Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-02-18

couble Of bottles of alcohol Is all that wns
missed, though they may have taken a few
cigars, etc.
At the meeting of the societ yof the First
church held Monday evening, II. s. Peck
ana Joel H. Holton were elected as members
of the prudential committee to ill vacancies
caused by the declination of Col. U. A.
Woodbury. and j. S. llickok. c. l.. Smith
is the third member Of the committee.
Tho Catholic Young Mems union are talk
Ing of having another entertainment soon.
A committee of G. l.. LaFountain, NJ. +.
Mctiuire, l.. j. Rush, Y. j. Mcdonald and
Nj, y. Mcmahon were appointed to consider
the matter. The union always give first
class entertainment and are in return liber-
ally patronized.
Lucia, '9i, L. V. NJ, n young man
whose home is in Montpelier, had his right
foot anputated yesterday just above the
ankle by Drs. Bingham, Hawley, Maynard
and Andrews. lie sprained his ankle about
n year ago and had recovered from this in
jury when he spraued it again. Consump-
ton of the bone developed aud amputation
became necessary.
Z. F. Brownell aud r. f. Weller had
track laid out on the ice Yesterday from the
Red Rocks toward this city. The ice is in
good condition and after the scrnper had
been run over it a few times, it was quite
smooth. The course is about a mils long
and they will train colts there, though some
races in the future are not an impossiDility,
by any means.
In the students class at the y. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium Tuesday evening there was an
attendance of 81. Two Of the association
records have been broken as follows; VI. J.
Twitchell, running nigh jump, s feet II
inches beating the record Il inches; j. L.
Miller, stretch kick, 7 feet inches, beating
the record inches. This refers to the bost
records made by all y. NJ. c. a. g through
out the land.
Seldom do the heavens present such a
glorious display as was seen In the north
western sky Saturday evening. Starting
from tue horizon flashes of light in many
| colors shot upward to the zenith and even
beyond The red shades in particular were SO
brilliant as to cast a reflection on the snow.
AS the evening wore on the colors all blend
ed into one mass of light.
The American Druggist contains a very
good Outline of the worlds fair exposition,
including the space allotted each State. The
Vermont building viii be located right in
front of the right annex Of the art galleries
and will be partially surrounded by the
buildings of Maine, Massachusetts and New
Hampshire 1t is q much better site than
many OF the larger States have and it is safe
to say that Nermonters VIII have no occa
sion to be ASHAMED OF their States r. pres,n-
! tation at the great fair.
Very Rev. Father Father Lynch " c. q,
informed a FREE PRESS reporter yesterday
that instructions bad been received frcm
Rome saying that during lent the usual re-
striction OF abstaiuing from meat would be
removed This is done on account Of the
prevailing sickness. !. is especially neces-
sary that peopl. should take all possible pre-
cautions to maintain their strength.
Green Mountain lodge LOO. f. has pre-
sented to Post Grand Representative W. H..
Hail. gavel that is supposed to date back
to lS41, the year in which the ledge was
formed. 1t is probably the first gave
used by the lodge. 1t is made of ivory and
shows the effect of H. years Of usage IN
maintaining desired order. c. +. House
has presented the lodge with two Few
gayels
Prof. W. ". PART g, who died some
weeks ago at his HON, N Cleveland, Ohio,
| was former resident of Burlington. lie
came to this city in 1850, taught music here
and was leader of the choir at the Unitarian
| church for several years. lie lived here fol
II years, and then moved . Cleveland, Ohio
where he accepted tho protessorship of music
in the public schools. He held this position
for five years and had thereafter continue,
to teach both vocal and instrumental mus,
in Cleveland and vicinity. H. death re
suited from an acciGent and succeeding
b God poisoning. lie was u years of age.