Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-05-21
went last Thursday to Ticonderoga for a
two weeks stay among friends.
WESTFORD.

went lHSC thursday TO 11COn0erOBa Tor y
two weeks stay among friends.
wBSTFoRD.
large number of the friends and neigh
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Tabor gathered
at their home last Monday evening to cele-
brate the 18th anniversary of their mar
riage.-Gordon Perry, youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. o. Perry, broke his arm last
week while getting out OF a wagon.-Mrs
Edgar Grow Is gaining.-Mr. and Mrs. M.
II. Haselton AVE a new daughter.-Mrs.
Charles Cook Is not as well.-The Clover
dale company receives about 1000 pounds
of milk daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelton of Concord, ~. H.,
are visiting at II. w. Carrington's.-Felos
Rousseau has opened a grocery store in
the basement of his house.-Mrs Sarah
Beach Is in t~own.-There is to be a re-
ception for Rev. r. l.. Lyon at the home
of George Huntley on Saturday evening,
May 90.
wILL1STON.
Florence, the seven year old daughter of
w. II. Metcalf, fell from a wagon Satur-
day and was seriously injured.
Charles Seymour of Randolph visited
friends in town last week Prank Talcott
Is laying pipes to bring water from n
spring to his house, n distance of 1850 feet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tarbox visited two days in
V~ergennes recently.-Miss Alice Tilley Is
visiting friends in Highgate.-Mrs. a. d.
Barber Is spending a week or two with her
daughter, Mrs. Luther Barney.-Mrs.
Mitchell Osborne Is In very poor health and
went Saturday to the Mary Fletcher hos
pital for treatment.
WEST MILTON.
The highest price paid for April milk at
the creamery here was 80 cents, the aver
age 50 cents.-Mrs. Poquet of Iowa, daugh-
ter of Elias Mears, whom they have been
expecting every day for two weeks, has
decided not to come.-Mrs. ID. O.. Bullock
Is at Merton Smiths for n few days this
week.-Asa Moars is laid up with rheuma-
tism.
WINOOSKI.
J. d. Yandow, owner of Edison Allen.
cara, has placed the stallion in T.. w.
Trains hands of Nergennes. Edison will
be put In training right off and got ready
for the summers campaign. IIe is al
ready entered in some of the June races
of which announcements will be made
later.
Willie Walker, the 16 year old son Of
Andrew Walker, met with a serious acci-
dent while riding down Main street Sat
urday evening on his bicycle. 1t was
dark when the accident occurred. It
seems tho boy was riding down the grade
very fast and had put up his hand to pull
down his cap, when he ran into n heavy
team belonging to the Fanny Allen hos
pital. He was thrown under the wagon
and two wheels passed over his abdomen
and cut a long. deep cash in his right leg.
He was carried ipto tho botal unconsciots
out revived before the doctor came. Upon
examination 1t was found that no bones
were broken and the only apparent seri-
Gus injury was the deep cut in his leg.
Frank Packard, sr., was the victim of
an accident Monday while drawing stone
for the Burlington Cotton mills. He had
driven to the rear of the mill and was nm
loading the stone from his wagon when
his horses started up Unexpectedly and
threw him TO the ground, striking on his
head. lie was picked up unconscious and
taken to his home on Maple street. where
he soon revived and last evening was rest-
ing very comfortably.
The beer which was secured by Sheriff
Reeves Sunday morning at Hotel AnerI-
can was subjected to another search SIM
day night nv would he robbors Tbo con.
fscated liquor had been ploce1 In A 9
Webb's house for safe keeninp and rho
second searchers Thought n bod boon
put in some of the sheds Mack of tho hill
lard rooms. They went there ami with
crowbars or other tools broke omen three
doors. They would have boen saved tho
trouble had thev tried tho ,ocks for tu,o
of them were unlocked.
Joseph Croto's six-vear-o,d moro u,os
rafled off Monday NJ IJoto, Ar,o-ioan
in the prosonce ~ , lorra orou.s nv