Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-28
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
HYDE PARK.

LAMOILLE COUNTY,.
HYDE PARK.
Osgood Burlington of st. Paul. Mimi.
who is taking n carriage drive through
this vicinity Is making his cousin, H.. NJ.
Mcfarland, n short call.-D. r.. Abbott
of Franklin, Mass, is the guest OF s.
u. Waite and family.-Gov. Page Is hay
ing his hay scales newly timbered. Har-
vcy Whitcomb is doing the work.-Frank
iicelcr and wife were in Burlington Fri
! day.-E. NJ. Stevens has finished the con-
%struction of the electric road in Maine
which he has been experimenting. The
officials Will ride over the wa this week
for the first time.-Much credit Is due
Mrs. Small for the Improvements which
are being made in the village cemetery.
A.. V. Wiswell with his corps of assistants,
is performing tho work. The last move
is the trimming of the trees which Is Il
decided improvemcnt,-Mrs. O. o.. Tillut-
son of Wolcott is the guest OF her pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs. II. NJ, Noyes,-Many
scenes of the present war will be pre-
scented in the town hall Monday evening
by the wargra ph.-A. n. Camp went M
on Mount Elmore with a number of his
relatives Friday.
The remains of r. Hui Page arrived
home Monday evening accompanied by his
father, wife and little son Carroll. The
funeral was held Tuesday at ? u. m, at
the rcsid nee OF ex-Gov. Page, Rev. r. {.
Taylor officiating. The services were short
and Impressive. Mr.. Page will he missed
by a large circle of friends and acquAtnt-
ances with whom he was dcservcdly popu-
lar. He was a member of the Sterling
lodge /. O. O. F., a member OF the Hyde
Park orchestra and band, and was held in
high esteem. especially by the members OF
these organizations, for the active inter-
est which he took In their welfare and
also for the genial good fellowship which
la, ~ 80 " - fngfnA Tho nhDNn hrp1-
nizntions, also the employees OF Mr.. Page
and others contributed appropriate floral
designs. The display Of flowers was very
fine, and showed in a marked degree the
high esteem in which MIR. Page was held
by all who knew him. a male quartettc
consisting Of members Of the family fur
nished music for the occasion. Mr.. Page
leaves a wife and two little sons who with
others on whom this loss especially falls
have the heartfelt sympathy Of the entire
community.
Among those attending from out of town
were Senator Redfeld Proctor and Char
les Riley of Proctor. DR.. r. c. Page and
Mrs. a. II. Copley, Dorchester, Mass, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Goddard Of South Franz
inEham, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin of
Sheldon, Hon. and Mrs. /. l.. Pearl and
7. a. Waterman OF johnson, VT, Mrs. p.
X. Glced, George II. Powers, n. ]. Stay
ton OF Morrisville. VT, Hon, II. M. Cor
nell and l.. T.. Harrington of Jefferson
willie and Levi and ". I. Smiley of Cam
bridge.
MORRIsvILLE.
Very satisfactory progress has been
made in securing stock subscriptions in
the new stock company organizing to oper-
ate the Morrisville tannery. In this con-
nection perhaps the idea may prevail that
Slj,G0 may be the sum total of the capt
tai upon which work is resumed but the
H. tEAt ,.s1
be in process Of tanning will far exceed
the actual capital stock sought. The Sl3,-
go will be subscribed here at home by our
~citiztns in a few days.-A. r. Campbell re-
turned from an outing Wednesday and eX-
Gov. lIendee returned TO the sea shore the
same night.-The rate made for the Sun
: day school excursion to Providence Island
on Thursday IL Sl40 for the round trip for
adults and sec for children.-Rev LIP
Booth spoke in Wolcott Sunday morning
his church (Universalist) here being closed
until September 1.-Prof. Beebe of Morris
willie academy delivered an address In the
Congregational church In WolcOtt Sunday
evening.-Mrs. Myra Rogers Heath is ir
r town from Ludlow on a visit TO her pa
( rents, Mr., and Mrs. Daniel Rogers.-Prof
Herbert Tciril Of Andover, Mass, Is In
, town,-To-morrow, Thursday, the Gran
gers have a picnic on the Methodist camp
meeting Grounds.-Miss Ednah Rublee ha'
Epilt W oll olCldTu btdtl, VIC, WIN WI
and Mrs. S. A, Fife and daughter of VOL
cott.-Miss jackson, a former resident /:
in town from Waterbury, Common Fri
day a party Of nearly 80 connections o.
L the Barrows family by birth and marriag
passed the day at Elmore pond. 1t wal
. the S4th birthday Of Thomas Tracy o.
h Iowa, who was in the party,-Mrs. GraC,
Matthcwson of Woodbury. visited at w
NJ. Clark's.-Mrs. Ida Churchill and Mr.
l. and Mrs. c, A. Gle and daughter hav'
been at the formers cottage at Lake E.
more for several days.-Two mails ar
z now carried each way between here an,
= stowe daily, by the regular stage which
p makes two other trips each way withou
: carrying mail. Mail now arrives here from
t stowe at a, m. and 1880 =. IN. and leaves
n here for Stowe at 10 a. m. and $3.50 y. m
The mail as well as all stages run to hi
n the electric car at Stowe thus making
l. close connections with the Central at Wa
- terbury, There Is a constantly increas
p inT business IN that Observation-Disclosures
are under way for the early production o
the play "All the Comforts @
Home by local talent under tn
direction Of Charles w. Russell
n The people of the l4amoille valley and II
o fact. from ST. Johnsbury to Swanton, vii
fully appreciate the service rendered b.
n Congressman Powers, who has made un
firing efforts for additional mail servic
& on the st. Johnsbury and Lake Champlai
II inc OF railroad, success has CrOWne
his efforts, the department announcin
that on and after Wednesday, July z,
TO- fun railway postal service will be estat
~ !ishcd on the so-called express train &c
n ing west over their road in the mornin
and cast at night, this run being opposit
to the run of the long established ma
train which runs east In the forenoon q
at noon and west at night. The posti
clerks to alternate on this run will b
Frank Douglass of Morristown, who ha
"a been on the run from st. Adams to Tro,
\, Y. and Mr.. Reed of Wolcott. III
: new service meets IA long felt want" o
this line and Judge Powers Is to be cor
graduated as well as thanked.-Th
Barnes place on Portland street is no,
10 owned by r.. f.. Harris.-William 1illor
. son returned to Waterman's store Monda
after a two weeks vacation. George Mil
of Swanton, "A workman in Gle & Church
MS hardware and plumbing store, ha
c moved his family here,-Mrs. Cogan an
4. daughters and Miss Stoughton go froi
Mr.. Tits to Chazy and Plattsburgh, \
Y, this Week.-Mrs.. Rocheleau was in 8
! Johnsbury over Sunday.-Walter Sarger
returned from Chicago Saturday afte.
noon,-A gang OF men employed by III
W New England Telegraph and Telephor
la company are here for two or three week
d. establishing n new line from Waterbur
here and doing some other ork.-Nea
lie 90 cases resulting from grievances owe
Id the quadriennial appraisal of real estat