lanesboro, during Thursday and Friday,
day and night, and large tract between
Kettle Pond aud Owls Head was burned
over. beside $50 cords of fourfoot wood A
party of men were carried by special both
nights from this station to prevent the
flames from spreading into the mills or rail
road The heavy rain Of Saturday nearly
subdued the fire
George t. Morse, for II years with the
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pahy, seven Oh "hlch ne served as engineer
ana iINe as conductor mas been promoted TO
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