Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-27
HAPPENINGS
IN VERMONT
Local Items Of Interest From All
Parts Of the Green Noun.
tain st
'r' NEWS BY : 7''n'
From the Island in 3 Lake to
the Passumpsic, / ~ Otter
Greek and by the Shores
? Of White River.
ADDISON
MIDDLEBURY.

James Duncan Of this village
hied at Mary Fletcher hospital Thurs
day evening as the result Of a opera
tion for intestinal trouble. Mr.. Dun
ran was 10 years Of age and Is sur
vived by two daughters. Mrs. II. F..
Cooke Of Brandon. Mrs. G. w. Rose Of
this village and G. J. Duncan also Of
this village. The funeral was held
from his late home Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock.--The remains of
George Bell. a former resident were
brought here on the mail train Fri
day afternoon from Boston. and
taken to the West cemetery for inter-
ment. The remains were accompanied
by Miss Minnie Ball and Mrs. G. ]
Bell. Rev. F. NJ. Wilson rector or
st. stephens Church, oficiated. The
hearers were Joseph II. Cobb, william
=. Waugh, Charles A. Piper and c. r.
Rich, George Kidder and Charles La
morder.-Word has been received of
the death Of the Rev. w. 4. Robinson. ID.
D., graduate of Middlebury college. class
1862, which occurred at Davenport,
Iowa, where he had gone to make his
home with married daughter. He
was pastor of the congregational
rhurch at Barton in this State FOR
reveral years, then served the chur"h
at Homer n. Y. for 21 years. He Is
rurvived by a wife and one daughter.
Mrs. Emily Coleman of Davenport DR..
Robinson was 20 years of age and was
n cousin Of Rev. Geo. H. Bailey Of
Weyhridge.
The office Of DR.. D. c. Noble will be
for tn fV1-n
doctor is in Burlington for a much neeie''
rest.-Inquiries are being made here bv
tic pension u,eau Of Washington
through Commander Ball Of William p
Russell Post concerning the wherea bouts
of one Herburt Moore. who enlisted
from Middlebury in the Civil War to
whom a pension has been granted Moore
was the son Of Captain Harry Moore
who at one time kept the old Unior
House on Court street in this toTn anf
later kept boarding house on Parl
.treet His last business engagement was
as driver Of the mail stage betweer
Middlebury and Shoreham. SHERIFF
Olin A. Smith Of Addison and
Deputy Sheriff Henry Fisher Of Vcrgenne
brought Charles Fonan and Peter Ress
TO the county Jail Saturday, where the,
Addison county court. They We're arreste'
n few days ago by Burlington officers a
being implicated In the burglary at Yer
gennes.
The funeral Of James Duncan. who die
ut Mary Fletcher hospital In Burlington
Thursday night, was held from his lat
home on Court street at 3:30 O'Clock sun
day afternoon, the Rev. Charles H. Dick
inson 0ff.cia ating-Therc are unclaime'
letters at the local postoffice addressed
TO the following persons: Mrs, Mary Ben
nett Miss Maude Smith l.. G. Burt
Irish Edward. NJ. c. Hawes, $. W. Hub
bard, Earnest Shambo and Harry Il
Nanwormer.-Joseph Calvi, who for tn
past five months has been at his oil
home in Italy, has sailed from Havrc
Trance and IL expected to reach tow
the latter part of this week.-Mrs.. VII
liam Tidcn of Burlington Is visiting he
sister-in-law Mrs. Mary Tilden.-Chas
Pemiley, a blacksmith, was arrested b.
Chief of Police Butteriield at about moo
on Sunday in dilapidated condition
Monday forenoon he pleaded guilty I
intoxication before Justice A. w. Dick
ems. He signed the pledge for six months
paid the cash. and was discharged
Dennis J. McCue u. G. OROarke, WI
liam Brockway and William j. Hamilto
of Rutland are in town,-Mr. and MIR:
ALLEN Warner and their daughter
Agnes, of Albany. \. y, are visiting Mr..
Warmers parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Gardne
s. Wainwrlght-Mrs. Helen Holt and Mr.
Mary Dickey have returned from An
brose. Mass. where they have been fo
the past three months. Ralph Holme
has shot an owl which measures
inches from tip to tip of the wing.
Monday eggs brought 80 cents and butte
IS to 30 cents.
George f. Cooke has been adiudged il
sane. He was ordered committed TO II
State hospital for the insane at Wate
this week.---A fine monument has bee
set up In the West cemetery this wee
10 the late Thomas II. Mcleod. who die
early in the summer,-Miss Minnie Be
and her slster-n-law, Mrs, Charles
Bell, have returned to Boston after a fe
days stay in town, having come to a
tend the funeral OF their brother Geor'
Belly. " Blackmer is in New Haven.
Thorne Dickinson Of Middlebury has be-
engaged to teach mathematics In Il
Wiliamstown high school.-Walter
Wilson has returned to Lansing, Micl
after "A 10 days visit In several towns
this vicinity.-Mr. and Mrs. Carlton 80
worth and Theodore BoswOrth start
Tuesday for their home in Concord,
H.. after two weeks visit with relativ
IN this section.-Ray l.. Fisher of the Ne
York American team has returned hon
for the winter, He pitched one OF Il
two winning games that the Highlande
won from the Giants In thA New Yo
post season championship cohtesta-E
tensive repairs are being made on the 1