Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-19


Bingham, william B. Johnson and |. r..
Perkins who awarded the cake to Mr. and
Mrs. Shutdown, alias Lynn NJ. Hays and
Mrs Fred +. Gaines, followed by "A pleas
Ing order of dances and refreshments All
the details were in charge of the ladies'
and much praise Is due them for the man
ncr in which they were carried out. Miss
Nash presided at the piano in her usual
satisfactory manner.
Mrs l.. f.. Hopkins gave a tea party to
a few ladies Tuesday afternoon.
Harry Anterior, who has been spending
a few days with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
c. ). Anterior, returnes to Boston to-day.
Boston to-day.
Mrs NJ. NJ. Ferguson Is very i'll.
w. Il. johnson Il Co.'S creamery was
broken into Tuesday night. entrance be-
ing made by the back door. About %
pounds of butter were taken from the re
frlgerstor and about SO which was all the
money that had been left in the money
drawer; also entrance was made to tho
diminished creamery which was not lock-
ed and some of the tools belonging to the
workmen were taken.
The Social club will hold their next an
nual dance Wednesday evening. The COM
dnittee on invitations are f. II. Roieau, J.
Is. Whitcomb and D. NJ. Johnson; hail. J
II, Burke c. Nj. Bates, w. G. Osborne;
floor. J. II. vlcle. w. H. Davidson, f. "
Roleau. reception, j. A. Coleman, J. II
Whitoomb, e. S. Lunt; refreshments, f.
f. Gaines, II. 3. Teachout, W. l. Teach
out
The Essex Publishing company has
moved into their new office, which is much
larger and more convenient than the for
fner one.
JERICHO.
Homer RNwson is very sick with pneu-
monia. j. CaJ-l, of Burlington Business
(snIf O., 40,
Myron Cochran of Berlin, n. Y. is stay
ing at A. d. Cochran's-Mrs. L. NJ. Clapr
is confined to the house by the grip.-1he
two lower grades of the school are closed
on account OF the measles. Fred Wright
is on the sick list-blrs. T.. l.. Sargent
WAS called TO Burlington Tuesday by the
sickness of j. r. Clapp-Mrs. Sarah Jack
son s confined to the house by lamenoss.
Mrs. A. O. Galusha Is on the sick list.
EAST CHARLOTTE.
Andrew Franklin has bought a farm in
Middlebury, where ne intends to move
saturday the 18th inst.--Thc funeral of
Ash, who lived to be ~ years of age, was
held at the Roman Catholic church on
Saturday the 18th nst.-The funeral OF
Oliver King was held on Sunday.-Guy
Willoughby and Chandler Peck are i'm
proving as are most of those who have
been on the sick list.-Miss Clara Harris
has returned from Chester where she has
been for some time.-Miss Josie Williams
closed her school Tuesday forenoon, be-
ing summoned to her home by the serious
illness of her brother. who has since died
CHARLOTTE.
Mrs. Henry Thorp who has been quite
i'll with pneumo nid is improving.-E. F.
Poole of o. b. LIST New York Vols.
reached home Jan. LIST, on a sixty day
J n oh Ii1 ..tat irh k,, kD..t
stationed AZ Honolulu II. l., for the past
four months or more, was ordered back
to New York, where the first detachment
arrived Dec. Hst, after a rough sea voyage
and not agreea BILE overland trip owing
to the great change in climate. 1t is not
known Yet outside of official circles
whether the regiment is to be mustered
out or not Mr.. Poole, who was in the
hospital corps reports many cases al
typhoid fever, but few deaths therefrom
He with the rest of the boys, prefers tn,
United States.
Mrs. Mary A. Cook is seriously i'll will
pneumonia. -Solon Lewis and Laura S
Lewis have bought the BOardman farm
The celebrated bOtanist, Cyrus G.
T'r-ngle starts this week for Mexico. Tw,
young men named Estey from Lincoln
will accompany him as helpers. Mr.
Pringle is anxious to get to work early il
the season. as he wishes to explore som,
of the hottest sections. and this is tn,
last part of the year in which to do it
possibly the only time in which white
men endure the climate in tn,
Mexican low lands, so far as concern!
climate, Mr.. Pringle pronounces the vi
land CT Mexico the ideal in which to live
and imagine the fountain of perpetun
youth may bubble to the surface Their,
almost any where. Your correspondent
has derived great satisfaction from hi!
-i,-tL .,I 49,
Saturday in January there will DO a soc!a
gathering and entertainment by the mem
bers of the church and congregation II
the Congregational vestry Sheridan
Perry was thrown from a load of wooC
last week and had a shoulder dislOcated
The last meeting of the Mutual I'm
provement society was largely attended
School matters will be discussed at tn,
next meeting.
Tho sick daughter of Mrs. L. L. Desau
tells is little better.-Mrs Russell
mother of 9. e. Russell IS sick with grip
Mrs Charles Cook is very i'll with pneu
monia.-Mrs, Joseph Deyette has an at
tack of the grip.-Mis. John Lewis ha'
been i'll for u few days.-I. II. Deyette o
Shelburne visited his parents last Sun
day.-Mr Clayton Cove Of E>ast Charlotte
is clerl1ng for Harris Prindle during Mis-
Iva Reads illness with srip.-Miss Enm;
Leavenworth Is filing Miss Gertrud
Lewis place as teacher in the pIimar
department of the Corner school during
her Illness.
Sec Prindle's AID Sales Column"
WINOOSKI.
DR. o. W. Peck has been appointe,
health officer for Colchester and Winoosk
In place Of DR.. j. W. Shehan, whose tern
has expired.
The advertised letters at the postofIic
are as follows: Aida Barbara. Len
Rean, Frank Bergeron, w. L. Chase, Fl
lon Kickham, Ovila Mailhot 2, Peck My
ers. Nazare Maniz, Mrs. Elizabeth Moor
Louis kevor
The postmaster reports that many let
tiers are mailed which bear the two cen
documentary revenue stamp instead o
an ordinary postage stamp. OF cours
these letters are held for postage.
S. II, Weston who has been i'll with tin
grippe Is about again.
The Porter Screen Manufacturing Co
are putting up a water tower as an ad
junct to their plant.
Walter Davis has severed his conneo
ton with the White Bargain store an
has accepted position with f. Spear I
Son, Burlington.
Mrs. William Devino has pneumonia.
The dime social to be held Friday nigh
at the Methodist church under the aus
pices of the Epworth League promise