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

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John Laramie, aged about 35 years, was
killed Thursday by a falling tree, near the
north line of Ferrisbursh. He was engaged
! in telling the tree and before he could run
n limb struck him on his neck, causing ia
| tai in jury Mr.. Gushing had a serious re-
| lapse Tuesday and his intended visit is indie
! finitey postponed. B. f. Miner is steadily
, improving. Mrs. Charles c. johnson of
| Chicago aud her sister, Miss Lille Cram OF
Massachusetts, are called to the bedside of
their uncle, DR.. Harvey Cram, wh is critically
| i'll at his home in Ferrisburgh. Architects
from Brandon were in town Thursday
looking over the Methodist church building.
| Seventeen letters are held in the Yer
gennes postoffice for the author Of the bridge
hoax. -George Whitesidc is homo from
Northfeld university on q fortnight's fur
Tough - The school district board Of abate
ment held business nesting Friday after
noon and closed the years business
George Thorne, whose business as cattle
dealer takes him to Boston weekly, was u
witness 10 Gaze of cruel treatment to AMI
mails in Boston market last Decsmber and
was detained Tuesday ss a witness by the
Humane society until Saturday. He wac
obliged 10 give bonds to visit his homo Sat
urday, and he was obliged to return the
same day az witness -Sprigg u Co.
shipped car of veals Friday and one of
cattle Monday TO Boston. - Carleton
Sprague, who went to South Africa in Oc-
| tober 1892, with a shipment OF Addison
county sheep, arrived out at Cape Town
after Il stormy passage, via London, in De-
cembar. Business is dull in the stock raising
line, including sheep aud cattle, which in
wolves American, English, Scotch, Irish and
Dutch representatives. Among Mondays
! }, f,Dp Phi
OF cows and veals by d. c. Noonan.
Dwight Elmer and wife of Panton start
ed Saturday to visit New Hampshire Bos-
ton, and finally the state of Washing ton
where their son Edwin resides. In the case
| of State VS.. Charles Tredo, for breach OF
the peace before Justice Moulton, Tredo
was adjudgsd guilty and fined So and costs
amounting to So. 50.-Lewis Shepard will
be engaged at the creamery OF Willard &
Co. the coming season. DR. Knowlton was
badly injured by a kick from his horse
| Sunday. His knee is badly cut and he is
otherwise injured. w. w. Hawk
ms will take position in the
establishment of the American Cloth
ing Co., Burlington, April 1st. -
The school report for 1898 is published.
Teachers salaries were 81, 7S2. 81; total
| disbursements, So 92G.07, and the lax called
/ LOT ~ 40 Genus on lue uOll0r. miss
H. Moulton is home from Albany Business
college on a visit. Obadiah Allen will take
! the remains OF his brother, Jacob c. Allen,
who died last week, to bis late residence in
! Illinois.
| The L. V. NJ. quartette will give a con-
cert at the Methodist church Friday even
ing.-The Ladies Aid society enjoyed a
| pleasant sociable with the Misses Tucker
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Cyrus Prndle of
| Charlotte will soon go to Mexico as botan-
ical collector for Harvard college. John
Hurlburt of New Haven will accompany
Mr.. Prindle as an assistant. AT a special
meeting of the Epworth league held at the
| Methodist vestry Monday evening, it was
resolved to assume the payment of 800
into the church improvement fund. One
thousand dollars and over has been raised.
BRISTOL.
About 40 members Of the Masonic frater-
nifty went to Aliddlebury Friday evening by
| special train to take part in the Sir Knights
/ of Birmingham. A banquet was had at the
! Addison House. &C. I. 5. Piercs of Yer
| gsnnes visited Walter f. Dunton post
! Thursday evening in his official capacity as
inspector. Joseph Massey Of FItchburg,
Mass, was the guest of David White last
week. The attendance In town Saturday
was large. Butter sold at % to 25 cents. -
! Several of our citizens are con fined to their
houses with the mumps.-The remains of
| Mrs Celins Geuthier, who died Thursday,
were taken to Vergsnnes Saturday for in.
terment in the Catholic cemetery.-O. {,
Crandull has sold building lot on Maple
street to c. a. Hanks, who will build there
on the coming season.
n. f. Dunshes received word from Mr.
Ill, 'bar lott hat 81
trottng marc CO Mr. Dunshee, had mel
with n serious accident. She got one OF he
hind feet caught between a door and tn,
floor and in her struggle to free herse
pulled the hoof Of the foot Off. Mr.. Dun
shee was offered $500 for her last fail
She was the most promising trotter in tn,
county. She took first money In severa
races last fall. Smith & Co. have
closed contract with the Emerson Boom
erang Gun company of WHITEHALL n. y.
for the manufacture of 100, 900 boomerangs
A. d. Evarts and wife have gone to Jack
sonvile, Fla, to remain few weeks to SCI
IL the southern climate will benefit Mr.
| Evarts' health.
WEST SALISBURY.
Clifford, son of F. a. Atwood, is sick. -
Mrs. Bert Gibson and son are visiting a
her uncle's, d. L. Gibson .-Mr. and Mrs
+. {. Dyer entertained a number of invited
friends at their residence on Wednesda,
evening the 22d, where an enjoy able tim
was had. Mrs. +. ID. Goodrich has re
turned home after several days sojourn il
Lowell, Mass.
WEYBRlDGE.
Hayward & Roscoe's sawmill Is runnin,
day and night.-The school directors hop
to secure the services of normal graduate
as teachers-The Sunday school of tn
Methodist church will hold Easter serv ice
on Easter Sunday at the usual mornn
hour A missionary collection will be taken
Mrs. j. J. Hall is quite sick again. - Mis-
Minnie Sampson has gone TO Middebur
and expects to spend some time there carin
% for the sick.
WHITING.
Clinton Mason is improving. Mrs. ia
Wooster and Pennsl Cook are sick. MIR
aud Mrs. y. d. Foster are to go April I
Saxton's River where they expect to speu
, year. Mrs. Kate Webster has gone t
Stockholm. \. y, to spend few week
with her sister, Mrs. Fred Needham.
STARKSRORO.