Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-01

county, Kansas, of Mrs. Eluther (Anlrue)
Cowles, relct of Oliver d. Cowles. form
erly of this town Mrs. Cowles was born
in Middlebury, Dec. S, 1904, and died Dec.
lSS5 Mr.. Cowles was a brother of the
late Martin Cowles of tins town, their
wives being sisters The subject of this
sketch was also II sister of Mrs. Maria
Munger. who with her husband, Rev.
Sendel B. Munger, was many years en-
gagged III missionary work in India. 1t
VIII he remembered by many that Mrs
Munger died at sea while returning with
her husband to their field of labor after
brlef period spent in their native land for
rest and recuperation. The three sisters
were eminently gifted and devoted Chris
tian ladies.
Mrs. Will p. Lewis is in town, IA guest
at her mothers, Mrs. j. b. Holley w.
II. Lane, Jr., of Burlington, was in town
last week to see his uncle, B. 5. Field,
who has been i'll for some time and is con
sidered in very critical condition Mrs.
NJ. VI. Peck, who has been in poor health
Tor nearly year is very low. and her re-
covery is considered doubtful. The Y.
4 W. I. i. L. gave II dramatic entertain
ment, Tuesday evening Dec. 20, which
was decided success The programme
consisted of recitatlons, music and tab
leauX, followed by the drama Our
Folks" the characters being admirably
taken. B. f. Sanford of Galesburg, H.,
a brother of Mrs. j. b. Holley, died quite
suddenly at his home of congestion OF the
brain.
Weybridge.
Mr.. Chauncey Stewart of Illinois is
making his friends in Weybrdgp visit
....M Miss Susa IIurlburt is home from
the Troy Conference academy of Poult
ney to spend the holidays. 90. Mr. Jerome
Cole has gone to Holyoke, Mass Rev.
Mr.. Hathaway of Forestdale has been
holding series of meetings at the Wes
leyan church. Kip, Roberts, the Brs
tol evangelist, was with us one evening
last week also about thirty of his Brooks
Vile converts. ...T The repairs on the YES
try of the Methodist church are nearly
complete.
West Randolph
The Randolph boys in Dartmouth are
home for Il months vacation. The fall
term of the Normal school closes January
3-S...C. VI. Howard, ESD has sold his
farm To Harris Holman Tor 5000 Rev
j. y. Pierce is recovering from an attack
of bilious fever. The Methodist society
Will hold Il series of revival meetings
commencing Tuesday evening.
North Ferrisburgh.
The Methodist church will hold a watch
night service, New Years eve commence
ing ut p m. Pastor Gregory will be as
sisted by Rev. NJ. a. Wicker of Charlotte
and others.
The Rutland Savings bank and the
J Marble Savings bank have each declared
semi-annual dividends of 2ll per cent, pay-
VIII spend the winter in the South, on ac-
count of his health....A. f. Walker Is
confined to his house with rheumatism.
Stranord.
Moses Brown was taken to the insane
asylum at Brattleboro, last Friday.
1s. .lg..
a number of citizens have been sum-
moned to Salem, Mass. to testify in the
trial of Henry X. Goodwin for the muir
der of Swan.
Newport has just received ffty-two
volumes for the new town library.
The Vermont Marble compauy's mill ut
West Rutland has Shut down for present.
The state board of agricultureW will have
a meeting at Woodstock about the middle
of January.
The hotel proprietor at Newport is be
ing prosecuted for holding IL public rattle
in his bar room.
, The late eX-Gov Hiland Hall had Is
surviving grand children and - great
grandchildren.
There are sixteen persons living at Ben
nlngtOn Center, whose average age is
eighty years.
Windsor county will pay tax of two
per cent for the years current expenses
: amounting to SOB.
Gov. Pingree has appointed Franklin
scott of Bennington, special prosecutor of
} criminal oifenses under No. ~ in the acts
of lSS4
1t is announced that DR.. Hanrahan of
Rutland has been formally offered the
consulshipto Cork, Ireland but will pro
pablY decline it.
Abel p. Wilkins, who was born in Wes-
ton, August 81, 1871, and lived in Pawlet
and Dandy when young man, died in
Iowa December5.
Rev. y. J. Emery of Bellows Falls has
declined Il call from the Cniversalist
church ef Springfield, Mas
Daniel j. Perry, Il native of Swanton,
formerly an artist of great promise, died
IN New York hospital last week.
John Robinson of Bennington has been
confirmed as United States marshal for
Vermont and will enter upon his duties
January /.
The sum that the relief fund of Post
| Roberts of Rutland will realize from the
sl0iO taken in during the presentation of
THE Battle of GETTYSBURG is 800.
Bank Examiner Randall looked over
last Tuesday.
One of the oldest and largest trees in
Castleton is poplar, almost IA hundred
years old, on the grounds of the Holt
homestead. 1t girths nearly twenty feet
| One man in Castleton, who saw it seventy
five years ago, says it was quite Il tree
then. He was fifteen years old at the
| time.
Both the dead eX-governors, Hiland Hall
and Ryeland Fletcher were buried, il is
said, from the farms on which they We're
born, the former in Bennington and the
/ latter in Proctorsvillc.
All but about $1,000 of the Rutland
horse railroad stock has been quietly
bought up by Rutland parties, and the
road passed into their control Saturday.
y. +. Perkins of Pomfret has invented
IA Yankee corn and potato planter"
which farmers say is practical success,
and the Iiiggalum Manufacturing com
pany of Connecticut will have it on the