Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-03

tion new members being added every week.
E. V. Sumner post, No 10, of Fitchburg.
Mass, sent a vote of thanks to Charles j.
Ormsbee post, No IS, e.. A. r., of Brandon
for courtesies extended to Comrade Charles
b. Walker during his illness and at his fu-
neral.
o. C. Huntley's horse which stood in front
of Smiths block Friday evening, broke
away and left for homo at Leicester June
ton, which he reached with badly dam
aged wagon and harness.-Two new teue-
ments are being finished in Wright's block
with bay windows and balconies.
F. NJ Coke of Towns hotel Bellows Falls.
is in town Mr.. Coke has leased the Lake
Dunmore House from Col. Fred Keeper Of
New York and will run the house the COM
ing season. John i. Simonds will be clerk
at the Dunmore. He is preparing to open
the house. June 15.-Mrs Charlotte futile
has returned from Rutland. John Hastings
| was taken very i'll Friday night. IS. w. Jones
| is quite sick Mrs VIII Ripley is recover
| ing from a severe attack of sickness. Rev.
| Charles Provost. pastor Of St Mary's Cath
Ole church, preached his farewell sermon to
| his people Sunday. Father Provost has &C
| compished a great work since became to
| Brandon. He has reduced the church debt
| $4,000. 1t is expected that Rev. Father
| Coffee will arrive here very soon to take
| charge of the parish
| You can get Taft's Fig Cordial of all the
| live druggists in Brandon. See al. page s.
BENSON.
| The village school taught by Miss Lucy
| Lee began Monday, the Howard Hill
school by Miss Kittie Laid, Carter district
school by Miss Allie Ladd, Aiken district
school by Mrs. Lucy Kellogg and Stony
| Point school by Miss Bertha Falkenburg,
Temple district by Miss Clara Arnold and
the Goodrich district school by Miss Emma
Goodrich The Congregational church and
society received check for $50 from
Markus Barbour of Toledo, Ohio, which sum
is to be applied on the church Indebtedness.
Communion will be celebrated at the Con
gregational church next Sunday morning. -
| The monthly temperance meetings will be
held next Saturday in the parlors of, the
Methodist church. Mr.. and Mrs. II. Bump
Joseph Falkenburg and W. s. Pitts are re-
covering from sicknesses. Miss Sarah Hig-
gins is having her house painted.
PROCTOR.
Redfeld Proctor, ir., of Washington, d.
c., is stopping with his brother, Col +. d.
Proctor C. w. Dodge is working for Store
|
Is sheep during the last few days. being
driven over a ign ledge by dogs. Selectmar
H. p. Powers has the matter in hand and
will try to find the owners of the dogs.
Adolph Under is filling Druggist Rich
mond's place in the Vermont Marble com
pany's store.
PITTSFlEUO.
Charles Parmenter sold his farm and
stock at auction Saturday Truman Par
menter has sold his farm to Mr.. Fisk. Mr.
and Mrs. William Newton are rejoicing over
the birth of girl baby.-Mrs. Dr. Axtel
of Newton, N. H., is visiting her parents
Elisha Averill is quite ill.--NIrs. Nellie S
Ellis and daughter have returned to Rox
bury.-Walter Parker has moved on to the
Swan farm.
CHITTENDEN.
} Paul Clark and H. Perry are building g
house at Mill village for Mr. Wheeler -
Asher Durkee has purchased the Winters
place of H. F. Noyes E. J. Perry has re
} turned from Pittstield. Tuesday being May
our town was filled with fishermen frou
Rutland.
PROCTOR.
Frank Smalley of Shrewsbury ha
obtained employment i'll the invoicing
department. of the Vermont Marble com