Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-27
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
WlNOOSKI.

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| Freddie, the three year old sen of Mr..
| and Mrs. David Lawrence of MIllctts Bay
| avenue, was horribly burned to death
| Friday afternoon. The accident occurred
at 1l5 Mir Lawrence had been erecting
| Il shed adjacent to the house and some tar
| was being heated in Il kettle ON the
| kitchen stove, to cover the roof. The
| Gather was out, but the mother with sew
| cral children was in the room. III at
| once the tar ran over and an explosion
| followed The smoke was dense and the
| whole building was soon cnvc.opcd in
| flames. An attempt was mace to save a
! little furniture and the mother went up
| stairs after several articles. Very soon
after the alarm sounded the frcmcn re-
spondcd and succeeded in preventing the
| fire from spreading To other buildings. Nj
at once the cry went up that II child was
III t., building No one seemed to know
for certain, however, and the parents
were frantic. Chief Engineer Burd!ck and
| the fire police were unsuccessful in Keep
| ing back the crowd, which hindCrcd the
work Of the bremen. The little boy was
| supposed to be in an upper chamber ana
| Fire Policeman f.. G.. Nash with consld-
| enable bravery went up the burning stair
| way two times, but was unsuccessful. The
| third time he stumbled upon something IN
IL pile of debris at the foot of the stairs,
| which proved to be the body of the child.
| 1t was badly burned and in some places
| very much charicd, but owing to its pc
Culiar position escaped entire cremation.
The mother was burned severely about
the head and arms in attempting to hnd
the child and Friday evening was nearly
frantic, but she will recover 1t is sup
| posed that the boy was asleep upstairs
and being awakened by the smoke and
attempting to 20 down stairs fell head
long to the bottom.
Winooski lost another old resident Sun
do in hn Il dan of a. or
! Couchon. who passed away at ) O'Clock
that evening as the result of shock Of
paralysis. Mr.. Couchon was out Satur-
day morning and that evening enjoyed u
social hour at = ncighhor's The shock
came at . o'clock Sunday and rendered
HIN helpless and speechless. He suf-
fcred the irst shock some three months
ago while at WORK on the Fanny Alien
Hospital. The second came last week
! Thursday during a visit to Rouscs Point.
Mr. Couchon was born in Canada. He
married and came to Winooski ~ years
two daughters.
The advertised letters at the postofce
are as follows: Charlie Beriltt, Josephine
Couchon. Joseph Corcvo, Albina Dcsiar-
dcres, Maxine Fountain, Mrs. Kate Heb
ron, Joseph l.arocheile, Duf Mco, Mrs.
Frank Provost, Justin Sears Napoleon
Serrio, Charles +. Storrs, NJ. D., Fred
pretty October wedding took place
Tuesday afternoon at ST. stephen S
Ichurch, the officiating clergyman hcins
Rev. j. b. Whitaker. The principals IN
1.-THE ceremony We're Mr.. William Snow and
Miss Mary Minahan. The best man WAS
the grooms brother and Miss Nora Nina
nan acted as bridesmaid. y supper was
served the bridal party following the
ceremony at the home on West street,
where the happy couple we're given many
handsome and useful gifts.
Arthur Wardwcll, who it was reported
, was sandbaggcd and robbed recently has
entirely recovered.
Alpnonsc Parizo of Frank Carpenter
store Is III with brain fever.
y. a. Graves has secured the contract
to furnish 100000 brick for the Burlington
new nigh school building.
y very pretty society wedding was sol
omnized yesterday morning at St. Steph-
ems church by Rev, J. b. Whitaker as
sisted by Rev. DR.. Cahill. The bride Wa.
Miss Margaret j., youngest daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs James Taylor and the groom
the popular young druggist, Mir. j. Herr!
lMcGrtevy, proprietor of Pharmacy Hall
Miss Libble O'Sullivan acted as brides
maid and wore blue and white. The bride
was attired in a fawn colored travelling
COSTUME, trimmed with pink. She also
carried carnations The best man was
Mir f. l., Linscrmcir The uShcrs were
Henry Conlin, James O'Bren, j. W. Shcc-
han, VI. D., and Walter Burke The we'd.
ldng march from Lohergrn was played
by Miss Jennie Bacon Of Burlington and
Miss Kate McCaffrcy sang Ave Maria ant
%, Salutaris. The church was prcttilS
trimmed and decorated with palms auC
potted plants. Following the ceremony
the bridal party were given reception
and wedding breakfast at the brides home
on LcClair street. whore large quantity
Of gifts were brought. The presents In
cludCd Il solid silver tea set, costly chi
M service. a handsome combination rol
top desk. MIR. and Mrs McGreevy vii
spend their honeymoon on a pleasant trlI
to Lowell, Boston and New York.
Charles Rice has gone to Morrlsville.
Bert Edwards. son Of j. w. Edwards
eft yesterday for Burlington, Iowa, where
he has position with the Murray IroI
Works company.
, CAarles, the seven years old son of Su
t perintendent Frank Eastwood was Sc
vercly bitten yesterday morning by
, large Newfoundland dog owned by c. f
E Spaiford A bad wound was made and thu
, lad was taken home and DR.. Peck called
( The wound is probably not dangerous bu
= is very painful. The dog will die If h,
D has not already done so.
, f'r. 90 'nl' md Dr Il A Purdicl
= are home from Montpelier.
Postmaster y. o. Spoor has an interest
ing eNnlultiOn in the postofiiCc window. |
is Il glass bottle filled with beans an,
0 bugs, The beans were once large hand
= some Bostonidns flt for the most fasti
; dtous They are now riddled with hole
D tho size of 4 pin head and hundreds O
, hard-backed little creatures are maxim:
away with the residue. They are shape,
like a wood tick ana and are some wha
G larger. The interesting part of the mat
that the bugs are. identical with thos
Which used to appear in the bean SOU
= at Andcrsonvil.c prison. Mr.. Spoor talk
; graphically on the subject and wonder
: how the little fellows ever got here
= We hear that the Allen Shoe Co Of Bur
! lington are making extremely low price
on shoes.
ST GEORGE
= President BabcoCk OF the Burlington
:. and FIinesburgh railroad accompanied b.
!, Mossrs. Blakeslec, Sinclair an Richard
= son, were in town Saturday last in tn
, interest of the road.-Alvin Jmmo. wit
Q his teams has gone to work on the b. d IL
$ road in South Burlington.-Wm Dcnnln
. and sons. VIM. ana James. and grandson
: Willie of Burllng ton, spent last Sunda,
! at Camp Millham.-Mrs. Cynthia Hnsdcl
d Davis of Burlington visited her fathe
: and mother, Mr., and Mrs Edgar Hnsdel
two or three days last week-Miss Kat
: Dennng is spending week or two wit
her cousin, Matte Millham-Bert Forbe
. intends returning to Montpelier in tn
"a near future to resume work at the marbl
), sheds
We notice theAllen Shoe Co at Burling
ton are doing the business of thetoyn; 10Y
- prices must win.
: RICHMOND