Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04

X. Tulley has returned from Fair Haven.
where she has been for several weeks
visiting her rlother.-Thc cattle shipment
Monday consisted of three carloads.--
Truman Rockwood who had been In III
health at his home IN East Middlebury
with pneumonia, died Sunday evening at
the age Of - years lie Is survived hy
one daughter, Miss Flora lockwood, who
has nada rcr home with him. The fun
oral wa. held Wednesday afternoon at
two o'clccl. at the Nj hodist Church of
that vllAre.--rhc Memorial Baptist
Church will hold its supper and roll call
Thursday evening, April 1s.--Michael
Mack and family are moving to Char
Iottc.-Nrs Mary Ioylan has gone to
Rutland, having been called there by the
death OF a relatively. Mcclellan, who
has been visiting with his family here
for the past week, has gone to Montreal.
Miss J r. wood loft Tuesday for Bel
lows Falls, where sho will spend the
next two WoCks.-S r. Kendall has re-
turned from Burlington, where he has
been to see his wife who is at the Mary
Fletcher hospital.--N. l.. Rivers spent
Sunday with his family in Vergennes.-
MIR. and Mrs Frank G. Warren have
gone to Northampton Mass.--Monday,
market day. eggs brousht from Il to Al
cents and butter 30 to 80.
The cti7on.' omnlttee and the COM
mlttee OF William T. Russell Post No 81,
G. a. r.. met IN the 6. a. X. hail Monday
evening and organized for the purpose OF
preparing for the Observance OF Memorial
day. The meeting was called 70 order 10y
I Comradc Charles f.. Youtt aud William
l.. Cady vas elected hartman, Thomas
+. Burns. TREASURER. and Charles f. Rich
secretary. Several committees were APP
pointed and the meeting then adjourned
until the call Of the secretary.-About 30
of the farmers in This section met at the
Addison house Mondav evening to take
action relative to the price they We're
receiving for their milk thev organized.
olcctfng Charles otis Of Cornwall as
president and John Hammond of Mddlr-
| bury. secretary ana treasurer. \ COM
munication was drawn up which will he
sent to the New Work. Dairy company
demand $40 ror hundred for their milk
for the next eiN months The company is
| given one week to make reply and meet
demands. If they are not granted they
will withdraw their supply Of milk for
one year-'rhe entire lot of household
furniture belonging 10 DR.. Blanchard's
estate was sold ut auction Monday. Tile
/ listers of this town have begun their
work.-The young peoples chorus of the
Methodist Church will present the cantata,
"Springtidc Voices" n the church Easter
Sunday.-A team Of horses belonging TO
John Lucia became frightened at the
! New York milk station at a passing train
and started on a wild run up Seymour
street. freeing themselves from the heavy
wagon. They were caught on Washington
street and there as no great damage
! done except dsfguring thc wagon a
| litte-The Easter vacation of Middle
bury College Will begin Friday and
continue until Tuesday April li-Prof
Walter E. Howard IS seriously III with
heart trouble at his home on South street
The Association for Missions OF the
| Congregational Church will meet for Il
! thank offering for home missions ON Fri
day at 2:Sy y. III. in the Vestry CT the
church. Leader, Mrs y. y. LancIster -
| The Woman's Auxiliary of the \. Nj. G, y.
! Will hold 4 regular meeting Monday at
! three o'cloCh.-SlX inches more snow feu
| tuesday nisht.--Mrs. Emily Eddy ANA her
daughter. Miss rlOrence Eddy, are NOV
| ing from " eYbrdge street TO the Murroe
| house on seminary street-friends OF
! Fred q. Brookins of Case street are talk
ing OF running him for representative of
| Alddlebury IN the Legislature the coming
! iall.-Many Middiebury people have been
| In Burlington this week to attend the
grand opera performances. The largest
number went Wednesday ay.-Among the
people here from Out Of town are H. V.
! Hewett of East Clarendon, Merrill o..
! Field of Cornwall a. H. Smith of Fair
| Haven, John Il. Mansfield of Lynn, Mass.
| II. T. Miller of Troy, y. Y. and Frank
A. Nisun of Brldport. Harry Burns re-
turned Wednesday night from Worcester,
! Mass, where he is student at Holy
Cross College. for two weeks with his
parents. Mr., and Mrs. John II. Burns
Of the Logan House.--The eXamina tions
| for clerks and carriers at the postoffice
on Saturday next will be conducted By
Arthur Hinman of the postotiice force In
the absence OF Ralph G. Holmes. who
was originally scheduled to perform the
duty but has eft the office and taken
n position In st. Mbans.-Ranso $.
| benedict after a few days Illness. is able
| to attend to business again at his store
George Steele went Wednesday to Albany,
! y. y, where he expects to he employed
for the next two or three weeks.-Mr.
| and Mrs. George Griswold and Miss Helen
/ Griswold returned to Schenectady. y. Y.
! Tuesday night after three weeks In Mid
dlebury and vicinty.-Mr, and Mrs. Mason
| Dupaul and children of Leicester June
| tion, former residents of Middlehury. have
moved to this town and taken tho Murk
land house on College street.-Miss Mable
Wales, who has been visiting her mother.
| Mrs B F. Wales of Weybridge street
| has returned to Proctor-W NJ Wheeler
Of Boston Is In town for a few days
The Middlebury College baseball team
will leave Sunday for Storrs. Conn. where
| they will play their first game with the
StorTs Agricultural school They will play
the New York University and the
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute before
they return.-Delnar Brown. who operates
n wood saving machine. while saving
wood In the east part Of the town was
| hit in the face with the belt OF he
machine which broke while the machine
was running. He received "A black
eye and his face was somewhat ont Mr.
Brown was trying to stop the machine n,
| the time of the accident. as his vour,r
son. who was assisting him. had got bis
arm caught. hut was not hurt to on,.
great extent
VERGENNES
Miss Hattie Bali died Wednesday March
of