Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-05

high water ON the railroads. DR.. Webb
went to Maine last week and purchased
some driving horses. He was accompan-
led by Mr.. A. Taylor and W. A. Weed, who
returned home by the way of Boston,
Frank Winterbottom and family go next
Monday to South Manchester, Conn,
where he has position on the horse stock
farm OF Cheney Brothers.-Mr. II. H.
Knapp of Lowell, Mass, spent Sunday
with Mr.. II. Geer.--Rev. Sllas w. Edger-
ton of saltwater, N. Y, has been in town
a few days visiting his sister, Mrs. j. G..
Tracey.-The public schools in town, with
the exception of the High school, closed
their winter terms last Friday.-Frank
Moran has let tho contract for the erection
of horse barn on his premises In this
village.-The creamery at Shelburne Falls
Is to be opened about the goth OF this
month by W.B. Johnson with Mr.. Wood
worth I'm charge.-Mr. g. Creighton Webb
and other guests of DR.. Webb's, returned
to New York Monday.
wEsTFoRD.
Ray and Fred Grow spent several DAYS
with friends in Jericho last Week.-Mrs.
Ballard was in Milton Tuesday last to At
tend the funeral of her husband, orange
Ballard, who died In waterbury.-It is re-
ported that Ira Whittemore is to go to the
hospital In Burlington to be treated for a
cancer on his lp.-Miss Lila Whippe Is
spending her vacation. at home.-J B..
stone was In town last week, the guest of
mrs Rockwood.-Mr. Jordan closed his
,abors here Sunday night He expects to
go to Waitsfeld. but has promised to re-
turn If wanted.-The ice left the river
Sunday morning. Several roads were
nearly impossible on account Of high
water.
WEST MILTON.
This place was visited last Sunday by
the greatest freshet ever experienced by
the Oldest residents. The rain of Satur-
day caused the river to rise so rapidly
that before anyone had time to prepare
for 1t the Ice broke up and the water
flooded the whole valley. on the east side
of the river at o'clock Sunday night the
cellars were all fun and the water still
rising so the women and children of c. W.
Granger, c. w. Wright. D. o. Bullock,
and F. j. Costelo's families were taken
from their houses in boats and went to
Milton Centre, where they stayed until
Tuesday morning. The ice Is packed in
solid around ID. o. Bulock's house so q
road will have to be cut through before
the mall team can ge got out, he having
taken his horses to Mr.. Costello's barn be-
fore the Ice came in. G. w. Granger s
cattle are safe. Mr.. Wright's COW is in
his barn In two feet of water. A. A. Her
rick has all his cows, some % or 80 head,
fastened In his stable. Four of them are
dead and probably all the rest will die
as they have to go on horse back in the
stable to feed them. VIII Gonyea had
eight fat hogs drowned. r. Lincoln is
unable to get out only by boat. The
dwelling houses on the other side of the
river are above the reach of the ice OF
water. The bridge is all right so far. The
heavy timber and iron casing on the up
per side of the pier was taken off and
carried down the river The ice Is from
IL to l6 inches thick and In some places
packed to the bottom of the river Should
we get rain or q thaw of few days dur.
alton and the ice come down from the
falls wo should be in greater danger thar
now. 1t showed all night Monday night
and Tuesday morning the snow was drift
ing and the wind blowing a gale.
WlNOCSki
NJ. S. Villas has Just closed a successful
term Of school at Hyde Park, and he is IL
town visiting his father. Harrison Villas.
About so OF the friends of MIR. and Mrs
Homer Reynolds rendered them a pleas
ant surprise at their home at Winoosk
Park. The occasion of the surprise wa
the 18th anniversary of their marriage
Tho guests presented their host an
hostess with n beautiful silver tea set.
The Central Vermont arel to replace
the twin bridges with heavier iron struc
lures. Workmen are engaged in gettin,
the timber ready for the superstructur,
and top of bridges The pier of the ives
bridge has been overhauled and made
stronger. The Rochester Bridge company
are to furnish the iron and build this
bridges. The present bridges will be taker
down carefully and transferred to som'
branch of the road where the engines
and traffic are lighter. The work of re
placing the bridges will commence abou
the first of May. The contract called TO
the bridges to be finished In February blu
for some reason or other the work ha
been considerably delayed.
The Winooski checker club have jus
finished their first series of 20 games. Thu
; club was organized the first part of thu
|, winter by some of our enthusiastic check
err players. The winner of the series Il
j. H. LaHgne who won u and lost eigh
Henry Lavigne comes second, having VOL
just half of the games played.
One of the Fort Ethan Allen road motor
men says that the scrap reported nea
Weston Hill was between the super!ntend
ent of that road and a motorman of tn
Burlington road and not between tw
motormen as stated