Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-08

their daughters.
a daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. |
Edward Sweeney Monday
Mrs Thomas Lavender of Mills Mass, |
has gone 10 Kansas. where she Will spend |
the winter with her son, George Laven-
der.
\ son has been born to MIR. and Mrs. Ed
ward T Buck.
The total value of goods entered during
the month of November at the port OF ST.
Adams amounted to s2Sl1S. The total
duties assessed amounted to SSo.li2.'j.
Among the articles entered for consump-
tiCn were l,1S2 pounds fish, 500 pounds
poultry, 1.S03,7O pounds wood pulp. I5l.iJo
lath. 2u27.S26 feet lumber; 1851 sheep
horses, 115,57S feet spruce packing box
shocks % head cattle, 5i6S bushels turnips.
ISL ounces sulfonal, S7S ounces phcnacetne.
81 tons bran, lSS,j5l pounds cattle hide,
1i1,lGS feet pine pickets.
Gov. and Mrs. Edward c. Smith, Mrs.
]. Gregory Smith and Miss Annie Il.
Smith 90 this week to Boston, to BE in
attendance at the reception given by the
Daughters of Vermont to Gov. Smith Of
Vermont and Gov. Wolcott of Massachu-
sctts.
FAIRFAX.
Mark down sale on all trimmed and un-
trimmed millinery at r la +. Martins par
Tors, beginning December 9. viii continue
until January /. This sale will be for cash
only.
Mrs Kate Kenyon of Hncsburgh and
two sons visited her sister Mrs. Sarah
Rowland last Week.-Mrs. James Rugges
is i'll with heart troublc.--Allcn Lewis and
wife of Nooers, y. y, visited Mr. Lewis
brother James last weck.-rhe bridge over
Mill brook is being put in place by the
bridge company.
The annual cut price shoe sale of the
4 len shoe Co. is now in progress. Buy
your shoes now and save money.
WEST BERKSHIRE.
There was a good turn out in this vicn-
ity at the missionary rally Tuesday, the
18th u,t. Rev. L. O. Shcrburn OF ST Al
bans Rev. L. A. Smith OF Richtlri Rev
A. w. c. Anderson of EnosburSh Falls
and Rev. w. l.. Stanley were present. all
taking part IN the cNcrc!scs.-Dr. Schuyler
Hammond of Rutland was at his fathers
last week.-Mrs.. Mary Hibhard Gordon
came home recently from Kansas in Very
poor health She is unable to sit up and
is failing.-Mr. Jonathan Demiug died
Saturday, the Sd inst, very suddenly. He
did not live ten minutes after he was taxi
On.
Mrs. Egcleston OF Rutland is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. George Duclos Ser
vices will he held in Calvary church Fri
day oveninS.-The winter term Of school
commenced on Monday with Miss Maud
Smith and Miss Blanche Wadleish as
teachers.
GEORGIA
Miss Sybe! Reynolds has returned fer
the winter term of schoo. at Georgia
lPiain.-Ber. Hulburt has returned fiom
his trip 10 New Hampshire and is now To-
Gated in Burlincton.-The young people
have enjoyed skating on tho pond the
past week
, Allen y. Cleveland and Ethel 4. Pattce.
both of Georgia were married IN Georgia,
December :, by Rev. &. W. Clark.
6ou can save money by buying y-n
shoes now at the Allen Shoe Cos. cut pr.Ct
shoe sale.
SWANTON.
Eugene X. Smith returned from Mon
. tIcal Tuesday night with mis- bride. She
was Miss Agnes BuShcy of this village
and very pretty and worthy young lady
They were married at Montreal.
The oyste~ supper at the vsstry Of The
; Congregational church " ednesiay even
: ing was we'll attended. 1t was given by
the gentlemen OF the church and mad,
) lots of fun.
Dr. ]. A Howard has returned from
r Montreal. where nc won't with Mrs. Wal
ter :. Schoolcraft OF East AlburGh To hay,
- an operation performed on her at the VIC
tcr!a hospital. He left Mrs. Schoolcraft
; dong well.
= To- llGmmnndton. y j.. writes from Wal
/ than, Mass. that they nave lots ne snow
m re- and in Boston ard she thinks they
T. do not know how To clean streets and side
- walks. The citizens here dp not have tC
= clean their own walks of after a snow
. storm as Is the case IN most cities, hu
here the corporation cleans them off will
, modern snow plough drawn by horses.
: hc Champlaiu vncampmcnt No. 3 O
, odd Fellows have elected the iolluwinl
e. Officers for the year. Viz: j. =. Catlin
j chief pat iarch; W. 7. CussonS, senio
- warden; l.. p. camp, high priest; NJ. IL
e. Jcwett, scribe; y. T.. Anderson, treasurer
EAST FAIRFIELD.
The question as to who is to he the tow
g liquor agent for the next year was set
y Tied on the 81 inst. 10y the appointment o
Truman NJ Mitchell.-The Literary SO
cirty VIII meet at the home OF Miss LII
liam G. Suule next Saturday evening"
o Marcellus Whcelock is sick al W. Mitch
u ellis with TYPHOID fever.-Mr. Dreyfus o
= New York is here buying cattle for dair
q puypos eS.-Grant Gilbert has gone I
- Waterbury Centre, where he will open
: blacksmith shop.-A very fine specimen O
' Vermont deer was seen by several pcopl
T in the south part of the town last week
y, Appropriate Christmas exercises will b
j. held at Union church ON Friday evening
y December - An elaborate programme
being arranged -Cicorge l.. Hull, who ma
IT been quite ii. for the past week, is Sigh,
"a ly mprovcd.-The graded school opene
Monday with a large attendance {
scholars. The school is in charge of III
same teachers as last term.-The youn
a ladies are 10 give masquerade prone mad
At in the near future.-R. :. Read has mad
- Il contract with Ward & Douglass
Barre for 100000 feet of spruce logs TO
% cut ana skidded for them this winter.
- RICHFoRD.
- Grants Southern Plantation Specialt
,e company is billed to appear here Frida
A. evening, December "A union tempe
n ance meeting was held in the Uno
M church Sunday evening. No service W.
= held in the other four churchcs.-Mr
Mary Collins Of ST. Adams Bay was hel
-. last Saturday She has moved to BartC
:, Landing, where she is to reside-Mr WI
- liam Corliss, one of the oldest residents
- the town, Will be 81 years Old Wednesda
- the 9Th inst.-W. II. Towne of Boston W;
~ in town day last week.-Ralph Izaid
- New York, a special agent of the trea
- ury, was in town again last week. lookir
a. up the methods of Chinese business
this port. When here several times b
fore, he was registered as r. Iuman. II
officials here were complimcnted by Il
special, by saying that Chinese busine
here was the best conducted of any DO
-. with which he had visited, and that
~ had not yet found any crooked work
- the admission of Chinese hcre.-Mr Tt
. man Farrar, aged 80 years, died at /
- home in South Richford November %
= Mrs, ii. F. Nanton, who has been Visitil
"a relatives and friends in Maine, has !
- turned TO town to spend the winter.-T