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

and Wheeler Morgan gave a piano solo,
artistically rendered Mr.. and Mrs. Lord
and son left Monday for Boston, their
future home. in order to enable Lee to
continue his studies on the violin.
The amount of unpaid taxes handed
over to Constable n. C. Florence for COL
lection by Treasurer l.. c. Grant is sew
eral hundred dollars less this year than
last. although the accounts are in tke
names of about 100 more persons. There
were about 1,7oo accounts, and of these
between 300 and 400 have since been paid.
The amount for collection this year was
$ls,146n. as compared with $l4,4993O a
year ago.
In probate court Saturday there was a
settlement and deere in tne several
estates Of Cynthia NJ. Wood Of Burling-
ton, Phoebe Miner of Colchester and Jane
NJ Franklin Of Colchester. A license to
sell real estate was granted in the estate
Iof Lucy r. Gilman of Hinesburg. and In
the estate Of Domathde Fourier of
Burlington Harry s. Howard was APP
pointed administrator. with Martin s.
Villas and c. p. Cowles appraisers
G. A. Emo, a vegetable peddlar. was ar
rested by Weight and Measure In
spector Fleury Saturday for CIV
ing short weight in potatoes. He
! was later arragned in city court
and fined S and costs, which he paid.
Purchasers of potatoes are often misled
| by measures which do not contain within
| u few pounds of what they are claimed to
| hold. Some peddars are. therefore. en-.
abled to apparently undersell other people
when they are in reality charging more.
Stannard Woman's Relief Corps gave a
reception Monday night in Memorial hall to
Mrs C. L. Rand, who will soon leave with
| her family to reside in California. Mrs
| Rand has been treasurer of the Woman's
Relief Corps the past IA years. and as
| token Of their love and esteem for the
! faithful service not only as an officer but
n member of the organization. she was
presented with diamond ring by Mrs,
G. =. Martin in behalf of the corps, which
was accepted very feelngly by Mrs Rand
The stone ledge of w. s. Phelps on the
Shelburne road was entered some time
Thursday night and pipes and hose and
siphons were torn up and thrown around
The footprints of a shoe found in the vi
entity have been measured and this with
| other clues Will be used to apprehend the
vandal Mr.. Phelps has oifered reward
of $40 for Information leading to the arrest
of the guilty party. The same sort OF
vandalism, only on more oX.ensive scale,
| was committed about two years ago, but
no one was apprehended.
The wedding Of George NJ. Cote of 149
Cherry street and Miss Erma Levee of
Z Allen street was solemnized Tuesday
morning at six o'clock at St. Joseph's
| Church. The Rev ]. A. Lacouture per-
formed the ceremony. The bride was at
| tended by Miss Rhea Bessett and the
groom by Philip IAbombard The bride
wore blue travelling dress. and black
picture hat. She carried a white prayer
hook. wedding breakfast followed the
ceremony at the home of the brides moth
er. Mrs. Alice Levee. Mr. and Mrs Cote
left for wedding trip to Montreal
Miss Helen Hyde Presbrey daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. s. Presbrey OF this
| city, and Clarence T. Demlng. an cleo
trical engineer with the General Electric
company and travelling out of Seattle.
Wash. were married Friday afternoon
at three O'Clock by Justice C. D. Grafton.
After the ceremony the couple left on the
boat for Plattsburgh and will go directly
to Seattle where they will reside. The
| bride IS a graduate of the Burlington
high school in the class of 1903. Mr.. Dem
Ing is graduate of the George Washing
ton University School of Technology.
The Chateaugay was taken yesterday
to winter quarters in Shelburne harbor
and the crew paid off and dismissed
Captain t. r. Rockwell will spend the
winter at his home in tn, city. VIII!
Pilots Roy Rockwell and Julian Rock.
well will stay with their families ir
Alburg and Swanton respectively. Pursel
Harris Ripley left yesterday FOR his home
in Poultney and Chief Engineer William
Young went to his home in Swanton
First Mate John Hazen will be in Albure
during the winter months and Steward
Louis Hope will remain in Middlebury
a United States navy recruiting station
will be conducted In the postoff1ce building
In this city from September % unit
October 8. Applicants for the rating OF
machinist. fireman. coal-passer. ap
! prentice seaman. and men for the hos
, pital and clerical branches will be en-
! listed in the naval service. q sixty dolla
outfit Of clothing is given to all recruits
, on first enlistment, and all transportation
! expenses after enlistment are paid by tn,
government. No one under II can be en-
listed In the navy, and those under /
q must have their parents or guardian
, consent. In writing. in order to get tn
benefits a navy life offers.
Howard Moore returned Saturday from
British Columbia. where he went Will
Charles Smith and Paul Kruse to worl
for the Grand Trunk Pacific railway
. which Is being built TO .io cast Krus
stopped off at Buffalo and Smith Is max
ing u visit in Montana. The men wer
, engaged for the most part in the wilder
ness and when they stopped work wer
obliged to tramp about a hundred mile
over a trail so rough that not even
horse could he used before they reache
steel so that they could start their jour
n ney home by rail. Moore and Kruse wer
employed as instrument men and Smit
was rodman on the expedition.
Nelson Peters was in city court Tues
day and got into more than the usua
!, amount of trouble as the result OF hi
drunk the night before Peters was al
rested last December on a similar charg
Il and pleaded guilty. He was fined SIS an
a was placed in charge of the probation OF
IS ficer. His second arrest obliges him
o first pay off the old debt as the probatio