Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-08
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
STOWE.

The descendants of the late Thomas
Akelcy Straw observed tho 99th anntver-
sary OF his birth Friday hy a reunion at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Straw at
the village Among those present besides
Mr.. and Mrs. Straw were Mrs. NJ. a,
Jcnney. Miss Rose Straw, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. r.. Douglass, Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Straw W.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Mcmahon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Wiinins. Mr.. and Mrs. 4. II.
Cheney, DIR. and Mrs H. w. Barrows, Mr..
and Mrs. W. NJ. Douglass. Mr.. and Mrs.
S. NJ. Brush, Mr.. and Mrs. y. II. Kaiser,
Mrs. Lydia She v. asistcr OF T. A. Straw,
aged 70 years, was also present. One sis
ter. Mrs. Hannah Wrsey of Duxbury.
aged So. and a son, A. y. Straw of Spring
field, Ohio, were able to be there. 9th
ers present were Minnie Straw, G. A.
Douglass. Myra Cheney Barbara Burt
and eight great grandchildren OF Mr..
Straw.-Mrs. Malinda Aarshal's SOth
birthday, August |. was observed at her
home in the village. There We're present
her four daughters and one son, and their
husbands and wives. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Marshall and Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. John
son of Waterbury. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Straw. Mr.. and Mrs. Newell Demas and
Miss Esther Marshall OF Stowe.
During the electric storm. between one
and two O'Clock Friday afternoon. tbs
telephone fuses at the houses of A. j
McGibbon, G. NJ. Towre, G. X. St. joel
and T.. a. Gibbs and J. w. Wrisley, al
on line three in Stowe Hollow burnct
out. At Messrs St Jocks and Wrisley's
the telephones were demolished and ar
ticles were thrown around the rooms
During the same storm. Mrs. Lima Sar.
gent at the Summit IIouse on Mt Mans
| Geld received a slight electric shock ovel
the water pipes but was not seriously in.
| iured. MIR and Mrs. p. r. Sargent visit
ed in johnson over Sunday. Mrs. Sar
gent remaining for n week.-E. ]. Small
ley and ". l.. Stearns were Mt HON,
from Burlington over Sunday.-Mrs
Frank williams and son. Donald, o
Bolton. Mrs. Clayton Gibbs and daugh
ter. Katherine and Miss Frances Ter
rll of Waterbury were visitors at G. S
| Gibhs'S the past week.-Mrs.. II. NJ EDDY
returned Friday from n visit to Mont
policr, accompanied by her aunt. Mrs
Sarah Thaver, Of Cambridge, Mass, wh'
| will pass the summer at G.. Il. Eddy's.
| The school directors have secured tn.
|
which will open September 4: HiFt
school, principal, W. II. Douglass; assist
| ant. Miss Ruby Stockwell of Claremont
n. H.: grammar school, Miss There's
Scott of Barre: second Intermediates, Mis-!
| Jessie Nelson of Barre first intermediate
| Miss bessie Smith OF stowe: primary
Miss Susie A. BiEelow. stowe; general as
s!stant, Miss Maud McCosco, st, Johns
| bury.-Thc Rev. j. Q. Angel Of the Moth
| odist Church exchanged Sunday with tn
| Rev. G. II. Wcstcott of Waterbury Cen
| ter.-The Misses Cheney and Savage visit
| ed in Morrisville Monday.-The Congrega
tional Ladies Aid society met wit
| Mrs F. D. Pike Wednesday afternoon
The condition of Mrs. f. S. Billings con
tinues more favorable. Mr.. Billings lef
Monday for his employment at Science
| tady-Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Billings passe'
Sunday In Morrlsville. -Mr. Gunhause q
| Brooklyn is the guest of his daughter
| Mrs w. NJ. Adams. Miss Matte Camp
bell Is visiting in Keene. n. IA Gate
touring party of 20 and a party Of II from
| Fairfield took dinner at Green Mountail
| Inn Saturday on their way to Mt. Mans
feld.--C. p. Brown, Jr., has purchased o
the Alonzo Hart estate the p, X, Sar
gent and the Kimball farms on West hill
for 800. The purchase includes thi
years crop of hay.
1t Is expected that six or cigh
Knights Templar of stowe will trans
fer their membership from the Mont
pelier chapter to the chapter to be or
ganized in Morrisville and there Wi
lperhsps be as many more candidate
| Ia. Sh,Il
of Lowell, Mass, is visiting relative
in Stowe.-Mlss Delta Collins of tn
Montpelier high school with a party q
friends. is visiting Mt. Mansfield
Mrs. Della Morgan, for some time /
feeble health at the home Of her sol
DR.. J. G. Morgan, is falling and is nc
expected to live many days.-Mr an
Mrs. Arbuckle of Yonkcrs, n. Y. ar
guests at q. W, Adams's.-Mrs. War
Chaffee went last week to the Mar
Fletcher hospital for surgical treat
ment.-The programme for the meet
ing of Mansfield Mountain Grang
August 10 will include a reading b
Mrs. ~ Bigelow; paper, Mrs. ii. {
Fuller; recitation, Mrs. Blodgett; ques
ton, what Is Intense Farming lie
by c. n. Tcrrill; defamation J.
Campbell.
| Mrs, Della A. Morgan died yesterda
| morning at the home of her son, ID
]. c. Morgan, where she had made ho
} home for the past year. Mrs. Morga
had been in feeble health since 10!
spring when she suffered a severe a
tack of influenza, but was confined
her bed only week. The most of h'
life was passed in Morrisville, whei
her husband, Hugh II. Morgan. died
years ago tomorrow. She Is survive
by her son, DR., ]. c. Morgan, Hsugi
ter. Mrs. Arthur Warren OF Morrisvill
a dying FIVE years ago. The remains wi
= be taken to Morrisville for burial. A
, rangements for the funeral are M
! completed but II will probably be he
I at MOrrisville Friday.
' T. II. BigelOw met with paint
I accident yesterday morning at Jol
: Straw's wheelwright shop, where |
/, coming In contact with an unobserv'
/, circular saw In motion the first fling
l of his left hand was severed below II
a middle joint and the second badly la