Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-06-16
HAPPENINGS
IN VERMONT
Local Items of Interest From Al
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
TIE NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake K
the Passumpsic, Along Otter
Greek and by the Shores
Of White River.
ADDISON
MIDDLE,BURY.

The grand list OF the town is s22,s
compared with S2l,92o in 1909, an increase
Of about 10000 in taxable property. The
number of taxable polls this year Is 72e.
a decrease OF fve.-Petrick Condor, tho
victim OF an accident in the Vermont
Marble conpany's mill Wednesday,, died
in the Proctor hospital Thursday noon.
Tho remains were brought here. Mr..
Condor leaves widow and three children.
James Condor and William Condor. who
live here, and Mrs. James McCue Of Center
Rutland.--.Phiip Moran who has been on
Long Island since last September, has
been obliged to give up hts position thers
owing to sickness
The funeral Of Patrick Condor. who dlec
Thursday from the results Of injuries sus.
tanned in the Vermont Marble Co.'S mill
was held from St. Mary's Church satur.
day morning at $50 o'clock. Rev. ]. d
Shannon conducting the services. Thoinat
F. Burns, Napolean LaENn. simon McMa.
hon. Michael Halpin. James Smith and NJ
+. Kenney We're bearers Burial was made
In the catholic cemetery. The employee
of the marble mill attended in a body.
Among those from away were James Con-
don and wife, John Condor and Fred Con-
don, Richard Lyon, Mrs. Kate Sh,edc
and Miss Reynolds of Brandon. Jane,
Condor Jr.. of Montpelier. Mr. and Mra
Patrick Kelley and Mr.. and Mrs JameA
McCue Of Rutland and j. ]. Monta OF
Burlngton.--Coi. :. \. Ilsley has presented
to the Memorial Baptist Church a life
size oil portrait of his father and mother,
Rev. and Mrs. Silas l!sley they have beer
hung in the lecture room OF tho church,
Warren Hooker has returned from q
years stay in Rupert.-M. Cleveland
Moors student in Shenandoah Military
Academy a Winchester Va. is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milo X. Moore
Lewelyn Fisher is showing a handsome
specimen of a stone gouse which he plow-
cd up on the bank of the river a mile south
of this village IT IS inches long and three
inches wide and finished almost as well
as a steel tool-NTrs. Horace Cushman has
gone to Lawrence, Mass. to spend the
summer with hev daughter. Mrs. Charlie.
Wainwright.
Joseph Rourke of Granville who camo
here last week on visit TO his sister,
has had a shock Of paralysis.-M
eggs brought q, and butter IS cents
The Boston Dairy company have notified
| their patrons that they will commence
paying winter prices July /, and will con-
tinue for the next ten months. This com
pany during the month Of May have paid
to their patrons who deliver milk here
S4oo.-The Ladies' AID society Of the
Baptist Church met with Mrs. A
| j. Piper, Wednesday afternoon.-Col and
Mrs. s. A Ilsley. Deacon Benedict, Mrs.
l. l.. Rogers and Deacon Elijah IaBounty
went 20 Whiting Tuesday as deiegatss TO
| the 77th annual convention Of the Add
| son County Baptist assoclation.-The re-
| mains of Mrs Edward Downs were
brought here Monday afternoon from
Brandon, where she died Thursday, and
Inferred in the West cemetery. The
| bearers were her four sons-in-law, J, W.
Kelley, Eugene Skirce, Albert Kingsland
and Erwin Bred. Rev Yerks OF Rochester
ocficia tcd.-Fred Nash is moving from
| Seminary street to the Ira I.aF1eur house
| on Court street.-John Jones recsved
word from Fair Haven Sunday of the
| death of his sister. Mrs Hughes He
has gone there accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Irma, and his nephew, Mr.. Hughes
| Mrs. Charles Hooker has finished term
Of school at Chimney Point. Addison,
and returned home.--Mr. and Mrs ].
Sterling Moran are parents Of SON.
Rev. Richard g. Esten of Roslindale.
| Mass, preached on trial at the BAPTIST
! church at both morning and evening SER
vices Sunday. Rev. Arthur e Hartman.
| the present pastor. will close his service
with the church October l. and return
to his former parish I'm Lynn, Mass
Mrs. Flayius Bitney has gone to Ricn-
| mond. Va. to reside with daughter
col. Joseph Rattell has opened his hotel
| at Ripton for the season
| The selcctmen havo called a special
town meeting for Saturday, June .. al
1000 a m. 70 vote on an appropriation for
| the highways to the amount II $500 At
| the annual meeting in March COL Joseph
| Battell offered to pay 500 IL the town
| would not accept State aid to thar amount
| and his proposition was accepted ana the
State aid discarded. II now appears to
| be that there was nothing in the call for
| tho annual meeting warranting the eX-
| penditurc of money coming In this way
| and a special meeting IS called with n
| proper article IN the warning II remedy
| this defect graduating exercises of
| the Middlebury high school will occur on
| Friday evening of this week at the town
| hall. Those who will take part in the ex-
ercises are as follows: Salutatory and
| essay. Gertrude May Billings; oration.
George Robert Hamilton; ESSAY. Fait,,
Grace Walker; essay, Mary Elizabeth
Tulloy; essay, Sarah Frances Fletcher:
| Grafton, John c. Elliott Voss; essay. Hat
| tie Jane Bump; essay and valedctory.
Mary Edna lockwood. Quito number a
people in this part OF tho county began
cutting hay Tuesday morning. The hay
crop Il Soins to be record breaker in