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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-28

20 the had condition Of tho roads
the schools in the town dis
tricts. which were to open next
Monday will not be opened for an
other week or two.--Julius Baker has
leased the Emily Allard house on High
street Mrs. Merritt -. Chittenden OF
Burlington is spending few days at
W. A. Fullers.--tieorge Lessor Is nov
Ing from his house on Depot street to
one owned by him on Carver street,
Mrs. Thomas Dever went Tuesday 10
Albany. y. V, to attend the funeral of
a rclativc.--Mrs. Flora Clark has re-
turned from Burlington accompanied
by her son, George. who recently un-
derwent a surgical operation at the
hospital there.
II. D. Crooks has rented his place on
Union street to +. o. Eddy of Pittsford.
who will move here early In April Mr..
crooks will move his family to Jericho
Center.-W ]. trtton has moved from the
Watson house at the head OF Park street
to E.lGc View farm recently vacated by
Rollin Lozeile.-Miss Emma Goodnow
underwent successful surgical operation
at the Mary Fletcher hospital Monday
Ransom J. Carlisle is confined to the
house by illness. President John NJ.
Thomas of Middlebury College will oc-
cupy tho pulpit at the Congregat onal
Church next Sunday Mrs. s. W. Jones
entertained party OF friends at bridge
yesterday afternoon.-Mrs. Fannie Par
melee will entertain the Ladies' Bridge
club at the Brandon Inn this afternoon
Frank T.. Rogers is moving his shoe store
from the Ilil block to the new store re-
Gently completed in the BIttles block
Wendell Rowland has gone TO Rutland.
where he has employment in the car shop.
Mrs T.. +. ilacliett and daughter have
gone to Prnctor where they will remain
for a few weeks with rela lives. Miss
Dorothy Carr has returned from 'oat-
cooke. y. O.. where she has been attend
lug business collc-e.-Siver Lake Lodge.
knights of Pythias worked the first and
second degrees on several candidates last
evening. -Rehearsals are being held for
a play to be given by a number of young
people for the benefit OF the free H.
hrary some time IN April.--,John d. Bride
died Yesterday morning at $50 O'Clock
at the home of his grandson. Julius Bride.
after few weeks Illness. He was %
years Of age. He is survived Ivy one son,
Henry Bride who lives here. The fun
eral will he held Friday afternoon at two
o'clock from his late home.
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WINDSOR COUNTY
BETHEL.

4 committee from Middle Branch
Grange appointed Tuesday evening TO
solicit funds 10 build a hall at East Bethel
has already secured pledges of ssn.-
John Winthrop iIibbard. aged s5 wears,
one Of the towns Old residents. died ut
Fred Howand's Thursday. after an i'll
ness Of several weeks. He came here in
1850 and In 1852 built shop. where he
carried on a whcelwright business until
quite recently. His wife was Laura T..
Woodbury. of Bethel and she died 10 years
ago The funeral was held Saturday
at 200 p. m. the Rev. Henry 4. Park
hurst officiating Mrs. Julia Rindge.
native OF Rochester and for some time
resident Of Randolph died Friday morn
ing at John Morse's. where she had
boarded several months. She was Is
years OF age and had been in poor health
during her residence here. She was an
aunt OF the Rev David {. Thatcher OF
Providence. r. l.. Methodist minister,
formerly having a parish in this town The
funeral was held Monday afternoon
- Randolpi the Rev. Joseph liaml't''
officiating Ladies' Reading c'u
met at Mrs carl u. CushinEs Thursd.
afternoon and heard an address 81
T.''USinltS ny MISS f-Hit y. w ems -
burlington. TWENTY-FIVE We're pres. ~.
Refreshments were served. Ulcers as
follows were elected by Whitcomh high
school district at the annual meeting
Tuesday March 10: Moderator, G. y, Cush-
ing; clerk Guy wilson committeeman.
three years John J. wilson treasurer.
James \. Graham; collector. r. F.. Cush-
man: auditors. G. u. Gushing. l.. NJ.
Heath. G. o. Spaulding; tax. Is cents
Woman's Relief Corps was instituted
at Bethel Thursday evening with AZ
charter members by Department Presi-
dent Nina NJ. Stoughton. assisted by the
South Royalton Womans Relief Corps
The officers elected were: President.
Serena A. Martelle; senior vice-presi,ient.
Wnifred II. Adams: junior vice. president.
Annie Wilcox: secretary. Mary A. Wynn;
treasurer, NJ. Inez Savage; chaplain.
Maria FISH conductor, Alice T. Marsh.
guard Edna Kerr; assistant conductor
Ellen NJ Preston; assistant guard. Ida
Mccullough; patriotic instructor. Nellie
Shaw, press correspondent Anna Bell
Pankhurst; musician, Lillian Cady; color
bearers, isabelle Wynn. Maud Batchelder.
l'ossiri Perkins and Rebecca Fish.
reception and banquet were given the
State officers and guests from SIX to seven
o'clock followed by Il public Installation
OF Officers
Jesse +. Mahan and Miss Maggie Hardy
We're married Saturday afternoon by the
Rev Wesley Miller. They win live in
r. RI Chamberin's tenement Harold
Smelling is Al home nom Everett. Mass.
wh,rc hr spcn; the win,er.-iiurold H.
Mo Donald began WORK Monday AS engin-
Ger At u Graniteville quarry Charles y.
Brown is III with pneumonia. Mrs. Elmer
Wooduard and Mrs. Wilbur Salter ~
Tunbrdge were here saturday to see
Mrs. ". h, Hartwell aud MsV. J.
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WESTFIELD.

Miss Mildred Bell Is at home
from Newport for the Easter recess. -
Miss Theo Hendrix Is at home from Barre
for two weeks.-Miss Mabel Benwarc and
Maurice Pickcl Of West charleston were
married at Newport Center March II. by
the Rev. Mr.. feathers and went at once
TO their home in Charleston. Mrs. Brad
ley Houston intends going TO her daugh-
ter's in st. Johnsbury soon for few
weeks. after which she will return here,
where she and her husband will keep
house.--The Christian Endeavor society
held a social in the Congregational
Church vestry Monday evening Miss
Pearl Powers of Newport Is II guest at
Mrs II. o. Miller paul Gilman sliced
off the end of his thumb Monday while
whittling.-Mrs. George Root returned
from North Troy Saturday.
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NORTHFIEI.n.

Corydon B. Gold IS very i'll one side
being paralyzed and helpless. and his
recovery is hardly expected. II.
Wasson' an aged man, died recently
AT the home OF his son, II. r.. WATSON.
on the west hill in Berlin---Florencc
cox, who has been attending the high
school here, is very i'll at the home of
her grandmother. Mrs l.. l.. Cox. on
School street, her condition being so
serious that her parents have been
summoned from New York-Guy New
ell has moved from Randolph to tho
l.. l.. Chandler farm. between North
field Falls and West Berlin-Mrs. \.
+. Macmillan is seriously i'll.
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CRAFTsBURY.

Mr. and Mrs. y. s Sawyer spent Sun
day with Mr.. Sawyer's sister. Mrs. Uric.
at East Craftsbury Mrs. Bert Jones Is
ill.-The Ladies' Aid Is to meet with Mrs.
!. NJ. Patterson Thursday afternoon.-The
academy is closed for 10 days Easter
vacation.-Harry Macenter is repairing
the interior Of his housc.--Henry King
has exchanged his blacksmith shop in
this village for farm In Hardwick.
Blanche Uric is at home from Montpelier
for the Easter vacation, Royal Goodwin.
aged y years. died Monday of pneumonia
The funeral was held Wednesday at the
Congregational Church, the Rev. Mr..
Gordon officiating. Henry Weaver has
gone to Tardwick to work for Henry
king,-ln the wrestling match last sat
urday evening in the town hall between
Mr. Sherburn OF st. Johnsbury and Mr..
Crookshank of Hardwick, Sherburn was
the victor in three rounds.
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WORCESTER.

r. d. Vail and II. L. Abbott are serv-
ing on the Jury at Montpeier.-A special
town meeting has been called for March
Is at 1000 a. m. to elect a selectman to
take the place Of r. r. Hutchinson, re-
signed. Mrs Estelle A. Wilson is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs A. c. Jones, OF
Rarre.-Frederick Upton has moved TO
Putnamville and Herman Cross has NOV
ed to the tenement vacated by Upton In
the Forester's hall building.-P II. Rich
ardson sold his heavy horses to Lord
brothers on Saturday and has given up
the grain and feed business for the pres
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RANDOLPH CENTER.

Miss Marion Huntington has been elect
ed historian of the Daughters of 1872 by
che local chapter at Montpelier.--Miss
Lucinda Worse is at home as the authori-
ties closed the school In Woodstock,
where she was teaching, on account Of
ecorlet feve1.-A paper circulated here
resulted IN raising $3.50 for the benefit
Of the Vermont Agricultural school base
ball team.-The ladies' Of the memorial
society held social with Mrs. n L.
Boyden last week. at which they realized
es6O-NNss Elizabeth Holden Is spend
ing the Easter vacation at the old
homestead. The Rev Robert Clark will
preach in Inttsford Sunday. where they
have extet ded Z "osll 10 him as pa stor A
young man from Bangor, Mo. expects 10
preach at the Federated Church Sunday
ct 1870 O'clock.-The Easter vacation OF
the Agricultural school will commence
Friday afternoon and continue next week.
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GREENSBORO.

George Marshall was in ST Johnsbury
over Sunday.-E A. Baker was up from
Roston last week for a short business
trip.-W. S. jackson returned To wal
than, Mass, Thursday The village
schools closed Friday Mis-. Joselyn OF
Barton is moving to Greens boro and will
make her home with her brother, L. W.
HARRISON. Homer Harrison. G.. II. Miller,
:amucl Insdd and Edward Domey were
Barton saturday Henry Benjamin re-
burned from Burlington March 20
and is feeling some better than Two
weeks agO.E. f.. Harrison has been III
with the grip for a few days.--The re-
publiOln caucus Is called for Saturday
AT 200 p m. AT the Town han to appoint
delegates to the State convention and
The second district convention for tho
IMPOSE Of electing delegates to the r.
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EAST WARREN.

l.. G. Colby was in Montpelier Mon
day.-Mr and Mrs. Charles Fitch and
daughter OF Burlington are spending few
days in town.-Mr. and Mrs. Lauren
Poland have gone TO White River juno
ton. where they have employment.-Leon
llrown has moved to the farm he recent
IS purchased Of Mrs. Aliner Curtln.-John
Mobus was in Montpelier Tuesday.-An.
drew Church visited his sister. who Is in
the Mary Fletcher hospital. Friday
Elolse McClaf'in has gone to Randolph
to stay with her aunt. Mrs Joseph
f-ldridre
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BROWNINGTON.

Barton, where she has been visiting rela-
tlves.--George Merriam has been having
the town clerks office and the tenement
over the store repaired MIR. and Mrs.
Ira Gray and children visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilman Hill Of East Charles
ton last week Frank Rowe fell from
the high beams in the barn last week
and sprained an ankle.-Norrs Crow has
moved TO Charleston. Fred Foster vas
in Pike. ~ H.. last week. Wesley
Moore went to the hospital az ST. Johns
bury las, week and is doing as we'll as
could he expected.
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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.

The executive committee of the Hart
ford forward movement has organized
the following committee on education
Mrs II NJ. Emery. Mrs. t. VI. Come.
George Brockway. William Wallace. 8.
b. Wright. r F. smith, NJ. P. Stanley.
r. l.. ingalls, IT was also voted to in
vi,c the president OF the White River
Junction board of trade to become one Of
the vice-presdents of the forward move
ment. The Rev. J. 4. Scheuerle was APP
pointed delegate TO represent the Hart
ford forward movement at the meetings
soon 70 he held at Montpelier in the in
tercsts Of a greater Vermont
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FORESTDALE.

Mr.. and Mrs |. W. Horn have returned
from New York.-Thc Womans Auxiliary
met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs
Flora Reed Mr. and Mrs. 4. ". Chencv
lave gone to Gens Falls y. v. to reside
The lenten cottage service was at tho
home of + T.. Partlow Wednesday even
ing.--F. J. Bacon is erecting a building
for the manufactures of banjos J. a.
Saunders of Ludlow IS assisting in ths
work. Herbert Aines of Whiting and
Miss Daisy Miles of this place were mar
ried at the brides home Wednesday. Mr..
and Mrs. Aines will reside in Whiting
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WASHINGTON COUNTY
MONTPELIER.

In Washington county court Friday
the divorce case of llecn Byron against
Francis Byron, alleging intoerable sever
i'y. was heard 10y Judge f. l.. Waterman.
only one witness beside the petitioner
was heard. The parties live in East Mont
pelier The case of Emma S. Batchelder
against Arch Batcheder, charging will
ful desertion. was also heard Friday
The parties live in Plainiield. In the case
of Mar ]. Tatro against Horace Tatro
OF Waterbury. witnesses were used to
establish the various acts of cruel and
abusive treatment alleged to have been
inflicted Oh the plaintiff by her husband
Sheriff f. II. Tracy Went to Vergennes
Friday with Clayton Barrett. L.
year-old Woodbury. boy. About u month
ago the boy was brought here from
Woodbury. and was to have been taken
to Nergennes the next day by Superin-
tcndent Barss, who was in town The
boy was allowed TO go on the streets that
night and skipped, being located wi,~ 80
mother in New Hampshire by Sheriff
Tracy.
Acting under the direction Of Probation
Officer Thomas, Sheriff Tracy has arrest
cd Romeo Ro,clli of Mortified. Botelli
lockup ~ Northnold. I, is alleged that
since the expiration of the sentence he
has been arrested for breach of the
peace following family trouble and that
this constitutes n breach of the conditions
Of probation. w. a. Lord has pren IT,
taincd by Eotelli and - expected the
case Will be contested on the ground that
the second arrest was after the origina.
sentence expired and that it did not con-
stitutc "A breach Of parole, making the
present arrest illegal
Judge T.. l.. Waterman in WASHINGTON
county court has appointed BENJAMIN
Gates guardian of the two minor children
of Rome q. Brown of Minneapolis on the
application OF Fred L. Laird. attorney for
Joseph g. Brown In the matter OF the
will Of Andrew G. Brown. Rome q.
Brown, appellant. The will leaves third
of the estate to the wife and children of
Rome g. Brown, Mr. Brown being left
with merely nominal bequest. and he
has filed an appeal In county court
against the probatine of the will. II. c.
Shurtleff appears for him. Attorney Laird
moved for the appointment of a guardian
and Mr.. Brown was suggested, but the
suggestion was not entertained by the
court and Mir. Gates was named. The
case is on the jury trial calendar and is
expected to hc reached this term.
Little business was transacted in Wash
ineton county court Thursday. The cour,
heard the divorce case OF Celia L.. smith
against George T.. Smith, NJ NJ. Gordon
for the petitioner. Bail has been fixed at
800 in the case of State against r. ralaro
G hurgtd with selling liolor and was fur-
nished by j. Il. Sanguinettl.
considerable complaint Is being made
regarding the odor ana taste or Berlin
wa ter. For the past 10 DAYS. or since
tho thaw beean the water has tasted
so 'troheiE OF surface water or o'h'r
nhpuritS mat many people nave resorted
TO boiling II and there is general com
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ORLEANS COUNTY
DERBY.

Mrs. Nelson Stevens Is ill.-It is report
ed that Heman Fairchilds can live but a
few days,-Miss Ltchfield of Boston is
tho new elocution teacher InvestigatiOn
are still being held In regard to the de-
portation of Thomas SQuires. now In the
hospital at Waterbury.-The Congrega-
tional Ladies' Circle met with Mrs Luoien
jennie Wednesday
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FAYSTON.

Garth f.. Bingham has received an ap-
po'ntment as custom house inspector and
collector IN the district of Burlington. -
ernest Cameron has moved onto the John
LIVINGSTON place which he has rented
George Martin was at Mrs. +. A. Bragg $
Few days last week He has II position
In Richmond as manager of large farm
ana dairy of Is Holstein cows-.Mrs,
Lizzie a, Livingston is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. NJ. Nichols, in Montpelier, -
John H. SMALL was In Montpelier on bust
ness Monday
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NORTH TROY.

j. l.. Lewis was taken Ill In New York
city, where he stopped on his return trip
after spending the winter in Georgetown
Ga. and he Is now in the Polytechnic hos
pital. West S4th street. Mrs. Lewis Is
with him.
The mea, firm of Tisdale & Mills has
dissolved, the former selling to the latter,
who will manage the business. John l..
Lewis. who when taken i'll in New York
about two weeks ago. went to the Poly
clinic hospital in that city. is improved
He expccts TO reach home soon
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SOUTH WOODBURY..

Wesley Wheeler is suffering from the
effects OF boil-A r Lamberton has
been substituting for the mail carrier
EDWARD spencer, who has been ma
large delegation from This town attend
ed me Pomon, Grangr lately held in
tas' Montpelier, Miss Louise Watt Of
6aIre Is spending tho Faster vocation
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publican national convention at Chicago
June ls.-By instructions received from
tho post-ofiicc department tho Sunday
opening of the village post-olicc will he
discontinued after May 1.--Charlcs
Wright and Ralph Strcctcr returned to
their homes in Massachusetts the first
of the week.. 5. Collins goes to New
Hampshire this week to visit his son.
Carol
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with her sister, Mrs. Ewen.--Mrs L. w.
Haskell has returned from st. Johnsbury
where she was called by the death of her
niece. Mrs. Burt Spaulding Claude
George. a young man who has been work.
Ing for Lee Daniels on lumber job, was
struck on the head Monday by a falling
limb and for several hours was rendered
uncons oious.
La Junta tribune., 1912-11-16
Near vletery in Defeat.

Now let those who fear that the
recent election was progrcssiy. de
feat consider what II really meant
Governor johnson recently made n
remark 10 MS which illuminos the
situation clearly. II" declared that
th' most s,atesma like and patriotic
act Of Theodore Rooseyclrs career
was his insist.ncc upon the formation
nt a new party. not only In the Ma
ton, but In every stat" aud every
county. because this. while It made
victory Impossible IN 1912. would
make Il Inevitable In 1876.
lad II not been f1r Roosoyelts
Wlsr aud unsolfish devotion TO this
purpos. there would have been com
pr mises and combinations between
'Ho two groups # republicans. di.
vision Of the electoral yoi" In safe.
ly republican states between TAFT
aud Roosevelt. ard y ssibly pr"yen.
ton of democratic victory But sue
Co.'S by iha, method would have been
apparcnt. net real, and would sim
ply have delayed the final conflict
and the triumph of the right
ls II . defeat when party. born
nuly ninety days ago. a, It's first
lection springs into the place of
tho chief minority party Of III" Ma
tinn' when 1, trusts back into
'hlrd place n party which had ruled
the Nation f,r forty out Of the last
hf,y years. When II reduces re-
pubiicaniam to the piiiabl" feat of
rarryinx three states, with twelve
Electoral votes. as AGAINST thirty
s,at"s. with ~, electoral votes. only
four years ago' When II has ear
ried Pssnsyivapia. proof AGAINST an
sauit fer . scnrration' When II has
csrricd Illinois and MichiEan and
Kanaas and Washington. boas'.d ms
imprcxnably republican When II
has won the advantage Of being the
chief minority party In most of the
counties In New York and In score
II other states'
II this b. defeat. let III" enemies
of progrcssivism make the most o'
t.--phiiadeiphia North American.
La Junta tribune., 1912-11-16
A Great Movement.

lh'Se are days of concentrated
and unified effort in great enterpris.
es' Undoubtedly the most far reach.
ing effort ever put forth in this
couniry by the church of Jesus Christ
Is s>'h" observance of Home Mission
week, November 18th to 24th. The
movement is wholly educational and
ihsplraioual, and is promoted by
the iome Missions Council of the
redeFal'i Church of Christ In Amer.
erai boards engaged in national home
mission work, and the Council of Wo.
men for Home Missions. made up of
nine womcn's boards. These bodies
represent a church membership of
twenty two millions.
The American home mission enter.
prise, AS represented In the various
mission boards OF our country, is
one OF the biggest. broadcast, brav.
est movements in the United States.
becauS" It stands for the physical. 40
ciai. economic, intellectual. and re-
hStous welfare OF all the people
Home Mission Week is an attempt
TO impress upon every man and wo-
man ut the churches OF every evan.
geiicaI nomination In this country
the supreme Importance OF saving
Amerira for the Kingdom OF God
through the established agencies OF
the church. II will be campaign
OF education through the use of lit
eraturr the press, study.classes. and
confer.
The subjects selected for discus.
sion during the week are:
SnndHy. November l7-"Our Coun.
try's Debt TO Christ" Units In
Maxim Our Country Gods Country. :"
Mondag. November ls-"American
Indian Africans and Asiatics"
Z Tu"sdaE November 19-"The From.
tier and the Island Possessions
Welr"sday. No, emb 20-"The In
migrant
/ Thursday, November 2l-"The Ru.
raj REGIONS and the Cities Z"
Fr'dav No enter 2s-''Amei an
Social Problems"
Sunday November 2i-"Our Coun-
try's Opportunity for Christ" Uni.
~ In Making Our Country Gods
Couniry
The local churches viii cooperate
with the general movement. holding
\ union meeting each night. at which
the pastors will discuss the above
topics in turn. The meeting Mon.
day night will be at the Methodist
church. Tuesday at the First Pres.
byterian church. Wednesday at the
Christiau church. Thursday at the
Reform Presbyterian church. Fri.
day ., the baptist church. Sunday
evening. November ?tth. viii be- Civ
On TO . union meeting at the NJ T.
church. Theme: Unity in Making
Our Country Gods Country" The
public 10 cordially invited.