Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-21


Nellie Is in the class of habitual drunk
ards and was asked to disclose. She said
that while at her home on Main street
she saw Charles O'Day, a relative. place
a bottle in cupboard. She procured the
bottle and proceeded to get drunk. O'Day
Is In Jail serving 80 days sentence for
intox cation.
There was big gain in the customs coll
lections and value of export merchandise
in tho Burlington district for September.
The collections were s4s,99J.41 compared
with So, for the corresponding
month OF last year. The value of the do
nestle merchandise exported was s44G, o36.
with $3So,3oa of the correspond
Ing month of the year previous. The
value of foreign merchandise exported
was $1t02S7. and for the corresponding
month of 1908. s9i. 1853
George burst OF Essex junction was
arranged before Justice Stearns Fri
day afternoon charged with breach Of
tho peace The case was indefinitely
continued and burst was released on his
own recognizance. There seemed to he
a genera, misunderstanding between the
.
TO enter a certain slaughter house and
the only thing that seemed TO be GER
tain was the fact that several vile oaths
were hurled In divers directions by
burst.
The total receipts Of tag day for the
benefit of ST Josephs Orphan asylum
are now known and amount to y542
'rIic Includes
day from ex.-Gov +. d. Proctor for 500
The remainder OF the money was receiv-
cd in small amounts by the sale of tags
The largest Of these contributions was
n dollar The amount collected more
than fulfilled the expectations of those
in charge and will be used to defray cur
rctn expenses at the institution
William Osborne OF Essex appeared in
city court Thursday and was fined IS and
costs of $50 for mtoxicaton He paid
stephen Brooks was found guilty of in
toxication and was fined s. and costs of
s1oGo he took an appeal Fred Meow
an was arranged for a fourth offense
of ntoxication and pleaded guilty. In his
disclosure MCGOWAN told weird story
of meeting complete stranger who
handod him a bottle of split" The court
did not believe this yarn and MCGOWAN
was sent hack 70 jail to think it over.
Sentence was withheld.
The annual meeting Of the Mems So
cial union of the First Baptist Church
was held last evening in the church par
lors The officers elected were as follows
President, n. II. Cameron; vice-presi-
H. u
Ross; treasurer. ". P. jackson; auditor,
j. J. Hoag. Several new members We're
admitted and reports OF the officers for
the past year We're read. AT the close
of the business meeting supper was
served and short program, consisting
Of Rotations. graphophone selections,
etc, was rendered.
The Ticonderoga made a special trip to
Shelburne harbor and Gordon's Landing
yesterday to secure q load of apples. The
apple business this year has been far be-
low that Of last year, thus far. and it is
not expected that the total business In
this commodity will reach over one-half
of that of last year, Thus far about 1000
barrels of apples have been carried,
while last year the number had reached
year was 5000 barrels and 1t Is not
thought it will go over 5000 barrels this
season.
The 31st annual meeting OF tho Pastoral
Aid society Of st. PauIs parish was held
Friday afternoon at four o'clock i'm
the parish house. The reports of the
treasurer and secretary for the past year
were read and accepted and the follow
ing officers We're elected. President, Mrs.
Walter Carpenter: vice-president, Mrs G
Y. Bliss: secretary. Miss A. T. Smith:
treasurer. Mrs Walter Carpenter Mrs
G. A. Dow was secretary during the past
year, otherwise the officers are the same.
The work was Yesterday arranged for the
coming year and the first regular meet
ing appointed for next Friday.
The wedding Of joseph STERN an.
Miss Anna Rubin occurred Tuesday night
at Perlemans hall on the corner OF
Lafountain and Cedar streets. The
Rev. I. Rosenberg. assisted by the
Revs. Mowsovitz and Sacks. perform
ed the ceremony. The couple were
attended by Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Goldman
and Mr.. and Mrs Henry Soioman. The
bridesmaid was Miss Fannie STERN OF
New York. a Sister Of the groom A
number OF out-of-town people were
present. including guests from Rut-
iord Mor,ra,ior porro ona W.. w..
After wedding trip to Montreal. the
a,r,o n.,,, rat,rr - th;s a,,,
reside at S4s North Winoosk, avenue.
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There was a very small attendance a,
the Riverside Park races Saturday auT
the cold and rain dampened any On