Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-26

| advent of a son, born to them March 18th.
| Il. Wheelock has moved his family into
part of the Joseph Mayette house,.
| Burns has rented the farm across the
river, belonging to j. w. Page of Bristol
| for another year.-Charles Flntum has
moved his family from Franklin and viii
work for w. s. Noyes this sprlng.--A large
| crowd attended the dance at Earl Prior $
Tuesday evening.-The price paid for but
ter last Saturday at Jacksonville was 20
cents per pound.-Mrs. Mcfarland has
| been visiting friends in Barre and Madam
Plummer has returned to her home in VIII
liston.-Mrs. VIII Osley has been enter
tanning her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
of Georgia. the past Week.-Mrs. Jennie
Chase of Underhll is visiting her sister,
Mrs Brown, at the Junction, and MIR. and
| Mrs Perley of Enosburgh ialls have be on
| the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Leavens the
past week.-Miss Effie Hall is improving
| John Carpenter has returned home to
rasburgh.-Chauncey Wiley has gone to
Massachusetts, where he has employment
in hospital-Mr. Shaw of Massachusetts
was In town the past week looking after
| the interest of his oar business Miss
Mary Perham has returned to hsr home in
| fairfax.-H. ". Gray spent last week in
Barre, looking after his engine business
| Mrs. Leander Fortier Ia entertaining
friends from st. Albans.-John Butler and
wife have returned from n visit in Morris
from Montpelier over Sunday.-Nfrs. Jo-
sepn Junior, who has been i'll nearly all
| WINTER mas been worse the past week on
| account of contracting severe cold-E
j. Gates is having the entire inside of his
mouse repaintod and papered.-G. II. New
Ton, tne new doctor, wears n smiling face
these days on account of the arrival of a
lO-pound girl Monday night.-C. l.. Rem
| ington went with his wife to the Mary
| Fletcher hospital Tuesday for the re-
moval OF a cancer from which Mrs. Rem
inSton has been suffering for some months.
Mrs. Cyrus Spauding OF Burlington has
been visiting Mrs D.. w. Cutting the past
week.-Morton Leach has been i'll with the
grippe the past week.@Charlie Flnton of
FRANKLIN has moved his family into the
Leonard block-On Wednesday a team be-
longing to Mr.. John Burt of Belviderc.
while taking their noon feed near II. y.
Grays mill. became frightened and made
a bold dash on Main street. when one of
the horses stumbled and fell so that their
progress was easily stopped, with little or
no damage. Fred Wiley Is confined to the
house with the mumps.-Sunday evening
Rev. Edwin Wheelock delivered very
instructive and interesting illustrated tenn
perance lecture to large and appreciative
audience. The illustrations were drawn
by our local draughtsman. w. NJ Scott.
and did him much credit.-Mrs. Rosclla
Harlow of Warren, Mass, who has been
caring for her sick aunt, Mrs. Rose Nor
ton, returned to her home in Massachu-
sets Monday.-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Luce
of Waterbury were In town over Sunday.
the guests of Mrs. Luce's parents Mr. and
Mrs b. S. Ellinwood. Mr.. Luce returned
to Waterbury Monday mornng.-Mss
Helen Holmes returned to her school in
st. Adams Monday morning.-On account
of the strong wind Saturday night and
Sunday many of the roads were badly
drifted, so that travelling was nearly i'm
| possible Sunday, and the railroad became
so blocked with snow that the freight
! trains were blocked between here and
Cambridge Junction Monday morning ana
the mail from Burlington was two hours
late, getting stalled several times between
Jericho and Underhill.--Samuel Stafford
placed the first new sugar on the market
Saturday morning and Clayton Cornell
shipped 80 pounds to Boston Saturday
night.
MORRISVILLE.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
International Telegraph company held at
ST. Johnsbury last week the following
officers were elected: Directors. Hon. q.
/ w. Hendee, o. S. RiXford, A. f. Stone j.
S. Clark and f.. A. Silsby; Hon. c. W.
Hendee was elected president: 4. f. Stone
vice president: J. s. Clark. secretary: T.
A. Silsby, superintendent and treasurer
| The line has been rebuilt nearly all of its
| length and the entire reconstruction will
soon be completed. The company is doing
very satisfactory business and Is in a
| sound financial condition.
| on Friday evening last at an adjourned
meeting of tho Congregational society II
was unanimously voted to build new
| church the coming season, according TO
| plans to be adopted at meeting to be
! held on Thursday evening, April I'd. The
special committee which has been at work
.Atn I'll Il.
very encouraging reports, but will still
continue their work. A church building
will be erected that will certainly be a
credit to the town. At this coming meet
ing committee composed of Hon. L. X.
Gleed, Hon. G. w. Hendee and II. p. Mum
son. Will report new constitution and
bylaws to be adopted by the society,"
Mrs. DR.. Rublee and Mrs. w. II. Robin-1
son entertained 20 of their lady friends in
drive whist party at the home of the
former last Thursday afternoon.-The
village trustees have appointed Ellis Fos-
ter collector OF taxes to take in hand the
delinquents that appear on Village Treas
urer Rich's list.-The musical and literary
entertainment planned by Mrs. c.. NJ.
Powers for the church building benefit
and given last Thursday night, was an
enjoyable affair." and in consideration of
the storm and other conditions, resulted
quite satisfactorily financially. straw
perry leStiVal at the Methodist cnurCh on
Friday evening resulted in donation of
500 or more for the pastor. Rev. j. II.
Wallace.-L. +. Holmes of Brockton, Mass,
a former resident has been in town.
MIR. and Mrs. Wheeler. managers at the
poor farm for two years or more. left
the farm last week. their places being
taken by Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Sweet-Mrs.
Jane Leach, former resident, arrived
here from South Dakota last week.-H
II. Peek of Waterbury, Conn, a millionaire
morse fancler, who has several horses
mere In John Utton's stables, was in town
two or three days last week, accompanied
by George NJ Allerton and L. NJ. Burrell
OF Waterbury.-The Academy students will
hold the first lyceum of the spring term
on Friday evening of this week, at which
time they Will discuss the merits of war
ana arbitration.-Mrs A. A. Earle came
nome Saturday from Mary Fletcher Hos
pltal at Burlington.-Mr. Howard and Miss
May wallace, son and daughter of Rev
j. IL. wallace, are at home for a vacation
from Montpelier Seminary. Mrs. John
Emmonds goes to Claremont, n. H., to
live with her daughter-F w. Aean of
Ludlow has been spending several days
IN town.-Lewis Marshall and Howard
sargent OF the medical department of the
L. V. Nj. were in town over Sunday-The
Harpers Ferry. or Storer College quartet
te give a concert in town on Thursday
evening. The Methodist Epworth League
nave share in the proceeds-Alfred
Dodge has vacated Mrs. GREEN'S place on
the Gilmore road and moved to James
husselTs farm.-Mrs. o. d. Matthews Is on
the SICK list.-Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Bow
en- are said to be seriously i'll with preu-
monia.-Ellis Foster contemplates a brief
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