Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-29
ion. Mr.. Cross has made many

Junction. Mr.. Cross has made many
friends among the employees of the COM
pany during his stay here AMI he was
+, Monday presented with u fine mccrsc ha rm
! pipe by the men in his department and
also with Masonic chain and charm by
the engineers and nremcn. He will be
succeeded here by Mr.. Ftzsimonds Of st.
Adams.
| Mrs. l. -. Whtcomb, who has been
| studying decorating at the Frank "
| Parsons Art school on Broadway in New
| York city. is one of the students of the
school who have been selected to go with
some of the teachers for n three months
| trip in Europe. where different schools
will he visited and the studies in that
particular branch of art pursued further
| II Is the practice of the school to select
each year students whose work is con-
sidered of sufficient merit for the trip
| The party will leave the latter part of
April.
The suit of Wanda Dawson of Hines
burg VS.. John Bradley of the same place
| was entered Tuesday in Chttcnden
county court. The complaint alleges that
some time about the 23rd of August. 1911
between August / and September TO- the
| defendant made himself responsible for
| the present condition Of the plaintiff. The
complaint was returned into court, and
the defendant Bradley as principal and
George Hart as surety recognized to the
complainant in sum of 500 for the de-
fendant's appearance at the March term
of court TO answer to the charge.
The indcxng Of the records in Chittcn-
! Iap l,si..
well, but It will he six months or more
before the work Is completed The rec
ords cover considerable more than ion
| years. from the late 1905 down to the
present time. On account Of the increas-
| ing population of the county during the
past century. there is corresponding in
crease in tie number OF records filed
annually, so that the cataloguing for later
years involves increasingly more and
more work The catalogue is now COM
plete down to about the year 1885,
The city council met last night for the
purpose of correcting the voting lists
| The number of names added was not
large falling far below the number added
al the first meeting Timothy Ploof was
elected ballot clerk in ward four to fiji
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Horace iloose. Louis w johnson
was elected Inspector of election in ward
one to h the vacancy cause by the
resignation Of II. n. Lacey. Another
meeting for the addition of names to tho
voting lists will be held tomorrow
| evening.
state Forester a. f Hawes gave
very ENJOYABLE talk last evening in the
! Of bp X al he
were filed with an audience consisting Of
the members and invited guests The
lecture was illustrated by stereopticon
views Mr.. liawes spoke. among other
things. of the plants at Plalnfield. Lynn
| donville, Sharon ana this city, and Of the
work being carried on. He also referred
to the increasing number Of seedlings
which are being put out and mentioned
the fact last year 5000 were sold as
compared to an estimated l,OO0Oo this
year.
| The case against Henry ". Papin
proprietor Of a second-class liquor H.
cense, charged with selling an adulter-
ated whiskey. was mol pressed in city
court Monday afternoon at the states
attorneys suggestion. The whiskey in
question tested so proof in a sample sub
mitted to the State laboratory by the
license commissioners, whereas the
isanplc originally sent to the state by
the whole salers was 30 proof. The pure
, drug and food law, however. provides
I that WHISTLES sold shall be from So to
| 100 proof. so that MIR. Papin was not
considered to have violated the law,
even though the sample tested from his
] place was lower than the sample from
the distillery. {
complimentary concert was given last
evening In the Congregational Church of
South Hero by Miss Alice Nash, organist,
Mrs. c. W. Harris, soprano and Messrs.
Barton and Walker. violinsts The con-
cert was given under the auspices OF
Bailey's Music company of this city, the
company having just sold to the church
a fine large Estey church organ. The
e organ, which Is reed one Ia handsomely
| encased in oak and was installed a week
s ago. The organ was purchased by the
S Ladies Aid society Of the church. The
= party that went from here to attend the
n concert included Miss Carrie s. Drew. the
il manager OF Baileys Music rooms, George
n W. Harris, Harry Brown, Mrs Alice j.
Scott, Perey Robey and Mrs Water.
the sleeper making special stop at that
> station,
}, The Intermediate department of the
h Bible school OF the First Baptist Church
: held their monthly meeting with Herbert
Il Raven Of South Burlington Friday even.
t, | Ing. There We're q who enjoyed sleigh
ride about town proceeding then to South
. Burlington by way of East avenue. !,
:, business meeting was held. with the cleo.
ton of the following officers for three
=, months: President, Miss Dorothy W
, secretary. Miss Ruth Buxton: treasurer
- Lawrence Barnes. The members of tn,
- devotional, membership and social com
mittecs were elected for another three
, months. A fine program was given by
the teachers and the boys and girls Re.
J. freshments were served by Miss Jcssi,
70 Ravclin. At $50 the return trip was made
1t phc score for the new members game,
"a for this department was reported as 50 fol-
y the Reds and AZ for the Blues
id Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Mower have return
' ed from few days stay in New Yorl
10 city. where they attended the dog show
Mr.. Mower had five of his Boston bull
entered and brought back with him lau
q rels Of all descriptions. Champion Au
= burn Happy, who has been the center o
T. attraction in many other shows. won tn