Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22


a load Of cheese has been sold from Nc
Donough's factory for cents per pound.
BOWS creamery, run on the cooperative
plan, paid % cents per hundred for April
milk --IIull's creamery, proprietary, is now
working up about II 900 pounds of milk
daily and has declared dividend of 90
cents Il hundred for April milk. MIR. and
Mrs. Herbert Irish are rejoicing over a new
boy. MIR. aud Mrs. Leonard Burritt have
little girl The appearances of tho village
has been improved by the removal of the
old door-yard fences on Main street. A.
Wcrtheim has planted 30 bushels of pota-
toes Of the Burbank, snowflake, Brooks
seedlings, cowhorn and No. 2, varieties. -
Last year George Prinde's boys raised 3l9
bushels of Burbank potatoes on one acre,
which were sold for 80 cents per bushe
aud they secured the Bowker ferti
lizer prize of 500 for Vermont
The venerable father of Ahelard Jodoin is
very feeble Mt the age of 81 years. -liarri-
son Strong is very sick with n relapse of
grip. L. 5. Brownson has fine oil puinting
on exhibition at Andrews Bros, which is an
excellent piece of work for a self-taught
artist. The Methodist Sunday school have
elected DR.. II. +. Hunt superintendent;
c. q. Peck, assistant; john l.. Wilcox, sec
y
and Fred Coleman, librarians, and Mrs. c.
, &. Peck secretary o; the missionary fund. --
| Tho Sons of Temperance lodge is flourishing
| and recently initiated several new members
| They will have an ice cream festival Memo
! rial day, afternoon and evening The fol-
| lowing officers were recently elected: c. f..
Brownson, W F.; May L. Rollins, ". a. ;
John l.. Wilcox, secretary; DR.. II. T..
Hunt treasurer; George Davies, p. w. L. (;
Minnie Degree chaplain; Willis Z. Murphy,
conductor; Olin Fletcher, |. s., Moses Du-
mas, O. S.
a y. Z. S. c. +. WIS organized here Sun
day evening at the Congregational church,
the Methodist society uniting, by NJ. j. Nor
ris of Burlington, president of the Chiffon
den county union, assisted by c. s. Gardner
assistant secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A. of
the same place. Much interest was mani
Tested and the society starts out with Is
active and six associate members, which is
a very fatterinC beginning. The following
officers were chosen for the ensuing year:
President II. l.. Sprague; vice president,
I. j. Harris; secretary, Fay Kenyon; treas
urer, Miss Flora Martini chairman lookout
committee, Dr. H. +. Hunt; chairman
prayer meeting committee, Deacon A.
! Sykes.
Mt. and Mrs. j. I. Fierce OF ElwCod,
Neb., formerly of this town, are rejoicing
over the birth of a son. Harrison Strong is
er.--C. L. Fletcher is very low with
consumption. Old Mr.. Jodoin, father of
A. C.. Jodoin, died Monday morning -
Mrs, Daley and mother of Montpelier are
visiting Mrs. Charles Ray. -Wlliam Love,
who was thrown from his wagon last week,
is able to he about his work again. Mrs Bill
lings of Boston is visiting at l.. Andrews's
! The delegates to attend W. c. T. L.
county institute at Burlington are Miss G..
L. Douglass, Mrs. Noble Miles, Mrs. Will
liam Sanctuary, Helen Weller and Mary
Miles; alternates, Mrs. Henry Page, Mrs.
Kate Partch, Mrs. Leonard Andrews, Mrs.
Lima Beecher, Mrs. c. d. Boynton.