Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-06
FAIRFAX.

One of the prcttest home weddings of
the season took place Wednesday, Sent.
y. at high noon at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter.
when their daughter. Miss Lena. was uni
ted in marriage to MIR. Frank IRISH by
Rev. W. II. Atkinson, pastor OF the NJ. Il.
church at Fairfax. The guests consist
cd Of the immediate relatives and friends
of both families. The long parlors were
handsomely decorated with ported plants.
flowers and vines and the bridal party
stood under n beautiful arch of vines and
flowers. The bride was attired I'm ivory
white Lonsdale, beautifully made and
trimmed with white passementeric, and
her hair was adorned with white flowers
Miss Myra Carpenter. sister OF the bride
and Mr.. Strong OF Cambridge were re-
spcctivoly maid of honor and best man.
After the ceremony a reception was held,
during which music was rendered and a
fine collation. served. Among the presents
were a pair of handsome chairs, n beau
tiful lamp. an elegant set of knives and
forks. and other articles in silver for table
use, beside many other presents beautiful
and useful, The bridal party were taken
to the depot in a carriage, bedccked with
white ribbons, drawn by n pair Of white
horses en- route for Plattsburgh. y. Y,
whcrc Mr.. Irish is in business.
T. NJ. Ballard has bought out all of l. T..
from Dr. Hawlcy's store into |. f.. Hunt :
grocery store.-Nr. Grover of Buck Hol-
low has buried two Of his children and the
thiid is very i'll with Inflammation OF tho
stomach.-A boy by the name of Johnni
Dicherson stayed all night at Charles
Rlaisdclrs Monday and in the morning
Miss frankie Blaisdell missed $50 The
boy was found and had trial and was
sent to jail.-Mr. and Mrs NJ. O. Perham
have returned to their home in Leicester
shire, y. I.-Mrs. S. Brigham came up
and visited her daughter. Mrs. r. c. BAL
lard, October 2,-Mrs. George Kenfield has
been on the sick list.-1Ac Ladies' I'm
provemcnt society held social at the
Grange rooms Wednesday evening, Sep
tembor %. Pop corn and apples were
served and sl1 realized.-Mlss Mary Wells
OF Buck Hollow died last week. Her re-
mains were taken to EsseN.-A business
meeting was held last Monday evening
and 1t was decided to send for fire en-
Eine.-liiram Pcrcival and wife of Ind r
hill visited at Purmont Tabor's last week.
We hear that tho Allen Shoe Co of Bur-
linSton are making extremely low prices
on shoes
RICHFORD.
Hon. ]. C. McCorkill of Cowansv,lle,
L. 4, was here on business We'd
nesday.-Ovcr 1850 has been sub
StIlDtu loT the purpose OF eStaDllSliNc q
company for manufacturing collins here.
Major !. ". Hamilton and wife were in
town tho 70 re part OF last week visiting
their parents and friends here.-G. H.
Wilson who has been spending his vaca-
ton here, returns this week to his duties
tc Atlanta, Ga.-Charles A. Brown who
has been one of the clerks the past g
years in the hotel at Old Point Comfort,
is visiting his father and friends here
Miss Nellie Watts, has gone to Petorskey.
Mich. to spend the winter with her bro
thcr.-A party Of six have gone to the
Maine woods hunting deer and moose.
They intend 10 be there at the opening Of
the season. They will be gone about ten
days.-Ch0rles Martin, who works for W,
s. Woodwork in his barber shop, got a
cinder In his eye last week 1t became so
bad that he went to Montreal for treat
ment. A report from there says that
blood poison has set In and his eye has
had to be taken out.-,John Kingsley sta
ton agent and postmaster of South
Franklin came homo here Wednesday
night, and is now under the doctors
treatmcnt.-Dr C. s. Scoheld of this
place Is confined to bed with erysipelas at
sutton where he was taken I'LL. G.
Greene, proprietor of the old Union House
has remodelled the same, having added
another story with twelve new rooms and
new dining room.-Over fifty new houses
have been put up in town the past five
years, eight this season.
Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars
of the capital stock of the proposed cas-
ket company had been subscribed Friday
night