Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-01
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Miss Dora Gray, n former resident of
st Adams and OF swanton, was severely
injured i'm n recent street car collision at
Manche ster, n. H.
The 57th annual fair of the Addison
County Fair Association will occur on
September 10, II and 70 on its grounds In
Middlebury Six hundred dollars will he
distributed in purses and $1,000 in premi.
ums.
Newport holds her annual fair and
races at Memphremagog Driving Park
August II. Is, and Is with $l700 in purses
besides the premiums. The prospect is n
large class of horses and many attra ctions
among which Is trap shoot open to all
who wish TO contest.
The premium list books for the Vermont
state and Rutland County Joint Fair,
which will be neld in Rutland September
3, 4, and g. have been distributed The
premiums arc generally considerable high
or this year than before and an increase in
the number of entries and their quality is
therefore expected.
Henry L. Bailey, who is one of four
Congregational clergymcn in Vermont
that completed in June ten years pas
toratc ever the churches with which they
were then settled, has resigned his charge
in Mddletown Springs to accept a. call
for q time q. missionary in India, hut the
failing health of his wife made his return
TO this country necessary.
Tho stockholders of the proposed rail-
road from Morrisvile to Lowell mot re-
Gently and partially organized. The com
pany will he known as the Midland Rall-
way company. Five directors were chosen,
GeoTgc -. Allen, North Hyde Park: Hon
IT, II Towers, Morrisvile; w. l.. Wilcox
Mnc ole
Vile; NJ. e. Tucker. Hardwick. Four
more directors will DO chosen and the Of
fcorS elected as soon as the towns of
Eden and Low ell decide what action they
Will take in the matter.
A codicil of the will Of Edward Parker
Deacon, who It may be remembered, sho-
the alleged lover OF his wife in Paris
some years ago and before going insane
spent considerable time in Brattleboro and
Greenfield was admitted to probate nj
Newport. R. l.. Monday. The will itself
being executed in Paris could not be pro-
bated in Newport, The will leaves all the
property in equal shares to the four chill
dren. with William =. Blake of Boston as
executor. Tho feature Of the codicil Is the
provision for gu; rdiar for the children
III" town of Nowfane proposes to issue
bonds 10 the amount Of $1,000, bearing in
terest Mt rcr cent to take up that amount
row bears interest at five per cent. At the
time the Rrattlehoro ard Whitehall rail-
road was built the town was bonded for
about $500 to aid in its construction II
has succeeded in paying off about half Of
its Indebtedness The bends were first is
sued at six per cent. Nearly all Of tn"
towns which aided in the building Of the
road have paid off the Indebtedness thus
incurred, Jamaica and New fame being e1-
Ceptions.
/ Joshua 3. Howe died recently az his
home on Main street, in Huntington, Mass.
Mr.. Howe was born in Chester, Mass,
Dec s. 1893. and when young moved ~
Readsboro where he iNed for ~ years
He was engoGed in the manufacture Of
wooden ware and built up a successful
business He had been an invalid for sew
eral years, being sufferer from rheuma-
tism He leaves a wife and one sister,
Sarah A. Miller. The deceased was at one
time prospe rous manufacturer at Howe
Pond in Pennington county and did a
large business making cot beds and secur-
ed several patents on them.
The Chicago American recently contain
ed the following in regard to Miss Rod
Eaton, a former Bristol girl: Miss Eaton
has a strong and sympathetic voice of ok
tcnsive compass and delightful quality
She is a pupil Of " iliam Castle the for
mer distinguished operate singer, and wCr
the gold medal fer her excellence in sing
ing last year. Miss Eaton is in demand
ae a concert singer and ultimately may
20 on the light operate stage. She Is
most attractive in appearance ana mas {
winning personality which is part of the
equipment enabling Ter TO secure uttcn
ton upon the concert platform. She nd,
a future in store which is very bright
Miss Eaton is a sister of Calvin EatoT
of Bristol and is a student In the Chicago
MUSICAL College.
A fact not generally known is that Fred
eric w. Pangborn, one of the most prom
inent men in the American literary work
to-day. Is q native Of St. Adams. Frederic
w. Pangborn, who is rapidly becoming
one Of our best known noVollsts, is Il sOr
of Major T. K. PangbCrn, FOR so many
years editor of the Jersey City Journal
and was born in March 1856 at st. Adams
Vt. says NewspapcrdOm. Soon after th'
close Of the civil war Major Pangborn es
, tahishel the Jersey City JoJrnal, and II
1877 his son entered the service OF the pa
FER When he retired from the Journa
Mr.. Panghorn was its managing editor
For two years he was editor of Cooley
Magazine and brought now life ami ener
g. into the publication, but n complicatiO'
of matters IN the business office, however
caused him to resign in September. 1NS
, Apart from his editorial work Mr.. Pnns
born has bean n contributor to the variou
weekly and monthly publications. In rs
he issued a small novel. Alice and
short time ago Thou Art the Man" a1
roared, closely followed by his most fam
Gus story, "PerGida" Another novel b,
MIR. Panghorn is shortly to appear. rhi
will haze for its title "Pascack; A Tale o
the Jersey Dutch.