Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-02


, been planned for that evening has
been postponed until March II. The
Inability to secure the hall for rchcar-
sails was the cause of the postpone
mcnt.
DR.. and Mrs. l.. a. Rushlow are the
parents of IA daughter. born Saturday.
As Mrs. John Wadlcich was going from
the homc of her daughter. Mrs. ~ NJ.
rotman. on Elm street to her home on
Forest street Saturday. she slipped ON the
ice near -. +. Hcrrick's and fell down
breaking one Of the bones in her right
wrist.
There is quito an epidemic Of the whoop-
ing cough In East Randolph and West
Brooktiold. Health officer Dr.. j. r. Gift
ford has already quarantincd Il number Of
cases and now cases are being reported
from both localities every day.
There was quite n large shipment OF
stock from this station Monday. The
price paid per pound for hogs was 5 cents
ard for calves from TO cents.
Mrs. Eugene Mann has been very
seriously III for the past week suffer-
ing with an attack of the grip.
-Four children of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
tor stark of the Center arc suTcrin Z
with the whooping cough. and the
Youngest child is but seven weeks old.
Thomas Connolly is making arrange
monts to ship n carload of potatoes to
market This week. He is not buying,
but shipping from his own crop.
Tho Buck Printing company are busy
this week on the ANNUAL report Of the
officers OF the town of Randolph and
the printed reports will be ready for
III trit Ia Toe 4 lao
week. Thc report of the road commits
sioncr; show that $o.S31.O3 were on
pended on tho highways. miscellaneous
expenditures S12f.il. For improves
mcnts in the cemeteries Sl01.4i was ex-
pended: for the poor. $9,012.11. The
amount received from dogs was $2St,e0
and the amount paid out for damages
done by dogs was Sl53. The total cost
of the town district schools was 81
3St.33. and Sl.214 was expended on the
new school building at the Center viii
lagc. Tho general account of the
treasurer shows the total amount re-
ceived by him during tho year was
S3o,11i.64, and the amount disburscd
for all purposes s2S. i3oS2. leaving to-
tai cash in treasury of S16S1.S2. The
towns liabilities arc: Selcctmcns out
standing orders. 50 $685.. and all other
liabilities S1.063.25. or a total of So
62S.So. dcducting from this the cash on
hand leaves the net indebtedness of the
town only S2.O50. and the town of Ran
dolph has no other Indebtedness The
tax collector has paid into the treas
ury the full amount of all tax bills.
rho report of tho trustees of the KIM
bail public library shows that there
has been added by purchase and gift
81 volumes and the library at this
time contains 5.653 volumes. During
the pas. year 1929 books were taken
from tho library by patrons and this
is a very large increase over the pre-
vious year. TO provide for the indebt-
edness of the town at this time and the
estimated expenses of the town the
coming year tho auditors have recon-
/ mcndcd n tax of AZ cents on the dollar.
Mir. and Mrs. Herbert Campbell are
moving this week from the II. G. Soper
farm to the Alvord farm recently pur-
I chased. and Frank Fish is moving his
family from East randolph to the
Soper farm. when he Will carry on for
the coming year.
The total circulation Of books from
I y
month of February was ,9:1 or an
average OF 90 17-2O per day. Tho total
circulation of class books for the
month was 40 or u per cent; iuvc-
nile. 391 or 20 per cont: fiction, 1856
or IS per cent.
A SON was born Sunday, February
| &c. to Mr.. and Mrs Charles White who
, live on Central street.
! Fred Lane. who has been carrying
on the j. G.. Mann farm for the past
year, is moving his family tn this vii
lagc, and Mr.. Williams. VINO has been
working for +. l.. Parsons Tor the past
year, has moved his family to the Mann
| farm, which he will carry on.
! Arthur Slack, VINO has carried on the
G. f. Cushman farm FOR the past year.
will move his family next week to
West Rrool;iicld, where he viii carry
on the john Midget farm. Mr.. slack
cannot move this week on account of
the illness of his little daughter.