Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-12

Alice Marion Prouty will accompany
him to Canada.
RICHFORD.
Miss Anna Ladd is assisting in w. p.
Green's store during the holiday season.
Town clerk II. II. Round and son have
returned from Montpelier, where they
visited W. NJ. Rounds.-The Rich
ford Manufacturing company has laid
off several men and are running on re-
duced time.-Mr and Mrs. A. q. Rogers
have returned from Henderson, Me.-G.
f. Wilson Of Randolph, who has been
employed in town for several months,
has purchased an interest in the jewelry
business OF r. r. Searle. which will
hereafter be known as Scarles & Wilson.
Joseph Clark has moved TO the place
purchased of jay Colcord on North ave
nue.-The annual meeting of the st. Al
bans district, +. & A. NJ, will he held in
Richford, January S-Miss Adde VI.
Aver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II. c.
Aver of this place, who has becen teach
ing In Taunton. Mass, for four years,
has accepted a better position in Massa-
chusetts normal school at North Adams,
Mass.-Frank II. Smith has leased the
has gone into MISUNDERSTANDING II.
Gates, who resigned as deputy collector
Of customs at this port will 20
with his son, Almon, t. Tucson. Ariz.,
and pass the winter In California
and Arizona He will return to Vermont
next spring.
The Whitney Brothers quartet OF Bos-
ton gave a delightful concert at the
SafN r1o inc
under the asuspices OF the senior class of
the Richford high school.-Among the
visitors In town Sunday were ". j.
Wright and Miss Alice orion OF Mont
gomery Ccnter-Miss Flora Rivers pass
ed Sunday in Montgomery The new
Central Vermont railway station is now
ready for occupation and 1t is expected
that agent D. j. VIM and his assistants
will be able to move into their new
quarters next week. Herbert d. Com
lngs OF the Sweat Comlngs Co, left
Sunday night for a weeks business trip
| to Boston and Worcester, Mass.
| Tho iDO-foot steel smoke stack which
was all that remained of the Sweat-Com-
ings Co.'S power station which was de-
stroyed by fire last August, fell down
| Monday afternoon and Mr. Paquet Of
Enosburgh, who had the contract to
movc II. narrowly escaped serious injury
as did Ben Godue. About 1870 p. m Mr.
| Poquet had as ne thought, everything
| all secure and was preparing to move tho
| stack back about 20 feet but he lOosoned
two guys and without warning "sm0key"
! came down pell nell Luckily there was
! no one near enough to be injured except
Mr.. Poquet and Mr., Goduo and they
! escaped The smoke stack was to be
moved 10 make room for the building OF
! tho now power station which the Sweat
! Com!ngs Co. is bullding.-Nrs Julia
/ Carpenter, mother. and Mr. TTula Car
| pentor. wife of H. Ralph Carpenter, were
| in St. Adams to attend the hearing be-
/ fore Judge q. y. Kclton az to a
guardian being appointed over H. Ralph
! Carpenter, who is Mt present in BOSTON
| for medical treatment. Mrs Carpontcr
| and son recently returned from Boston.
| whore they have been FOR some time
! II. L. Baker was appointed guardian
| Tho cement foundation for the Sweat
| Comlnss Co.'S power house is completed
| and masons have begun on the brick
| w0rks.-A. J. Elliot, who was formerly
! connected with the customs service here
| and latter on the staff of the St. Adams
| Messenger has resigned his position
| with the Messenger and will re-enter the
customs service here-Jason Rogers has
| returned from Waterville. whore he has
been visiting tho past week-W. w
| Wood has been busily engaged for the
past few days packing tho hydrants to
| keep them from freezing during the
| winter.-Among the visitors in town
| Tuesday were S. Daley OF Newport.
Louis Pouin and Miss Trapier of
| Waterloo. Que. r. r. Campbell OF Mont
| gomery, II. W. Martin OF EnosburEh
| Falls and Fred w Wedgewood OF Essex
| Junction,
Happily comes the news that Congress
| man Foster has introduced a bill for a
| new federal building in Richford, some
| thing that Richford certainly needs II
| should include detention house. customs
| house and postofrce. The customs house
| IS not very handsome structure, neither
Is the postoffice which is with out
| plastering and requires about a cord
OF fine wood day to keep 1t comfort
able. Inside, the condition OF tho deten-
ton house Is best OF the three govern
| ment buildings In town. The customs
| house Is In one end OF the town and the
postoffice and detention house are in an
| other and 1t would thus greatly facilitate
things II new building is secured.
| similar bill was introduced in the House
| of Representatives and Senate several
| years ago and al one time It looked bright
for a government building. but absolute
| ~ nothing materialized.- the
| visitors in town Wednesday were c. b.
| Durfee of Ashland, Ohio, A. C, Sargent
of West Lebanon, n H., Bert Stone Of
! Westford and O. NJ. Rich OF st. Johns
bury.-Fred r. Campbell has returned to
| Montgomery after a few days In town.
FLETCHER.
| Bryon Wetherbee of this town and Miss
| Rertha Sweet Of EairfaY Uera mn rried