Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-03-30
CHIYTENDEN COUNTY.
ESSEX JUNCTION

ESSEX JUNCTION.
Mrs. Z. ID. Baker has returned from her
visit in Rutland.-Mss Hazel Arkley is
visiting at DR.. Dixons in Milton. The
old folks concert will be given at the Bap-
fist church, Thursday evening, March 80.
! a programme o; choruses, quartettes, duets
and solos, both sacred and comic will be
rendered in costumes. Mrs. Albert Spauld-
ing and OF Burlington were in town
| Friday visiting her mother, Mrs. Milo
Douglas MIR. and Mrs. VIII David
son, who have been boarding at
Jerome Coleman's have commenced
housekeeping in the Bates house. -
| Mr., Dan Gotta has bought house on
! Central street. -Clarenco Cook, head clerk
for the c. A. Hibbard Boot and Shoe com
psny, has gone the road for the firm. -
Charles Bates, formerly clerk in the
Farmers Exchange, is working for Read x
Beach in the meat market.-Mrs. john
Smith of Burlington is spending few days
at L. p Sawyer's.
Miss Lena Brownell, who is attending
the Burr and Burton Seminary at Mau-
chester, is at home Tor short vacation. -
Alba Booth, who is working in Allen 5
drug store in Swanton, is at home for a
| few days. Miss Winnie Brownell OF the
Burlington high school is spending her va
cation at home. very pleasant enter
tanment was given by MIR. and Mrs. Err
most Booth. 1t was private auction aud
| small souvenirs were gwen to the highest
bidder. Dan johnson started Tuesday for
| Boston, where he is to be employed by his
father.
The last of the series OF the Demore,t
silver medal contest will be hell in the
| MON church Saturday evening, .
COLCHESTER.
Arthur Hine has moved into the Ham
house. IF. l.. Parsons has purshased a flock
of sheep. The fourth quarterly conference
Of the Methodist church will be held in the
vestry on Tuesday, April I, at O'Clock in
the forenoon. Elder Boutwell, will be pres
ent-The name OF the party who lie to have
charge of the creamery the coming season
should have appeared Wheeler instead of
Green.-Mrs. Miles and Mrs. Stevens, who
have been visiting at L. X. Lords, returned
| home Saturday.
CHARLOTTE.
Prof Z. r. Pearss gave very instruc-
tive and humorous reading Friday evenin z
at the Congregational church under the
auspices OF the y. p. S. c. +. On account
Of bad roads and short notice the house was
not as well filed as it otherwise would have
been. Prof. Pearss is very pleasant
speaker and his selections were good. We
hope the y. 2. S. c. +. will give him an
other call in the near future The patrons
Of the Charlotte postoflice will be pleased to
learn that the postmaster general has rated
their office as "excslentn among the grades
of the fourth class offices in the county and
it heads the list.
John Sears has purchased homestead of
George l., Pea.e. Mrs. Henry Dorr return
ed from Boston last Monday on the flyer. -
Mr.. a. b. Willard is putting a now engine
into his creamery here.
Miss Cora Deyetts has returned from Bel
lows Falls MIR. King of Underhil will
carry on the Joseph Barton farms. G.
Bush has returned from Boston.-T. G.
Hill has the stone aud sand drawn for TIE
foundation to a large barn TO be erected
this spring The band realized S2l from
their entertainment at East Charlotte Sat
urday evening.
hliNESBURGH.
1t Is a boy at Simon Degrees &C. F.
Mead has engaged to carry on the Union
poor farm and moved there March 27.-The
prospects are bad for the maple sugar crop;
there has been no sugar weather yet and the
snow is gone. Mrs. Willard Ray has lost a
valuable bull. lie was used to run horse
Lower for cutting feed but caught his foot
between the lags and was killed
Rev. I. J. Harris was out of town Sun
day. His desk was supplied by Mr.. Glib
son of the y. NJ. c. A., Burlington
The Ladies' Aid society had socable a,
II. M. Hul's Wednesday evening. special
Easter services will be held in the ConGre-
gatlonal church next Sunday. The sin ging
will be conducted by L. O. Martin. Miss
Joaie Flanagan and Miss Flora Patrick are
visiting hsre.-Mrs. j. W. Russell and son
Elmer are at DR.. E. Beschsr's
Intelligence of the death at,Lebanon, N.
H., OF Syrsno d. Gorhsm, formerly OF this
town, aged 50 years, has been received
here. Tho machinery, boiler, ETC., for the
Valley Falls creamery have arrived and il
it expected that the creamery will open for
business April 1.-Comrade Waldron oil
Burlington, A. G, c., inspected Cummings
post, u. a. r., Monday evening.
MILTON.
On the evening of the 10th about 80 oil
tho friends and neiRhbors of Mr. and Mrs
Henry Bailey assembled at their home anC
took them completely by surprise. They
carried not only abundant refreshmsnt:
but more substantial tokens OF regard. The
evening passed very pleasantly to all con
cerned. VIII Sheldon, while at work fo
Mrs ii. Robinson recently, cut his foo
quite badly with an xe.-Daniel Coon is L
carry on the Hoxie farm this year. Mrs
ii. f. Powell has returned from her west
ern trip Mrs. Mary Griffith of Grand ISL
is visiting at w. Il. Allen's. Miss j. r
= Allen has gone to her school in Barre. 80
i Miss Elida Mars, formerly of this town, i
0 now here on a visit.
\ Rev. William Clark OF South Her
t preached Sunday morning at the Congrega