Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-05-28
VERMONT LOCAL NEWS.
NOTES AND GOSSIP OF DolNGs IN THE
FREE PRESSES BROAD FIELD.
Tho winooski Valley, Villages Up North,
Along Otter Creek and by the shores
of .-Shite River Covered by
s special Reporters.
DISON COUNTY.
vERGENNES

vERGENNES.
The prC r Amme for Memorial day will
be as fol rs. There will be a parade
through tc3principal streets headed by
the city b{se at 80 p. M, under the di-
rection Of e. ief Marshal T. G. Middle
brook and " exercises at the park are
expected to - hin at 2 O'Clock. Command
er II. II. Burge will call the assembly to
order. Prayer by Rev. Thomas Rogers,
singing by the choir. address by Hon. AL
fred a. Hall of St. Adams, singing, choir.
announcing of the decorating committee
by Commander Burge. singing America,
by choir and people. benedction by Rev.
II. II. Titus. The parade will then move
to the old cemetery, where the G.. A. II.
decoration service will be held.
Rev DR.. II. f. tlickok, who went to
| California last fall with his wife for the
winter. returned here Thursday evening
and is the guest OF his daughter, Mrs. II.
II, Hickok. DR.. Hickok's wife stopped at
Orange N j.
Mrs Heman tJalock OF Panton died
Thursday. aged 70 years Her funeral was
held at II O'Clock Saturday morning.
Mrs. Harry Adams. who has spent the
winter in Madison, Wis. returned Thurs
day evening. Her daughter Mrs. Clar-
ence Kellogg came with her.
Mrs. Lorenzo Bixby of Kalamazoo,
| Mich, Is the guest of her niece. Mrs. j.
| Edwin Lewis.
| Miss Electa Smith arrived Thursday
evening and is at her fathers. Judge John
| p. Smith.
The societies of ST. Jean Baptiste and
| ct. Joseph will attend the celebration in
| st. Abans, June "a. The Vergennes City
band will accompany them
| The Roman Catholic society expect to
| have an excursion and picnic to Provi-
deuce Island, juno II.
Mr.. Spencer w. Kinds, agent for the
Sherman property in this city, has re-
raive-d notice that tho sherman estate has
decided to repair the block recently de-
Btroyed by fire, and tho work will be COM
menced at once. NJ w. ". Bliss of Hart
ford, Conn, has the contract and the job
IS to be completed in G5 working days.
They will build the front wall entirely
now of stone with iron pillars plate glass
fronts and vestibule entrances Mr. Bliss
arrived Saturday evening and is at the
Stevens House
Mr.. George Pilger and Miss Christiana
Goltng of Waltham were married Satur-
day evening n St. Paul's church by the
rector. Rev. H. P. Grabau.
Carlton w. Sprague of Waltham who
went to South Africa last fall with sheep
returned here Sunday morning.
st. Pauls church was filled to overflow
ing Sunday evening by the G.. A. r. AMI
friends to listen to the Memorial sermon
by the rector, Rev. III. p Grabau. and 1t
was the general opinion of those present
that II was one of the best Memorial SER
mons ever delivered In this city.
The wedding of Miss Esther Louise Cur
tbs and Mr.. Henry Jessup Olmstead of
Saratoga, n. Y, wll take place in St.
Paurs church in this city on Wednesday
morning, June Sd at 10:3O o'clock. Miss
Curtis Is a niece OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. G..
Hindes and reception will be given at
their residence Immediately after the cere-
mony.
MIDDLEBURY.
The Memorial day exercises will be held
In the town hall at O'Clock on Saturday,
May 80. The Grand Army Post will as
semble in their hall at 10 o'clock and, es-
corted by Camp Tracey, Sons of Vet
Grams, will proceed at once to the town
hall, whereupon the exercises will begin
The various fraternities in town
the Ladies Aid society, the teachers and
scholars of the graded school and the
pastors of the different churches have beer
invited to attend. The speaker of the day
will be Rov E. z. Margraf of Bellows
Falls, Rev d. W. Lyman, pastor of the
Middebury Baptist church, will offer the
opening prayer and Rev. A. W. Dickens
pastor of the Congregational church, the
benediction. At the conclusion of the ex-
ercises the procession will be formed and
the march will be made to the West and
Catholic cemeteries, where the soldiers
graves will be decorated with flowers with
the usual ceremonies of the Grand Army
ritual
Mrs. Edward Goulett, who had a very
difficult and dangerous surgical operation
performed at the Mary Fletcher hospita
on May 16. is reported to be getting alons
as we'll as could have been hoped for
and 1t is now believed that only good carr
IL needed to pull her through. This will
be glad tidlngs to her large circle o
friends In Middebury
Cards arc out for the wedding of Mis-
Mary Allen of Middlebury and Mr.. Phili
Manchester Of Bridgeport, Conn. wh,cl
will occur at the home of Mrs. Dugal,
Stewart, aunt of the bride, on Tuesda,
evening, June 2, at 1880 o'clock, in tn
presence of only the immediate relativ
of the families. From to 10 o'clock
general reception will be given TO all tn
friends of the families. Miss Allen is on
of Middlebury's prettiest and most es
teemed young ladies, and Mr., Mnncheste
is leader in business and social circle
in Bridgeport,
The republican town committee have Is
sued call for a caucus to be held at tn
town hall on Wednesday evening. June
at 1880 p m, for the purpose of electin
22 delegates and % alternates to represen
the town in the Addison county repubice
convention, which will be held here Jun
16, They have also issued call for a eau
Gus, TO be held at the same place and a
the same hour on Wednesday evening
June 10, to elect six delegates and six al
ternates to the State convention at Bur
)ngton, June II, and six delegates and 81
alternates TO the district convention q
Rutland on June IS
Mr.. Charles Beatty died at about
O'Clock Friday afternoon after an Hines
of several months with heart diseas,
Mr.. Beatty was about 65 years OF age an
was universally esteemed as an alway
upright man and good citizen He leave
widow, four sons and two daughter,
who have the heartfelt sympathy Of tn
community. The second son, George +
Beatty, Is the railroad ticket agent her,
The arrangements for the funeral hav
not yet been made.
The resident alumni of Middlebury CO
lege held a meeting at the office of El6
redge q Slade Monday afternoon to max
preliminary arrangements for alumni da
at commencement Col T. NJ. Chapma
was selected to act as marshal, Or. w. /
Sheldon as committee on music and Hoi
L. D. Eldredge as committee on Dime
Commencement week will begin Sunda
June q, with the baccalaureate sermo
by President Ezra Braincrd, to be follow
ed the same evening with the address b,
fore the Young Mems Christian associi
tion by Prof. Francis h. Denio, ID. d
class of 1871 of Andover Theological sem
nary. Tuesday June 23, will be alum
day. The associated alumni will hol
their preliminary meeting at the colles
chapel at 10 o'clock, Immediately follow
ing which will come the literary exercise
at the church. Prof c. w. Hall, class
1871, of the Bangor Theological schoo
will be the orator of the day and Willial
w. Gay, class of 1876 of New York cit