Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-06-12

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Baker George T.. Lawrence. p. NJ. Meldon,
Charles Clark. +. NJ. Butler, l.. Il. Roys
II. O. Carpenter and Il. +. Hassey, all of
this city The burial was In Evergreen
cemetery. George =. Russell had charge
of the ARRANGEMENTS. Among those from
out of town who attended the funeral were
=. G. Crawford of London. Eng, Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. f, +. Joyce of Kingston. N. H.,
Captain y. T.. Clark and Mrs. NJ. d. Fow-
lSr of Montpelier.
TEST HOUSE FOR RUTLAND.
The Rutland board of aldermen have
voted to fix over the old pest house on
the city poor farm. On the motion of Al
derman Gary the committee on city pro-
perty was empowered to have erected such
& bulding as shall seem proper and best in
with the present structure and
have a roadway constructed from Wood
stock avenue to the house to make 1t more
accessible.
DURING OLD HOME WEEK.
1t is proposed to hold n reunion Of the
graduates. former students and teachers
tf the Orange County Grammar school aud
of the Randolph State Normal school at
Randolph Center on Wednesday and Thurs
day, August 10 and IA, 1902 "Old Homo
Week." Many of the former students have
sisniGcd their intention to be present, ana
several will respond with short addresses
largely In n reminiscent vein, among
whom are Hiram A. Huse, esq.,, who Is to
give the historical address; Duane j
Carnes esq, Alexander Dunnett. esq,
Wallace S. Allis, esq. Superintendent An
drew w. Edison. Charles r. Montague,
Lewis p. Thayer the Rev. Ransom a.
Green, the Rev. Burton S. Gilman. the
Rev. George II. Gilbert DR.. c. Jean Allen.
DIR. Frank G.. Granger, DIR. w. L. Paine,
DR.. George T.. May, DR.. A. c. Railey, DR..
r. j. Goss. Prof. Ethan Allen Shaw, and
Miss M. Ellen Barker The programme
cannot be fully prepared at this time, but
the reunion will open with social gather
ing Wednesday evening Thursday morn
ing will probably be given up to the histor-
ical address, to other addresses and a
poem by DR.. Paine; these will be followed
by dinner, after-dinner speeches and
general visitation.
ITALIAN HELD FOR STABBING.
Martin Cananivo, an italian from Reads
boro has been lodged in Jail Mt Benning-
ton and held to await the action of the
grand Jury on the charge of stabbing
Fel,ce Mambri with intent to kill, says the
Messenger. There has been bad feeling
between the two men for some time and
n dispute over it resulted in the fracas
Mambri's injuries are not considered dan
gerous.
COUNTY VETERANS REUNION.
The reunion of the Orleans County Vet
GRAMS Association will be held in Eartoi
next Friday, June 6, says the Monitor
This. very likely will be larger gather
ing If the weather is favorable. of the
veterans of the war Of the rebellion, thar
will ever be held here again. and it is
hoped that the business men and citizen
generally. will decorate their buildings an
| Il vhoto ole n
occasion, and make the visitors feel wei
come. programme will be prepare
which II is hoped will be interesting to TIN
people as we'll as the soldiers. A diane
will be provided for the soldiers by tn
Relief Corps, and If any Of the women out
side the corps feel like contributing ;
cake or n pie or a dozen doughnuts, sucl
contribution will be received with thanks
OLD CENTRAL. VERMONT ROUND
HOUSE BURNED.
The old Central Vermont round house II
ST. Adams was burned about 1870 o'clocl
Tuesday morning, the cause being so ia
as known, spontaneous combustion TIL
l fire had gained great Roadway before
was discovered, and when the fire depart
ment reached the scene, the member
I turned their attention to saving the sur
rounding buildings, as it was seen to b
impossible to save the burning structure
The east wall of the old round house
the west wall of the oil storehousc an
it was with the greatest difficulty that tn
flames were kept from that building
where 5i25 gallons of oil were stored.
,, MISSIONARY WORK IN VERMONT.
At the annual meeting Of the Congrega
tional Home Missionary society In sesso
at Syracuse, its annual report was mad
public. 1t showed that the receipts OF tn
= to,
Henry Fairbanks, Phi. D., president; tn
> Rev. Charles II. Merrill secretary; Williar
IC. Tyler, esq, treasurer; office in s.
IJohnsbury, were:-
From churches and Individuals. $j,2S7.;
: From egacies NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 430J.C
Income from invested funds. ....... 5SS..
s1O1S5.;
! The national society received for
the national work.................. 5Oli'
Total amount raised in the state.
=; in cash, for home missions. ..,... .Sl5 2GO.1
The auxiliary paid in to the trea-
t. sury of the national society for
=; the national work .................. 242.c
The auxiliary expended in its own
field for missionary labor and eX-
penSeS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S,blO'
Fifty-Seven missionaries have been en-
: ployed during the whole or a part of til
year. in connection with 60 churches and
out stations.
The report of Secretary Merrill state
. that the work of the year has been aifecte
= by the wave of religious depression every
o where felt. More fields have turned I
u the missionary society for advice and ali
: the work has been of less permanent cha
= aCter, ana the results less marked. SinC
: 1891 no organization has been dropped frol
g the state body. New organizations have bee
e put in places only where there was nee
:, and old organizations have been nourisl
y odvhack to life with a patience of cndeavc
= and courage of hope that could achieve Il
$ impossible. In matters of finance, the il
: crease in resources has come through Leg
q cies. Gifts from the living maintain ra
O of almost exact uniformity with that
S the last few years, and We have yet to s.
any effect from the season of prospect
v which cannot fail to bring increased i
comes III most of our constituents. IL
egacies have largely increased, both
l. number and amount, showing that Il
d work Of the society is gaining increase
4 favor and attention among a class wi
t. have hitherto passed us by. More studen
s, have been employed In summer work III;
3 for many years, and with scarce an exec
:: ton most excellent work has been done
y them. The fact that their services ha
Y, been required indicates the enfeebled co
st ditions of many fields that have hither
I; had permanent pastorateS and the succe
h of their work will again make such servi
Ia unnecessary. Another indication of I
l. work, as a whole. is found in the chang
\. demands for the services of the women
n the employ of the society. There has be
t, very little call for work of an evangelist
character