Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-20
HAPPENINGS In VERMONT

ole Church at nine O'Clock FRIDAY MORN
ing, the Rev. j. u. Shannon onlclat'hS'
Mr.. Jones died at his home at New raven
nt noon March II in the seth year oil ms
ave. He had been well up to sunday Ior
d man of his wears and was i'll only a Few
hours. his death being attributed to ola
aye rather than to any specihc disease
tIo vas n farmer the latter part of his
life Int retired from active business sew
,ral wears ago. He leaves three married
douphtera. all of Massachusetts y large
number of New Haven people attended
the funeral and the intermcnt was In the
catholic cemetery. The bearers wereG. II.
1Hl. George Meekcr, Dennis Fillian and
CHARLES Clapper.--lt Is George Leno OF
East Nliddlcburv instead of Levi Leno. as
stated last week. who Is to he tried
I'm the June term of county court
with Charles Leno, on a charge of having
in their possession parts of a deer killed
out of season.
Mrs. Lizzie NJ Wells died at her home
in Whiting at 5:l5 o'clocl Monday morn
ing after a long illness with n complica-
ton of diseases at the age of 81 years.
After surgical operation more than n
year ago Mrs Wells improved for a time
i'm health and II was hoped that she
would finally recover. The deceased was
a daughter of tho late Edwin Rich of
Whiting and Mddlebury, who was captain
of Company f of the 18th Vermont
Volunteers of tho Civil War. Her hus-
band, Russell Wells, died about IS years
ago, since when she made her home with
her sister, Mrs. Clara 1. Brown She
leaves one sister in Brandon, Miss Kate
/ IpI
of Middlobury. She had two brothers,
Charles and Byron Rich, the former the
father of Charles +. Rich, who as well
as his father served in the Civil War
Mrs. Wells was the oldest member Of the
Whiting congregational Church In length
of membership. Tho funeral was hello
| from her home IN Whiting "Wednesday
AT two o'clock and the burial was IF
the Whiting ccmetery.-John LaBard OF
Fowler is here for a week.-Mrs.. Charles
10. Wostall and daughter, Mary. have re-
turned after Il week with Mr.. and Mrs
j. sheridan Of Rutland.-James McCue
who has been suffering with a bad attach
of the grip for two weeks and who barrel!
escaped pm umona, was reported mucE
improved MondaY.-The cattle ship
ment Monday consisted OF two carloads
Ill. L. Hunt has returned from Rutland
monday, market day, eggs brought ]
cents and butter 81 to IS cents-Nondal
afternoon one of the large plate glas
windows in the *. j. piper meat marke
on Main street was blown out by a heav!
gust during a small wind storm an,
lhroken into thousands of pieces on tn
walk one large piece was taken severa
: feet and hit an electric light pole whcr
some OF the pieces are deeply imbedded
1t was fortunate that no one happenc
to he around or a serio1 accident woul
have occurred. Charles Reese, who ha
been III for two weeks, is able to b
about again Miss Florence Bassaw, VIII
has been assisting at the local telephon
office for two weeks, has completed serv
Ice there and returned to Brandon-Ber
st. Peter and family are moving to Char
lotte. where they will operate a farm
William Albce has gone to Johnson wher
he will visit for month.
The annual meeting of the road con
= missioners ana seectmen Of Addiso
county was held in the Grange hall her
, Thursday. Every town In the count
was represented. State Road Commi'
- sioncr Charles w. Gates Of Franklin an
= Prof y. w. Votey of Burlington. dea
u Of the agricultural department Of III
| I'niVcrsitv of Vermont, took a large pal
in the PROCEEDINGS MIR. Gates dealt
Ia general way with the most importar
yrobl,ms confronting road builders
the state. Steroopticon slides were en-
Iulovcd 20 Illustrate the address of NJ
lGates and also that of Professor Vote
: given at the afternoon session. The view
presented showed up many of the mo-
common defects in the building al
maintaining of Vermont roads. Bot
7 Professor Notey and Mr.. Gates insstt
upon the good effects of bitches and pr
d perry placed culverts and the necessi'
= of leaving an adequate crown to the roa
to prevent its sinking down and wais
ing away. Professor NoteY exhibited Sc
cral fine views of highways taken
Japan the Philippines and other coul
tries. Commissioner Gates stated that II
town commissioners must patrol sta
y roads every two weeks when the grour
:. Is free Of snow if they want State reco
milton for its maintenance The tot
costs for road building in the differe
towns of the county for 19l2 We're: Add
] son, 81 lSG.54; Bridport, Sl,G&.iS; Br'st'
s., 53o74: Cornwall Sl,S99.9G: Ferrisbur
81 ,G7S3l; Goshen. 500, Il; Granville, $780,
], Hancock, $685.. A; Leicester Sl,62S.S2; Ii
coin, SIZE IS: MddlebWy, SS,55Sss; Mon
ton, sl.S7720; New Haven, s2,l5o05; Orwe
- 81 ,i26.GS: Panton, s6S1.3s; Rpton, $3.50.
Salisbury s3,390S1; Shoreham~ s26S2.
Starkshoro sl546.G5; NerRennes, sl,6o3'
Waltham. s21O45; Weybridge, s,179.
Whiting. $G27S. Tho gulf work add
made the total for the county s3Soo''
Mrs Joseph Rooney, who has been
all the winter with asthma ana hef
trouble, is little better ana is now al
to be about the house for short III
every day-Mrs. Eugene Smith Of Rutla
is in tuwn.-John NJ. Mcmahon, young
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Simon McMah'
r. who has been seriously i'll for five wee
a with pneumonia, is much improved a
n. is now able TO be out littlc.-Mr a
8, Mrs. william j, Spellman of Nerd
,, Conn, and Mrs. Spillman's sister, NJ
George Champion, of Roanoke, Va,
- I'm town for a few days Han
Hopkins. former Mddlebury b.
has returned to Port Henry, y.
after a brief visit here to his father
y Miss Mabel Benton has returned to X
rt land after a weeks visit here to Mr. a
~ Mrs Charles K. Chcney-Mr. and NJ
ms Thomas Walter OF Pawtucket, r. l.,
a. visiting in town.-Mrs. George j.. CT
r. has returned home from Fair HAY
we where she has been visiting her daugh'
10 Mrs. George n. V. Allen, at the Al
on House.-Charles +, Rich, who has b.
ny called to Whiting on account of the dc
OF of an aunt, will not return to town u
~ Thursday night MIR. and Mrs. Peter X