Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-12
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NOTES AND Goss,o OF DOlNGS IN THE
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The winoosIsi Va 2 villages Up North,
Along Otter Gre nd by the shores
of White - Covered by
Specia 3. porters.
ADDIS( {. COUNTY.
WEIR e, INES.


YER q, INES.
Hon. Alfred A. q of st. Albans has
been engaged to deliver the address here
Memorial day.
News has been received of the death OF
"A. H. Murphy of Asbury Park. N. j., aged
S3 years. Mr.. Murphy Will be remembered
rs being proprietor of the City DRUG store
here several years ago. His family have
the sympathy of many friends In this
city.
Messrs. Page and Heath of Rutland, con-
Tractors and builders have been awarded
1.-The contract to build the new city hail.
provided the city votes to appropriate
$4,000 more at the special city meeting
March 10th. The building is to be COM
pleted Aug. 18th next.
A son was born Friday to Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Miner
An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
I'risbee of Waltham died Saturday of in
Hammation of the bowels and congestion
of the lungs, aged one year. The funeral
WAS held at the house at o'clock Monday
Rftornoon.
Henry January of this city and Miss
Ceinda Ash of Monkton were married
here Saturday evening by Justice f. NJ.
INIoulton.
Mrs. Achsa Saxton, widow of the late
Nelson Saxton Of Waltham, died Saturday
evening, aged Sc years. Her funeral was
held at the house Monday afternoon,
Rev. II. r. Titus conducting the services.
Wallace II. Bristol is quite sick and con-
fined to his room.
d. d. Middlebrook of Ferrisburgh is very
sick with the grip.
Bishop A. C. A. Hall Will make his an
nual visitation at st. Pauls church next
Sunday.
Mr.. George Hunt of New Haven has
been en- L as florist at the Vernon,
lndustr.a .chool.
Jerusalem Chapter No. 2, r. a. NJ, in
Mas . Hall next Monday evening. There
will l. work on the Royal Arch Degree.
%. d. G. NJ. Miller of Brandon is expected
10 be here.
Mr.. NJ. A. Knowlton and Guy Knowlton
went to Essex, n. Y. yesterday to attend
the funeral of Robert Fortune.
George Myatt is at his home in Brandon.
Rev. NJ II. Smith delivered very in
keresting lecture in the Methodist church
Monday evening on "Glimpses of Life
n Merry England" to q fair sized audience
pir. Smith is an interesting AMI fluent
Speaker and has a very pleasing way of
tellng his experiences. He leaves to-day
for his home in Mechanicsvile n. V
Eli Milo had the misfortune TO have the
bnd of one of his fingers cut off Tuesday
IN one of the large shears in Nevns &
Iavelnds Shade Roll factory.
The new City Council held their first
meeting Tuesday evening in the city
hlerk's Office, Mayor Tuttle presiding. The
following officers were appointed: Treas
irer, Thomas Mack: superintendent of
streets, S. s. Gaines: collector of taxes,
Frank L. Fish: overseer of poor II. Il.
Fisher; chief of police, Stephen Bates;
fire wardens ]. II. Donnelley II. G.
Miner w. w. Booth. and II. G. Gowett
The appointment of superintendent of
water works and chief engineer of the
ire department was deferred to another
meeting.
Harvey Ketcham was c;.lled to Whiting
Tuesday on account of the sickness of
mis- brother.
L. p. Harrington arrived in town last
evening and is the guest of his brother,
D. A. Harrington.
Mrs. George French of Chimney Point
s visiting at Mrs. Wilmarths.
MlDDLeBURY.
A party of five young men from here
went out to East Addison Thursday night
and rendered a farce entitled "A Thump-
ng Process" In connection with the
lrama, 1.-The Miller's Daughter" present.
I'd by the young people of East Addison.
The Middlebury boys taking part in the
farce were George Bond, Fred Lang
worthy, Edward Higgins, John Martin and
Richard Warner. After the entertainment
all hands participated in pleasant social
1ance
Fred Gouett, who came near being
killed in South Lincoln five weeks ago, has
been brought home to his fathers and is
gradually improving.
Tho annual junior exhibition will be
given by the class of '97 of Middlebury
tollege in the town hall on Tuesday even
ng, March "a, and all the members of the
class will appear
Tho horse race between animals owned
by l.. o. Allen and C. L. Nutting has been
declared off and the stakes withdrawn.
tIx.-A t- t1at will
again be Ice suitable for trotting this sea-
Bon-
John Hughes who, with his family
tame hero from Ticonderoga, N. Y, q
year ago, Is moving back to Tconderoga
Miss Ella Bond, daughter of Mr. Frank
4. Bond, came home Thursday afternoon
rom Holyoke. Mass. where she has been
faking n special course In music,
The negotiations between the trustees
bnd the electric light people seem to have
been definitely closed, and the trustees
have ordered 100 kerosene lamps with
which to light the village streets,
L. s. Champion, who has been confined
10 the house all winter is now well
Enough to get down town occasionally
Mrs. Champion Is now quite sick
Robert Cartwell returned Saturday
morning from New York city, where he
went to look after the shipping of a cargo
bf sheep and hogs which he and Chalres
w. Mason purchased to ship to Charles
Witherell, who has been in South Africa
|or q year past and who has already sold
but two lots of live stock there.
Prof. Thomas Il. Boyce, county exam
ner of teachers, had eleven candidates
or teachers certificates before him here
or examination on Friday and Saturday
lie had previously examined nine in Bris-
ol, 13 in Vergennes and 16 in Shoreham
Next Tuesday and Wednesday Prof. BoycC
will hold examinations in Hancock.
The Percheron stallion which a stock
company organized in this vicinity pur
,hased three years ago for $2S00, giving
heir notes for the purchase price, ant
over which there was a suit at law at thu
ast June term of the Addison County
Court, the holders of the notes suing tt
recover on the first one due, was sod a.
AUCTION here Saturday afternoon. Harry
Sanford of West Cornwall bid him off fo
150.
Fifteen young Mddlebury men have or
yanzed a minstrel troupe and expect Il
open up here In about ten days or tive
weeks, and then to VISIT the larger towns
within a reasonable distance. All of tn,
boys have had experience and they ma,
De depended upon to give good entertain
nents. They have organized with Franl
H. Winch as president, Harry Williams a.
Iecretary, Michael Higgins as manager
Ind various committees to look after tn,
lifferent details.
One of Lem Aliens livery horses, II
turning around by a snow drift Sunday
Dptlled the two young men In charge ou
20 the cutter, righted the cutter and rar
rom Weybridge street over to the fai
rround. a distance of half a mile, pass