Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-10
The NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake TO the
Passumpsic, Along otter Creek
and by the shores of white
uivcr Covered by Spe-
ciaI Correspondents
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBURY.S

MIDDLERURY.s
Mr.. and Mrs George Edward Chllds
have issued Invitations for tho ma rria sc
Of their youngest daughter. Verna
Wright to Paul Darwin Alexander IIaw-
kins OF Boston, Mass, to take place
Thursday, September 10, at Fairpoint.-
Mr. and Mrs W. J. Rose are recovering q
from their supposed poisoning. g.-Thomas
u. Mcleod, the venerable lawyer
whose right hip was broken by a fall
last spring, is now able to take short
iidcs.-Miss Margaret Noonan of Troy
\. Y, returned home saturday after q
months visit here to her brother, James
+. Noonan.-Mr. and Mrs. Jared l.. Cox
Of Meridian, Conn and Mrs. Elzabeth h
Fraser and son of Malone. y. Y. are
visiting In town.-Miss Nellie IaPan.
clerk at f. w. Beckwith's Is spending
her vacation at Coney Island. y. Y
Mrs Kate Burnell of New York Is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William Farrell.
James +. Noonan, baker for George
r. Nidder. while hurrying down stairs
Monday forenoon, made misstep and
fell His spine was so badly injured
that he was taken to his room at the
moncd 1t is feared his injuries are
srrious.-The fall term of the village
school opened Informally Monday
forenoon but there were no recita =
tions as IT was a legal holiday. That
was about all the recognition Labor
day received in Middlebury aside from
the closing of the National bank
capt r. +. Pinney. Cushing Hill, Jud-
SON Wright. l.. G. Russell and George
Shambo attended the tournament OF
the Rutland Gun club.-The cattle
shipment Monday consisted of three
carloads for the New York and Bos-
ton markots.--Mrs. Joseph Doudow
and children OF Hartford Conn, are
visiting her brother, Felix Cole.--Miss
Emma Meeker and Miss Clara Bruya
have gone to New York city on a
weeks business trip.-Dr. b. NJ. Mar
shall Of Albany, n. Y. was in town
over Sunday, tho guest of his father.
George f.. Marshall.--Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ashley have returned to AL
hanY. y. Y.--H. f. Cooke and family
have moved to Castleton.--Abner er
Kent. who was arrested in Brooksville
sunday for intoxication and confined
a. Dickens Monday and pleaded gull
~ to the charge. paid the costs, sign
Cd the pledge for six months and was
disChnrg"d-James ". sullivan Of
South BOSTON arrived Monday for a
brief visit with relatives at the Lo-
Ean,--Page +, Potter has begun the
erection of green house on Elm
street near the depot, 70 by 20 feet
Miss Katherine Shea has gone to
IHghgatc where she has a position
G. T. Marshall, who has been III vita
innammatory rheumatism, was able
to be at his store Monday.--Monday,
market day eggs brought 25 cents
and butter IS to % cents.-Ralph
Douglas, who was arrested few
days ago on a charge Of furnishing
liquor, has been bound over TO the
December term OF Addison county
court. Bail was fixed at s4oo, which
he promptly furnished.-William Gra-
ham of Boston is visiting his brotaer,
NJ H. Graham.-Fred Rock, who was
brought here from Bennington on a
,harge of stealing $40 from f. NJ,
Iiullett. was held by Justice Dickens
for the December term of court Baii
was fixed at $500, watch he was un-
able to furnish.--Phillip Nassau is
able TO he about again.--Isaac GoOdro,
who has spent tho summer at Bread
Leaf Inn. has returned home.
John A. Fletcher received n tee-
gram Tuesday morning from ST. PAUL
MINI. SAYING that his oldest brother
Paris Fletcher, was instantly killed
Monday afternoon and his wife seri
i-y ~ h.,it
motor car at Minnesota, MINI. The
accident occurred at the bottom of n
stecp hill. Mr.. Fletcher was pinned
under the car and crushed across the
abdomen. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher left
their home in st. Paul Saturday for a
Trim through southern Minnesota. ex-
pecting to be gone about ten days MI
Fletcher was tho second son OF the
lato Col A. A. Fletcher or this town.
He is survived by two brothers' Jon"
A. of this town and Harry H. OF for-
svth, Mont, and one sister mrs Iheo-
dore Wells of New YORK Johh a.
Fletcher started for st. Paul Iuesoay
noon.-Mrs. Patrick Breshahah oi
Proctor is the guest of MI ana Mrs'
IIncks.-Mrs. c. G. Lamorder mas re-
turned to Boston. Mass.-Mlss May
Calhoun has gone to PlattspurBh' ~
y, where she is a student In the nor
nal school.-MrS. George Miner aho
daughter have returned TO HeAe"a'
Mont,-Miss Glare Burrit or New YORK
city Is the guest OF Mr.. ana MIS- Hop-
ert Towle.-Mrs Kate Burnell, WIN
has been visiting Mr.. and MIS- VIII
liam Farrell. has gone to Leicester for
few days before returning to New
York city.--James H Noonan, whose
back and spine were badly injured by
Il fan Monday, was much better tues
day and hopes to be able to attend to
business in a week or so.--Miss Guss'e
johnson of Springfield, Mass, former
resident of Middlebury. Is making
visit to friends in toWn.--Miss Julia
Barry has returned from Vergennes
'---a> khs spent several weeks with