Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
WINDSOR COUNTY
BETHEL.


guest Of Mrs. NJ A. Cushing.-Mrs
Walter Howard and daughter of Maiden,
Mass. are at Mrs Cynthia Hoisington's.
Thomas J. Abbott. a graduate of this
years class at the L. V. NJ. went Fri
day to Johnson. where he IS to teach in
the State normal acknowledgements at II.
+. Morrllls are his daughter Mrs. c. V.
Stanley. with three daughters Of Iaconia,
y. H.. Mrs. G. D. Horner and son. Of
Naltham Mass.-Mrs. ". y. Clark and
Burton Clark of Hanson. Mass. are at
G. NJ. Miller's THE largest crowd of the
season 375 paid admissions, saw good
game of base ball Saturday between
Bethel and Hardwick IN which the WISH
tors won. 3 to /. Smiths pitching vas
excellent and he was well supported.
Hernandez was hit harder. The Bethel
intield Newman. Mcintyre. Emery and
Skinner. worked finely as i'd Lawless
behind the bat. Putnam in centerfleld
accepted all his four chances. There is
some talk of a deciding game between
the two teams to be played AT Montpelier
or some other neutral point
The funeral OF Mrs. Aaron \. Bowen
was held at her late home Tuesday
afternoon Mt one o'clock the Rev.
Joseph Hamilton and ]. Wesley Miller
officiating. Burial was at Southview
cemetery in Randolph. Mrs. Bowen died
Saturday evening. aged - years. after
a long illness with cancer Of the liver.
She was a daughter of tho late Moses
and Marietta CRarretO Dustin and was
born here She is survived by her hus-
band and by four children, Pearl, Frank
and CLYDE Bowen and Mrs. Clayton II.
Bowen. She Is also survived by three
brothers and a sister. Albert II, Charles
Fl. and Nat. 4. Dustin and Mrs Lucia
Bowen.--A Jumpers union has been or
Panized with iS members and the follow
ing officers: President. n. G. Rogers
secretary, Charles Lille: shop-warden
r. w. Southworth: grievance committed
Sam Jordan. Charles Pendextcr and
George ingalls, The union has agreed
on certain moderate demands which will
he presented 10 the company in the form
of a schedule Of wages, 1T is understood
that the average daily wages asked will
be Sis for nine hours.-Dcris. the 4
months old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
William T.. Graham. died sunday even
ing. of Indigestion. The funeral was held
Tuesday at II 90 a. ma daughter was
born August 20 to Mr.. and Mrs. Boyle
This town has IS residents over so years
old. and about 10 others past 70 The cid
est Is Mrs. Elzira Fisher. 9S of the Gill
cad district, who is her sons house
keeper, and 8. ms very likely to complete
" century Tho average age of these
IS persons is s. years.-Ide bearing and
his grandmother, who have spent the
summer in Pittsfield. have moved into
rooms in Warren Preston's house
James Gray has taken rooms In W. r.
Hartwell's house-Some one has been
following Frank Tolan relentlesslv Of
late. one evening two weeks ago during
his absence from home. his gasoline en-
CINE was malcously damaged Having
repaired IT, he was doing r. r. Fetons
threshing. when Saturday night 1t was
again hasely damaged with evident de-
sign.-The Good Templars will have
picnic at Graham's park to-day-Mrs.
Emma Durhee of Essex Is guest of
Mrs. Martha Cushing.
Mrs Martha White. Mr. and Mrs
Hunter G. White, Mr.. ana Mrs. John w.
Case, Norman Case and Miss Matte
Case. ali of Providence. r. l.. who have
been guests at Mrs. Martha w. Arnold's.
returned home Wednesday, travelling In
two automobiles II. Dustin.
road commissioner has nearly finished
work on Pleasant street where the State
highway money has been applied this
season. He has built high cement walls
In front OF the ConGrega tional parsonage
and the Lyman Child house and has
dumped about 900 carloads Of gravel
over the steep bank on the opposite side,
the street part of the way about
10 feet, besides adding n thick layer of