Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-15
ESSEX JUNCTION.

The district meeting of the Woman'S
Relief Corr winch was postponed from
June was held Iu tn &. o. +. nan M
this village Thursday afternoon The
corps Wciuoed I'D this district are l.nos-
huel Swautou. Iuaerhiu. !Iinosburgh
burlington and Essen. All but the first
two wcro represented, among the drleS1-
tiou being 81 larr, Iumbcr from Burint-
ton and Uuderhiu. The total attendance
WAS IS. Tables W,te set in the w X. {.
and q. a. l.. halls where at noon a hHs-
kot lunch was served Tho convention
was cali"l to ord'r by Mrs. Mary uascl-
ton, president of tho local corps, and NE
CndcrhIll corps mpliued tho rite in
highly impressive manner. Vocal solos
were given by M Ruth Sinclair of
Uudcrhu and Mir Charles Iibbari of
Rurlington also Il reading was given by
Mrs. Jones of Burluetou The meeting
was very successful.
Thirty members and prospective mem-
hcrs of the primary department of the
CONGREGATIONAL church, spent saturday
afternoon between the hours of two and
four ut the church Vestry as guests Of
their teacher Mrs } II. Nicle. Games
were played on Tho lawn under the di-
rcctiou OF kndorsartou teacher, Miss
Henrietta Baldwin, ana refreshments Of
ice cream. cake and corrections were
served at tiny tables I'M the Vostry.
sidcnce ON Maple street to Fred W.
han of Essex Ccutcr. Mr. Hall viii
move here soon and Mr.. and Mrs. Whit
comb will move to burlington, where
Mr.. Whitcomb has bought the Lane
livery stable.
The marriage Of Miss Mary j. story,
eldest daughter of tho Rev. and Mrs
George l.. story OF this village, and John
A. Hamilton Of Cincinnati. o., took place
in the Methodist Church Monday evening.
The church, handsomely trimmed with
eVcrgreeus and golden rod, was fllod with
friends Of the bridal couple, when at
eight O'Clock Miss Adell lIollcY played the
opening notes of the bridal chorus from
"Lohcngrin' MS the hril3lp procession pass
ed up tho center aisle. First The ushers,
Edward Ashley Of burlington and Iioratio
Read, Charles Northrop and Frank Os-
borne OF this village. Next were the
bridesmaids. Misses LOttle and Katie
Story, sisters Of the bride. Then the maid
of honor. Miss Anna stowe Of West Bcrk-
shire. The bride charmingly goWned IN
a dress of cream colorcd silk lanslowne,
trimmed with battcnhers lace and SILK
medalious followed leaning ON 'hc arm
of her father. They were met at the altar
by the groom, attended by his best man,
pr. V. l.. Clark Of this village The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. j.. O.
Shcrbume of Bellows Falls, long time
| friend Of tbs brides family assisted by
| the Rev. g. S. Hubert, pastor of The
church. The party stood In front of an
| arch of ovcrgreous and golden rod in
! the contor of which was bell of ever
| greens, the tongue of which was formed
! by an electric light. 30 Promise Me-
was played throughout the ceremony and
| lMcndelssOhn's wedding march as the
wedding party left the church. The bride :
boquet of white sweet peas was divided
| a t,n - hn
class, OF which she was teacher. Follow-
| ing the ceremony n reception, which was
| attended by relatives and few friends
was held at the home of the brides par
ents on West street. The house was
| prettily decorated for the occasion. The
! guests were received by Mr.. ana Mrs
story, Mrs. Hattie Hudson of Burln ?
ton the Rev Mr. Sherhurne and the Rev
| Mr.. Hubert. Ice cream and cake were
| served by Misses Geneva Patterson OF
! Milton, Bcrnice Morse of bakersfield aud
J Rena futile and Anna Wheatloy OF this
village. Piano duets were given by Misses
| Adoll ll0lloY ana I4ottie story ana Miss
story ana Miss Laura Rarnes There was
n large display Of beautiful wedding
gifts. a handsome wedding cake was :h'
gift of tho brides aunt, Mrs. II, b. Hun
| ter Of Manchester. y. II. Among those
present from out of town were Mr, and
Mrs. Clarence Story and j. s, Baker ol
New York and friends from St Adams
Randolph and Milton. The bride Is me
OF the highly esteemed young ladies OF
the village. n graduate from the RandolD l
| Normal school three years ago has beer
n teacher in the second primary schoo
In the village for two years, and was 2
member of the choir of the Nicholas
Church and also n teacher In the Sunday
school Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton went yes
terday to his home In Cincinnati iio Is an