Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-07-03
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake to
the Passumpsic, Along OF.
ter Creek and Shores
of White River.
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLERURY.

MIDDLEBURY.
The principal witness Friday in the
Columbus Smith will contest was tha
Hon. William McDemerit of Fond Du La
Wis, who was Mr. Smiths agent in Fon
Du Lac for several years. The substance
of his testimony was that Mr. Smith
was in sound mind previous and subse-
qucnt to the execution of the will Of 1898
y will made In 1854 was read to the Jury
This will is much briefer than the will of
1899 now in contest. On the back Of thu
early will was a statement to the effect
that Mr. Smith revoked It because he had
made two since one Of which has never
been brought to light. The case occupied
tn" court all day.
The attention Of county court Satur-
day forenoon was again entirely taken
up with the Columbus Smith will case
Several letters and documents were in
troduced hy the proponents to show the
soundness Of mind Of Mr.. Smith at the
time III. will and codicis were executed
At ll:lo o'clock recess was taken until
two o'clock Monday.
In the Addison county court THURSDAY
the entire day was taken up with prov
ing the sanity of Columbus Smith at
the time he made the famous Will. now
in dispute. The will of 1897, with its
codcIls, was read in full by Mr.. Stickney
and offered as the last will and testa-
mcnt Of Columbus Smith. The two
principal witnesses Of the day were
George Briggs of Montpelier, a former
lawyer in Brandon, and Editor Frank
F. Howe of the Bennington Banner
While in Brandon, during Mr.. Smiths
life, Mr. Briggs did A great deal of busi-
ness for him and pronounced him. in
his opinion. IN sound mind. Speaker
Howe testified that 1e became acquainted
with Mr. Smith ana saw much of him in
Florida during the winter Of 1900 that
he had subsequently met him on two
occasions TN Vermont and considered him
of sound mind and of good business
abillty.-John p. Woods of Middle
bury, a well known citizen of the town,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ c.. Woods Of
this village. married at $50 o'clock We'd
nesday, June o. in the CONGREGATIONAL
church at Salisbury Miss Julia Ellis,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Ellis.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev n. II. Corkran Of Middlebury. Mr..
and Mrs Woods lid not walt for the
reception which had been planned but
departed for their wedding trip, which
will last about two weeks They will
make their home in this village.
At $50 o'clock Monday morning at
St. Mary's Church Miss Jennie NJ. La
Pan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Napoleon
LaPan and Zephyr Boulia were united
in matrmony The Rev. Father j. d.
shannon, pastor of the church, perform
ed the ceremony Miss May Flvnn
played the Wedding march from Lohen-
grin The church was filed with friends.
The bride looked charming in a gown of
blue charmeuse with trimmings OF gold
and b'ue She carried prayer book of
French ivory the gift of her sister, Mrs.
J.. J. Bruya of Barre. Miss Helene La
Pan cc Niddlobury. a sister Of the bride,
VAS the maid Of honor, She wore tan
colored gown of charmeuse, with trim
minG- Of tan and green. NJ. j Higgins
of the Addison house was the best man.
The ushers were Edward Hughes and
William J. LaPan, a brother of the bride.
The groom gave the groomsman ana ush-
ers handsome scarf pins and the bride
gave her maid Of honor a beautiful topaz
pendant Miss LaPan has been for sew
eral years chief clerk In the general
store Of Charles +. Rich ard has a large
nun,bcr of friends here. The bridegroom
is a well known tradeSman of Middle
bury and also has large circle of friends
The bride rec,&vod many beautiful pres
ents among which We're cut glass,
china. silver. and mahogany furniture.
4 r calhoun entered upon his duties as
,ostr,aster at the Niddlcbury office Tues
dav morning Miss Faith Chapman VINO
has beel assistant postmaster since May
viii continue in that position and Arthur
Uinman and George w Mead will con-
tinue to act as clerks. Lewis A. SNf,
the retiring postmaster, has held the posi-
tion for lS years. Mr.. Calhoun is the third
democrat to he postmaster in Middlehury
since before the civil War, G. G. Peck haN-
ing held the position during Clevela nd 5
first administration and Joseph NJ. Burke
having been postmaster under the second
cleveland administration The annual
school meeting of district No was held
in the town hal Monday evening with
an attendance of about 100. The meeting
was called to order by Moderator Judge
j. T.. Weeks, after which the warning for
the meeting was read by the clerk, J. NJ
Burke These two We're reelected to I'LL
their respective places for the ensuing
year. After some explanations of the re-
ports by Ira II. LaFleur they We're ac-
cepted and adopted. A tax of 20 cents on
the dollar was voted The prudential
board was reelected: Father j. u. Shan
non. Dr. D. c, Noble, Allan Calhoun, DR..
+. H. Martin and Ira II. LaF'leur; treas
urer, Charles T. Pinney; auditor, jugs
Charles |. Button.-W. H. Sterling, who
has been visiting in this section FOR
few weeks, has gone to Pittsford,-Mrs
Julia VI. Cameron, who has been the
guest of her daughter, Mrs George Wat
ers of South Pleasant street, for a few
months, has gone to Montpelier where
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