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G. C. RIsDoN of Mount Tabor spent
Sunday with friends here.
PAINTERS are now at work changing
the color on the residence of Hon. H. G..
Root on South street.
JOHN Wool GRIswoLD and family re
turned from the Bermudas, Wednesday,
and are again at their residence at the
Centre.
AT the Methodist Conference now in
session in Saratoga, the Rev. S. McLaugh-
in is one of the Committee on the Epis-
Copal Fund.
THE Rev. Mr.. Seymour of the Second
Congregational church, will begin a
new series of addresses next Sunday
evening entitled: Sundays spent in
Europe" First, ga Sunday in London"
EACH day gives the lawyers an extra
chance to hug themselves over the posi-
bilities afforded by the income tax. The
latest is the Baltimore claim that mine
is real estate and so is exempt.
DEPUTY SHERIFF GODFREY took Mrs.
Lucy BATHS to the insane asylum at Brat
tleboro, Wednesday. She had beeu crazy
for some time and it was thought best to
have her taken there for treatment
JOHN HEALY has the foundation for
his store and dwelling, corner of Park
and Gage streets, we'll under way, and a
part of the lumber is already on the
ground. 1t will be great improvement
to that corner.
The Vermont Conference made the
following appointments near us: Bond
vile, supplied by S. H. Tucker; Land
grove, supplied by c. N. Knock; South
Londonderry, S. II. Ssson; Wilmington
and Nottingham, r. C. T. Mckenzie.
AT the late session of the Wilmington
(Del) Conference in Dover, Rev. Merritt
Hulburd, d. D., a former member of
Troy Conference, was appointed by Bish-
op Hurst to the pastorate of Grace
church, Wilmington, the leading church
of the Conference.
= AT the annual parish meeting of St.
Peters church, held Monday evening,
the vestry were reelected, except that T.
A. Hutchins was substitute for Chas. T.
Burt declined to serve. L. p. Norton
was elected treasurer The Easter offer
ing was about 1925.
THE Free Press wonders how large a
per cent. of the merit of the vertical
system" of penmanship is due to the
fact that some firm or other has list of
copy books on which it desires to make
profit. Burlington and Vermont towns
IN general want the best that is to be had
in matters educational, but they never
desire to pay out money merely for "a
change
IT is understood that the choir of the
Second Congregational church, directed
by Prof. E. E. Long, will repeat next
Sunday one or more of the numbers rem
dered superbly on Easter Sunday. If a
nearer might make choice from list of
such equal excellence, it would be "Un-
fold the Portals" from Gounod's Re-
demption, and the "Gloria" from MOI.
arts Twelfth Mass.
Col. R. J. COFTEY, of 9th Corps Post,
G. A. R., has been appointed assistant
inspector general for District No. u, in
the department of Vermont. The Dept.
Commander says: can inspection of
each post in this department is hereby
ordered to be made between September
1st and December list. Inspections will
be made at regular meetings so far as
possible but post commanders are direct
ed to call special meetings for this pur-
pose when requested to do so by. the as
sistant inspector of their district"
The Experiment Station at Burlington,
has Just issued Bulletin 46, containing
the analyses and Station valuations of
thirty-thFee brands of commercial feItil-
izers, the output of eleven manufactur-
ers. There is reason to believe that fully
nine tenths of the trade in Vermont is
confined to these brands. The director
writes us that the analyses are published
earlier than has hitherto been customary
The bulletin will be sent to any address
on application. A postal card directed
to the Experiment Station, Burlington,
Vt, is sufficient.
THE Burlington Free Press says:
"Apropos of its disbanding the Star
Hose company has presented City Treas
uTer L. c. Grant, who was chief engineer
when member of the company, with the
miniature hose wagon, made of glass and
which was voted to them as the most
popular hose company in the city at the
Sons of Veterans fair few years since.
The wagon is very pretty as well as a
novel thing and will be highly priced by
Mr.. Grant. 1t is enclosed in glass case.
Mr.. Grant also has a picture of the ia.
nous running team of the Barnes hose
company, taken soon after they won the
compansionship of the United States at
Chicago in 1878. Both of these relics of
the volunteer department will adorn the
city treasurer's Office for the present"