Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-15
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Local Items of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Mouths
tain State.
THE NEWS BY COUN* S
5
he Winooski Valley, Villiges'~. North,
From the Island in the Lake to the
Passumpsic, Along Otter Creek
and by the Shores Of White
River Covered by Special
Correspondents.
THE NEWS BY COUN* S
ADDISON COUNTY.
MIDDLEBURY.

Nlbl'lisIpOiNl
Tho executive board Of the Addison
county AgricultUa' society met I'M the
e.slors OF the Addison House Wednesday
morning at II "a. m. The meeting was calf
ld TO order Ivy President Darwin Rider OF
hddltrurN. and G. NJ. Rom"lc OF Middle
,uiY was appointed general superintendent;
y +. Hammond of Middchuly suporin-
,ndcut OF catt.o and swine. ". B. Childs
WtyhrilGD. ~ulc lutedcnt of horses; W.
:. Sturdayant Of Weybridge. sup rluten-
lent Of sheep. A. X. carr, of Middlenury,
ruucriutondcut of floral hall; Landon
NborncthY of Bristol. superintendent of
>oultrv. Moses De rontee Of New laVcn,
lupoaintcudcnt of mechanics hall; Thad
u. Chapman. chief marshal. Il was voted
o hold the next fair at Middlcbury and to
,hargc Soc admission, the same as last
year and to hold the fair on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday Sept. . +, I. They
viii give the following purses for the
horse raccs.-
vlass Id. trot or pace................s 500
2.-2:27 trot or pacc................. I.o
" 3.-3:Op. trottcrS. crS....................... 100
4.-t'rec-ior-dll trot or pacc..... i"
Farmers s.................,,. ov
The peg race will he omitted
rho pieces of machinery which were or
hcrod to replace the broken ones at the
marble mill a week ago arrived Ivy eX-
press Monday afternoon and will be put
into position at once. 1t is expected that
tho mill will he i'm running order about
the last Of the week
Tho remains Of Mrs. Ayot of Rutland,
:. former resident Of this town, were
brought here Tuesday morning on the 9:i5
train and taken to- St. Mary's Roman
Catholic church, where Father Shannon
otticiatod. Tic intermcnt was in the Cath
oc cemetery. Mr.. ana Mrs. Harry Will
hanson were present, Mrs. Williamson
hcinlr t1c only daughter of the dccesls, d.
The directors of the proposed co-opcra-
,ivo crenn,ary associatinn held another
n,,etinr Noniav evening. ana decided to
~, ahead nro>dint, they could raise the
r.o,Iired ,mount' Tho started ont Tues
,Ay among tho business people of the
tnE.n and Ts thsv have nearly enough al
,oad,. il looks AS though the project
,,ouid bc q success There is talk of hir-
Inc tbn b,tiIdinp formerly usod for a
creamery near the freight depot and now
owned by Thomas & Weeks.
The five directors who have been push
ns me m@tter 3i startlhs d cG7o'IrH'Ie ,t,. r
uuircd amount Of stock and the enterprise
seems likely to be- Z. success.
Prof Thomas T.; Boyce has gone to
Nash.ngton u. c., where he will rcm1in
Tor the coming month.
The congregational church society are
contemplating the frescoing of the interior
Of the church and are now i.guling with
New York man
George Fitz who lives uuon the New
Haven river some two miles from mere
was afraid that the river which was near
by would rise 80 as to sweep off his barn
40 on Tuesday uiuht he removed his stock
As il was he was obliged TO drive them
,hrough quite u depth OF water
II " brewster is on the sick list
Mrs Is. > Berkwith gave a whist party
NJ her home to Mrs. phil.p Manchester Of
Bridgeport. Conn, on Tuesday afternoon
If 2 O'Clock
Mary Rockwood is quite sick.
Mr. A. W. Dickens has gone to Argyle
Y. for few day,' stay.
Mrs Jessie Eoulia and Miss Olive Bou-
sreau have eol. 10 Bristol for a short
ttov
Fr,nl, Rowe has returned from a ten
Save stay IN Ioston and Suriug0eld
The marble comuanv have, CONNECTED th,
,enairs and have again cot their mill into
,pcratlon