Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-02

Poole visited in Burlington over Sunday
Quite hard thunder shower visited this |
place last Monday morning. Mr.. solomon |
Williams Is visiting in Hinesburgh at his |
daughters Mrs. Burton Bylngton's-
owen Mcclure was kicked by horse |
quite badly last week.
., COLCHESTER
The Y. p. s. c, f. are to hold a sociable
at their hail. Thursday evening, April End |
"A company of young people enjoyed
leap year ride to Burlington and attended
the opera Down in Dixie" last Friday
evening. F. p. Smith was the driver, and
a good time Is reported.
sHELBURNE.
DR.. Webb was in town few hours last
Saturday, leaving for New York by special
train at $50 p. m.-There Is n strong prob
ability that a telephone line will be put
in between this village and Hinesburgh
in the near future. THE spring term of
the High school, Miss Mary r. Bates,
principal, opend Monday with good
attendance.-The two-year-old son OF Mr.,
Lewis Valley was buried last Saturday
afternoon in st. GATHERINGS Catholic Gem
etery-Mr. Frank Bacon of Winooski has
taken tho contract to build a barn for
ex-Gov. Barstow and one for j. 3. Bartlett
esq.--The Shelburne Falls creamery open
ed Monday morning for the season.
There will be daily evening prayer at a
p. m. at Trinity Episcopal church during
this week and morning prayer, litany and
sermon at 1890 a. m. on Good Friday
There will be meeting of the Christian
Endeavor society Thursday evening for
the election Of ofTlcers.--The Ladies' Aid
society will give an Easter supper at Mrs
Carrie L. Whites Friday evenng.-1t Is
the Storer College quartette that gave
concert at the Methodist church We'd
nesday evening instead. of the Jubilee Sing
ers as previously stated.-Henry Tracy. jr,
has returned from Burlington. where he
has been working for Wells &c Richardson.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Deyett have re-
| turned from Troy, N. Y, where they have
been visiting friends.
| McNall & Moore ground at their grist
mill during the month OF March over 1000
bushels OF grain, and sold over 1900 bushels
| during the same time.-Fred Peet
of Bristol was in town Tuesday.-Mrs. c.
NJ. Russell expects to go to Worcester,
Mass, on visit this Week.-Mrs. Fannie
Smith and Miss Katie Russell are home
from the U. V. NJ. for their Easter vaca-
tion.-Mrs. Henry Rowley is in Ferris
burgh visiting her mother this week
MILTON.
| George Morse of Morse's Line has hired
the Seymour Sanderson house and will
soon move into 1.-THE oyster supper
was fairly well attended and netted the
ladies quite a sum.-Ralph Brown and
Herbert Teachout of Essex spent Tues
day and Wednesday at F.. d. Teachouts.
Guy Prentiss of st. Adams has rented
the upper rooms in the Meeker building
and will move as soon as the rooms are
vacated by Mrs. Lovey.-At the auction
OF w. e. Allen on Wednesday 2S cows
were sold at an average of S2S piece
Mr.. Richardson who Is the leading man
in the pulp mill enterprise has been in
town this week, looking up matters. There
seems to be a hitch just now in the
Miner Falls project as he can neither lease
nor buy one side of the privilege, so that
1t has put n stop TO negotiations for the
present. Miss Dora Clark and brother,
VIII Clark are home from Boston.-Wil-
liam Landon of St. Adams was In town
Wednes day.-The Ladies' Auxiliary met
with Mrs. II. II. Fuller Thursday after
noon and gave her very pleasant sur
prise She was presented with beauti-
full work basket and a copy of Gold
Dust" as appreciation of her services as
organst of Trinity church. Dainty re-
freshments were served at 6 o'clock, the
gentlemen being invited at that hour. 1t
was a very pleasant surprise to MIR. and
Mrs. Fuller. and all enjoyed the occasion.
very odd coincidence was that 1t was
the birthday of Mrs. Fuller, which was
not known until the ladies arrived.
!, Alfred Washburn has been very sick
being threatened with fever. but Is inn
. proving slowly now.-Geo. W. Swan has
also been quite seriously Ill with heart
trouble.-Silas Brush came home Thursday
and is sick with the grippe.-George a
, Phelps returns to Hartford Tuesday even
: ing.-The first sugar of the season was
brought in Saturday by George Morgan
and was of fine qualty.-Rev RI. Christie
Rev. T.. f.. Herrick exchanged pulpits
lau N
r p. s. C. f. held a missionary meeting al
the Congregational church. Members OF
the missionary committee and other:
read sketches from the lives of missionary
J heroes and a letter was read which was
written by n lady missionary in Armenia
describing the recent massacres there II
, was a pleasant and profitable meeting
? A special town meeting has been called
| for April T. TO elect n constable in the
place of William Austin who died so sud
denly few weeks ago and to see II the
; town will grade the road bed for a rail-
$ road from the Great Falls across the
plains up to the main railroad, If salts
factory plant should be put in at the Grea'
I Falls, also to see II the town would eX
empt such a manufacturing plant IRON
/, taxation for term of years.-James Ken
( nedy spent Sunday at his home In Fairfax
!. At Trinity church. Milton the holy weel
, services will be on Wednesday and Coco
Easter services Sunday. April 5th) will b'
s at 1880 and 1890 a. m. with the holy com
e munion and offerings for missions an'
I current expenses. The contents OF tn
n chidrens Lent pyramids will be received
K at the second Easter service, April 9Th.
RICHMOND.
+ The average price for per cent stand
h ard milk paid at the Cooperative cream
4 cry was 81 for the month of February.
: Mr.. Chandler Cutler, soldier and pen
d sioner of the Mexican war, died the 2otl
y ult., aged II years. His funeral wa
n attended at his late residence tn
I 2Sth, Rev. Mr.. Thomas officiating.-Mrs
b NJ. NJ. Bates died the 9th ult. of ~
|. phoid pneumonia, after a six weeks lines
e aged 60 years. She was a genial, kim
y and Christian neighbor and has left man!
= mourning friends. Her husband and hi
y aged mother, who lives with him and
Il foster daughter remain to mourn her loss
n The funeral was Monday at their hom
t. at - o'clock.-The Ladies' Aid society me
s with Mrs. Jennie Croft last Friday.-Dan
lei Burk has bought of Mrs. Cheney Shed'
y her house and lot In the village Tor sSoc
& He has leased his farm to his two son
l. and will move to the village the hrst o
5, April-The Towers creamery paid 10
February standard milk 81 per hundre'
q and the Qumby creamery 81 cents,-Th
" Kings Daughters met with Mrs. q. /
- March o5-ArS Jesse