Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-06
ENOSBURGH FALLS.

The marked features of January
weather were thaws and lack of moist
urc. There were five January thaws."
periods Of one or more days with tenn
perature above freezing. The mean
reading for the month was 1876. which
is half of ono degree below the aver
ago. The highest reading was 4S tho
Fist and tho lowest 10 below zero the
3lst. Total precipitation, rain and
melted snow, was 1so inches against
an average of 267 The total snow
fall was 15k inches. There were sew
en- clear, nine partly cloudy and fifteen
cloudy days.--An alarm OF fire early
Saturday morning was for the burning
out Of n chimney in ono of Or. Darrah's
tenements on Missisquoi street.--Clark
Brown Of Burlington has been passing
few days in town.-Miss Eta Can
lining left for Stowe Saturday where
she will pass two weeks with rela-
| tivcs.--A full house greeted the base
| ball rnnstrels in opera hall Friday
evening. The boys merited and re-
coivcd enthusiastic support.-Mr and
Mrs. Bay Thomas OF Sheldon were
| guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Kimball
| Friday night.-E. y. 1anGlois of Rut-
land is passing a few days in town
Tho building committee has force Of
nearly 25 men at work on the school
| buildinE.-Therc was a good attend
ance at the supper served by the ladies
aid in the Methodist vestry Friday
eveninE.-The auditors have been
working on the town reports and have
the work about ready for the printer
c. c. Stratton. carrier in route four,
reports the worst experience he ever had
on account Of wind, Saturday. II was
SO severe that when he reached II. T.
SHELLS he had to stop for two hours. This
proved an occasion for an alarm over the
telephone of his being lost. He was
forced to cut out part Of his route
on account OF impossible dri.ts.-The
Woman's Foreign Missionary society
met with Mrs ]. c. Watson Wednesday
evening with Mrs. f. f. white in charge.
| MIR. and Mrs. W II. Best have returned
| from a three months visit in Kansas
| Miss Glenna Woodward and Master
| Wilbur Judd returned 10 Swanton Mon
day after a few days Visit with Miss
| Woodwards parents--Niss Phoebe Towle
passed Sunday with her mother. Mrs.
| Mary Tow!c--llad the fire which destroy
ed tho Perley block Saturday night brok-
| en- out during the gale of the morning.
or Of that which ragged from the opposite
direction within two hours after the fire
was under control. the record of loss
would have been far different. There
were a few prostrations from inhaling
smoke and some workers who were chill
ed in their wet clothes, but no person was
injured Hot coffee was served to the
1iremen during their work and the visitors
were later served at the Quincy. AS
/ usual petty thicving was rampant and by
some peop,c who ordinarily would scorn
| such an act In those case it WAS some
| thing taken for a souvenir" Frank La
! fountain, who had cobbler'S shop in
the rear Of the block. has moved into a
tenement of DE- Darrah's on Bismark
street.
Some feeling seems to be manifested
among the local firemen that these notes
have not given them any credit for good
work at the fire which destroyed the
! block of NJ. p. Perley. If there was any
reflection on them which could be read
! into the previous report It was wholly
unintentional They cid work we'll in
nearly every instance and deserve much
praise for holding the fire to the block
alonc.-Dr. f. S. Hutchinson has moved
west" since the FIRE having opened an
! ONCE IN INC W. IL lbuTl ll'fh, NJ SftS
Gates and Leach We're unable to reach
here Monday morning on account Of
blocked roads, so there were no sessions
of school in their rooms
II was "a degrees below zero yestor-
| day morning following Il day in which
the mercury did not get above 13 below
| S A. Daniels of Brattleboro was in
town Wednesday,-George Touchette,
who has been in the employ OF c. l..
Marsh for several years, is moving to
the farm beyond West Enosburgh which
ne purchased about n year aEo.--T.
I.arochelle, who was recently burned
out, is living with the family Of
Bernard Iavery The family of d. A.
Benoit Is scattered among friends in the
village. c, l., Marsh has presented to
each Of these families a new bedtead
and bed complete. Others like minded
have done we'll or better according
| to their means.