Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-27
ORLEANS COUNTY.
CRAFTSBURY.


Mrs. Hickey has returned home after an
absence of five months at the home of her
parents in Calais.-Mrs. Lathe and daugh-
ter Lydia have returned to their home in
Newbury.-Josephine Patterson has finish
ed her work at the Peerless and returned
home.--J. w. Allen has rented his farm for
one year to Clark e. Emery.-Lilla Merrill
has been chosen librarian at the Methodist
church in place of Foster Kinney, resigned.
Rev S. w. Smithers of Hardwick lee
tured in the Methodist church Wednesday
evenfng.-A. N. Hartman has exchanged
his farm with George Wheeler for the farm
known as the Columbus Hartman farm,
Mr.. Wheeler paying the difference of $1,000.
There Will be a donation for the benefit
of Rev. r. C. Moody at academy hall next
Friday evening, February 49,
wEsTFIELD.
Mr.. Homer Il. Hitchcock of Providence,
who has been visiting here a few days,
returned Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs.
William Il. Gilpin, who Will spend a few
days there visiting relatives.-Mrs. c. G..
Chaffee visited her mother at Lyndon Cor
ner last week.-Mrs. Adelbert Austin has
been quite sick for several days-Mrs.
Sarah Wilcox has had a very bad attack
of influenza. accompanied by neuralgia
Morris Farman has gone to Springfield.
Mass, to work.-Aliss Lula Ryder goes
soon to Ashland, N. H., to work-Several
| hundred bushels of corn were bought by
| farmers here last week for 80 cents per
bushel-Charles Herrick has returned
from Poughkeepsic, where he has been at
| tending the business college. friend
came with him for a visit
| Mrs. Lucinda Hitchcock Burba died at
her home with her son-in-law, Deacon NJ
c. Hitchcock. February H. The funeral
was held at his late residence the 18th
inst. Mrs. Burba was born in Westmin-
ster January 10, 1902, was married in 1891
and removed to Westfeld where she has
since lived. She united with the Congrc-
gational church in May, 1926. She was the
| last of q family of 16 children, two OF
whom died very young, IA lived to middle
| age. eight lived to be over so and five over
90 years old. Mrs. Burba's father, Elisha
| Hitchcock, was second cousin of Margaret
Hitchcock. an ancestress to Grover Cleve.
land. Her father and mother first met al
no less an important occasion than a pub
lie praying in Springfield, Mass. a littl
earlier than 1776. Only two of Mrs. Bur
ba's eight children survive her. She ha:
ten grandchildren and 10 great grandchil
dren. Hers had been long active life
devoted Ia the intrests of her family.-Th,
week ending February IS was the severes
weather of this and many previous winters
the hurricane of snaw being succeeded
by three days OF terrible cold the mercur
ranging from 80 to 81 degrees below zero
But for the snow rollers roads would hav'
been impossible over n week As II wa
travel was practically suspended Till thu
wind went down.
NEWPORT.
Trick & Morse have purchased of II. II
Caswell his factory on Eastern avenue
which will be fitted in a few weeks 70
the manufacturing OF overalle, shirts
pants, etc.-Frank Holt of Boston has beef
the guest of +. O. Holt the past week.
Il. S. Cummings Is out again after hi
second experience with a broken leg sine
last October.-Thc room formerly occupe
for post Office in Exchange block is beini
fitted up and will be occupied by the Or
leans Trust Co.-Rev. e. A. George re
turned from his vacation last Thursda
and on Monday surprised his congregation
by reading his resignation to take effec
March &c. He has had a call to whitman
tic, Conn, where he wishes to 20 to com
mence his work Easter Sunday. He ha
been with this church here nearly fv
years.-Saturday S. S. Gilbert was foun
dead in bed, the result of a shock of paral
ysis. He had been in poor health som
time. His age was G.-Saturday eve Mrs
Priscilla Woods died at her sons at tn
age of II. Also the same eve the wife O
: w. NJ. Batchelder died after a weeks III
ness with typhoid fevcr.-Sunday mornin
. Phillip Archambeault, a young man. az
10. passed away after a weeks sickness
with typhoid pneumonia.
GREENSBORO.
Alex Calderwood has purchased II
, Simpson lot I'm the west part of the tow
for S150-The thermometer registered 40 d
grees below zero at the Bend last wee
, Tuesday mornng.-There was a lecture ;
{ the village last Friday evening by Rev.
, w. Morrow of Randolph on Abraham Lii
coln.-.The show given at the Bend la
week, for the benefit of the sidewal
which has been built there was we'll a
tended and about s35 was cleared.-Georf
; Fowler and family returned from Plaii
field last Saturday, accompanied by Ere
' bancroft who is spending few days wit
them.-Nelle Durkin from Albany
= spending the remainder of the winter wit
' her grand-parents.-D. c. Eastman is vel
ill-Mis Annie Kcndrick, who has bee
very i'll with pneumonia, is recovering.
The auditors met last week and report II
y current expenses of the town several hui
l dred dollars less than last year.
JyTNnSAD COUNTY