Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-03-14
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
MONTPELIER.

Tho directors OF the First National
bank met Thursday afternoon and
elected Vice President Frank NJ Cory
to be president to fill til" vacancy
caused by the death If COL Fred f..
Smith, Frank a. Dwinell was elected
vice president, The vacancy on the
board of directors was not filled.
W. Z. Whitcomb returned Thursday
from Manchester, y. II. where ii" at
tended a meeting of the New IIamp
shire Laundrymcn's association. Mr..
Whitcomh and O. y. Adams of st.
Johnsbury were elected members Of
the executive committee and the laun-
drymen of Vermont were made mem
bers of and affiliated with the Now
Hampshire association. The next meet
ing will be held at Montpelier, June ..
next.
W. p. Allen has been granted 4
months leave of absence from the
home office of tho Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance company. Mr.. Allen
has gone to St. Louis. Mo, whore he
has been offered a position in charge
of a department in the offices of tho
Missouri Pacific railroad.
Acknowledgement W. H. Gilmore re
ccivod Thursday clipping from Il news
paper at Lynn. Mass. which told tho
story of finding the body Of Frederick
Southwick, who was frozen to death in a
suualid hovel at West Lynn. General Gil
more was asked for Southwick's record In
the Civil War. which was sent. Southwick
who was 20 wears old. Enlisted in the
| Civil War from Duxbury, VT. He served
in Company II. 9th Vermont, and in Com
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record is an honorable orc. He won
distinction at the battle of Gettysburg and
Sever Oaks. After the war he was en-
gagged in digging and selling clans az
Lynn. Mr. Southwick was native OF
| Peabody, Mass. and was 90 years old
When he was found last week his bod,
was frozen and his wet clothing was fast
in ice on the floor of the shanty in which
he lived,
The will Of tho late Col, Fred +. Smith
probated Wednesday was drawn ir 1894
and contained a codici dated two year.
ago. 1t contains a bequcst Of $4,000 fo'
Christ church of Montpelier and th'
| Episcopal diocese of Vermont. The be
quest for the church Is divided FOR the
organ, pulpit and alter. Some OF this
money Col. Smith paid during his If,
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Smith is named as exccutrix and 5000 il
appropriated for building a chapel 70,
the Sunday school.
Miss Margaret VI. Hlncks. daughter q
the Rev. j. II, Hincks, a former pastor o
Bethany church in this city. was married
last week at her home in San Jose, Cal,
to william y, Morse OF Amherst Mass
They are To reside In the latter city
whore the groom Is n professor In Am
herst college,
John T., Whitcomb, a resident OF thl
city n generation ago, died recently a
Waltham, Mass. aged &c years, He wa
employed for many years I'm the mattel
factory in that city.
! 1t Is said one of the votes cast at tn
annual town meeting at MiddeseX, TIA
is claimed was Illegal was that of Perle!
Wilbur, but the claim Will scarcely hol'
igood. Mr. Wibur's home Is situated ~
the line between Montpelier and Middle
sex. His parlor Is in Montpelier ana hi
dining and bed room in MiddleseX, Nj
! Wilbur has never voted in Montpelier. hi
name ia on the Middlesex check list am
he Is clearly entitled to vote GpoIe,
t At meeting Friday afternoon. at tn
county jail of the prison board of V'aS<
ington county a set C 'Nh-- ""vorn'n