Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-04-22

Bela de SzendeTy of budapest Hung
ary. Dr. and Mrs. de SzcndeTy are
now In Budapest, where they will re-
side, their address being VII Akaczfa
Utza G3, Budapest, Hungary. Mrs
Whitcomb and son, Or. II. p. Whit
comb. expects to remain some months
longer in London. having been there
since last December.
News of the marriage OF John A.
Irwin of this city and Miss Helen
Stanwood of Gloucester. Mass. has been
| received in the city. The wedding was
at the home of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Stanwood. Lewis
Irwin of this city. brother of the
groom. was best man and Miss Alice
Blanchard of Gloucester was brides
maid. After the wedding Mr. and Mrs
| Irwin left for trip to Boston, New
York and Burlington. after which they
will reside in Gloucester.
Thomas Reeves, trustee for the creditors
OF the Gadue Dustless Flour SITTER COM
pany, bankrupt. Monday sold at auction
, at the shop Of the company on St Paul
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company. The patent brought 800 and
the tools and stock 1887. Both were bought
by s. n. Villas of this city who will at
once take hold of the business and
endeavor to build up the manufacture
and sale of the flour sifters. enlarging
the equipment and systematizing the
method of disposing of the finished
product.
The steamer Ticonderosa opened
navigation Monday morning on
Lake Champaign. leaving the dock at
the foot of King street shortly after
nine o'clock in the morning for Platts-
burEh. Because OF the extreme high
water, extra precautions had to be
taken in tying to the dock, otherwise
the swell would have washed through
the freight house. A gang of men were
at work Monday making n temper
airy platform. so that passengers can
land with dry feet. The freight Will
also be stored out of the reach of the
water.
The evidence in the county court case
of Bushey vs. Traction company WAS
largely technical yesterday. Charles
| Forbes of Boston. an electrical expert,
and William L. Dyke of 'Winoosk a
| machiust, were among those who testified
| for the platinum. They testified that the
coupling of the two shafts in the booster
contained an old flaw. Mr.. Bushey was
recalled to the stand. DR.. II. c. Tinkham
also testified and the plaintiff rested.
| The first witness for the defense was
| Arthur Gowan of Boston. who assisted in
the installation of the booster and In
structed Bushey in It's operation.
| T ne maple sugar party which has
come to be an annual event in the life
Of the Ethan Allen club was given Thurs
cay evening. large number OF MEM
| bers and ladies enjoying the affair to
the utmost. The sugar was furnished,
as usual, by c. W. Brownell. who had
personal supervision Of the prepare =
tions, assuring their success. Some
snow. which had escaped the rays of
the sun, was imported from South
| Burlington and the customary dough
nuts and pickles were not lacking
| The later part of the evening was de-
voted to dancing by those who wish
ed it and to cards and bowling by
others.
niversary DE- steam navigation on Lake
Champlain as well as the 3ooth an
niversary Of it's discovery. The re-
cords of the Transportation company
show that the first Vermont was COM
pleted and placed in commission in the
summer of 1909. This makes Lake
Champlain one of the FIRST bodies OF
water to be traversed by steam boats
The old Vermont ran from Whitehall
to st. Johns, p. Q. Among the cid
relics kept at the office of the Cham
plain Transportation company. are
several old posters one printed in
1917, agrees to carry passengers from
Whitehall to ST. John for % cents
deck passage or so cents cabin pas
sage. The boat is advertised as the
most powerful steamboat afioat and
servants were taken at half price
Children under ten years of age were
also taken at half price and infants
under two at one quarter price
| =. j. Holt and A. |. Goodhue gov
eminent inspectors of steam crafts
expect to go this week to Rouscs
Point TO inspect the Cecil. small
passenger boat that runs between var
ious ports thereabout. During the FRS,
week in May they Will visit Whitehall
to inspect the tug boats of the LAX,
Champlain Transportation company
and the St. Johns g. whitehall Trans
portation company. The former com
pany has five tugs and the latter
three. The tug G. T.. Harris Of Otta-
wa, Ont, also visits Lake Champlair
hauls only Canadian boats and 1t moi
inspected by the United States in
spectors. The tug Protector, owned BY
the Lake Champlain Transportation
company, Is the largest tug on tn,
lake, weighing 116 gross tons 1t wa.
built In 1905 Tho Unique, owned by
the other company. is the smalles
tug.