Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-06
LAMOILLE COUNTY
STOWE.

lion. Healy c. Akeley, of Minneapolis,
donor of Stoves splendid soldiers
memorial building. who Is making his an
nual visit to Vermont. visited stowe Sat
urday as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs G.. L.
Mcmahon. He was accompanied by his
niece. Mrs. WATSON Of Waterbury, Mr..
Akeley's stay in Stowe was brief but he
found time to visit the m ,morlal building
and to purchase supply of Vermont
maple sugar.-Mrs. +. n. Sherbut and
Miss Grace Dewey visited their sister,
Mrs Human Grout, In Waterbury Friday.
From there Mrs. Sherbut was called to
Burlington, where Mr. Sherbut is SER
iously Ill at the Mary Fletcher hospital.
Miss Grace Bigelow of the Springfield,
Mass, Technical high school Is at the
home Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
r. Bigclow. for the summer vacation.
William ]. Miles of Derby Line, who was
severely injured by a fall from the cliff
in Smuggler's Notch, has recovered
sufficiently to leave stowe for Lisbon,
~ H., and the White mountalns.--A
pleasant surprise party was given Miss
Martha Campbell Friday evening by
about twenty OF her young friends at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T..
Campbell. The ladies' Of the Congrega-
tonal Church served ice cream on
the lawn on the evening OF the Fourth. -
Mrs. John p. Browning of Salem Mass,
Is a guest at "Thc Lodges" the homo
Of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin r. Bigelow.-
Mrs. O. +. Gerry returned Saturday from
Barre, where she has been retained sew
eral weeks by the illness of her daughter.
M. II. Riddell and party of burlington
arrived ut his cottage at Lake Mans
field Saturday.
The Fourth passed very quietly in
Stowe. a good breeze made the extreme
heat more bcarablc. but thermometers
registered from 9G TO ln. The places of
business in the village closer in the aft
ornoon. 1t was expected to celebrate tho
Fourth by starting up tn" electric lights
in the streets, but the equipment was not
quite completed. a game of base bah in
the forenoon between the Stowe high
school and IIardwick teams resulted in a
score Of to in favor of stowe. The
batteries We're I.crimer ana Hitchcock for
Hardwicl1 and Daigncau ana Ploof and
Parker for Stowe. In the afternoon an
other game was played by the same
parties with score of Z to In favor of
Stowe The battery for lIardwick was the
same rs In the forenoon. for Stowe,
Robinson and Ploot ma Daigneau and
Parker-The members of the Appalachian
club returned from Mt Mansfield and
took train for Waterbury Tuesday after
noon Some of the men went into the
Notch from the Lake of the Clouds Az
were pleased with their experiences on
the mountan.-Nlr. and Mrs. f. T. Sher-
but returned from Burlington Tuesday
Mr.. Sherbut Is recovering from a serious
illness.-Nr. and Mrs II. Is. Faunce and
family enjoyed a picnic dinner at the
Palisades Park Tuesday Amonf; those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Il. w. Dill
bingham and son, Albert, of Saxtons
River, Mr and Mrs. Claude Chaffee and
Henry F'aunco Of Elmore Mr.. and Mrs
w. II. Faunce Of llardwick While work
Ing at the planning machine at c. e. &
Il. .. Burts mills, Louis Pioof had his
left hand badly injured by n hardwood
silver, which entered the back of the
hand about an inch and half, requiring
| the aid OF a surgeon 10 extract t.-Miss
| Douglass is disabled by an ahscess on
the left hand.-Miss Frankie Smith has
gone to johnson, N. H., for the ruinmer
| Ruth the little daughter Of Albert w.
| Foster, returned Tuesday from a visit OF
several weeks to her aunt, Mrs, John
Croney, In Northhed-Jesse Moody of
Bethel is a visitor in stowe.
| Mrs. Emeline A. Moody. widow of
Alison S. Moody, died Sunday evening,
July Q, at her home near Moscow. aftcr
| a long Illness with tuberculosis. Mrs.
Moody was born in Waterbury ca years
ago She was the daughter of the late
Mr. md Mrs Hiram Town and has