Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-07-27

Sumner and wife of Warren were guests
of Wesley Brown and wife Tuesday
iaiua Sturtevant, who has resided in Bur-
linpton the past two years, came TO town
last week and will make his home here
for a time His wife will como later.
Dr. and Mrs. Dodge arc spending the
We eli in Fast Montpelier Pla niipld and vi
cinity.-Dayton Eddy anG family of Fur
ln6tcn are visiting his parents and other
friends herewith Hunt and wife Of New
Haven were guests of {. G.. Lees family
Satui day.-Miss Mabel Furhton is spend
ing this week with Rev. j. J. Mcdonald
and wife in Riptun.-Hacvcy Farr and
daughter visited friends in Wcybridge SAT-
urdaI Farmers are finding tie hay crop
mucI better than thay expeoted.--A
daughter was born to Mr. aud Mrs. Frank
Brooks Monday.-The w. g. r. L. will
have no more Wednesday meetings till the
FIRST week in September.-Tnere will be a
gospel temperance meeting next Sunday
evening at the Union churcn.
BREAD LOAF.
Mrs. A. N. McQuivey and two youngest
sons visited old friends and neighDors here
recently.
Tho service at the school house Sunday
afternoon was largely attended. There
will be services there every Sundly after
noon at the same hour for n time at least.
Lyman Ehodes and daughter. Miss Lena
from Hancock, visited friends L.re a
short time ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cantell are the happy par
ents of a little son.
The Ladies' Society of Willing Workers
met with Mrs. r. A. Damon the goth inst.
Culd Manning spent Sunday at home.
John Ellis from Salisbury being with
him.
Deacon II. I. Spoor has been in Hancock
hayns for the past few days.
Joyce Kingsley from New Haven and
Miss Blanche Newton from Middlebury
visited at II. a. Kirby's the first of the
week.
Several guests at the Lake Dunmore
House were at Bread Loaf Inn on Monday
last
WEYBRIDGE
Mrs. c. r. Webb is visiting her NEPHEW
Col. W. p. Hurlbert and family at Bur-
! ington.-Mrs. J. A Harrington of Ner-
sennes was the guest of Mrs G. l.. Har-
rinGton last week.-Mrs.. Robert Warner
came from FitChburg, Mass, last week
and is with her daughter, Mrs. l.. I.
Sturtevant-HarveyF Farr and daughter of
Lincoln were the guests of Jarvis Farr
last week.-An infant child of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry WhittomOre died last week.
George s. Wright has been in Bethel the
past few days. He is to have charge of
the Bethel graded school the coming year.
John Dodge of Proctor was at his home
last Saturday and Sunday.-The union
temperance service at the Methodist
church last Sunday evening was well at
! tended. The music and recitations were
finely rendered and the address by the
pastor extremely interesting.
i GRANVILLE.
Antoinette f. Hundte and Master
Derveyn Pritchard of New York city are
at the Central House for few weeks
William Derby is very low with typhoid
faver.-Jcss McAllster, William Martin,
Don Stone and Dan Woodward of War
ren were at the Central House Sunday
II. j. spear visited at Mrs. Angie Lamb s
recently.-Mrs. A. c. Briggs is attending
the summer school in Rutland d.-Levi f.
Abel is working for the New England Tel
ophone company at Woodstock
WEST FERRIsBURG.
i Miss Grace Gordon of Nergennes visited
at Mrs. William Pecu's. the past week.
Mrs Charles Rogers of Fitchburg, Mass.
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Rogers
titles Hatch Is to work during the sum
mer for Eyron A. Seal at the Fort Cassin
club house MIR. Bcal and family arrived
last Wednesday.
SHOREHAM.
The thunder showers caGly Friday MON
ing did quite IA ittlc damage about town
Tn. switch board of the tel"phcus eX-
change was useless until repaired. and
some phones in residences were burned
out. One flash entered barn on the J. q
CaSwcll farm. killing a pair of horsce
, owned by the Wissell brothers. VINO ca'rl
! on the farm hJreham station was struck
by lightning about five ian the Afternoon
AMI hut for prompt measures. the station
/, would have burncd,-Rcv. Harry Ham
mon and family of Southwick, Mass, are
visiting DR.. Platt-Miss Stevenson is al
work in the telephone eXchanGe.-Mrs. l.
II. Tottinsham wert to Versenncs Friday
Mrs, NJ 5. Turrill has returned from
Rutland.-Mrs. J. r. Mumford has return
ed to Holyoke. Mass.
Miss Helen Adams. who has spent the
- winter in North Carolina, has arrived
home.-Perley Adams and little son o
: Worcester, Mass, have been the guests
4 of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Adams.-Mrs
Ida Doten of Burlington is in town.
/. Miss Anna Gordon is visiting in North
field
MONKTON.
Mr.. Peter Parent, one of the Oldest rest
denti of this town, died Saturday, July %
of old age. He was about in his uaua
health up to Thursday evening, when h
was taken suddenly ILL., and never rallied
He was 81 years of age, and had lived her
=, since his early boyhood, He was goo
husband and father having raised larg
family, nine of whom remain to mourl
his death. His wife died some two year
: ago. and from that time Mr. Parent begal
q 10 fail, the shock being too great to over
come. The funeral was attended by
large concourse of relatives and friend
from different parts of the State and Ney
h,,ri ri,l n.
q Father Campeau officiating. The bearer
were two sons of the deceased, Peter ar.
: Frank Parent, and Joseph Devoi an
: Joseph Douglass sons-in-laws.
STARKSBORO.
Frank Hill and wife of Bristol spen
r Sunday with their son Fred Hin. Mrs
s Fred Hill is very ill.-Mrs. Sarah Stron
Y is visiting her daughter Mrs. Fisher, Il