Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-08
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
JOHNSON.

JOlt4NNoN.
The graduating class of % OF the Normal
school went to Morrisvile last Saturday
TO have their pictures taken.-Mrs. G. u.
Jones spent Sunday with her brother IN
Brandon.--L NJ Jones Is quite sick with
pneumonia Mrs. r. w. Mcfarland is as
well as could he expected and If nothing
new sets in she Will soon recover.--Cieorge
Elwood is i'll with typhoid fever.A. O.
Zen and wife are visiting relatives in
Mont gomery.--Gertie Nichols, who has
been at work for Miss Nellie Hunt return
ed to her home in Waterbury Monday
y. \. Watermans little daughter has
pneumonia. but is not in dangerous
condition as yet-The forest worms are
damaging sugar places here.
BEBV1DERE CENTRE
Tho forty-eighth annual session Of the
EvaHg elical Second Advent conference OF
the Province OF Quebec and Srate of Yer
mont will convene according to appoint
mcnt with the church at Belvidere Centre
on Wednesday. June II, 80 at y. m, and
continue over Sunday The annual SER
mon will be delivered by Rev J. NJ Or
rock, the president. of Brookline. Mass.
on edresday evening. A committee on
hospitality and correspondence has been
appointed, consisting of II. s. Fletcher. "
A. Slayton and VIM Burt of Belvdere
Centre.
WOLCOTT.
DR.. Bacon and wife OF Eden have been
visiting their daughter. Mrs. Dwight Kim
bail, the past week.-Mrs.. Eliza Wheeler
OF Hardwick, is visiting her sister. Mrs
NJ j. Mann.--Fred Wedge was at mis- home
in Barton over Sunday.-David Hartman
visited his son at Barton over Sunday
II. NJ. Noyes OF Elmira, y. Y, visited at
DR.. Nalleau's last week.-Mrs.. w. w
Cate was called to Morrisvlle on Satur-
day by the serious illness of her father
Mrs. W. Stafford of Cambridge is visit
ing at \. W. Smiie's.-J. NJ. Jordan re-
turned from Hyde Park on Monday.
STOWE.
V. A. Rullard Of burlington was in town
W ednesday.-,Judge Watts is attending &c
his official duties at HI de Park this week
Alice Barows is home from Philsdolp ha
where she has been during the winter anc
spring, taking training course in a kin
dergarten schOol.-Mary Nearen is taking
"A weeks vacation from Miles & MCMa-
hons store.--B II. Luce died June | anc
was buried the Saturday following, Rev
y. W. Holden officiating.-Mrs. f. n. Ad.
arms died Friday night and was burict
Sunday afternoon, Rev. F. w. Holden Off.
ciatine-Rev. c. p. Emery. Deacon A. Fl
Cheney. Alvah =. and Louisa Smith at.
tended the county conference OF Congre
gational churches at Eden on Tuesday
y sister of Pearl Poor's Of Iowa, togethcI
with her family visited her over Sunday
They had not seen each other since Pear
came from Iowa IA Yeas ago.
HYDE PARK
The Hyde Park village team played is
first game of ball at North Hyde PARK
Saturday afternoon. Lack of practice
poor grounds and good work by the op'
posing team gave the game to them by &
score of 20 to is.
Mrs. r. II. Page and two sons and Mrs
a. l.. Goddard have gone to Framingha NJ
Mass, to spend few weeks with the fam
lily Of Chas. Goddard.
Etta Toomis went Monday to Albany =
spend few weeks until Mrs. Page re
turns.
Misses Bertha and Lena Minor, Ro,
Pease and Robert Wakefield started fol
the Thousand Islands Monday where the!
have secured work in a hotel for the sum
mer
Miss G. w Stevens has left tho emplo!
of g. 5. Page as stenographer. She vii
visit friends in Boston and Newport, Me.
after which she will go to Sault st, Marie
Ont, where she has secured a position.
one of the best games OF ball of th'
season was played on the school ground
Friday afternoon between Bakersfield
bows beat our team by a score Of II to :
They made four of their runs in the las
Timing. The game was d snappy one afte
the first inning, each side being shut on
u number of times and the scores wer
kept about even until the final inning. Tn
young ladies of the L. G. A, furniSho
supper for the Bakersfield boys in tn
school house after the game. In the even
ing a promenade was given in the tow
hall in their honor. The return game viii
he played in Bakersfield, Tuesday, the Goth
a number of the young people contem
plate going down.
Iamoille County Court convened at tw'
O'Clock p. m, Tuesday Hon. George II
Watson presiding. The docket was calle'
and the remainder of the afternoon wa
occupied in hearing motions for continu
anCe. OF the is cases set for trial by jur,
only seven were designated for trial. Tn
case of Champion and Catlin VS.. W. II
Stearns was entered settled This case Ia
been tried at former term which result
cd in a disagreement of the jury. The sev
Cral tax cases in which the town of Bel
videre was interested growing out of tax
cs which were assessed on that part o
AVcry's Gore which was annexed to III
town CT Bevidere were entered SETTLED
The first case designated for trial by jul,
was George Melvin, applt. VS., j. Nj. Jos
lin. As the parties were not ready to pro
coed court took "A recess until Wednesda
mornin. at a, m. On the converting o
tlN court Wednesday morning the plaintiff
in the case set for trial failed to appea
and the case was entered settled, but tn
defendant received in cash the amount h
claimed his due. No other cases bein
ready the court took a recess until Thurs
day morning.
Rev. +. C. Taylor and wife, Eta Blod
gctt and Luclus Noyes attended tho con
ference of Congregational churches of tn
county. held in Eden Wednesday,
! The entertainment given by Sam Currie
of Danville, Tuesday evening, proved Ell
pertaining, although patronized by a sma
laudience.
Edith Rarcomb $ spending a few day
in St. Adams,
WATERVILLE,
II. T., Hin and wife were in Burlingto
Hast week.-Burt Wiley visited friends /
Montgomery last week.-Mr. and Mr.
Harrison Parker of Milton are visiting
town. Mrs, $. II. Brown of stowe Is vi'
litng friends in town.-Mr. and Mrs IRE
Marcy spent Sunday with friends In lidel
I-Dr. Hamilton of Richford is at tn
Parker House a few days.-Frank Chas
land daughter, Bertha, visited Mr., Chase
Imother at Fairfax last week.-Mrs.. Proc
tor Child of Burlington is visiting he
sister, Mrs T. j. Cheney.-Mrs. Donelle
of Fairfield visited her aunt. Mrs. Ca
lpenter over Sunday.-Mrs l.. W. RoDer
son is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Ere
Wood at Worcester,-Mrs Salley Brow
a former resident of this place. died at II
home of her daughter, Mrs, Ephrail
Brown at Stowe on May 80, and her II
mains were brought to this place for n
terment on Friday.-Mrs. A. ID. Stockwe
and Miss Gertrude Wilbur were in Blu
lington last week. Mrs. Stockwell brougl
home "A bright little girl from the chi
Llreu,s hnme-R Il uaMghtnp left Mnnda