Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-29
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT

he had been for months, when ueath
came. He IS survived by his wife and one
san George Bryant, of this placo-Mrs
xi!ubau, who has been passing the win
ter IN Newport, N. H, returned Friday
TO remain y;ch her daughter, Mrs. Edna
Fairbanks. through the summer-Mr
and Mre Harold Perkins Of Woodstock
Who recently purchased place at West
Woodstock have taken possession OF the
same after having made extensive re-
pairs Mrs. Perkins is the daughter OF
the Rev. ard Mrs. Joseph Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Soper of Worces-
ter, Mass, have come to this place and
rented apartments in the house of Mrs.
l.. Il. Lynch-John Hatch has exchanged
his house on the Rochester road for
the farm owned by Mrs Nora Yauvey on
Braintrec Hill, paying S50O.-Dr. and Mrs.
s. y. Bass of Wichita, kans, arrive
Friday from Chicago, where the doctor
has been in the hospital for diabetes
George Lamb, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. +.
Lamb, who has been in the government
employ for 10 years as electrical engineer,
has received an order to report at once
at San Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Pratt of Montpelier
visited Mr.. Pratts sisters, Mrs. o. S.
Chamberlin and Miss Mary Pratt, here
Sunday.A man taken from a freight
train Saturday and arrested for intoXica-
ton escaped during the night from the
lookup. When the officer went to the
building Sunday morning he found that
his man had slipped away. He escaped
by picking the lock and then crept out
through the ventilator Mr.. Booths at
tention was called to him by the train
men who requested his arrest Saturday
lafternoon.-Mis Nina Thatcher of Man
chester, n. H., came from Mortified
where she had been visiting Monday ana
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs S. S. Whit
comb for a few days.-Mr. and Mrs. Il. w
Tewksbury, DR.. and Mrs. C. ]. Rumril,
who have been in York Beach for three
weeks, have returned, and in about a
week the doctor will resume medical prac-
tice.--Mrs. w. l.. Fish of Bethel was In
town Monday.-A union service at the
Baptist Church Sunday morning was
largely attended. The church was hand
somely decorated under the direction Of
II. l.. Patch.--The Green Mountain band
played THE Star Spanged Banner dur
ing the offertory and America" at the
close. The Rev. Guy Crawford gave the
duuTtSS anu llle rev. G1dStT htlDEtT
made the prayer. The music was by the
church choir and a double male quartette.
Mr.. and Mrs Barrows, who were here
from Proctorsville to attend the funeral
of Fred Bryant, left Monday.-Jerry Con-
! nell was arrested Monday morning and
tried for disturbing the peace in an al
tercation with his brother Peter Cornell,
Sunday while intoxicated.-Mrs Lundon
I Thomas who Is with hpr mother Mrs
5 Edna Fairbanks expects to return to
> Salisbury this Week.-Mrs. S. C. Clark is
suffering from an abscess back of the
ear drum, which DR.. Clifford opened Sun
day.
An attempt was made Monday night
I to break into the J. II. Lamson Brothers
hardware store. An attempt was made
first to cut a hole in the door near the
lock, but after working sometime this
, was abandoned and the glass in the real
. door was broken about half out. 1t is
thought the persons were frightened
away then, as nothing has been missed
from the store. There are families il
= the block, and across the street l.. 7
= Sparhawk and other families live. Abou
- Ills Mr., Sparhawk was awakened by
noise which IS thought might have beer
the breaking of the glass.-Mrs. OsmonC
. Crcaser, who came from Newport Satur
v day TO visit her parents Mr.. and Mrs
; l.. ]. Blakely, left Tuesday.-Miss Inc.
;. Hayward went to Claremont, n. II.
=. TUESDAY to visit her niece, Mrs. Jane!
" Menard, and return with her sister. Mrs
Stevens, who has been with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Menard, for a month.-Mrs
. NJ. L. Warrington of Mortified was IL
:, town Tuesday, the guest of Mrs. A f
q Kendrick and daughter, Mrs S. II. Nc
Carbohydrates. Asenath Cross anC
daughter Mrs Jonas Coburn. went t,
@ Bethel Tuesday to visit Mrs. Georg'
:, Hackett.-Mrs. Ernest Mcintosh went t.
- Milford, n. H.. Tuesday to remain I
q few days with her mother Mrs. NELLIE
Morse.-A party from here went Il
Bethel Tuesday to attend a meeting o
the Woman's Missionary society of thu
= Methodist Church. The Rev. and Mrs
y Guy Crawford, Mrs. Joseph Hamilton
= Mrs Frank Copeland Miss Rosi
" Cooper, Mrs. r. II. Slack, Mrs. Len;
Wright, Miss Ellen Matthews, ant
n others were in the party.-Dr. A. C
lBailey has bought of s.. A. Smith hi
d house on South Pleasant street know
\ as the Bates house and the small on
IadSo;ning, in which l.. ]. Blakely nov
" lives Mrs. Alfred Webster entertaine
d the Kings Daughters Tuesday after
noon. Mrs Vaughau, who has bee
Visiting her sister, Arr j. d. Mitchell
for several DAYS. left for Bndgewa.e
1uesday.-It is underwood that Mis-
{. Mary Adams has been engaged as cash
VI Ter IN tbs Be4 Brothers store In plac
of Miss Emma Loan, who has resigned
The Rev. Willis Sparhawk has return
ed from Concord. N r.
Miss Nina Norman left here On Wed
nesday for White River Junction, to re
: main until Sunday.-Mrs Frank Hewitt
went to Royalton Tuesday to visi
- friends, returning home on Wednesd as
MIR and Mrs. s. A. Smith loft her
p, Wednesday for Burlington. where Mrt
M Smith will enter the Mary Fletcher hos
=, pi.al for surgical treatment-Mr. an
J.. Mrs. A. A. Gilman who have been 1
Fairfax to attend tho funeral of Mr.!
80 Gilman's sister, returned on Wednesday
- and Mrs. c. ]. Stockwell for a few day.
- returned to her home in Rochester Wed
~ nesday.--Mrs. Greene OF South Royalto
nc arrived with her son Wednesday for
, visit with her sister. Mrs, Lucius Good
40 heayt-Bethany Church held meetln
W on Wednesday evening to discuss tn
a. adv1sability OF purchasing the Baptis
49, Church, but so far the decision has nc
~ been made known -I,Ouis MaZZOlini ha