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

room. Although an imperfect specimen
1t is Of much interest as It is seldom seon.
! The listers have completed the census
required Of them by tho act OF tho recent
Legislature with tho following interest
! Ing statistics: Maple trees available and
not tapped. 6i.7G5; maple trees tapped. 6S.-
325; pounds of maple sugar made. 102, go;
gallons Of syrup made, $3.50; number Of
horses, 73S: COWS. 2.Zo7; oxen, 90, other
neat stock. 7bS; swine, COS; sheep, 552;
ncrcs Of tillagc land, 1924; pasture, l0i42;
orchard, 81; woodland, 23,2S3.
| There was an unueually large attend
ancc at the Congregational Church Sun
! day morning, when tho pastor, the Rev.
| Samuel Davis. preached the annual SER
mon to the II. H. Smith Post, &, A. r.
The Rev. +. 7. Crane of Unity Church
and William Hendry ot the Methodist
Episcopal Church assisted. and the choir
was augmented by members Of the
Unity Church choir. The church was
decorated with flowers and flags. Be
sides the members OF the post, tho mem
bers of the Womep's Relief Corps anG Of
Mansfield Camp. NJ. w. A., were in at
tendance.-Childrcn arc inviteo to assist
In decorating the graves In the West
! Branch cemetery Friday and are re-
quested to come at nine o'clock and to
bring tiowers-Mrs Herbert Cleveland
has returned from the Fanny Allen hos
pital and is doing well.-Mr. and Mrs
NJ. r. Perry have returned to Southport,
Conn. Their parents, Mr.. and Mrs c. O.
Jellif, are expected at their form on
Stowe hill about June 1 for the summer.
Miss Sarah Parish of Randolph Is vis-
iting Mrs. George E. Fowler -Isidore
Morrow has moved into the Ira Cham
berlain house on West Branch.
The board of school directors has
decided to add a course in agricul-
ture to the Stowe high school curricu-
lum. and have engaged r. Lloyd Chat
fee, graduate of Brigham Academy
and of the State School Of Asricul-
ture at Randolph, IS teacher. a space
under the school building has already
been eXcavated for an agriculture
laboratory, the high school boys doing
most of the work. Plans :or the
course are not completed but it will
begin with the opening Of school in
the fall and will probably be a three
years course.--An interesting addi
ton to the Stowe library is stowe
Notes, Letters and Verses" recently
presented by Mrs. Henry Holt of Bur-
lington. 1t is the work Of her brother
the late Edward Martin Taber, done
during his residence in stowe. The
volume is illustrated with cuts Of Mr.
Taber's paintings and pen drawings
Mr.. Taber was the son of Mrs. c. F.
NJ. Taber of New York city, and her
summer home, Four Winds Farm. wa.
established here for the benefit of her
sons health.-Miss Ruth Dunbar ha.
: Gale is very low.
The funeral of William o. Collins vii
be held at 1890 Thursday forenoon a
the West Brandon Church. Mr., Collins
died Tuesday evening at the home of hi
daughter. Mrs Cora Chaffee, in Water
bury Center, after a long illness. II,
was about 20 years of age and has re
sided for many years in Stowe. He leave!
two daughters. several grandchildren anC
a brother, the Rev r. w. Collins o
Stowe Mrs. Martha Jackman of Water
bury Center is visiting Miss Jane Tom
linson and other friends in Stowe.-Mrs
George Smaley of Middlesex has visited
Mrs. f. X. Hale and other friends il
Stowe-The ladies of the Methodist Epis
, copal Church served dinner at the yes
!, try Wednesday.-A game of baseball be
tween Stowe and Johnson high schoo
teams Monday afternoon in stowe result
ed in score of is to s. in favor of John
son.-B. A. Mills was a visitor at tn
home of his sister Mrs Elenora Wilkins
this week.Mr. and Mrs. A, y. Pike Wis
tied in Burlington Tuesday.-Mr. an
Mrs +. T. DOWN of Hardwick visite
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. LoVeioy Sunday.