Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-27
LAMOlLLE COUNT .
STOWE.

News has been received OF the death
In Los Angeles, cal, on February - OF
Mrs Adelaide X. Stickney of Venice Ca.
Mrs Stickney was the daughter of the
ate Lemuel i. and AuIelia Moody Nm'H.
md was born in stowe. She was % cars
Of age and had lived in the West Tor
many years and for the last 10 in Venice
She had been i'll since September ana WAS
In Los Angeles tor treatment. She leaves
daughter. Miss PetroneIld NtlchneE' an"
a sister, Miss Elvira smith of Venice;
and three brothers, Daniel NJ. smith,
Orson S. Smith and Fred T. Smith Of
Stowe.
A game Of basketball between the Stowe
high school junior team and the Wafer
bury high school team At the town hall
Friday evening resulted in score OF -
10 "a in favor of stowe. The players Tor
stowe Were: Forwards. Cleveland and
Hosmcr: center, Forbes; guards Dcmcr-
it, Smalley and Mayo; Waterbury. for
wards Campbell and Hlondn; center,
Kirby; guards, Wallace and ToWn.-Ihe
thrce-act drama, "Rebcccas Triumph,
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of Unity Church, was presented sue
cessfully. The parts Wer" well taken.
Buruhams orchestra furnished several
selections and Mrs. +. f. Bamiorth sang
a solo. Mrs. J. L.. Stafford accompanied
on the piano, Mrs. H. W, BarroTs sang
a solo, and Mrs. BarroWs ana Mrs. 7. ~
Douglass a duet during the play. Mrs
Mary a Jenney had charge Of the play
and the performance was creditabic one
William Corse of Warren is vis-
iting his sister. Mrs. Jesse LOoms.--Mr
and Mrs David Douglass have moved to
a tenement in w. A Aldrchs house at
the lower Vila%e.--Jay Preston viii car
~ on the W. L. Algcr farm vacated by
Mr. Douglass Among the winter visitors
at Z. b. Lincolns farm on Edison Hin are
chckadces, Woodpcc6ers and blue laws. II
thu accustomed food supplies are not
forthcoming the Woodpecker taps on The
window sill for more Charles ". George,
whose death on February 10 has been re-
ported at his nome in Canandaigua, y.
- was born in Randolph April 3, lSiO,
ana came to Stowe at eight years of age
with his parents, the late jonathan w.
and Persis Parrish George. In early man
hood he went to New York State and the
most of his life was passed there. After
his marriage TO hannah Jaynes in ohio
he lived a year in Stowe. lie served three
years in the Civil War, enlisting from
Michigan. He underwent great privation
in AndersonVllc prison, where he was
| reduced to 80 pounds in weight. He leaves
son and daughter In CanandaiEue and
son in Hamburg, Germany; also four
brothers, Allen p. George of Stove. James
r. George Of Philadelphia Milo T. George
of Calias and Ira George of WcHt Med
ford Mass, two sisters, Mrs Cora En-
right and Mrs Alma Riker of West Med
ford, all formerly of Stowe--The members
of II. II. Smith Post and Women's Re
lief Corps and friends celebrated Wash
ington's birthday with a banquet at the
Akeley Memorial building, followed by an
interesting program of patriotic songs,
papers, readings, music and recitat-ons
The Misses Harriet and Jessie Adams
met with an unfortunate accident Fri
day afternoon when both slipped and
fell near the corner OF Main and Brdge
streets Miss Jessie struck on her head
cutting a cash, and was picked up I'M
conscious She was taken to a physi-
clans, where she soon recovered con-
seriousness, and Is now doing well. Miss
Harriet struck on one hip and rusty
nail pierced her clothing and became
20 deeply Embedded in the flesh that It
vas necessary to call a physician to re
S now confined to her bed at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. |. T. Adams,
In the Little River neighborhood-Mrs
Eunice pottle is I'll with the grip at the
home of her daughter, Mrs, S. c.
Wheeler.-Miss Grace Bigelow of Spring
field, Mass, is passing a week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs Ed lin r. Bigelow
at The Lodges Miss Bigelow Is recover
ing from an injury to one knee, the re-
suit Of fall while at home on hen
Christmas. vacation C. l.. Mcmahon re-
turned Saturday from Rutland.-Th'
members of Mansfield Mountain Grange
had box social at the Akeley
Memorial building Wednesday evening
At the regular meeting saturday even
ing patriotic songs ware sung by the
choir and solo by Neil Robinson Re
sponses 10 roll cali were quotations From
favorlte books. Papers "er, 'h" f'v
n T. Crane on. ITO What Extent SHOULD