Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-15
VERMONT,
Local Items Of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
The Winooski Valley, Villages up N North
From the Island in the Lake to the
Passumpsic, Along Otter Creek
and by the Shores of White
River Covered by Specia!
Correspondents.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
ADDISON COUNTY
MIODLeBURy.

MIODleBURy.
Prof w. w. Eaton has been granted
n leave of absence for one year com
| mencing next July. He and his wife will
go abroad.
a quiet but pretty wedding took place
at st. Marys Church Thursday morning.
| the contractnE parties being Miss Mar
cote of this village and Napoleon Dorouin
of Huntington Falls. After Il short houey-
moon they will reside in town The Rev
| j. II. Shannon, pastor of the church Of
| iiciated.
Charles Raymond. whne chopping wood
| in WcyhridG Saturday, cut one foot He
was taken to his homo and the wound
dressed. 1t will he several weeks h, fore
he will be able to get about as it is h
severe cut.
The coal famine in town is on in good
earnest as not a pound cum he obtained of
the local dealer except soft coal Wood
Is coming into town in good shape, there
being about fifty loads day. Dry wood
sells for 81 and green for s..
The local pulp company have Il large
gang of teams at work drawing four
foot wood from the depot which they
are getting from Canada.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Shell Smith died at their homo on Acad-
emy street early Monday morning
Monday, market day, eggs brought 2S
cents and butter % cents.
The fourth quarterly conference meet
ing of the Methodist Episcopal Church
WAS held in the church parors at 10
O'Clock Monday morning and the reports
of the various officers were read and APP
proved and showed that the society was
III very prosperous coalition. and a
unanimous vote of the official board was
that the Rev. T.. j. Guernsey be returned
to this church another year. The follow
ing were elected stewards of the church:
II. NJ Seelcy, c. ~. Balm, Homer Balm
b. Hawker. II. A. Peck, =. L. Youtt. J.
w. Mead, Wilbur Dow, Willis Cady. O.
+. Comstock. Miss Mary Cady, Mrs. VIII
lam Jackson and Mrs. NJ. II. Eddy. Pre-
siding Elder G. w. Brown was present
and presided over the meeting, which
was largely attended
The annual meeting of the National
bank of Middlebury was held in their
rooms Tuesday afternoon and the meet
ing was called to order by President A.
A. Fletcher at two O'Clock, the reports
for the past year were read and accepted
and the institution showed very pros
porous year, and n scmi-annual dividend
of per cent. was declared. after which
the following officers were elected: Prcsi-
dent. a. A Fletcher; president. j.
q. Wellington; directors. G.. $. VAIN
wright, i. II. Bennett. K. \. Cartmcll
w. \. Lawrence and John Fletcher: cash
lel CHARLES r. Plnuey; assist mt cashier
John Fletcher; teller. Robert Pinney.
Inc annual meeting of Ethan Allen
Chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution YVES held with Mrs. Il. +.
Wales Saturday afternoon and was large
ly attended. The reports of the various
officers were read and the following otli-
GERS elected for the ensuing year; Regent,
Mrs. Benjamin f. Wales; vce-regent.
Mrs. Charles y. Rrainard registrar Mrs
~ ri Mrs
Louise c. WigSin: secretary Miss Harriet
w. Mead; treasurer. Mrs. II. NJ. Sccly;
advisory committee. Mrs. Mary l.. Tilden.
Mrs. John Weeks, Mrs. NJ II. EDDY and
Miss Emma Higley. After the hi yiness
meeting number of invited guest We're
received. Miss Emma Higley read ,ome
selections from the writings of ethan
Allen, after which supper was served
and very enjoyable time was had, which
will long bc remembered.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Breeders association will
be held in the parlors OF the Addison
House Wednesday, January u. at II
o oclock. During the past year there has
been AN unusually large number of regis
trations, much larger than for years and
great credit should be given President
Smith ana Secretary Ira L. IIamblin for
their hard and successful work in the
past year. The society S now composed
of the representative breeders of the
State.
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b1,,o r,o,,od into tou,r rd ooo,,,,,, ,S,
snvere ho,,sa on South Main utrant vac
The case of state vs.. Lonella Myers,
uas ~, hornro Iustico Of tba poaoo r. =,
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tion Of state Attorno,, nonou.a,, ,bo
cas, u.as IN nroesod '"o
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on cbarro of grond larcar,. ,,o.
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