Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-05-31
JERICHO.

JEklC1O.
A musical festival will be held in
| academy hall May 30, 81 and June t. clos
| ing with concert on Friday evening, juno
| /. Soloist, Mrs Bertha o. Miller. so
prano: Mrs. Ella VI. Lee, contralto; Mr.
| Fred A. Percival, tenor; Mr. George HUI
burd, baritone. Bert Booth has returned
from the Mary Fletcher hospital much i'm
proved. Mrs. A. b. AchsonS quite sick
Mrs. Homer Kawson simproving. Prof. j.
| 5. Cilley W. !. Byington and Ira Morse
were at Essex Junction Wednesday and
| Thursday as delegates from the Congrega-
tional church to the county conference.
Mrs. p. l.. Parmelee OF Colchester visited
her son, DR.. Bedcn, Friday.-E. Selien
and wife of Burlington visited their mother,
Mrs. Jane Gibson, Sunday.-Mrs Mary
Nichols has had TO give up her school for
this week on account of sickness. DR. Bal
lard leaves us in few days for another
field of PRACTICAL republican caucus is
called to meet in the town room Saturday
next at 1870 p. m, to elect delegates to the
coming county convention.
ESSEX CENTRE.
The delegates to the county union of
| Christian Endeavorcrs at Grand Isle. June
g. are G. +. AVER and Miss a. \. Osgood -
| The school board of Essex held business
meeting Monday at the Universalist church.
| A. a Slater and f. f. Garvin are dele
gates to the county conference Of Congre
gational churches at Essex Junction this
week Thursday and Friday.
WINOOSKl.
Deep sorrow was brought to the family of
| Edward Hatn Saturday About | O'Clock
his son, Edmond, n boy about Is years old,
was digging angle worms in the rear of the
| Touring mill shed when he lost his balauce
in some way and rolled off the bank which
is almost perpendicular and fell some % feet
to the water. The stream at this place
runs swiftly and he soon sank in the power
full current and was drowned. The news
soon spread and large crowds anxiously
watched the searchers for the body, which
was recovered about $50 O'Clock Saturday
evening several rods below by Messrs Louis
Rivers and Joseph Brooks, with n graphing
| hook. The funeral was held Monday
morning from st. Francis Xavier church,
Winooki at 9 o'clock.
The entertainment consisting of the laugh
able one-act farce "Medica,n refreshments.
etc, given by the Young Peoples society of
the Congregational church last Fri
day evening, was most enjoyable
and successful affair. The characters
inthe play were Andrew Morrow, Ray
Allen, Alvin Taylor, Allen Cookie, William
Murray, Thomas Hart and George Plat.
and they acquitted themselves in very
crcdtable manner. a good sum was
realized which goes for the benefit of the
church.
The Epworth league Of the Methodist
church are rehearsing cantata which it is
expected they will produce soon.
Mrs. Bridget Costellow. aged 16. died
Saturday afternoon, after Il long and seri
Gus illness. She leaves n husband, with
whom she had lived 46 years. The funeral
was held Monday morning in st. Stephens
church at ) o'clock.
George l.. Mcbride has returned from
Chicago where he has been working several
months. He has accepted position in Ed
wards a Stevens machine shop.
Peter Fountain is able to be out after
several days illness
Alfred Barney was brought before A, @.
Hood Friday for insulting Mr.. McCarty and
fined, including costs, 500. Mr.. McCarty
is one of the Oldest men in town and a civil,
law abiding citizen.
4. G. Mcbride is making extensive re
pairs about his premises on Main street.
Several of our young people attended a
picnic at Hghgate Springs Friday.
DR. j. II. Hamilton OF Richford, score
tary of the State Board of Health, was in
town Thursday, looking after the sanitary
conditions of the village. He pronounced
several places greatly in need Of attention,
and it is expected some nusances will be at
tended to.
Six of the Sisters of st. Joseph from the
Hotel Dieu, the grand hospital, Montreal,
arrived here Thursday and were met at the
depot by Rev. }. b. Whitaker and driven to
the residence of NJ. f. Kelly the donor of
ba nunhor fp, bpsDitol for
dinner. In the afternoon they took charge
of the hospital building, and have set about
putting it in condition for the reception of
patients.
The painting of the Langlois block has
, added great deal to the looks of this prop
erty.
, Edward Yertaw is having his block paint
, ed, making decided change in this portion
of Main street, His barns in the rear are
being fitted up for \. s. Webb's horses and
viii be ready very soon.
At the concert given at the st, Louis
parochial school both the music and the
S dramatic acting was of a high order St.
} Stephens choir, with large chorus, fur
7 nished excellent singing, Mrs. DR.. Allard,
! who is the music teacher nj that school
: gave some excellent selections Misses
f Louisa Blais and Beatrice Carpenter, who
,. played piano duet Wednesday evening,
= Misses A Dubuc and b. Dubrel, who also
played piano duet, and Mr.. Alfred Vii
9 mare who sang comic song, were very
we'll received.
l Miss Beatrice Carpenter went Thursday
morning to La Cole, p. O., to play in a con
5 cert at that place.
7 Mrs Angelina Pratt went to Stowe tC
+ visit her sister, Mrs. Alger, who is very
= sick
e Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bissonette are re
joiciug over the arrival of Il boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Nash went TO Iris
q burgh Sunday for week stay, the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Bedo,
Mrs John f. ShHe and two children of
Glendale, $. c., are in town to spend the
a summer, the guests of her father Mr.
Robert Taylor,
y Mrs. j. 7. Hine, aged IS years, died al
/ the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. X, Nash
i on Main street Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. Mrs
y Hine has been resident Of Colchester fol-
36 years and recently came to live witt