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of North Hero were In Grand Isle Sun
LAMOILLE COUNTY
STOWE.

bury. was discovered to he on fire
about eleven o'clock Thursday night.
The fire originated in the engine room
and was under such Roadway that 1t
could not be checked an the mill and
contents was destroyed. The bin
caught fire but was saved as well as
most OF the logs in the yard. George
Hayes was foreman and the mill had
begun running n week ago. saving
! the large cut of logs of the winter
There was. it is stated, $1,000 insurance
on the MILL but the loss Will be much
larger. The mill was well equipped
with modern machinery. including two
engines OF 30 and so horsepower
Messrs. Moody and ONeil purchased
the property six years ago of Miles,
Mcmahon & Co. who built 1t about 20
years ago to replace tae one built by
w. w. & c. l. Robinson about 80 years
ago which was also burned
Voney c. Babcock, n well-known and
respected resident, died Mt HIS home on
West Branch about six o'clock Satur-
day morning after about two weeks Ill
ness with diabetes. Mr.. Babcock was
born in Brdgewater and was S3 years OF
age He married Miss Harriet Barrows
of stowe and came here to live. Their
daughter Mary. was orn In 1S3 ana
died in 1878. After her death Mr.. and
Mrs. Babcock went to live In Bridge
water. whore Mr.. Hancock carried on
dry goods business and was postmaster
and where Mrs. Babcock died in 1898. In
1900 Mr.. Bnbcock represented the town
in the State Legislature. In 1901 he
returned to stowe and built the house on
West Branch which since was his home.
| In 1909 he married Miss Coralin Robin
son, who died in 1901 He Is survived by
| his third wife. who he married in 1910,
end who was Mrs Abbie Minard of
! Hardwlck, and by Il sister, Mrs. stephen
! Narney of Weybridge. Mr.. Babcock en-
listed In Company L, 18th regiment,
Vermont volunteers, in 1869, but was
taken III before leaving the state, and
was confined in the hospital at Brattle-
boro until he was discharged for dis
ability. He was a member of II. II. Smith
Post G. A r., and n pensioner. The
| funeral was held at the residence at
two O'Clock Tuesday afternoon.-Mrs
Lucy A. Chaplin, who uas passed several
weeks with her son. G. w. Chaplin, after
| passing the winter with her daughter in
Waterbury, is at her home in the village.
/.
AMI Mrs. Charles Fl. Stone Of Mime
apols announcing the marriage OF
their daughter. Emily, on May / to
, Craig O. Burt Of stowe. Mrs. Burt is
the grand daughter of f. F.. Hale of
stowe and has many frien Is here. Mr..
Burt is member of the C. e. and F. o.
Burt Lumber company. Mr.. and Mrs
| Burt will be at their home in Stowe
l,f I,,1, he
burn presented the cause of the YER
mont Bible society at the Congrega-
tional Church Sunday morning and at
the West Branch Church Sunday after
noon. In the evening Mr. Sherburn
| gave an excellent sermon on What
Is Your Life at the Congregational
| Church. THE funeral of Nolney c
Babcock, who died Saturday. was
| held at the house Tues lay afternoon
under the auspices of II. II. Smith Post
| G. a. R.--Bernie VI. Jones ani Miss
Lucinda Douglass were married at
! Waterbury Center Saturday evening.
on their way from Waterbury to SPEND
sunday at the home of Miss Douglass
grandfather, H. 5. Nutting Mr. Jones
| has employment on the State hospital .
farm at Waterbury and Mrs Jones is
| employed IN MVS. .heSScTS millinery
store in Waterbury-The listers met
at the town clerks office Monday to
hear grievances from those whose lists
vera not satisfactory
The members OF II. H. Smith Post and
| Woman's Relief Corps, G. A. r., will at
tend the service at Unity Church Sunday |
morning. May 26. The sermon will be by
the Rev. f. T. Crane, pastor of the
| church. and the Congregational and !
| Methodist Episcopal Churches Will unite
in the service The Masonic and Woodmen |
fraternitles are invited. on Memorial day |
the members of the post will meet at
the Akeley Memorial building and leave
at 10 o'clock for the West Branch Gene |
tcry, where the soldiers graves will he !
decorated. Returning the village cemJ
terry will next be visited The ladies Of
the Relief Corps will serve dinner at the |
Memorial building at l2 O'Clock. After |
dinner the procession will form and march |
| to the River Bank cemetery where the |
ritual OF burial service will be carried out, |
| after which the address of the day will |
be given at the Memorial building by |
James b. Campbell OF st. Johnsbury, Mr. |
| Campbell Is the son OF j. i. Camp |
| bell and Is a graduate of Stowe high |
| school and OF the University of Vermont |
| and is now studying law in St. Johnsbury. |
The ladies of the Cemetery association |
will serve their annual May dinner at |
| the Unity Church vestry Saturday.-F. Ii. |
| Tracy of Montpelier. high sheriff OF Wash |
| ton county, will give an address at Il union |
service under the auspices OF the Stowe |
| Civic club at the Unity Church Sunday |
| evening at 73O o'clock upon "Prison |
Methods."-At the regular meeting OF
Mansfield Mountain Grange Saturday |
afternoon the topics for discussion will |
he THE Culture of Potatoes" and Which |
| Is to Blame. the Farm or the Farmer, II |
II Farm Does Not Pay?"-Miss Grace
| Bieelow. who returned Tuesday to Spring |
field. Mass, has recently been reelected |
with an increase of salary to her position |
as teacher In the Springfield high school |
of commercially Fletcher of Jonesville !
passed Monday night at c. F.. Eddy's- !
Mrs. Earl Marston OF Sterling is visit
| Ing her brother. @. W. Chapin-A coll !
| lection of flowers at the public reading |
room Includes trailing arbutus early |
saxifrage, adder tongue lilies. cowslips |
| squirrel corn, anemones. tr.liums. Indian |
| pepper root colts-foot, mouse ear. duets
wtnteryreen, downy yellow violet, selkirk's |
| violet, wild pansy, wild strawberry.
The program of the 18th annual COM
| mencement of Stowe high school June ola |
| Is ms follows; Sunday, June 9, at 500 p, |
m at Unity Church, sermon to the grad