Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-19
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT

has returned from 10 days trip to
Georges bank on Gloucester fishing
schooner.-The Rev. Mr.. Wright OF Jersey
City, n. j., spoke to large audience at
the headquarters of the Progressive CLUB
Tuesday evenng.--The announcement OF
the coming marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Mary Whitley of Pittsford and Moses
Wimmett was made at ST. Mary's
Church Sunday.-Mss Mary Phelps has
returned from Observation-Disclosures cara
Bruya has returned from New York,
where she has been for 10 days.-Phlip
Calhoun left Tuesday night for lights
town, N. j., where he will enter the Ped
die Insttute.-Among people here from
out of town are Frank Nisum and G. ID.
Lerue of Bridport, d. G. McCue and
Arthur Hendricks of Rutland, William j.
Gotta of Lincoln, J. j. Hoyt of Boston,
and Henry flanagan of Glens Falls, n
Y.-Mrs. Otto =. Moore has gone to
Proctor for three weeks with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ernest NJ Severance.-Miss
Edith Stage. who passed the summer here
with her parents, has returned to Fair
Haven.-E. ID. Bowker has returned and
taken position here after year in
Ludlow.-NIr. and Mrs. II. d. Archer, Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. q.
Rase and son. Stanley. spent Sunday with
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Lasher, it being MIR.
Lasher's birthday.
The fall term of the Mid 1lebury
College will open this morning at s:45
o'clock in the congregational Church.
when Presi lent John NJ. Tnomas will
deliver the annual opening addres ).
Already there are a largo number of
students IN town and it is estimated
that the entering class will number
in the neighborhood of 15O..-Although
! searching parties have been on the
outlook since Sunday no reliable clue
has yet been found to the whereabouts
of Mckinley Mathews. woo disappear
ed from his homo here Sunday morn
ing. Every clue which has been oh
| tanned has been followed up to no ef-
feet. The family is nearly distracted
Il. j. Hubbard has sold to Fred Hay
den 1913 model Overland automobile
which he brought from Dover, N. H
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth b. Cushman
Mrs. A. II. Jennings and Hollis NJ
Jennings of Haverhill, Mass, who a.
rived Sunday night by automobile
have gone to Enosburg Falls to visr
Mr.. Cushman's parents. They will &
by automobile from there to Haverhiil
In the calf-stealing case of the STATE
vs.. Frank w. Taylor the jury Tuesda :;
evening brought in verdict of no,
guilty and the respondent was dis
charged. 1.-The frequent rains of the
last four weeks have soaked tn,
toes have begun to rot In some sec
tions on clay ground 1t Is feared IA
there will be a loss of considera biz
part Of the crop if the rain continue s
| Plenty of excellent potatoes can now
| be had at IS cents a bushel in thi.
village.-Joseph Calhoun has gone &c
New York for few days.-Amont
people here from out of town are w
+. helwick of Rutland. w. c. Bos
worth and Robert English of New
York city, A. r. King ana George n
Holden of Boston, Max y. Mills o
Chicopee Falls. Mass, and F. c. Rem
nett of Warren.-Dr. Wright of New
Jersey will address the progessives a
a meeting in the town hall Tuesda.
evening.--George jerome has move'
| HIS IdIIlIIN mere ITOiIi NcIHeuueS INV
will make this his future home.-Worl
on the addition to the Battell blocl
has been resumed. the material hav
ing arrived.-Joseph Cobb s makins
alterations on the interior of the IN
per story of his block on Main street
A part of the fire department wa
called to the home of r. S. Benedic
on Court street to put out n chime,
fire Tues lay afternoon. The blaZ
was soon extrnguished with the aid Q
n chemical tank--Mrs. Charles Hook
er, who has spent the past few month
in Boston with her husband. has re
turned and opened her house on Semi
nary street Miss Nina Chaffec is act
ing as bookllceper at the Beckwitl
store during the absence of Miss Al
Mary RarroWs has returned from Rut
land.-Edwin d. Howe of Valatie, y
v, a graduate of the college in tn
class of 1887, Is in town.-Mr. an
Mrs. Roswell FELTON, and Miss Georgi
FELTON, of Malone, n. V, are in thu
vicinIty.-W has been begun ol
some important improvements AMI a !
ditions to the Memorial Baptist Church
which will cost about $4,000. Thes
will include covered way over ~
walks about the building