Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-08

Tho farm house of y. G.. Wells situated
on Fast lin was burned with all tho
contents and also a large quantity of
sap buckets and a new cream separator
carly "Wednesday morning. The farm is
carried on by Chauncey Sheldon, who
occupied the home, he losing all his fur
nuure. The fire caught around the stove
pipe james Newcity and Iinne Miller
were married at the parsonage last week
by the Rev. j. II. Leroy. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ncwcty will live on the West llill place
which has been occupied by Harvey New
city, he gony Ia Bristol, Conn, to live.
At. ALBANs.
A sad incident was the death Oh Thurs
day evening of Mary J. laroc, the Two
ycar-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. LARGO,
who died from poisoning, resulting from
eating several strychnine tablets. The
tablets were being administered to her
father. who is i'll of pneumonia, aud had
heen carecssly left where the little one
found them. thinking them candy. She
ate several before she was discovered.
There was quiet little wedding a
the home of Mrs. Eta NJ. Merrill of
Fairfield street on Thursday. when Miss
Alice G. .AndrosS ana Charles +. Ken
yon. both of Bradford, were united in
Marriage by The Rev. Charles s. Nut
tor y. D., OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The Park View hotel, which Will be
is now being thoroughly renovated and
refuinishcd and will be opened to the
public with the opening of the spring
term of county court on March H.
fh. oil ,ip
dealer, has had a sign in his window for
a few days past. hoy wanted" He took
the sign down Thursday for the hoy ar
rived Just before moon. Mr.. and Mrs
Donovan are receiving the congratulations
of their friends
The death Of Mrs Hiram X. Soule ~
Messenger street at four O'Clock on Sat
| urday afternoon. marks the passing OF
one of st. Albanss best known women
Mrs. Soule had been falling in health for
some time, hut her death is ascrihcd to an
apopletic stroke. sustained about 10 days
ago. Mrs. Louisa Quronet Soule was tn"
| eldest Of a family OF five children OF las
per and Melvina iQuron.tt curtis, and
| was born in St. Adams ON March H. 1885.
she was married in 1850 TO Hiram e.
| Soul., who died in 19n2. Mrs Soule is
| survived by five children, George G. Suule,
| Henry 6. Soule. Miss Alice j.. Soule and
Miss Helen Il. Soule of this city ana
! Walter :. Soule of Montpelier. She is
also survived by three sisters. Miss iiar-
rlet l. Curtis OF Oshkosh. Wis, Mrs. Ia
a Balch of summit, ~ j.. and Mrs. ".
! II. Ford of Oshkosh. WIS. also by Il broth
! er. Henry A. Curtis of Iakonla Park, -. G..
| MIS-. Soulc was a woman of splendid in
| tellectual attachments. a great student and
| lover of fire books Sh" was prominently
| identified with social, charitable and
D.! church circles, having been Vice-president
| Of the Woman's Hospital association for
many years; Vice-presdent Of the Yer
mont branch of the Womans Auxiliary to
the Board of Missions Of the Episcopal
| Church; member Of the moard of man
ayers of the Warner Home; president Of
the Monday Afternoon club since its or
| SANITATION; memhers of Bellevue chapter,
Daughters Of the American Revolution,
and one of the oldest members of s..
lLuEc's church at $3.50 o'clock on
at ST. l.ukes Church at 500 o'clock on
| Tuesday afternoon.
! Or. and Mrs. Stephen ". Paige of Bank
stree are receiving CONGRATULATIONS on
the birth ~ a SOL Friday evening.
|
with a severe and painful accident Tues
day afternoon. when he was accidentally
! shot, the bullet entering the body. lust
above the hip. Mr. Scott WAS taken to the
| hospital where the surgeons were probing
for the bullet that night Scott. vito is;
about - wears cd and a son of the late
James Scott. had been busly engaged All
day in working ON the check list and
| bringing voters to the polls. When the
! work was finished. he was very tired ana
| shortly after the polls closed, went home
and threw himself on his bed for a little
| rest As he laid Gown, Il revolver. carried
! in his hip-pocket. went off, making bad
| wound in the Young mans back. Ills
! condition is serious but il is thought that
| he will recover.
| The newly elected board of school COM
missioners met al the city clerks Office
at $50 o'clock last evening and organized
by clecting the Roy. :. iiaistci Watkins
of ward four. as chairman, the election
being unanimous. The hoard adjourned
to meet again next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Alfred S. lIoushton Of liouehtor
lstrcet has returned from q two weeks
Visit with friends in New York and Con
necticut
NJ. i. Abbott, who has been manager
of the Franklin County Telephone com
pany for the past six years, has re-
signed that position and will leave on
March "A for I.iVerrnore Fails, Maine
| Mr.. Abbott has accepted position
with the New England Telephone com
pany at an increased salary, as man
lager for that district in Maine, anf
will enter upon his duties on the 18Th
inst. Mr.. Ahbo,t's family will roma il
here until May |.
| Two suits, each for $50 900 have beer
entered in Franklin County cour
against the st. JohnsburY e. Lake
Champlain Railroad company for dam
ages resulting from the deaths %
Charles NJ Hammond of this city an,
Mrs u. Il. Dickinson of Fairfield.
will be remembered that Mr.. Harmon,
and Mrs Dickinson were struck by
train at a crossing ut East Farficl,
on January |, and both were fright
fully manglcd and instantly killed
The suits were brought by $, Y. Ham
mond of this city, administrator OF tn
, Of Fairfield, husband of the woman
: killed. The attorneys for tho plaintiff
? are G. G. Austin x Sons of this city
and Isaac y. Chase Of East Fairfield.
Carroll p. Scott of Russell street. VIII
was dangerously wounded by being sho