Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-10-08
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT.
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Church at five o'clock Mr.. and Mrs.
Swisgctt will he at home at San Juan.
Porto Rico, after January I, 1869.
Encouraging news Is received as to
the condition OF Lieut.. n. Allen Good
speed, L. s. cavalry. who was recently
relieved from duty and ordered to the
army and navy hospital In New Mexico
Off treatment for n lung trouble. Lieut..
Goodspoed has gained several pounds in
weight.
In Franklin county court Friday, the
fury in tho case of state VS. Frank
Boaudry. charged with peddling booze
Mt the Franklin county fair, returned a
verdict until Monday afternoon at two
recess until Monday afternoon at two
O'Clock.
very pretty home wedding took place
at the residence Of Mr.. md Mrs George
Cooke OF South Main street Saturday
evening whcl their daughter. Miss Susie
s. VI. Cooke, was married to Robert ID.
beverley of Montreal Que. The cere-
mony was performed at six o'clock by
the Rev. s. Halsted Watkins. rector Of
St Lukc's Episcopal Church and was
strictly private. The parlor where tho
ceremony and reception were held was
beautifully decorated with flowers. cor
ner of the room being made into an
alcovc of pink AMI white lilies with
palms and ferns. while ropes Of green
were trained from the lighting fixtures.
Miss katherine l.. Bryant was the
maid of honor and Merrill u. Armstrong
was best man. The bride wore an en-
nirc gown Of lavender wolfe trimmed
with cream duchess lace and liberty
elk. the color Of tho gown. She carried
of
ch!ds. The maid Of honor wore n white
liberty silk and carried white roses.
Misses Fannie and Dorothy Cooke OF
Boston were flower girls. Following the
reception Mr. and Mrs beverley left on
the express for Montreal where they will
reside.-Thcre was a large and handsome
display of wedding gifts.
Genial Jed Sturtevart tho Central
Vermont station agent at this point Is
not thought by his friends to be
man to strike terror to the hearts of
others but he must have presented a
fierce front to one Thomas O'Rrien of
Enosburgh Falls on Friday evening
for when Sturtevant started for
O'Brien, who was nursing n Jag Of
great proportions In the depot wait
Ing room, O'Bricn made n fving leap
through one Of the big windows sash
and all. and would have been running
yet. but he was overturned and COL
lapsed after short sprint. He was
lugRed up to tho tail and Saturday
was arraigned in city court and fined
81 and costs for drunk and the costs
Of smashing the window.
There was an amusing scene Mt the
city clerks Oflicc one evening last
week when an old Frenchman appear
cd there with a friend and told city
Clerk Hopkins that he wanted to get
married again. The clerk started to
FIJI out the license and when he asked
the name of the woman in the case,
the old fellow wanted to know If ne
had to furnish that now. He was told
OF course that that was necessary.
whereupon he held a long debate with
his friend as to which one of several
the bride would be. The groom elect and
his friend could not come to an agree
ment. and they finally went away with
out the license. Later in the evening
the old fellow showed up again at the
clerks office, this time with four wo-
men in tow and after some parlcyins.
one Of them was selected and the IL
oense was issued.
The wedding Of MISS Gertrude f. Rob
insou, daughter of Mrs Eliza Robinson
OF North Main street. and Edward l..
Torrey OF Cambridge. Mass will take
place at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Chauncey q. Austin. Jr., Saturday. Octo-
Der Il, at nine O'Clock in the morning.
public auction OF the furniture and
school equipment Of Jordan hail of un-
pleasant memory will take place on the
property October q.
In Franklin county court Monday
tic court docket was called and the d.
vorce cases Of MCGOWAN vs. MCGOWAN,
and Donaldson VS.. Donaldson were
heard
The special advisory committee
composed Of the Hon. :. c. Greene,
William kennedy and Major H. NJ
Hallock. appointed by Mayor Atwood
TO Investigate and recommend relief
measures on the water supply uuns-
tion, together with members of the
city council and Engineer Frank Dem
nson Tuesday visited Silver pond in
Fairfax and ST. Adams bay. These
are the only two known available
sources Of immediate supply and
either could be utilized by laying
mains for about 2ia miles, the former
to the present reservoirs in North
Fairfax and the latter to the city
mains on the western limits of the
city. Silver pond was found to be
fine body Of clear water covering an
area OF about ten acres. The pond
lays on an eminenCe estimated at
nearly 100 feet higher than the res
erVolrs and although presenting en-
Slnoering difficulties, could be piped
down through q valley and over n