Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12

OiHceTS elected: frcSluent, MrS. Jullu
Witherill; senior vlce-president, Mrs
Mary Weston; junior vicc-president, Mrs
Sarah Mulheron; treasurer, Mrs. Adciinc
Clough; chaplain Mrs. Sarah Spaulding;
conductrnsp, Miss Lulu Shepard guard,
Miss Ncva Shepard: patriotic Instructor,
Mrs. Lillian Iottman; assistant patriotic
instructor. Katherine Young; delegates to
the department convent n, Miss Mable
Neser. Mrs Elizabeth Wright, Miss Sadie
Rockwell; aiternates. Mrs Lillian zott-
man, Mrs. Lettie Tooes and Miss
Katherine Young.
Alpha Camp Modern Woodmen Of
America, held their annual meeting Fri
day in their rooms on College street
, Reports OF officers showed that over
5000 had been paid widows Of brother
Woodmen during the year, and that $3.50
had found Its way into the homes OF
| Woodmen for sick benefit. The follow
| ing officers were elected: Consul, \. +.
| Nichols; past consul, Joseph Cote; advi-
| sor. +. c. Jackman; banker, A. T. Chlds;
clerk. William Thyme; escort, T. A. No
Milan Waterman, William Simpson: SEN
try. Henry Frank; trustees, II. II. Sails,
a. s. Dewey, +. @. Jerome; physicians,
Drs. Il. J. Bombard and J. E. Laroquc.
| There are now 300 members Of the order
II. this city.
BE Goesbriand Court, Women's Catholic
Order of Foresters, held their annual
meeting last evening in their hall at 81
! church street. The following officers
we're elected: Chief ranger. Mrs. May
! Carln; vce-chief ranger. Mrs. Ellen Sui
Ivan; recording secretary. Miss Josie
Welch financial secretary. Miss Gertrude
| Giddngs: treaturer. Miss Mary a.
! Guyette: first trustee, Miss Josephine
Cabana second trustee. Miss Margaret
Gill; third trustee. Miss Mary Caulieid;
senior conductress. Mrs. May Collins
junior conductress. Miss May Courtney;
inside seltinel. Miss Mary Giddines; out.
side sentinel, Mrs Helen Moran; chaplain,
the Rev. J. NJ. Kennedy: physician. Or.
T.. r. Murray.
The annual election of officers Of Cham
plain Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles,
was held in the club rooms Thursday.
The order was shown by the reports Of
the officers to be in an excellent condi-
ton, and that is one of the reasons that
| Joseph Cote was selected to head the
society for another year. over a thousand
during the past year and withstanding
this considerable gain was made in the
bank account. Officers were elected AS
follows: Worthy president. Joseph Cote
worthy vice-prcsident, Charles ST Pierre;
worthy secretary, Oscar Heininscr:
worthy treasurer, ]. J. Dubuc: inside
! guard. A. r. Thaycr outside guard Il.
| Phillc; physician, y. J. Bombard trustee
|
An Interesting addition to the relics IN
the rooms of Stannard Post in the Memo
rial building has been recently made 1t
comprises a number of confederate bank
notes placed in a frame together with a
letter and photograph from Franklin
MacNcaEh, secretary of the treasury
The notes are of 500. $50. $50, so and s.
number of such notes which the treasury
department is sending out to Grand Army
posts for preservation among other inter,
csting relics. After the notes had beer
received request was sent to Secretary
MacVeagh for his photograph He re-
sponded with one at once and this was
placed with the notes and letter behind
the glass. the whole making II very pleas
!
They just cannot behave up at Sim
: I'raXton's, il appears. Every time thu
sheriff 5 department raid the place thing,
quiet down for q week or two. only /,
break out again Down in freshly dug
hole under the kitchen floor yeStcrda
Sheriff Allen discovered n new consign
ment of wet goods and man name,
Beechcr Hamilton, who seems to haV'
been in charge of the place since BraX
ton disappeared several weeks ago. wa:
= arrested and brought to tho jail at Bur
lington. The liquor seized by the sheriff
> consisted of II bottles ~ various kind
+ of wine, some Jugs of whskey and gin
= and some sacks filled with bottled beer
A trap door In the floor led to the secre
hiding place and this was covered Will
7 a carpet.
= The New York Tribune has an accoun
d of the sale at the Anderson Galleries o
s the library of the late Edward ]. Phelps
d which attracted a throng of booklovers
"a The IA lots sold brought total o
q 81 452, 70. OF this amount the highest pric
n was $l15, which was paid by the Uni
Il versal Art company for 15O colored plate.
n bound in two large volumes, of "Th
r. Niviparous Quadrupeds of North Amer
n ica,' said to be very scarce edition. b
John James Audubon and John Bachmar
For a complete set, In twenty-five volume.
t. of The Alpine Journa-A Record c
l. Mountain Adventure and Scientific OF
g servation from the Beginning in 1873 /
+. 1865" G. T.. Stechert Co. gave 81. A con
=. plete set of first editions of Roscoe's 9TH
l. Novelists Library" illustrated by Cruik
i. shank, in nineteen volumes. was sold o
D. order for So,
D.. A change OF considerable importanc
p will take place shortly, it is understood
f. AZ the Lake View sanitarium on Mort
a, avenue. now conducted by Dr.. Walter
H. Berry. when Dr. Morgan b. iIodskins {
Palmer, Mass, will assume charge Of til
affairs Of the sanitarium as associate d
Ii rector with Or. Berry. The latter expect
In to leave for an absence of n year abroa
a as soon as the details Of the change al
r. perfected. Or. Hodskins is n graduate
II the medical department OF the tnivcrsi'
e. o. Vermont, class OF 1893 He was ma
IN ri II on Wcdn esday of this week in Posto
nj to Miss Myrtle Howard bowling. Dr., an
n. Mrs. Hodskins will reside al the santa
H. rum after January Is. 1913. Tho stoI
as cottage at Lakeview. now occupied !
in DR.. Berry, will be given over to the II.
oe of patients. as we'll as the other ~
buildings DIR. Hodskins and his wife W
reside In the main sanitarium building
IS the rooms formerly occupied by i