Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-18
VERMONT LOCAL NEWS.
NOTES AND GOSSIP OF Dolro NTHE
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The Winooski Valley, village Sorth,
Along otter Creek and by tn :. ores of
White River Covered by sH al Re-
porters.
ADDISON COUNT e. ~
NltDDLEBURY.

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l.. Sheldon, curator of the Sheldon mu-
scum is getting some rooms ready in the
I upper story of his tenement house on
| Academy street to accommodate the in
! CreasinE demands for space for the over
flow of the muSeum.-AlsS Emma MCIIuEh
! of New York city has returned home,
after visit of several weeks to her sis
ter's herp.-Both the volunteers Of 'SS and
Battell hose companies have voted to at
tend the tiremens tournament at Fair
| Haven this month Wallace G. Frost is
delegate from the former and Frank r.
Stone from the latter Company.-Mr. Ozias
Sanford of North DuNbury is visiting
! friends in Mddlebury and vicinity.-Green
Mountain lodge of ODD Fellows will hold
! an important special meeting in their hall
| on Friday eVenng.-Several Mddlebury
men have gone to Brattlcboro to work on
big job which Smith & Piper have on
hand there.-The farmers of this county
! have had splendid hay weather for the
! past ten days, and have been making the
! most of it. The hay crop is exceedingly
! light, but the quality in most instances is
! much above the average.
EX-Gov. John w. Stewart and wife and
Miss ElGa Stewart started Thursday night
for York Harbor, near Bar Harbor, Me,
where they will pass a few days. They
went in the special Wagner palace car
"1dler." Mr. Philip r. Stewart, esq, Of
Boston, with his wife and Miss Jessie
Stewart, are expected to join the party
at York Iarbor.-AIiss Willie Sturtevant of
San Jose, California, daughter of the late
Z. a. SturteVant esq, of Middlebury,
! started on the noon flyer Thursday for her
California home after a six weeks visit
| to friends in this ViCinity.-Mr. and Mrs.
L. c. Scott are visiting in burlington
A party consisting of President Ezra
Brainerd, Prof. Brainerd Kellogg of the
| Brooklyn Institute of Technology. Charles
| NJ Wilds, esq, and son Percy, and Prof
| a Ct aJ TbrrcJo,,
for Knights Island, near North Hero, in
Lake Champain, where they will take a
months outing. Later they will be joined
by Profs. Howard and McGilton and en-
/ Gov. Stewart-Mrs. A. NJ. Swiney of
Holyoke, Mass has returned to her home
after visit of several weeks to relatives
IN town. She formerly resided here and her
| daughter is in next years graduating
class at Middlebury college.
BRISTOL.
There are G5 widows now living within
the limits of Bristol vilage.A photoG
rapher has pitched his tent in the yard
| near the Baptist churCh.-D. l.. Taylor of
| Middlebury was here Wednesday.-E. B.
| Patterson has cashed pension checks since
July 9th amounting to over $1S00.-ROck
wood Barrett of Rutland is in town.-Thc
carpenters have begun work on the new
building of the Bristol Manufacturing Co.
=. w. Noyes and wife at home
from the lake.-AIrs. Josie Chase is at
home from Massa achusetts.-Mrs Gilman
n Caldwell is CONFERENCE.-The Evelyn
Dumas has gone TO Boston for a visit of
\ several weeks.-Miss Edith Rogers of Red
| Bank, \. Y, is spending xher vacation at
her father's.-AIrs Franklin Hickey is Wis
lunE IN the queen city TINS Week.-lrNihg
Carpenter ana family OF Panton are visit
ing their relatives here.-Mrs. Ethel kleits
of Chicago E in town.-Miss Nellie ST.
George is visiting her father in the hospil-
al in burlington.
Ihere was an alarm OF hre at the resi-
dence of f.. B. Palmer Thursday after
noon, some hay was set on fire either by
accident or otherwise. II was soon cXtin-
guished.-Harry r. Dana of the Soldiers
Home, Bennington, is in town-Miss Clara
Churchill of the Mary Fletcher Hospital
burlington, is at B. l.. Downing Sd. h.
Ellls ana wife, f.. j. Bristol and wife and
Mrs. Edward Colby attended funeral
in Weybridge July S.-Mlss Maggie
Welch was in the Queen City last week.
Miss Carmody and Misses Maggie and
Mary ONeil visited In Plattsburgh last
Week-Mrs. X. T.. Allen ana Mrs. r.. II.
Landers were IN Boston last Weck.--George
Gardner has gone to Burlington for hos
pltaI treatment.--Nilham Shedrick ana
wife were at the lake shore last week.
The third and tnal game between the
V. n. S. and the B. II. S.was played
al Middlebury July lI-C. w. Hewlett of
Rochester is IN town.-The reports from
Joseph ST. George, now in the Mary
Fletcher Hospital in burlington, are not
encouraging.-A subscription paper is be-
Ing circulated to raise funds TO purchase
street sprlnkler.-Misses Beach, Drake
Prime ana Wright are expected to have
charge Of the several departments in the
graded school the coming school year
The Bristol base ball team has been reor-
ganized as follows: Pitchers, Gaudett
Brown and Daggett; catchers Mason;
hrst base, Rolla Peake; second base, Wal
ter Shedrlck; short stop, ID. e. Farri third
base ana captain, Daggctt; left field
VIII Hatch; centre field, II. Landon; right
feld, Dan Mahony
Dr j. II. linsley and Ray Llnsley Of
the Queen city We're registered at the
Bristol House last Saturday.. j. Ridley
Is slowly recovering from severe attack
OF rheumatlsm-Jennie Sizer OF Redford,
n. y, and stephen Dana of Fayston are
In town. n. Roseman of Middlebury
was in town over Sunday.-H. 5. Dunshec
is at the lake.-ln the local market last
Saturday butter brought 10 to 16, eggs 10.
potatoes, old 30, new 70 cents a bushel.-
young boy named Hayes was brought
before Justice Sherwin last Friday, charg-
ed with attempting TO burn the outbuild-
ings belonging to +. r. Palmer, The court
decided that the evidence was not strong
enough TO hold the respondent and he was
discharged.-D. NJ, Strong is in town. Mr.
strong has been in Oklahoma since last
January.-C, j. Kingsley of Salisbury is
the guest Of j. r. Tucker-Everts S East
man are running five branch creameries
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