Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-23
VERMONT HAPPENINGS.
WHAT A WEEK BRINGS FORTH IN
THE WAY OF NEWS.
Tho Happenings of Seven Days on Our
Hills and in Our Valleys Condensed
and Photographed for Busy
free Press Readers.


ton to wit:
TO the selectmen of the town of Newbury:
conference.-the subscriber desires to
purchase the Spring Hotel lot and erect
thereon library building at a cost of not
less than five thousand dollars 5000, and
when completed deed the same to the
town. providing the conditions are ac-
cepted, viz The building to be inscribed
Tenney Memorial Library, in memory of
your townsman the late Col. A. b. w.
Tenney, said building to be used for
Free Public Library to the town under the
core and management of a board OF nine
trustees
Said trustees to be self perpetuaiting.
The property to carry a four thousand dol
lar insurance on the building and its con-
tents, as library fund in case OF loss.
The town to appropriate annually for the
maintenance, care and increase OF libra
ry the sum of one hundred and fifty dol
lars If the town fails to comply with
this proposition and the sum Is not other
wise provided the property to revert back
TO the donor or his heirs
MARTHA ]. TENNEY.
WARNING.
The Inhabitants of the town of Newbury
legal voters are hereby notified and warn
ed to meet at the Town House on Tues
day, January 2Sth, at 1870 p M, 1896, to
act on the following articles, viz:
Art /. To see If the town will vote to
accept the above proposition.
An accident occurred at the foundry Of
the scale works at st. Johnsbury, Wednes-
day afternoon in which Joseph Bussher
was seriously hurt. He was riding up the
elevator and neglected to look out for n
beam which crosses the elevator well. AS
a result he was hit on the head by the
beam. The beam grazed one side of his
head severely, breaking several bones and
badly injuring his shoulder and arm. He
was carried at once to the new hospital
where everything was done 10 relieve his
sufferings. At last accounts he was re-
ported by the physicians as getting along
as well as could be expected.
At the annual meeting of the Orleans
Fair Ground Co., held at Barton last week,
the following officers were chosen: Pres
ident, H. IL. Somers; vice-presidents, A.
Dawson, +. II. Churchill directors, II. III.
Somers, Il. c. Rowell A. DAWSON +. H.
Churchill, J. Gallagher; secretary, John
]. Parker; assistant secretary, G. a. Bar
rows; treasurer, o. d. Owen supt., II. T.
Seaver; assistant, C. ]. Ufford; auditors,
w. w. Miles, c. j. Ufford.
While John Champany of Barnet was
binding load of hay at the Wallace
barn about mile from the village, last
week, the binding pole broke and piece
flew over and hit the horses, causing them
to run to the village with great speed
They stopped suddenly by running against
VIM. Brooks barn, driving the tongue
through the end of it but doing no other
damage. Had the horses passed the barn
they would have gone down the steep hill
and the consequences would have been
serious.
The Orleans county Sunday-school con-
vention will be held at Barton Landing,
January 2S and 20.
The Peacham Musical Association now
holding its fourth annual festival at Acad-
envy Hall. commenced Monday evening,
January 20, and continues through Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
There will be two grand concerts Thurs
day and Friday evenings The concert
Thursday evening will be followed by n
promenade in the town hall. Conductress
and accompanist, Martha Dana Shepard
of Boston, Mass. Miss Shepard needs no
recommendation. She is the favorite ac-
companist of New England, and her con-
Quoting Is characterized by the same vigor
and ability. Soprano solost, Miss Hattie
Woodbury. Clark, of Boston. She also
comes highly recommended. Elocutonist,
Miss Nellie NJ. Harvey, of Peacham.
The number of books taken out of the
Athenaeum library at st. Johnsbury dur
ing the year 1895 amounted to N.513, which
is an increase of 4,477 over the number OF
the preceding year. The largest daily cir
culation was 279.
The following note was received by q
dog owner in Island Pond last week
keep your Dogg in mites. he goes to the
neyburs and houls so they kant slepe
If you don't take kare of him l shall. Avn
the neyburs."
DR.. Charles w. Strobell will begin his
course of ~ emergency lectures at the
Young Mems Christian Association room.
at Rutland, Friday evening the oath.
H. Jackson, who wrote recently In re.
gard 10 steel ranges Is a resident of Gran.
vile and not of Cambridge
One day last week as Freeman Hagai
of Nottingham, with several workmen
was cutting logs tree was lodged and hi
and another man began to cut it dowr
when the tree fell. striking Mr.. Hagar OF
the hip and side, crushing him to the eartf
and partially against a ledge of rocks. A
first 1t was. supposed he was killed, but OF
extricating him he was found to be alive
and DR.. Rising of this place and DR.. Pag'
of Wilmington were Immediately called
IT was found that one hip was badly GU
OF joint, and he was severely bruised 9th
erwise. but no bones were broken. Thu
doctors with great difficulty replaced tn
hip having to keep Mr.. Hagar under tn
influence Of ether for some hours.
The plan of utilizing Howe's pond ant
the surrounding water shed, in Readsbor
for obtaining electric power for use II
North Adams, Mass, and to be trans
ferred to other points, have been laid be
fore the North Adams Board OF Trade.
The teachers institute of Wndhan
county will convene In the town hall a
Putney, Feb 14th State Superintendent
Mason s. Stone and County Examiner II
d. Ryder will be present and Supernten
dent Nash of Gardned. Mass. Is expected
This convention Is for the benefit of tn
teachers of the ungraded schools.
VIII Ahrens of Dummerston has in hi
possession two well-preserved written doc
uments that are quite ancient. One pape
is a copy of an old document dated Jul
II. 1924, and refers to continuing and sur
porting the trade Of petty in the vicinit
of Manhattan Island 1t Is uncertai
when the copy was made. The othe
paper is dated In the Province of Massa
chusetts Bay. Dec 5. 1889, and is a pet
ton of Samuel Willard of Biddeford fo
preaching service at Fort Mary. to tn
general court assembled. The time {
service was from 1920 till the fort was di:
mantled, for which he had received n
pay. The fort was occupied at that tim
by Capt. Thomas Smith and soldiers III
der his command. On the petition are r,
corded all the proceedings in the passal
of 1t through the court, 1t Is signed
two places by j. Quincy, speaker. TT
court ordered that the Rev. Samuel WI
lard be paid the sum of thirty pound
bills Of Old Tenor or New Tenor Bill
equivalent thereto" in full for his servc,
mentioned in the petition. Read and col
CURED in council, June 9. l740. Sine
Frost, Dept. Sect'y.
Joseph Ryan, who works for James ]
Murray at the Greenough farm north
s'1Q7k hridQ a IN pturad a f0x in naruli.