Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-22

and Mrs. Il. p. Mann. while Daniel Bass
and Miss Maud Dudley were boobies"
Prizes will be awarded at the meeting
Monday evening of next week.
Monday j. b. Hutchinson and Walter
Archer exhibited an animal captured by
them In Roxbury Sunday. 1t was what is
known as the fisher cat. a species of the
marten, and attracted much attention be-
cause OF its rarity.
Cards have been received here announc-
ing the marriage December 16 of LOUIS S.
Barnes, brother of Willis Barnes to Miss
Anna L. Larkin of Brattleboro.
Carroll D. Flint, who represents II well
known soap firm in Chicago, Ill., has ar
rived to visit friends. He Is n former
joint proprietor of the Red Lion Inn.
BRAINTREE.
! Several of the Oranges met with C.
NJ. Bass and wife Saturday evening"
Annie Woodward was home from her
school the last of the week and spent Fri
day at Randolph Center.-Mss Elsie Pow
ers has returned to Boston after spend
! ing a short time with her mother, Mrs.
H. Powers.-Mrs. Mary Drury has re-
turned to her home in Randolph after be-
ing with her sister, Mrs Ira IIarwood.
for several weeks.-Partles from Plain
field have taken the job of pressing the
hay on the II. Powers place and began
work last week They are boarding with
Mrs Lucinda Scott.
NEWBURY.
! Fixes station little hamlet in Haver-
hill noted as the home works of the
great Pike milestone works. has blossom
cd into n commercial centre of some mag
nitudc A large store of four floors with
all the goods usually kept In a country
village, millinery department, dry goods
store, feed. coal and wood, a cash systc m
and electric lights and all the modern i'm
provements.-Hannah Dustin of indian
fame, who scalped twelve indians at Com
toocook, N IL, has a dcscendent in
Topsham in the person of Laura Dustin
White. wife of Ezekiel White. on oct
] Mr.. White celebrated his ninetieth birth
day Laura his wife Is past So years, and
they have lived in matrimony sixty years
Mrs. l.. F. Wheeler regent of the OXhow
chapter u. a. r.. has returned from Bos-
ton, where she has been in attendance to
the Massachusetts society-Hon. A. A.
Olmstead opened his pleasant home at
South Newbury on Wednesday, evening for
Methodist social.-F. r.. Kimball has
been in the West since the close of the
northumberland evening the m, r
curry registered from % to 81 below zero
and hardly rose to zero during the day
Prin. Guy ID. FELTON, of Burlington closes
n very successful term of school at New
bury Seminary and town central school
He has not only proven himself an excel
lent and popular Instructor, but n live ac-
tive and useful citizen.
TUNBRIDGE.
! Hon. Mason S. Stone, state superinten-
dent of education. gave an address upon
education at tho Congregational church
Friday evening E. p. Cushman of Bos-
! ton, made a lying visit to Mrs s. A.
Cushman, his grandmother, last Friday
Mr., and Mrs. Charles II. Allen will re-
Ccive their friends Friday evening"
George w. Rowell of Lawrence, Mass, is
n visitor at James NJ. Rowell s.-Miss
Hattie j. Ordway was married to VIII
J. Hoyt at the residence of Henry Cum
mings at STAFFORD December 1.-THE
incorporated members of Whitney Post
held their annual meeting at G. A. r.
hall Saturday evening.-Mr. and Mrs
Frank II. Hayward have gone to Mont
pelier for the winter-Dennis Il. Giles
went to Hanover Friday for n short visit
Fred +. Hayward of Concord, n. H.,
spent a part of last week here as guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Hayward. He re-
turned to Concord Friday,
CHELSEA
The village was shocked last Wednesday
noon to hear of the decease of Alonzo
Noyes at Montpelier, whittier he went
the preceding Saturday afternoon to get
relief from mouthful of meat which
INSTRUCTED his alimentary canal as he was
eating dinner at his home Saturday noon.
Mr.. Noyes was born in Chelsea May IL,
1890 and. excepting few years had all
ways lived in town, having carried on the
tcaming business, from here to South
Royalton since 1864 Previously he had
driven an omnibus in RoXbury and later
in Boston, Mass. In 1886 he drove the
first horse car put upon Washington
street in the latter city. At the time OF
his death he had just entered on his Sec
ond term as county commissioner and had
been first constable since 1881. The funor-
al was held at the Congregational church
Friday afternoon last, both pastors of the
town officiating, and the burial taking
place under Masonic auspices Mr.. Noyes
being a member of George Washington
lodge Of Chelsea Besides his widow he
leaves two daughters, Grace the wife of
Herbert O. BiXby, and Miss Eunice, who
has been an invalid for several years. A
brother from Andover, y. H., and anoth-
or from Worcester. Mass, were at the
funeral.-Mrs. Melvina Stockwell, now liv-
ing with her son Walter +. Adams, re-
Gently celebrated her Goth birthday, her
ether son, Benjamin VI. Adams, with his
wife. and the two daughters, Mrs. Jed
Scott of Scottsmorc, p. e., and Mrs. j.,
II. Griffin of Chelsea, being present at the
family gathering December 10th to do
honor to the event-Mrs. George l.. Stow
went to Bethel Friday to attend her
son. Edward A. Davis. who has been sick
"A fortnight, but is now better.
BROOKFIELD.
Or. c. H. Quinn of Concord, N. H., moves
to town next Monday to locate. The doctor
is n graduate of Dartmouth College class
| '9S.-The "Ladd' tenement has been en-
saged and his family will follow shortly.
ID. e. Buck sold at public auction his
real and personal estate the 10th inst
Walter Perkins bought the farm for 5000
Possession given Jan. /, lS99.--George
Goodrich is conducting series OF sing
ing schools In the Grange hall."-Nathan
Clark has finished work for j. H. Sprague
and moved his family to East Roxbury.-
Frank Richardson has moved on his farm
recently purchased of his brother, w. H.
/ eichardson-Mrs Lucinda Smith pres mt =
| ed the town library association with 500
cash at its last quarterly meeting
Cards are out announcing the marriage
! of Jennie Peck and Arthur Flint both
former Brookfeldites on Jan. 3, at Bur-
lington,
WILLIAMSBURG.
AT the quarterly meeting of the Social
Library last Tuesday about 300 books
We're drawn on "a shares. The resolution
adopted in 1892 allowing members to give
permits to draw books to non-sharehold-
ers was rescinded and the constitution
amended by making the price of shares
two dollars instead of four dollars and
fifty cents as heretofore. Three shares
were sold at the reduced price, and notice
given of another amendment providing
that meetings be held every two months
instead OF quarterly.-The Ladies Relief
Corps gave an Antiquarian supper and
sale at the town hall on the evening of
the Goth inst,-Mrs. r. ii. Jones and
.ts rlNt