Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-08
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY.
MIDDLEBURY.
The 31st annual business meeting Of tho
Spring Grove CampmcotinE association
WAS held i'm the Methodist Episcopal
church at 10 a. m Thursday. President
y. l.. Ball called the meeting TO order
Prayer was offered hN the Presiding Elder
&. w. Brown. 1tc secretary, g. a. Trad
ford read the report of last years meeting.
II was ordered that the president collect
balance due on subscription cards as far
hs possible The auditor. W Ii. Lang.
being absent, accounts We're audited ly
&. H. Cady Treasury Tracy reported a
successful year. with nearly slQd on hand
60 be applied on the debt Of the assoCia-
ton. Decided to hold the Cdmpmetnp this
year. August 1890. The same arrange
ments regarding gate fees obtain as dur
Ing the past season; 10 cents to pay for
entrance TO tho entire meetings: not 10
cents each time going on grounds Com
mittces were appointed as follows: On
ministerial help, Elder Brown and y. l..
Sail; on gates, A. \. Boardman; on barn,
{. II. Cady; on dining hail and store. IL.
Beach and w. Sturtcvant. on sexton hire,
y. l.. Ball; on printing and railroads, G.
\. Bradford The board adopted a novel
scheme looking to the paying of of the
troublesome Indebtedness of the assoCia~
tion.
Mrs. James Knapp. who lives on Munger
hlps a fatal accident early Friday morn
ing. She was dressing her young dauSh-
ter and sat with her back to the stove
when a spark flew from the stove and set
her clothing on fire. She rushed to the
ooor and by her screams drew the attcn-
ton of William Mills for whom her nus
band works. lie promptly came to hcr
assistance and rolled her in the snow and
succeeded in getting the fire out. She was
then taken into the house by hln and 9TH
,,-l,A 4 -,l N
was sent for and he dressed her burns.
There was scarcely enough Of her cloth
ing to ill quart cup.
William Duncan ard wife formerly Of
this village but now Of Burlington are re-
joicing over the arrival of boy baby
last Thursday.
one of John II. Sareents fine full blood
cd Jersey corws was found dead i'll its
stall in his barn Saturday morning. The
cow was all right the night before and
owing TO her sudden death they thought
they would here and find out what the
cause was. They found she had been poi
soucd.
The bizzacd of Sunday night resulted in
The filling of the roads and highways lead
1nE to the adjoining towns. The Ripton,
Weybridge and Cornwall stages were Il
little late but the Bridport stage was five
hours late. Streets are filled and the
schools were dismissed and traffic OF all
kinds discontinued. There was no
Monday market day.
Cards have been received here announcing
the marriage of Miss Gertrude f.. MoloY
10 Mr.. Daniel w Connolly to take ace
at ST. N!ctorS Cathohc church victor
Colorado. on Monday evening, Feb. II.
The Brandon Italian Marble CO., have
had another break down. rms time 1t IS
the wheel that tightenS up the slack Of
The cable in the first tower causing uie
cutting INTO Of one OF IN" cables ana the
tItakhE OF NhoIn,f Whr'I IN inc Same
loW~: IL VIII PROBABLY he ten days pe-
lore thoE can get the mil running again.
A a. wilkins who has leased part of
tho Mcleod block for new steam lann-
Dry expects to get his plant in running
ORDER ny Monday next
Guard Duncan went to Burlington Tues
DAY morning on the sleeper where lie was
operated upon At the Mary Fletcher hospl-
tai at nine O'Clock for appendicitis. c. \.
Piper accompanied him, returning on the
noon train and reported very successful
operation.
1,Epcr>->rS
Wednesday Superintendent s. A. An
drcws and wife completed their 11th year
At the Industrial school This makes 10
years in such work as before coming hcre
they had been connected with reform and
charitable institutions over eight years.
They are both very much liked in our city.
There have been AZ boys and 50 girls com
intted to the school since they have had
charge of H.
Hon. j. q. Hlndes and wife left Thurs
day for Hot Springs Va, and after spend
ing few weeks there they hope to go
farther south
Ray Dibble, who has been in the employ
of c. A Booth, Son \ Go. as clerk. went
10 Ilattsburgh Wednesday, where ne viii
engage I'm the insurance business.
In addition to the other repairs being
made in the store occupied by II. Il. Slack,
will be new plate glass windows which
will make the store one Of the mos, at
tractive in the town.
Contractor 9. l.. Leboeuf has four teams
engaged in drawing logs from the luke.
Dhcse are logs thht escaped from the
boom that broke away at the mouth of
bouquet river last fall and were drawn
into the lake, and which Mr. Lebouef pur-
chased and afterwa ds picked up along
the lake shore. We understand he has
nearly 2OC0 Of them To draw in here to the
saw mill This winter