Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-07-23


friends. William II. Baldwin is building
large addition to- his residence ON
South Main street..-Prof Howard Dor
Rev. A. q. Tuttle of Hyde Park. Mass.
Homer G.. Bowie of Ncrgennes, Don p.
Brown of Syracuse. ~ y. Iucus L..
claire OF Englcwood, y. j., and N. :.
Rurnham and Howard H. To:tinsham of
New YORK city are recent arrivals in
town.-Mr. and Mrs Nelson A. Seymour
have returned to Rutland after a visit
with Mrs. Seymour's parents. MIR and
Mrs. j. T. Wlliamson.-Senator John
w Stewart and Miss Jessica Stewa Il
have gone to Lake Dunmore for n stay
of several weeks.-Secretary Fred l..
Hamilton of Salisbury has already he
gun to hustle out his advertising for the
approaching Addison county fair. which
viii come on Tuesday, "Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday August u, 26. q
and 2S.-Mrs. Thomas Borden of Pitts
ford is visiting her sisters. Mrs. John
Murphy. Mrs. James Hughes and Mrs
William W. Hope.
Horace y. Cushman died at his home
here at $50 o'clock Tuesday night. As
the result of ;he amputation on June u
ot his right leg above tile knee ma lc
necessary by gdngrene getting into the
iimh following the extraction of a refra -
tory i'll growing toe nail Mr.. Cushman
was S3 years of age in September last
ana was one Of our oldest and best
known citizens. He was born in Boston.
Mass, but was brought here by his par
ents when child and had always since
made Middlebury his home For "a
years he was the ianitor of the Middle
bury graded school and for almost as
long time he was the overseer OF the
Congregational Church. Mr. Cushman
leaves. in addition to his widow. Mrs.
Susan a. Cushman. two sons and one
daughter, namely Oscar H. and Edward
= CuShman and Mrs. Charles VAIN
wright and A sister. Miss Nancy Cush-
man, all of Middlebury. The funeral
services will pe held in the Congrega-
tional Church at two o'clock this after
noon and the burial will he in the West
cemetery. The congregations of the
Baptist and Congregational Churches
Will hold union meetings in the Con-
gregational church next Sunday at 1o:+5
a. N. and 7:So p. m. Dr. c. H dickinson
will preach at both services. His morn
ing topic. will he christian Union" and
the evening subject will be The yer
and the Reaper on August > and .
the Methodist. Baptist and Congrega-
uonal Churches will worship together at
the Congregational Church, and at p.
m next Sunday there will he a preach
Ing service in the school house in the
Seeley district-The Hon. Columbus
Smith of West Salisbury, who has been
in i'll health for several years, is failing
gradually. Mr. Smith was 50 years of
age last January and half a century ago
he was great power in this part oe
Vermont. He Is believed to he one of
the wealthiest men in the State and is
graduate Of Middebury College in the
class of lS40.-Mr. and Mrs. William
Jackson came nome Tuesday night from
Northheld, Mr.. and Mrs. George Beat
tie Of Providence. Il. l., who came here
last week 10 attend the funeral Of Mrs.
Maxine ST. George. mother OF Mrs.
Beattie. have returned to Providence -
Many of the farmers in this section Of
the county are finishing their haylng.
While they have seldom IL ever had such
long spell of good hayinG weather, they
have very seldom had so little hay to
cut.-Mrs Mary ST. Mary went on We'd
nesday evening to Rutland for a pro-
longed visit with relatives.-Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Hunt are the happy parents
Of a nine-pound boy Deputy Sheriff
Howard Birchard OF Shoreham has been
in town on business and visiting friends
this week.-James O'Brian. who has
been on a two months business trip
through New Hampshire and Connecti-