Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-04

COWS sold Tor va TO S3ldU per mead, year
ling cattle SO to Sl3. oats 3i cents per
bushcl, seven and a half tons of hay for
s25.
BRISTOL.
fyLe ~ Williamson will build an addition
tBshis house this summer ANDREW Dill
lon is making extensive Improvement and
repairs on his farm buildnss.-Herbort
johnson, the Boston tenor soloist, will be
one of the attractions at the High school
commencement in June.-Tne listers have
finished their work and the list Of 1899 is
now open for the inspection of the voters.
Geo. II. Wilder of Montpelier Will play
at the concert to he given for the benefit
Of the Bristol Military band IN Holley
hall "Wednesday evening", May 17.-Guin-
ans orchestra will furnish the music for
The May day ball in Monkton.--Several Of
The local Od1 Fellows went 20 Middlebury
Wednesday evening to attend the Odi
Fellows anniversary Mrs. Ella Dana has
been visiting the past week n lincoln
Buyers are paying from 90 to so cents foS
potatoes for shipment.-Thc upper story
of the Hickey blacksmith shop on Gar
field street is being fitted up tor a wheel
wright shop.-Mrs. l.. A. iiigalow Is visit
ing friends in the Queen city this week.
Rockwood Barrett of Rutland was in
town Friday, looking after his electric
light interests.
The Bristol House and the drug stores
a.
visited Friday morning by Officers Law
renee, Layn and Rivers. IntoXicants We're
found in paying quantities. states Attor-
ney Fish was notified and the cases were
continued until Monday. Ms. A. +. Man
mum was present at the singing exercises
at the graded school Fr,day.-State's At
torncy +. l.. Fish went to Lincoln Friday
and tried two cases of ntoXication there.
Letters from j. r. Tucker. who has been
in Colorado nearly year inform his
family and friends here that he is not i'm
proving in health as fast as he could wish.
Geo Farr is doing clerical work in the
town clerk ofce.A fine shower raSScd
over Bristol Sunday. Some of the tele-
phone wires were buFned ont 10y the light
ning.-Ernest Allen Is at home from the
Mary Fletcher hospital having had an
operation performed work on the
foundations of f.. G. bikes block are well
advanced towards c0mplct on.-,Iu Te
Smith of NerGenn"s was in town Monday
holding Probate Court.-Abs. Jennie Gala
han has the material on the ground for
two story vesdencc.-1he cooperative
creamery started up Monday taking in
over 5000 pounds Of milk.
party of young people from the High
school visited Table Rock" east Of he
village Monday.-W is to begin this
week on the Stewart buildng. corner Of
Garfield and North streets.-Rev. Wesley
\ kinzie T. at Lake Durmorc this week.
where he Is building summer cottage
The work of grading and cement!nS
around the cannon on the park Is beng
done.-Miss Lee Jennings is sick with Il
mild form Of typhoid fever.-C. y. Hanks
! and wife have moved into the Colby
I house on Church street.-Picked nines
I from the Novelty works and the Bristol
! Manufacturing company will play bail a
! Riverside Park next Saturday afternoon.
! w. f.. Hanks has bought l.. +. Bisson-
cites house and lot on Pleasant street,
consideration 800. Mr.. BsOnette moves
into the Gillette house cs North street
this week.-E. X. Smart has the contact
to- lay a cement walk from the Bristol
housir TO the corner of the park. and from
n the park corner to Holly iIall.-Dr. NJ. u.
Smith of Saratoga y. Y, is in town --
! Mrs Louisa LuflIn Is at home from the
> Mary Fletcher hospital-Assistant Post
master Willie O'Neil visited the Qut on
, City Tuesday.
Local anglers report some good catches
:, of trout.-lohnny Siples, who has been
sick all winter and the most Of the time
confined to hir bed, is able to te out.
T. Myers has so tar recovered as to l'
able to ride QUIT is reported that II 10
/ cal dealer bought a fat COW recently that
. was infected with tuberculosis The car
cass was buried.-Tha new cooperative
creamery is now in full operaticu and rc-
\ coiVing large quantities of milk daily .-
. Mrs G f.. Cady and child of Bridport
are the guests of y. Il. Meador and wife
: John Scrbner who has been running al
! express team from here to the junction
. for the past year, has given up the job
: \. A. Dean has been appointcd a commits
; .sioner on the estate of the late David Bos
i worth in place Of u. e. Marsh.-There Wa!
a drop of 40 degrees in the mercury from
Tuesday at p. nj. to W cdneSday mora
. mg.-Nliss Lucy Rider OF New York is d
home caring for her mother, Mrs W. ]
l Rider.-Stan,ey r. Cushman was arrests
= Tuesday night and lodged in the Cooirl
while in a state OF ntOxication by Office
. +. 5. Farr Wednesday morning he wd.
I brought before Justice II. +. Sherwin anC
pleaded guilty to second offcnse anc
: was fined $40 with costs of $3.50. lie mad,
= ARRANGEMENTS TO pay.
LINCOLN.
: The ladie, of the Methodist church al.
- getting theii parsonage in readiness 70
II their new pastor, Rev. Mr. Ans.ow. who i
. expected this week.-The literary conto.
in which the Good Templars have bee,
:. engaged for the last three months, close
n last Saturday night, the side led by ChaS
n Purinton teing victorious. The suppe
will he furnished by the defeated side il
+ the near future. The contest has been o
e great benefit to the lodge and to the in
X dividual m, mbers.-All persons intereste
= In having A SUNDAY school in Dunnirgvil
= this summer are invited to meet at III
Il school house Sunday, May I, at II a. IN
e. for the purpose Of reorga ion.-A pet!
i ton is being circulated to call a tow
:. meeting to see if the town will vote t
i repair the town hall and accept of tn
r proposal made by the Ladies' Aid sociCt
to build and own the second story of tn
same.-The meetings being held iH IN
Usion church and conducted by Rev. ]. \
Hainer of Boston, are large.y attended an
y increasing in interest. They will continu
IL through the week and next Sunday. -
d states Attorney Fish was in town Frida
tc prosecute Bert Green and Al Cram 20
v intoXication. Justice. G. r.. Bristol. hefor
whom they We're tried, pronounced thu 4
% guilty and fined each s., from which de
ii cision they appealed to County Court
=. Work is being pushed on the new cream
cry, The building is up and covered.
CORNWALL
Al Charles +. Witherel and son Stowel
who went to South Africa last Novcmbe
# with "A shipment of sheep, returned hom
r. on Thursday .-Wnfred. the infant twi
l. daughter of Mr., and Mrs, Robert Eastor
died on Thursday from the effects q
/, whoop,ng cough, and was buried Frda
P afternoon. The twin son Is very i'll wit
the same malady.-Rev. S. II. Barnum IL
s turned home on Friday from New flaves
l. Conn. where he was called last week t
q: attend his mothers funeral
= GRANVILLE
: Glen Wilson is again out of doors
ID There was card party at Edgar Fo,l
IS last saturday niEht.-Harry Hubbard an
Y; wife went to Massena, ~ " last Nor