Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-10-02
The NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake tC
the Passumpsic, Along OF.
ter Creek and Shores
of White River.
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBURY.

MIDDLEbOhv.
\ large crowd was present on the col
lege campus Saturday afternoon to wit
ness the qrst football game of the season
in town. The game was between the Ver-
gennes and Mddlebury high school
teams. Middebury won after an interest
ing contest, making a touchdown. a goal
and field goal The score was to o.
Mortimer Wilcox, cashier in the George
f. Marshall store. has resumed his posi-
tion after a two weeks Vacation-Mrs
Kate Hcwett of Goldsboro. y. c.. and
Mrs Emcline Dewey of Haverhill. Mass
who are sisters-in-Hw and for many
years residents of Middlcburv. are maxi
ing their annual visit to relatives and
friends in this vicinity-Mrs. John
stiles has been called to Morlisville bv
the serious illness of her mother Mrs
). r. Brackett.-Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick
has returned from the Mary Fletcher
hospital In burlington. where she has
been under treatment for typhoid revcr
She is believed to be well on the way to
recovcrN.-Mr. and Mrs John Dunman Of
incoln, Neb., with children are visiting
at the home of Mrs. John Halnon.-Mrs
Margaret Gilmour is on Il visit to her
daughter Mrs. Manlev Winch, in Pitts
ford.-The ladies of the Congregatio
Church will hold their annual fall rum
mage sale in the lecture room of the
church Wednesday, October Is The la
dies are also making plans to hold sale
of plain and fancy articles the 1rsr week
In December-Alr. and Mrs. l.. G.. Aimes
and their daughter. Miss Virginia. of
Merriam, kans" are visiting at the home
OF solomon r. Aines on South street.-Miss
Agnes Halpn of Bridgeport, Conn. Is
here on visit to her parents MI and
Mrs. NJ. c. 1alpin-Miss Vivian Simp-
son, who has been on a two weeks Vaca-
tion In Albany and Port Henry, ~ y,
has returned and resumed her place with
MISS Ida Waugh in her store on Main
street-Mrs Edward Goodrcau has re-
turned from Winchcndon. Mass, where
she went week ago to accompany her
daughter, Mrs. Damon Champagne, who
Is to make her home in that cty-Mr
and Mrs Pierce r. Randall of Phlladel-
phia, Pa, arrived Friday evening for a
month with friends and relatives
The picking of winter apples was
generally hccun throughout this section
Wednesday. 1t is thought that the crop
Will he below the average. Five dollars
per barrel is now asked for Northern
spies not to be picked until late in
October or early NoVcmber-Miss Marion
Crosby has returned from visit to her
uncle and ntMr and Mrs. George Gipson
on the New Haven road.-Edward J. Nlr-
phN, who for three years has been a
Iettorer in the shops Of the Vermont
Marble company here, went Monday 10
kutland, where he has taken a similar
situation with the firm of Temple
and Harry Brousseau
went on Monday to Holyoke, Mass,
where they have both secured postions-
Prof Earl 7. Tracy, principal of the
Brandon high school spent Saturday and
Sunday in town.-Thcre was a heavy frost
saturday night and a lighter one Sunday
night.-Mr and Mrs. George w Franks
of Brooklyn, \. Y, are visiting in town
Tor short time.-The shipment of
cattle from this station consisted OF only
two carloads for Boston. There was no
shipment for New York. as had been ex-
T.. Marshall is having
changes and improvements made on the
Interior OF his store on Main street
market day, butter brought from |
y to - cents per pound and eggs from
81 to 33 cents per dozcn.-Mrs. Charles |
G. West has returned to her home in |
Ticonderoga, n. Y, after Il week here |
with her son, e. w. West and Mrs. |
Julia Dwyer,-Warren Holdridge has re-
turned to Boston after making n vaca-
ton visit in town.-Edward Hughes, who |
has been suffering for "A week with a |
severe attack of the grip in his rooms
at The Addison. is SO far recovered as |
to be able to be about the house Charles |
F. Rich who has been i'll since Friday, |
was able to he at his store a short |
time Monday croninG, but is still far from
well
There was mX-up on Court street
Monday evening between horse and |
buggy, an automobile and dog. The
buggy contained George Fassett of |
this village. The dog belonging to Mr. |
Fassett made desperate efforts TO stop
an automobile coming in the direction
of the buggy, but only succeeded in
soaring Mr. Fassetts horse which |
jumped throwing Mr.. Fassett into the
ditch beside the road. He was not in
1ured. but the buggy was reduced to
wood.--J. H. Dobnson of
Brandon is i'm town engaged on the
work of overhauling the organ at ST.
Stephens Episcopal Church.-Thomas
O'Leary, who has been in town for
week, has returned to Proctor Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Wimmett have returned
from Ttttsford, where Monday they at
tended the marriage of their son, AL
Ired j. Wimmett, formerly for long-
Time resident of Middlebury to Miss
Isabelle McDeavitt of Pittsfo
Harry w. Burns has gone to WoIco,t
for brief visit to his uncle Thomas
~1f ig,
business in that city.-Mrs. Julia
Leavenworth of Cleveland, Ohio, widow
n the late Clarence Leavenworth of
hat city, is in town on business. MIS-. l.
was the daughter of the
ate Hon. Loyal ID. Eldredge of Mid
and Mrs. s. Il. Kendall