Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-02
STOWE.

ON Saturday evening, February -. the
Rev. G.. w. Morrow of Burlington gave
a stirring address in the interest of the
Anti-Saloon League in the the COngrcga-
tional Church. lie was accompanied by
the Neal Dow ouartottc from Boston.
whose selections added much to the in
terest of the occasion. Mrs. &. D. Bruce,
Mrs. J. l.. Stafford. Miss Ida Harris. Mrs.
l.. l.. Stafford, Mrs. II. W. Bairows and
Miss Elizabeth Swift entertained about
ninety Of their friends at progress
svc whist on Friday evening in Akeley
Memorial banquet hall The first prizes
were taken by Mrs. c. T.. Burt and the
consolation prizes by Miss Mabel Carr
and Leon McCutchan. Besides whist scv-
erdl tables were devoted to finch and
Sherlock lIolmcs. Cake ana ice cream
were served. The occasion proved Il very
pleasant onc.-Alrs. Pearl NJ. Evans goes
this week to Burlington. where she will
take the nurses course of trulnins in
Nary Fletcher hospital-Dr. II. w. Bar
rows was in burlington Friday to at
tend an operation for removal of cancer
ut Mary Fletcher hospital upon Mrs John
Sprag l,c of Huntington. mother Of A. T.
Douplass-pr. Circuit of Waterbury was
in stowe Saturday to SEQ Mrs. D. NJ
Smith of Little River and G.. A. Wright
of West Branch. who has been i'll for
some time ana has recently grown worse
On Friday 6. y. Bailey drove into Or
Barrows yard and in turning around was
tipped over and in some way the horse
sleigh harness and man became so
tangled that the harness had to he cut to
pieces to separate them. Mr.. Bailey was
fortunately not much iniurcd.--E. L. Bass
of Randolph was in town last week So
Letting lumber from Burt Eros. yard
w. II, Double Is at his home i'll with
paralysis OF the facial musccs.-E. BiEc-
low has been quite liz the past week with
bronchial innucnza.-A. II. Grimes. who
opened Il law Office in Akcley Memorial
building last spring leaves soon for Cali
fo"nia.-Thc Rev Charles Dinsmore OF
Waterbury, Conn. who was called to
stowe last wcel, by the death of u. s.
Atkins. occupied the pulrit at the Con-
prcgational Church on Sunday, February
2f.-Mrs. G. s. McAnistor has been IN Nor
r'stoWn last Week caring for her father
Daniel Smith.-rhc high school girls first
basket ball team went to Waterbury Fri
day evening and played with the team
there. The pcrsonel of tho team is rs fol-
lows: Center. Annie Mayo: forwards. Lola
Chaplin and Marjorie Burt The Stowe
girls were not in it with the Waterbury
team. having had but little experience
Mrs. Walter Warren was taken i'll at the
home of her sister. Mrs A. =. Lang. last
week and has not been able to return
to her homo since.--Miss Watkins was i'll
and unable to he at school on Monday
Miss Ethel Watts spent Sunday in Mont
pclier
The State board of agriculture held
an interesting meeting here on Tues
day, February 2S. The programme was
us follows: Afternoon, address of VOL
come. J. +. Campbell. master OF tho
Grange; "Iiorticulturc and Dnirying"
G. II. Terrill, president Of Vermont
Horticultural society; Forestry and
It's Relation to Vermont Prosperity"
Ernest Hitchcock. forest commissioner:
Greater Opportunities for Vermont
Sugar Making" Homer w. Vail of RAN
dolph "Cultivation and Fertilization
of the Soil" Dana H. Morse. member
of the board of agriculture. Evening,
address by Dir. d. d. Grout OF the tu-
berculosis commission. "Agriculture
in Our Rural Schools" Prof. ].
Hills OF the University of Vermont
sanitation on the Farm" Or. II. l.
Holton. secretary of the State board of
health; Experiments with Alfalfa"
George Aitken, secretary of the board.
Governor Bell was expected, but was
unable to he present-AmonG the lat
est victims of the grip are Herbert
Warren, Mrs F.. Bigelow. Mrs. Abbic
warren and S. T. Fuller. who Is
threatened with pneumonia. f. Bige.
low Is improving. DR.. J. E. Morgan Il
out after several days illness.-Miss
LEILA Collins OF Hyde Park recently
visited her aunt, Mrs Sarah Weeks
returning home on Monday:-Mrs. Wal.
! lace Deano of fillmore Is a visitor al
George Wades.-The ladies' of Unity
Church viii serve a hot dinner town
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