Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
The NEWS BY COUNTIES
The Wiaooski valley, villages - NortA
From the lslaud q the Loke TO the
Passumpsic, A1eag Otter Creek
ana by the shores of white
River Covered ~ Spe.
cial Cofrespos lents.
ADDISON COUNTY.
vERGENNEs.

VERGENNEe.
AZ the annual meeting of st. Peters
Court, No. GAG, Catholic Order OF For
.stcrs. held recently. the following Of
ticers were ccCtcd chief ranger, Dr. I'd
ward Iilon; vicc-chicf ranger. Albert
llcndricks: past chief ranger. J.W. Ryan:
recording secretary. Frank R"barc
financial secretary. y. j. Rcnaud; treas
ulcr. J. T.. BARLEY: trustees. n. Poliot.
John }. Amblo n. Rivers. The court is
in Il prosperous condition and Is doing
much good in its field.
&. j. Bell Pomona Grange. No. II. which
'Conipriscs the subordinate oranges Of
Cornwall. Middicbury. Dunmorc of Sails
bury Ncshobe of Brandon. Bridport,
Sh"rohan and Grand Wow Of Addison,
hcd their last quarterly aud annual meet
ing Of tho year with Grand View Grange
lof Addison Thursday. Tho attendance
vas good. over -" being present, aud
every subordinate lodg" was represented.
| {. A. Bump of West Salisbury presided
and the following programme was carried
out: Morning sessions. music, general
business. written report OF officers, writ
ten reports Of subordinate oranges. report
Of finance committee, dinner. At the aft
ornoOn session, after music. greeting
was extended by A. ~ Clark. master Of
the Grand View Grange. In his address
Mr.. Clark spoke OF the advancement made
along educational lines during the last
year and said one Of the objects Of tho
order toward which all should strive was
to elevate the mind. w. II. Dean, Jr.,
master Of Ncshobe Grange Brandon, re-
Isponded in happy manner. At tho close
was held, resulting as follows: Master. q.
\. Hunp of West Salisbury oversccr. w.
y. Cady of Middlebury: lecturer. Mrs. G.
II. Lane of Cornwall: steward, 4. r.
Clark of Addison; assistant steward. Ed
ward Chandler of Brandon: chaplain, II.
II. Holmes OF Shoreham treasurer, II. NJ.
Eain OF Middlebury; secretary, W. T.
Bump Of Salisbury; gatekecper. w. r.
Walcott Of Bridport; Ceres, Mrs. e. IT,
Marshall Of Addison; Flora, Miss Belle
Moore of Mlddebury; lady assistant
steward, Mrs. r. Chandler Of Brandon. \
pleasant feature of the occasion was a
violin solo by j. NJ. Gage. assisted on the
piano by Mrs. Myron Smith. The reports
of the officers showed n prosperous con-
dition. The membership is now about 500
and is steadily increasing. The next
quarterly meeting Will be held at Bran-
don the second week in February. when
the officers will be installed.
, r. O. Thompson and Clyde Fisk Of
Wcybridgc. who have been spending the
past month in Mnas. Cuba. have re-
turned home. Mr.. Thompson went thet.
10 look over his fruit plantation. Mr..
Thompson aud son, Herbert. have pur-
chased 20 acres OF land and three town
Al nc a..
plantation are devoted to growing grape
fruit and the remainder to oranges, lcm-
ons figs, guava. cocoanuts and pinc-
apples. Mr.. Thompson describes the cli-
mate as delightful at this time of year,
ing s. in the shade. Deer We're plentiful
where he visited, both he and Mr.. Fisk
shooting several. Mr.. Thompson reports
the oranges grown there as much more
juicy and better favored than those gen.
orally brought here. He brought with
him II lemons that weighed 80 pounds.
one weighing three and one half pounds.
MIR. Thompson reports n stormy passage
on his return in the steamer MORO Cas-
tie and that the ship was held up for
three hours for the examination of pas
sengers before being permitted to enter
were suspected of coming down with yell
low fever were sent to the island
A. J.. Needham went Monday to New
York with carload Of sheep.
Mrs. Caroline Collins died Monday night
from old age at the home Of her uaugh-
tier, Mrs. Charles Stone of Monkton. 1t is
lbelicvcd that Mrs. Collins was tho oldest
lpcrson in this section, Tor il she had lived
IuntiI next spring she would have been 100
years 0f age. She retained up 10 her
death the fun possession of all her facul-
ties with the exception that her sight
lately has been growing dim. although
she could see people at quite a distance
lCarolinc (Beers) Collins was born in this
city but when she was about four weeks
old her parents moved to Fcrrisburgh
where she resided until 1896 when she
was married to Nelson Collins OF Monk.
ton. Since her marriage Mrs. Collins has
always lived in Monkton. She is survived
by one daughter. Mrs. Charles Stone ol
Monkton. For over 90 years Mrs Colilis
has been a member OF the Methodist Epis
copal Church. The funeral will be helt
at the home Thursday at twelve o'clock
. the Rev. Mr.. Clapper officiating.
The body OF Miss Mary Hulburd. who
n died in Bristol Sunday. will be brought tc
! this city to-day.
Tho Vergennes Choral union will no
I meet again for rehearsal until after thu
holidays.
Mr., and Mrs. \. r. Clark OF Addison ar,
4 attending the annual meeting OF the STATE
D (Crange at Montpelier.