Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-28
VERMONT.
local Items of Interest From All
pe,2 # the Green Noun.
tain State.
'H's 'SHs BY COUNTIES
The winoosixi Valley, villages up North
From the 1slnnd In the Lake to the
Passumpsic, Along otter Creek
and by the shores Of white
Viver Covered ~ spe.
cisI Correspos lents.
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBURY.

Tho fall term of Middlebury College
opened on Thursday morning with pray
Yrs IN the chapel at S:i5 O'Clock. Most of
the old students We're in their places. as
were also the greater part of the new
freshman class. which when all mcmbcrs
have reported. will number between CO and
-. Of whom from rs TO 70 viii he in tho
mems collcs" and from - to 30 III thu
wunan's college. This viii be consider
ably the largest class III the history of tho
Institution and the college year opens
with ihe brightest prospects all around.
There arc hundreds Of Hcr.s of hay, not
to say anything about grain. which have
not been cut vet along the banks Of
otter creek in tho towns Of Leicester.
" hitting and salisbury and further south.
and much more on the meadows adjoining
Lemon Fair in the towns of Shoreham.
Cornwall. Bridrort and Weybrides. Al'
though their crops are i'll some cases al
most completely covered with water the
farmers arc no; totally detected. for they
remember that in the sections mentioned
good part of the hay crop was not got
in last year until along towards the mid
die of October.
Frank BusnwuN of errisburgh has
been brought to the Addison county Jail
,n.cr bonds of 500 charge of burg
/ larry at Ferrisbursh OH Wednesday night
| last He is the first prisoner to occupy
ono OF the new cells in the Jail, the only
other inmate at present being John w
1<otcham. the honorary United states
prisoner.
| H. A. Peck received a telegram Friday
from Niagara Falls. y. Y. to the effect
that Thomas Lcvick had been instantly
i.illcd by coming in contact with live
wire charged with electricity. Mr.. I.evick
WIS IA repair man of the Electric Light
e. Power company and Il former resident
Of Mddlebury. lie leaves widow and
two young children. Mrs. Peck started
Friday to attend the funeral, deceased be-
ing her nephew.
There was an unusually slim attendance
upon the local market Monday and the
sales of produce were correspondence
light Butter brought from II to ~ cents
a pound and eggs from 20 to "A cents per
dozen.
| Two carloads of COWS and calves and
ono carload of hogs made up the live
stock shipment from this station to the
Brighton market Monday morning.
similar shipment will be made to New
York later in the week.
The house and lot near the old freight
depot formerly owned by Mrs. Jennie Lo'
well and by her decided to the town were
sold at auction at 1880 o'clock Monday
morning. Scoctman j. O. Sceloy officiat-
ing as auctionccr. Napoleon Bouchreat
bid in the property for SOL
The taxes for the town of Mddlebury
Including the village and school district
No. 4. will be sl75 on the dollar of the
grand list. which is - cents ON the dol
lar less than last year. with the custom
ary discount of four per cent, ii paid
before December Il. The tax of those
who live outside the village, but IN school
district No. ( will be N.2' on the dollar
and those who live outside of both the
village and school district will have
t. pay only 81 on the dollar
News ha, been received of tn" death
OF Irving Randall, ii former resident ol
Cornwall and prominent citizen Of tna'
town at Muscatine, Iowa. where he had
boon in the hotel business for the past
II years. Death WAS the result of blood
poisoning, caused by Il carbuncle. lie
leaves "a wife and one daughter. His
age was 80 years.
Carlton r. Smith died early rhut sday
morning at his home in Weybrdse. lie
WIS thltG SICK early III tnc S"dSbn Out
apparently nearly resancd his usual
health. Early Wednesday morning h'
had henorrhagc and died in about an
hour tie was - years o. age and is sur
,iv,d bv II wifc. lie was IL recent r,enler
of the Legislature. a prominent crcrmt ry
man AMI well known in Masonic circles
Tho funeral will be held At his late home
Friday at y. m.
j, A. Wright has returned from Mon,
trcal, whore he went some ten days az,
a. see to the loading and shirring of IL
fino hlooded sheep, which Messrs. Wright
and Cartmell OF this village are shipping
&c South Africa. Besides their shipment
G. o. Church took C5 to the same msiko
on his own account. Carlton Spraguo
&. r. whitehall and DR.. ". II. Kingsley
went to care for the stock.