Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-26
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
ESSEX JUNCTION.

The funeral services of George McLain
were held in the Union church Tuesday,
Rev. l.. C. Taplln officiating.
Mrs. Homer w. Ring writes from Con-
cord that she has been treated by the heal
er, Newell, and greatly benefited.
u. f.. Slater is visiting friends in town.
The legal voters of the village are
warned to meet at the school house April
at 1880 pm for the purpose Of authorizing
the trustees to contract with the Peoples
Electric Light company to furnish lights
for the village
Mitchell Johns Is moving into the Longe
house on North street.
The Renaissance club met with Miss
Bertha Ferrin Tuesday evening.
Harrison Griffin, who died recently
was an old resident of Essex, having been
born Jan. &c. 1913, and always resided in
town. with the exception of two years
spent in Connecticut when young man.
In lSil he married Miss Phebe S. Larkin,
OF Beekmantown, n. Y, who died in 1857.
leaving two little daughters. lie after
ward married Miss Sylvia Baker Of Col
chester, whose death occurred last Au-
gust a son and one daughter surviving
her Thus Mr.. Griffin leaves one son and
three daughters, also two sisters, Mrs.
Eleazer Hunt Of this village, and Mrs.
in Utah.
A hearse belonging to +. p, Sawyer. the
undertaken here, was upset near the Fol-
som House Saturday. The driver, Mr..
T.. Il. Gains, attempted to go around an
electric car that stood on the crossing. A
large French plate glass panel was broken
and ruined.-Mr. and Mrs. Edward ID.
Williams arrived Friday evening on a visit
to Mrs. Williams friends and relatives and
Mrs. Williams parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c, NJ,
Ferrin.-Rev. T. ID. Bacon is visiting
friends in Connecticut.-Mr and Mrs. Wal
lace C. Stevens are visiting Mr.. Stevens
mother.-The body of George McLain, who
died In Bolton, Friday, from injuries re-
ceived while cutting timber at that place,
last week, was brought to this village
Saturday afternoon for burial.-Marr3 B.
Page will again, this week, recommence
his law studies in the Office of Hon. NJ. A.
Bingham.-W Osborne received slight
injuries Saturday by falling over a milk
vat at the creamery.-The Burns enter
tainment given under the auspices of the
Y. p. S. C. f.. Friday evening, was a COM
pete success. The proceeds were Sl5,-
Mrs. Erasmus Stevens returned from a
visit to friends in Underhill Friday,-For
more than year the citizens of the vii
lage have felt the necessity of some kind
of protection to people passing over the
many grade crossings situated in the viii
lage limits A notice to that effect was
served on the management by the board
of village trustees some two months ago
The proposition and intention of the latter
| was that the three most dangerous cross
| ings should be protected by gatemen. AS
this arrangement would entail consider.
able expense on the company and in O
measure inconvenience the public, the
matter was not pushed, but the managers
came forward and have issued stringen,
orders, in urequivocal terms, that al
| trainmen while In the yard, either passing
through or switching, shall use every pre-,
caution within their power to protect the
lives and limbs of pedestrians and people
in, vehicles, and at the same time see that
the crossings are kept open that the high,
way traffic be not impeded.
There was band meeting, Saturday
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