Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-21
HAPPENINGS
IN VERMONT
Local Items of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
TIE NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake to
the Passumpsic, Along Otter
Greek and by the Shores
of White River.
ADDISON
MDDLEBURY


Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bingham and chill
krcn went Monday to Rutland where
they Will make their f,Iturc home. Mr..
bingham has two positions in view and
fIs eldest son. Merrill lately clerk for
George f Marshall. will go into the Of
fee OF the Howe Scale company.-Mon-
day the best butter brought 26 cents per
pound and GEES commanded "A cents per
dozen, tie same as was paid last week
IN both cases. Tho offerings of butter
were unusually hight but the supply of
eggs was plcntiful.-Amone the out of
town people here are Albert Johnson Of
Cincinnati. J. Herbert Howe and j. w.
Jandrom of Brdport, u. \. Beecher Of
loston, J. l.. Smith of Gloversvile y.
y. and Fl. G. Palmer OF New Haven
Mrs Cleveland Lane OF New York is
the guest Of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Otto p Moore.Thomns Campbell of
Rutland has entered the employ Of the
Vermont Marble company at their mill
hore.-Thomas A. Campbell returned
Monday after a two weeks visit at his
home in Hyde Park.-Miss Cecile Dick
irson is visiting relatives In Rutland for
Il couple Of weeks-Georse F.. Cook has
gone to Orwell to remain through the
eeason.-Miss Lena Lewis, n teacher III
the graded school. has gone to Basin
]iarbor to spend the summer vacation
George W. Gibson of Troy, n Y.
travelling passenger agent for the Hudson
Navigation company, has returned to that
city after a business visit in town-Mrs
Rudolph Nette! and two children Of Bos-
-. are here to pass tho summer with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Smith
Miss Annie l.. Bailey OF Springfield,
Mass. is visiting Mrs. Ida S. Blakeslee
1t the Sargent House.-The Rev. Vernon
c. Harrington Of Oberln. Ohio. is MAX
ing his annual visit to his mother, Mrs.
Mary Harrington.--WOrk on the founda-
hon for the new national bank was be-
Eun Monday and the work of putting
UP the building will be pushed as rapidly
hs possihle.-Robert Carleton OF Dodge
vile, n. T., Is visiting old friends here
Miss Jessie Turner has gone to Fair
Haven for a three weeks vsit-Eleven
troops OF colored cavalry from Fort
Ethan Allen, with 80 baggage and supply
wagons, passed through Middlebury Sun
day forenoon. Thev did not stop here
but went along to Leicester Junction to
camp for the night. The first nights
camp on the long trip to White Plains.
\. Y. for the army maneuvers was at
ergennes.-Mrs. Charles r. Cheney and
daughter have gone 10 Rutland to visit
her mother Mrs. F. A. Provost-Mrs
Roy S. Robbins and young daughter.
who have been here on a visit to her
aunt, Mrs. Margaret tIilmour. have re-
turned to Fair Haven and Mrs Gilmour
accompanied them for a visit to Fair
haven.-Messrs. George r. Tucker and
Henry Franklin Of Fostoria, Ohio, are in
This vicinity on prospecting tour-Miss
Matte Buckley Of the Register office
has gone to jamestown, n. Y. for
visit to her brother, James Buckley.
AS George Dickinson was at
work at his lumber mill Sat-
urday he badly jammed the
palm Of his right hand.-The village
trustees are having new electric lights
placed along Main street. They are
smaller than tho regular street lights
and Will be used from midnight until
morning.-Denzil Calvin of Boston is in
town to spend the summer acation with
his mother, Mrs. John X. Dyer.-Francis
pesJardon, E years old, died suddenly
IN Shoreham while moving hay for
Theodore Richards, Death was due to
heart disease aggravated by over-exertion
and the heat He is survived by widow
ana large family of children Miss
Mary Eybar is In Port Henry, n. y for
Inc rest of the summer.-Judge and Mrs
W. w, Miles started Saturday on a drive
10 their home In Barton.-.F NJ Worthen
mas gone to Burlington to remain several
~eeks'-Charles f. Ptnney is at knights
Island, Lake Champlaln.-W. B. Bennett
mas been engaged as manager of the
Fort II Inn at Ticonderoga y. We
]. Banning. who has been the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs, John Murphy has returned
to Wcathersfed, Conn.-The June term
pf Addison county court was adjourned
without date at $40 o'clock Saturday Y
The court was In session On 81 days
MISS Anna Abbey, who has been visiting
relatives in burlington for the past
month. has returned home
President John NJ Thomas announces
that the report widely published at COM
mencement time to the effect that the
gymnasium fund of 10000 had been com
pleted was mistake. He says: What
happened is this; On commencement day,
the time limit fixed by Governor McCul-
'oush. the subscriptions for the gymna. f.
sium had reached s4l,5oO, and an alumnus
came forward to guarantee $500, bring
Ing the total to 10000, which Governor
Mccullough had instructed would he
snfhcient TO find his pledge of SIS 900 1t
was announced. therefore. that the COL
'ege Is sure Of $50, co., and that the danger
or losing Governor McCulough's gift had
peen avoided. There Is still $4,000 to be
raised on the $GO0o0 gymnasium fund as
originally proposed" There still remains
palahce of s62. l9l 30 to be subscribed TO
The 100000 general fund In order 10 secure