Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-23
ORANGE COUNTY
RANDOLPH

At n business meeting OF the Con-
gregational society held at the church
Wednesday evening. the proposition.
which has been quite thoroughly
agtated for the past few months. in
regard to the uniting ot the COngre-
gational and Christian Churches OF this
village, was discussed and very fav-
orably considered By the members OF
the Congregational society. vote
taken in favor of the move was al
most unanimous and it was voted to
have the standing committee confer
with the standing committee of the
Christian Church and report at a meet
ing to be held March 90. 1t is UNDER
stood that the members of the Chris
tian Church are quite as much in favor
OF the change which may be brought
about in tho near future
During the month of February the
Cooperative creamery made :5.140
pounds and paid patrons - cents net
per pound for 22.200 pounds of butter
tat. The creamery paid patrons SNbiS.
B. -. Chadwick has sold his place
on Central street to Eimball Williams,
who will take possession of the same
April 1. MIR. Chadwick. whose busi-
ness has been in Concord. n. H.. for
the past year. will move his family to
that city as soon as suitable arrange
ments can be made.
The sudden change in the weather Sat
urday night ana Sunday caused consd-
cradle trouble i'll this vicinity. The part
of this VILLAGE known as Weston nat
suffered the worst from the surplus of
water. The water in mary places on the
fiat is four feet deep and about % diff
fercnt cellars in this section arc flooded,
some having over four feet of water in
them. This section is surrounded by
hills on three sides and all the water
| from these hills runs down there HuG
when the ground Is frozen boats and
RATS are necessary whenever ono wishes
| To leave his home Nathaniel Hart
who lives on Elm street, suffered the
loss of four hogs that were drowned
, in his barn cellar. DIR. Francis Eaton.
who lives on Central street, had quite an
experience in trying to save his hog He
found the hog swimming around in the
barn cellar and. with the assistance of
| his nciphbor and a rcp". he was able.
n fter n half hours hard work. to land
| the hog on terra frma. hut it was several
hours before tho animal could stand on
its feet. The ground is frozen so solidly
that the water does not seem to b" lower
ing in tho least and it may be some little
| time before the people on the fiat can
put up their boats for tho season.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
| Ora wbrdge in tho Mcintyre block on
Main street Monday night at eight O'Clock
the marriage of Miss Emma Hun of this
place to Frank -. Allen Of Worcester.
Mass. was solemnized. The ceremony.
which was performed by the Rex. Y. NJ.
! Fowler. pastor of the Methodist Church,
was witnessed by only n few of tho most
intimate friends of the bride Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen will leave in a few days for
| Worcester Mass, where they will make
their home.
Samuel Spear. aged about 50 years. and
n long time resident of Peth. died at his
home Sunday morning. He he'd ho"n in
poor health for some little time. but tho
immediate cause of his death was pneu-
nonia. The funeral was held at 1:3
o'clock Tuesday afcrn, on The ':cv
Fraser Mctzgor was the officiating clergy
man.
T.. Z. Parmenter left Monday nigh
for Los Angeles, Cal. whore he will
remain for some little time and ma
locate there permanently.
DR.. and Mrs. II. G.. Bcckman arrive
in town saturday from Boston, whcr
Dr. Bcckman has been practicinG den
tistry for several months Dr. Bee k
man intends TO iocat" in Randolph per
mancntly He is having the Office TO
comfy vacated by capt. j. t. t.ldrcdg
in the Tcwksbury block on Main stree
handsomely fitted
| II. T.. Sargent. who has lived for
number of years in the northern par
of this town. has purchased Il larg
farm in Lcct svillc. Mich, and is MAX
, ing preparations tn go there this wccl
Tuesday Mr.. Sargent left with car
load Of thoroughbred Jersey cattl'
which he will accompany tn Michigan
AS soon as suitable arrangements ca
t he made Mr.. Sargents family wi
, join him in the West.
9 For several years many OF the pcopl
= in Randolph could not be made to bcliev
r that deer shed their horns or antlcr
e every year but for the past two month
r several parties living in the section
D thckly populated with deer have pro
= lduccd conclusive evidence that deer ar
4 dccduous and nearly a dozen pair g
A antlcrs have been brought to this village
@ Willis Towards son. Fred. has foun
$ two pairs in tho past month. James Jud
= has found pair and three odd antler
:. and Galcn Morse has found three pair.
a Mr.. Towards people saw eight deer noa
v their house Tuesday and they have see
r bucks with antlers one week and wthou
v them the next.