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WHITCoMB's Insurance Agency (Burl-
ington), paid policy holders, last week,
$5,2S6.27.
JOHN PAULsEN has moved into the
residence Just built by him on Grand
View street.
MARTIN HoYT of Valley Falls, N. Y,
is contemplating moving to this village
to engage in the wagon business.
VIM. CAMPBELL and wife are enjoying
the heated term, by trip to the Adiron-
dacks where they will remain two or
three weeks.
THE latest entries for the tournament
are Torrent Engine Company of White
hall, N. Y, and Hope Hose Company of
Hinsdale, N. Fl.
MISS MARGUERITE GLEASON of Green
witch, N. Y, and the Misses Isabel and
Frances Bannon of Hoosick Falls, N. Y,
are visiting Miss Lizzie McDermott.
THE Hon. G.. G. Benedict, editor of
the Free Press, and Mrs. Benedict, who
spent the winter in Europe, arrived in
Burlington Sunday morning, having
come in ON the steamer Friday.
THE Rt. Rev. A. G. A. Hall, bishop of
Vermont, at the recent Commencement
was honored with D. d. from Trinity
College, Hartford, Conn, beside his de-
gree of S. T. D. from Oxford University,
England.
n. G. BABcoCK of Hoosick, n. Y, has
sold his interest in the general merchan-
disc business of H. G. Babcock & Co., to
the junior partner, w. f. BabcOck The
retiring member of the late firm has
gone to Saranac Lake to seek the restor-
alton of his impaired health.
BREATHEs there the man with soul so
dead, who never to himself hath said,
''I'll pay before go to bed, the debt /
owe the printer" Yes there are some,
we know full well, who never such tale
can tell; but they, we fear, will go to
well, the place where there's no winter.
ORDERS have been received by differ
ent companies from Chief Trumpeter,
Chas. Marlborough, to the effect that
Pugh's collections of marches for the
trumpet will be used as the field music
at the coming muster. The instructor
of Company KS corps, has ordered
copies of the music, and the corps will
begin practicing on them at once.
IRVING G. BURT died suddenly at his
home in Pownal, Saturday morning. He
had paralytic shock a few hours before
and did not rally from it. He served
d uing the war in the 18th Vermont. and
was an active member of Custer Post.
The funeral was attended Monday, quite
delegation from the Post going down.
His wife is sister of DR.. II. j. Potter,
Senior.
THE third number of The Mountain
Echo a neat little paper edited by Rev.
Nv I Harric n IA Rntlan6 hnc
lust been issued and will be found most
interesting to the Episcopalians of the
State. The paper is to be issued quar-.
terly and will be devoted primarily to the
missionary interest of the diocese. In
particular it is intended to serve as q
means of communication between the
bishop and the diocese generally. The
number just issued contains an excellent
cut of Bishop Hall.
As the team that brings the Boston
Heralds from Williamstown Sunday
was coming down South street, the horse
became frightened by baby carriage
The horse SHE'D, tipped over the road
cart and threw the driver, papers, etc.
out upon the ground, and started on the
run. TIE cart was badly aroken and
the horse freeing itself from it came
down the street at a break-neck pace
and made direct for the livery stable
where it belonged. The driver was MOI
injured.
HERE is an echo from the columns o.
our Democratic Exchange, the BurliDg
ton Independent: "Our representative
had the pleasure, this week of violating
the prohibitory law in company witt
several of his Republican converes in at
tendance on the press excursion. WheI
the editorial columns controlled by his
fellow-criminals are charged to the muz
zle with praise of the prohibitory Law
and demands for its enforcement, he viii
recall the fact that he has seen theii
noses through the bottom of q glass;"