Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-08
ORANGE COUNTY.
BRADFORD.

The whole village is made sad by the
death of Mr.. James r. Sawyer. He had
been suffering for two years with a pain
full trouble of the bowels, which "a year
ago doctors in Boston and the medical
faculty at Hanover declared to he a cam
GER but Mr.. Sawyer would not accept
their decision and kept about his work as
best he could until a few weeks ago. on
August q he was carried to Hanover to
the Mary Hitchcock Hospital to submit
TO an operation. He was laid upon the
operating table at $3.50 o'clock Thursday
forenoon. The operation was performed
and he came out from the influence of the
anesthetic but never rallied and died at
] 80 O'Clock Thursday afternoon. The sur
geons found one cancer of the size of a
lemon In the coats of the intestine which
they removed. and another the size of a
walnut, which they also removed. He
could have lived but a few days had the
operation not been performed. Mr.. Saw
yer has for years been job teamster but
OF late has dealt IN coal. For several
years he was village trustee and was
very efficient. He was SO years old last
April. He leaves a widow and five child
rem. The funeral was held at the home
on Saturday at . O'Clock.
Leonard Dunkley wife and son of New
York city, have been recent guests at
Fred Huntington's.
DR.. Aver of Boston has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Van Orman.
The election here called out COS votes
40 for Hon. w. b. Wall, lis for D. H.
Morse, eight scattering and nine mutila-
ted The union justice ticket was: Will
liam Is. Nichols, n. l.. Boyden A. c.
Wheeler, ]. A. Fowler. J. B. Wells. j. b.
Adams, E. s. Hall. A. p Paine, C. s.
Hall, William l.. Hcbard and Hon. James
Hutchinson.
Cards We're received here Tuesday for
the wedding of Miss Mary Frances Prop
or of Windsor and Mr.. Albert Il. Bass of
this place, the ceremony to take place in
the Methodist Episcopal church at Wind
sor Sept. 81.
Hugh Grove has been quite seriously III
with malarial fever contracted during SER
vice with the Second Massachusetts regi-
ment at Santiago. Harry Chase of Co. f.
now at home on a furlough is quite i'll
with typhoid fever. Arson Burroughs
little son is also i'll with typhoid fever.
Clarence Cleveland. who was in Chick
amauga with the Burlington company, is
visiting friends here and in Rochester.
RANDOLPH.
Principal w. p. Abbott has gone to
Proctor and Miss Laura Clark to Montpel-
Ter to resume their duties as teachers.
DR.. and Mrs. G.. A. Wheeler and Mr.
and Mrs. ]. d. Wheeler went Friday to
Kirksville, Mo-, to resume their study of
osteopathy.
Paul, the adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c, ID. Williams, living on Central street,
fell from raft on the Branch Sunday
and was drowned. He clutched some
grass roots and did not rise to the surface
80 his companions were unable to rescue
him. The water is some 10 or 20 feet deep
at the place of the accident The de-
ceased was about II years OF age and his
untimely end comes as a great shock to
his companions.
p. II. Beams furniture store has again
been closed by the sheriff, this time to
satisfy chattel mortgage held by Mrs.
II. II. Bean.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rabbit Silverthorn and
daughter. Bessie, went to Boston Monday.
where Mrs. Silverthorn is to act as in
structor in the Boston Training School of
Music.
a telegram was received here Monday
afternoon from Ontario announcing the
sudden death, from heart disease, OF
George Jones. who had for some time
been an engineer there. He was on his
engine at the time of his sudden death.
The body will be brought to St. Adams
for interment. He Is a son of Yankee"
Jones OF this place and his wife is now
here.
RANDOLPH CENTRE.
Miss Della Buck has returned to Bos-
ton,-Miss Clara ID. Eddy has returned TO
her school work in Fall River, Mass.-A.
d. and T.. A. Partridge. with their families
returned to their Philadelphia home,
Tuesday,-The new Congregational pastor,
Rev, A, C. Gilmore, of Massachusetts, has
arrived, and with his wife will Occupy the
parsonage, upon which some repairs are
to be made.-Mlss Maude Hebard has gone
to teach at Lunenburgh Mass, Miss Vie
Davis at Hartford Centre and Miss
George Buck at Barton.-C. w. Seymour
and Miss Harriet M. Hutchinson were
married at Norwich, the home OF the lat
ter. last week Tuesday. Miss Hutchinson
was for several years teacher in tho
Normal school here.
BRAINTREE.
Mrs Samuel Spear still remains very
low.-Mrs. Freeman of Brookheld, has
come to be a companion for Mrs. Mary
Page.-Charles Otis and wife of Concord,
N. H., are in town visiting friends.-Rev.
William Chalmers and wife OF Riverside,
Long Island, visited In town last week,
the guests of F. H. Cleveland.-Mrs. Mary
Bass of Randolph. visited In town last
week. the guest OF Mrs. Ira Harwood.-
Miss Ethel Cleveland and Miss Flora
Woodward are attending the Randolph
graded school--Judge VIM. Nichols and
wife have been spending q few days at
Mrs. Nichols old home. Mt View Farm.
-Walon BaldwIns family who have been
spending the summer at their beautiful
summer home In Peth. returned to their
home In st. Adams Thursday.-The schools
In town began Monday with the follow
ing teachers: No. !, Mrs. George Flint;
6ault; No. g. Mrs. Anna Battles; No. 8,