Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-19
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
MONTPELIER.

state Highway Commissioner w b.
Wall of Randolph met the road commits
sioners of Washington county at the
Pavilion Saturday. Notwithstanding the
poor travelling all but two of the officers
n the county were present and several
iiom Orange county. Two sessions were
nd ana very practical and enthusiastic
give,
I'm" many friends of Sergeant-at-Arms
rnlilil'S Will be glad to know that he was
"pie 10 =. up a short time Saturday after
lohs nuts with pneumonia.
'eOi So . hubbard, the Oldest man in
'le 'eh'i"' 9Gtion of the State, and one
ol .he VI"ost nm in Vermont, died about
IioGA scs'ot ry morning at Heaton
been at the hospito six montbs A. fret
he was taken Ill VII tho o,,in ,l,irh a.
Veloped into pneumor. Later his IRON
bles became of such a ,,,rra ,ba, :, We
decided to take him to the bosnital ro,
treatment for time htwas able to sit
mp Il little each day. but oitata has Eenn
taken i'll again and finally Scrumbed to
the silent reaper. Mr.. HubLrd yainrd
prominence in his quiet way, a,1 hy Iv-
ing to an age seldom reached by NO mar
son in 1900 He was a blacksn, n hv
trade and blew the bellows and ham. ero1
and shaped steel at his anvil for -
which to the ordinary man would be a
held in the greatest of respect by every
one. Mr. Hubbard was born in Lenox
Mass, January II, 1906. He was the son o.
Zadock Hubbard and Abigail Butler, who
moved in the early part of the century tC
Moretown, where they lived for a time
changing their residence later to Barre
There were 10 children in the family
George being the seventh child He hat
six sisters and three brothers. He wa!
the only living member. He came tC
Montpelier to live about 1925 and has beer
a rcsient here ever since except for "A few
years in the last of his life that he spen
in st. Johnsbury and other places with re
latives. lie married and had three soni
and two daughters. but all have died. Hi.
sons died without marriage but his daugh
tiers married and have had children.
: j. Gregory Smith, the veteran employ
of the American Express company, is t,
finish work May ], closing 80 years and sil
months of faithful service. Mr.. Smith hai
been the driver of the local express
team for years, and his face will b.
missed by every one in town.
The plaintiff rested its side yesterda,
morning in the case Of c. II. Shpman ad
ministrator of the estate of Philip A. Des
rochers against the Montpelier and Well
River railroad, before the county cour
and the defence began to put on evidence
Witnesses called for the defense were Drs
~ \. Fiskc and J. G. DeQuoy, b. NJ
shepard w. r. Laird ]. G. Howell. Mi
chael Mcmahon and f. f. Rand. Tn
claim of the defense is that the man wa
killed through his own negligence
Barre is likely to have flood expert
cnce like that which Montpelier passe,
through this spring and the residents o
that city We're somewhat nervous over tn
prospect yesterday afternoon. All tn
scows and other available sailing Graf
were put into commission and captains
shippers and pilots doubled the price 70
their services. For several hours the wa
ter in the river has been rising at the rat
Of six inches per hour and at 2:30 tn
fluid had entered n number of the store
and the merchants were getting badl,
worried. Al that time, however, no dam
age had been done, and as the merchant
were hustling there was reason to bclev
that even with the rapi rise not mucl
harm would be done outside of filling u
the cellars with water.