Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-20
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBURY


hours with what is thought TO have been
acute Bright's disease. Friday she appear
ed In her usual health and was on tho
street in the afternoon. She is survived by
her father, Chauncy Bingham with
whom she lived, one sister, Mrs Ralph
Merritt, of this town, and four brothers,
Leon, Perry ana Arthur Of weybridge and
Charles OF Middlebury. She was n men,
Der OF the Congregational Church, the
local grange and Rebekah Lodge The fu-
neral was held Tuesday afternoon at
two oclock.-Willam Randall of Crown
Point, n. Y, was arrested Saturday by
Fish and Game Wardens George Chaffee
and James Hodges for Illegal fishing in
Lake Champlain. He was arraigned be-
fore Judge ', alker who fined him SO
and costs, amounting to s14.s5, which he
paid.
FIRE late Friday night did but slight
damage to the power house of the Middle
! bury branch Of the Vermont Marble COM
pany the blaze being eXtinEuished in a
snort time. The fire started from some
! Oily rags and rope on the steel tube that
carries the water into the wheel. 1t was
discovered by some of the occupants of
the kidder block which overlooks the
! building. y fire has been kept i'm the
| inside of the penstock and the watch
| men happened to be away at the
moment-James II. Mack returned Satur-
dav from West Rutland. where he went
Friday to visit his son, Frank who was
seriously injured in a runaway. lie was
| thrown from the wagon and rendered un-
conscious. He was taken to the home of
his employer, Orin a. Thomas at West
Rutland. II was found that no bones were
broken but internal injuries are feared
In the report of the officers of the town
of Middlehury it appears that orders were
| drawn as follows: BY the sclectmcn,
Sl,3'G.4S; by poor master, ST, 90 SO; road
commissioner, s2,71G.5i: Il total of S17,30- ~
| The total Of orders drawn by poormaster
| jackson was $l.229 Sc; by J. . Seeley,
manager Of the farm, sl.6SOlS; interest on
the surplus fund, S-f6.G7; interest on school
lot Sl2, making tho total paid for poor
%lS9.5l. less sales from farm and rem-
| bursements Sl.l69S. making the total
cost of the farm $3.0lgG6 The sales from
the farm amount to sl,lli.1l, making the
net costs $56i.47. The total present
Liabilities of the town amount to $l3. 2s3 Is
The estimated expenses for the current
year are S),131.G7. There is $lo.ae4.\j to ne
raised by a tax and the auditors say that
% cents on the dollar will pay all out
standing orders. except town hall orders
not due and the estimate expenses for
running the town the coming year Treas
urer Charles f.. Pinney in with the school
money outside of the village district re-
ports a balance of 81 1861. The receipts
from the town hall We're $50. .lG and the
| expenditures We're 1924 o. but there is an
outstanding Indebtedness of $3.50. leaving
a balance of sliSO The school directors
have drawn orders to the amount of $3-
1886 The call for the annual meeting
on March contain. the usual articles,
with the exception of one calling for a
vote on the proposed constitutional
amendment.-Mon market day, eggs
brought 81 cents and butter ,oc to @lc.
Miss Susan f.. Archibald, librarian of the
public library, reports thatthe circulation of
books forsthe past year was 22,hl4, or an
average of S daily. and an increase of
80 per cent. over the previous year The
largest circulation in any one day was
81 books. The number of cards issued
for borrowers increased during the year
from NJ to 1890. Since February {, 1872,
AZ books have been added to the library,
which now contains 1896 volumes. At the
request of the library board a second
travelling library has been located by the
state in the Case street school house.-
John H. Sargent has completed repairs
on the MiddleburY Inn, formerly the Allen
House, and has opened il to thu public
This makes the third hotel which Mr.
and Mrs. Sargent have owned and man
, aged in this town during the past - years
William u. Watson returned Tuesday tc
the Soldiers. Home at Bennington afte,
sIX weeks in East MidIlchury. Whoro a,
Vas called on account ol tho illness anc
death Of his daughter. Mrs l.epnl la
lnOfder
Much interest is being manifested il
the farmers institute to bc held Frida!
and Saturday, Friday at the town hal
and Saturday at the government stool
farm in Weybrldge, mile and a hal
from this village. Free transportation vii
be furnished to those who desire TO g
from here to Weybridge, leaving the post
ofiice at S;30 o'clock Saturday morning
The address a the town hal Friday even
Ing will he given by Prof c. Ford Lang
U worthy, Phi. D., on "The Work of tn
I United States Department of Agriculture
for Housekeepers DR. Langworthy is
d. native of Middlebury and graduate o
Middlebury College in the class OF 1851
After graduating from college he spen
three years In the German universitie
: and received his degree of Doctor q
| Philosophy from the University of Heidel
;, burg Since 1895 DIR, Langworthy has beei
. Il ,tached to the department of agricultur
, and is now in charge Of nutrition in
. vestigat!ons in the bureau Of chemistry
: department of aRrirulture.- Miss Cldr