Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-02

South berkshire about two miles from
! this. village to which the family moved
| at that time Her home for 90 years
| past had been with the family of V. A..
| Irish-Mrs. o. Merrill and daughter,
| Helen. were in Burlington Friday
! Mrs j. NJ. Colcord of Richford is visit
| ing her daughter, Mrs. w. T.. Gibson
| Miss Emma Barnes of bakersfield is
visiting her cousin, C. Fl. Abell--The
ball game between Brigham Academy
and Enosburgh high here Saturday was
won by Enosburgh, 10 to Mrs. A. C.
! Burt of East Enosburgh Is suffering
from a shock experienced Saturday.
Mrs. Amelia Keller of Essex is visiting
her sister, Mrs. C. l.. Ovitt.-Edward
Erwin, the two-ye old son of MIR. and
Mrs. Henry Billow. died Thursday of
tubercular meningitis. The funeral
was held Saturday at the church Of
st. John the Baptist.-C. L. Marsh, Mr.
and Mrs. i. w. Draper and Miss Ruth
Draper left town Monday for Washing
ton, d. C. They were joined at Bur
lngton by H. w. Allen and at New
York by VI. o. Clark or Orange. N. j.
| They will attend the meeting of the
army of the Potomoc in Washington
May and 8, and n reunion of tho sixth
corps which contained the Vermont
brigade. They expect to visit James
town and will be away about two
weeks.--L. Il. Marsh is acting treasurer
of nosburgh Falls Savings bank and
Trust company during the absence of
F. w. Draper.-Mrs f. l.. Gardner Of
Poughkeepsie, ~ Y, is passing a few
days in town.
j. A. Gibson went to Burlington Monday
returning that evening accompanied by
Mrs Gibson. who had been operated on a t
the Mary Fletcher hospital n few weeks
aEo.-Mr. and Mrs. w. C. Buskey have
moved into a tenement over NJ. p Perley
e. Co.'S store.--Mrs. j. II. Mears is passing
a few days in Mortified. where her son
is n senior IN the university. -Miss Cora
Orr is absent from her place in the post
office on account OF illness.-W. G. Mason
was In Fairfax over Sunday, where he as
sisted In meetings conducted by State Sec
rotary Heb of Burlington. -HaIold Cush-
ing of ST. Adams is visiting in town.
Charles Lafey and son. Leo. of Spring
field Mass, are in town for q few days
Enoebureh high school will play Swanton
high in Swanton Saturday. Frank Erwin.
who has been employed in Cambridge for
a short time, has returned here.-The Hon.
Olin Merrill has returned from trip to
Indianapolis, Ind.-Mrs. l.. A. Weld of
burlington, who was called here by the
death of her mother, Mrs C. W. Noble,
returned home Monday.
The weather as Kept BY the local OBJ
server shows the April Just passed to
have more chillness by an average OF
four degrees per day than any April for
l6 years. There was also an unusual
amount Of snowfall, 1913 inches. for any
April in that period. The mean read
ing for the month was 3S.G against a
normal of 49,. The highest reading was
CO the 29th and the lowest 10 the 9th.
Total precipitation, rain and melted snow,
was 2.39 inches against a normal of 2.24.
The prevailing wind direction was north.
Tho month was made up of 10 clear
partly cloudy and II cloudy days.-The
funeral of Mrs. Ell y. Judd was held
Tuesday morning at the home of her
daughter Mrs. V. A Irish. The Rev.
l.. 0. Sher .urne officiated assisted By the
Rev. r. T.. White. Music was furnished
by mixed quartette consisting Of Mrs.
A. a. Asetine, Mrs. l.. s. Andrus, W. n.
faw and c. H. Abel. Among those
present from away were: Warren Soule
of Bakersfield, Mrs. Jessie Leach, Mr. and
Mrs. b. II. Fairbanks. Mr.. and Mrs.
Holmes Eldred of Sheldon Miss Ada
Cranpton. Mrs. Fuller c. Smith of ST.
Adams; Mr. and Mrs. +. Barnby Leach,
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Wilson of Richford; p
H. Stanley, II. S. Sanley of West Berk-
shire; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Hickok,
Deforest D. Judd of Georgia: w s. Judd
OF Swanton; Mrs. Thomas Fiske of
Natick, Mass.--Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gaines
and their son, George. were in Cambridge
Tuesday and Wednesday.--A Garrow is
building new cement stairs to the new
bakery in Perley's block