Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-16

ton the village will take to provide
itsclf with larger supply Of water.
The present drought has lowered the
supply untll Il water famine Is feared.
The funeral of II. G. Aver was held
at the house at two o'clock Sunday
afternoon The Rev. w. T.. Douglass
officlated. There was a very large
attendance. Richford Lodge No. IS,
/. O. o. T., conducted the burial SCI
vice in Hillside cemetery. SIX mem
bcrs acted as bearers, II. O. Holt, j.
G. Baker, n. l.. Baker, w. S. Wood
worth, +. W. Mitchell and NJ. J. Ma
loncy. The singing was by a quar-
tettc composed of Miss Eva Pond.
Mrs X. NJ. Pelton, J. w. Bailey and
+. w. Flint, Those attending from
out of town were Mr.. and Mrs j. H.
Stafford of st. Albans. Mr.. and Mrs.
+. G. Hammond. Mrs. T. G. Colcord
W. J. Towlc, Mrs W. ~. Towle, $. H.
whitney and Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Whit
ney of Franklin, Mr.. and Mrs. G. y.
Hammond. Mr.. and Mrs. Il. G. Arm
strong, Inland Thompson. Mrs. +. y.
Thompson and waldo Smith OF Berk-
shire, Mr.. and Mrs r. G. Kendall and
y. +. I.add of East berkshire, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. J.. Marsh, Mr. ana Mrs. Byron
Kendall and G. J.. Mason of Enos-
burgh Falls and j. i. sullivan of Bos-
ton.--AIrs. Selma Berard and her
daughter, Miss Cecil IIerard, will leave
for quebec Saturday to attend tn"
| tcrccntonary Colchration.--Thc pupils
of the primary department of the Bap-
fist Sunday school will be given a
! picnic in G. Il. lIll's grove today
| They will be carried in autoiu ohilcs.
Mrs. l.. u. Woodward ana son. Lloyd.
are visiting in Stowc.-Aliss May Wal
lace visited Miss Iona Kimball of
! Fuosburgh Falls over SundaN.-Miss
| Mabel Flanagan of Montreal visited
! her parents. Mr. and Mrs. L, NJ. Elan
aEan, over sunday. Miss Flanagan
lately graduated from a business col
/ lego in Montreal ana two weeks ago
| entered the mploY of W. j. O'Leary e
Co. electrical engineers. as stcnog-
rapher.--Mr. and Mrs. +, NJ. Barnes
ana son, Duane. will bc in camp at
1iighgat" Springs for ten days while
Mt Barnes who is a deputy collector
OF customs at this port, is taking his
annual vacation.-Mrs. Edna Carpen-
ter of Bur inEton is visiting relatives
here white taking her vacation.
work repairing the mill dam, and has
dra wn nearly all of the water from tho
mill pond The village trustees are look
ing over the sewer outlets while the
! water is drawn off and are making need
ed repairs.-Showers Monday night gave
some relief from the dry spell, but Aot
enough water fell TO afford any but tenn
porary neiit.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank &.
Bliss returned to South omaha, Ncb.,
Tuesday after visit of over three
weeks with relatives In this vjCnity.-Mr.
and Mrs $ Carl Carpenter had a mar
row escape Friday while on an auto trip
| TO Montreal Near St Alexander they
ran over "A 1os Tho steariug gear broke,
the auto turned a quarter OF the way
around ana pitched headloug into a ditch
five feet deep Mrs. Carpenter was
thrown out and bruised Mr. Carpenter
vas badly bruised es specially about the
chest and was pinned in by the stcert7l !,
gear. which was bent by the force of the
accident and he he'd to he liberated by
his wife. Fortunately they escaped seri-
ous injury Four horses were required
70 haul the big car from the ditch. and
the auto remains In a nearby barn. use
less until the broken parts are repla ced
Thursday four Canadian men were driv-