Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-08
VERMONT.
Local Items of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
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The NEWS : COUNTIES
The w,noo.., va, :, v,,'.... .,so,'.
From the 1slnnt = IN. Lake to II.
Ppssunpsic, Along otter Creek
rnd by the shores of White
River Covered BY Spe-
cinl Correspop Ients.
ADDISON COUNTY.
MIDDLEBURy.

MIDDLEB URy.
Thc mercury dropped To- II and 10 de-
rrrcs below in this village carly Satur-
.IIv morning aud was % below in Ripton,
.hc coolest of the winter there. otter
creek. tho ice in which all went out last
week. has frozen once again both above
and below the fails, and people are now
10 some hope Of getting a supply OF
',o hcfore spring comes along. \ year
ago the ice crop here was all gathered
.v the first of January.
Addison Court ot Forcstcrs are to hold
tucir annual ball in tic town hall on
Tuesday evening, February %, and
l4udlurd 1isdalc will give the customary
NasiIugtou's birthday ball at Green
Mountain House, East Middlcbury on
Thursday evening, February %.
The Vermont State board OF agriculture
will hold a meeting in Middlebury on
Thursday. February lj, with sessions at
two o'clock in the afternoon and seven
O'clock in the evening. Subject OF in
tcrest t. the farmers Of Vermont will
bo discussed hy numerous speakers,
among whom viii he j. Walker McKcen,
former secretary Of the Maine State
board Of arlicuturc and secretary OF
the Maine state forestry commission
Dana II, Morse. member of the board,
ana president Of the State Dairymcn :
association; Prof. j. l.. Hills of the Lni-
NcrsitY of Vermont; +. :. Cooley of the
Massachusetts, board Of agriculture; Sem
ator 6. W. ier,o; Hon. Mason S. Stone,
state superintendent of education; q. w.
Gates State road commissioner; Dr. II.
J. Holton. secretary of the State board
Of health, and T.. p. Mayo Of the Maine
state board Of agriculture. The meetings
viii bc open 20 everybody and all are in
Nitcd.
Charles f. Rich. after a nearly two
months illness with sciatc rheumatism,
is gaining so rapidly that barring fun
thcr drawbacks. he will b" able 10 be at
his place OF business in a very few days.
Tho storm of Sunday night and Monday
was the most severe OF the winter here
and the snow fan was the heaviest. There
is snow enough To make fairly good
slolgiiug if it was evenly distributed,
hut it is drifted badly in some places on
tn" country roads,
Fred \. Hughes, who since last spring
has been the managing editor of the Reg
lister. which position he resigned recent
ly started Monday morning for Canaan
daieua, \. Y, TO take UP the new po-
siton which he has accepted in that city.
mere "d9 '"i ','"" VI o'u Co''e'e
BOYS and other friends at the station to
bid him u God speed III his new venture.
There was quit. an interesting law suit
leforc Justice Fred y. Footo and jury
Saturday afternoon. The case was that
of Nv, ,;,o,y. 1.ovo or East M,ddlsburv
o,.ains, Nt,.rn, cove of ,hat Mac, % ro.
cnv,r s>n for services in caring FOR tbo
.iar.rJ,nt,s wife The tnrv avardod the
rl4iItin s;3 and her costs
on account of the storm th. receipts
In the local market Monday were prettv
light for the season and there was but
little change in prices. Dairy butter
brought from rs To p cents pcr pound
ami eggs ran from Is to D cents Der
dozen. Potatoes from tho wholesa lors
we're worth from 20 to 81 cents per bushcl.
Tho cattle SINNERS in this section sent
nro carload of cows calves and hngv
To thc brighton market Mondav and one
,srl,ad of boaf catrle coIvos and l.n,bv
won't t. New York II is expected tbo,
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=, was aiii'eo
o. '''"' "'H' 'o"c accept
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"' ''Nt l" '''"ai concert and bali Of
N""'9"'l '"u''' no l'l12, Catholic or
'ef "I foreStcrS, viii be held in the
town nan ON Wednesday evening, Feb
iuarN H. Tho MiddleburY orchestra of
sis pieces will furnish tho music.