Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-02-15
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pioneer mills near where the Booth lum
her mills now arc. Subsequently. about
q years ago. for a few years, he was the
proprietor of a large lumber business
conducted on tho site of tho Crane mills
under the management of Mcssrs. Pierce
e. Jinslcy.
About go people celebrated st. Nalen-
tines day yesterday by attending tho
turkey dinner given by the Womans
Auxiliary to the association from 1880
10 1850 in the association rooms The
dinner was hountitul and well served,
ono of the best in every way served for
| some time Icy tho auxiliary.
Relatives OF Charles Provost. for
merry Of this city. who died in st.
Louis. Mo, have been found in Mon
trcal. Mr.. Provost while in this city
was employed 10y Arbucklc & Co. Chict
Russell received n communication from
| 81, Louis last week asking about the
| deceascds parents. Mr.. Provost was
the son OF Louis Provost, a Canadian
customs officer. The deceased was 81
years of age and unmarried.
! John Fallon. who for tho past 10
!
burlington Beef company. has resigned
his position and closes his service
there Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Fallon
iexpects TO establish a local slaughter
! ing business here for himself. His
successor with the Burlington Beef
company will be Edward Shake, who
is now local manager for Swift 6 CO.
at Nashua, \. II.
conference of several OF the epis-
copal clergy of the state with Bishop
Hall was opened Tuesday at the
bishops residence at Rock Point, and
will continue the remainder of the
week Those present are the Revs
W. T. Forsythc of Middlebury, II. 5
Watkins of st. Adams. Philip Schuyler
Of Bennington and +. Barnby Leach
of Richford. A conference of this
character is held every year just prey
ious to the Lentcn season.
News was received in this city las
week OF the death February > ii
Portland, Me, Of William II. Hart. who
was at one time president of the Yer
Imont Life Insurance company of this
city Mr.. Hart was born in Middle
town, Conn, 6 years ago and spen
most of his life in the insurance bust
ness. At the time of his death he was
manager of the Aetna Life Insurance
company for the state of Maine. H.
leaves a widow and two daughters il
Portland and a brother in Hartford
Conn.
Snow began falling at 7:cO o'cIocl
Friday morning and when it cease,
II hours later about ten inches ha'
fallen. 1t was by far the largest sin
gle fall Of the winter. being within two
inches of the total amount in Decen
Der and three times the total amour
in January. laundering and other oc
equations which have been at Il stand
still because Of the lack of snow viii
now be prosecuted with vigor. The
street cars were taken or for scvcra
hours Friday while the sweeper wa
at work, the power not being sufficien
for both sweeper and cars. The cntir
, line was in working order by cvenin E
Ferdinand. .Pease. Royal Bingham
Douglas Bradford, Harold Jcwett an
( Sherwood Hall have returned from thci
tramp up Mount Mansfield. The part
left this city Thursday afternoon, 20
ing to Underhill. where they RENAME
: over night Early Friday morning the
started the ascent Of tho mountain afoo
2 Snow was falling. the view was obscure
e and the party progressed with consid"
1 able difficulty. They did not reach II
e summit of the mountain but travellf
for about two hours after passing Il
halfway house. The timber was SO W
that it was impossible to build a fire an
- the young men could obtain no food unit
, they stopped at a farm house on the
u way down the mountain. Th"y rcache
> Burlington late Friday night,