Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
NORTHFIELD.

William II. Hoton, farmer, SO years
cd, received injuries Thursday after
noon while working in his barn, from
which he never recovered consciousness
and died during tho night. He went onto
the high beams" to throw down some
oat straw for fodder and is supposed to
have Jumped onto n scaffold and slipped
to the barn floor, striking on his head
Besides his wife, he leaves one daughter,
Mrs Aggie Cunningham, by former
marriage He was always active in town
affairs and was much thought OF in the
community.-WalterM NJ. Smith died Thurs
day Mt his home beyond the Center VII
lage after a lingering illness from stone
cutters consumption. Funeral services
were held at his home Saturday.
The Northhcld fire department was
called out about two o'clock Friday
morning because Of bad fire in the
West Side Hotel at Water and Union
streets Tho fire is supposed to have
caught from an overhcated pipe. The
roof and upper story Of the building
were destroyed. and the second story
badly wrecked by the fire and water.
SaviIla Williamson. widow OF James
T Kingsley. formerly of Middlebury,
died suddenly carly Monday afternoon
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Aid
rich, on Main street. Mrs. Kingsley
had resided with her daughter for sew
eral years. and for considerable
time had been in feeble health, suffer
ing from indigestion and heart trouble.
She had an attack Monday forenoon
and expired shortly after noon. She
Edward u. Metcalf. a prominent mer-
chant and stock raiser of Wyoming, is
visiting his mother. Mrs. Martha j.
Metcalf and his sister, Mrs. j. NJ Hol-
land-The funeral of William H. Hol-
ton was held Tuesday at his home on
| the Four Corners road-AIrs. J. 5. Love
land died sunday at her home on Cen
trail street. She had been i'll for a long
| time and was at the IIeaton hospital
| for treatment for several weeks early
| in the season. Besides her husband
she leaves one daughter and two sons
A telegram was received Tuesday
| from Chicago telling of the death ii
that city, from double pneumonia, OF
| Mrs. Abbie Pope Walker. Mrs Walker
was daughter of the late Edmund
| Pope of this town and was we'll known
here as a frequent summer visitor. Be
! sides her husband She leaves a sol
and daughter. she was prominent il
art circles, and was we'll known as al
art instructor
Local Forecastcr William A. Shaw o
the United states weather bureau report
a mean temperature for November of ,
degrees, which is also the mean tempera
ture for November in Northfield Tn
| highest was 60 degrees, on the LIST, and tn
lowest was six degrees below zero OF
She oath The greatest daily range wa
a degrees on the LIST, and the least dali,
range was five degrees. on the 6th. TIL
precipita ton (ran and melted snow
amounted to 200 inches, the normal 70
the month being go inches. The precipi
tation included 147 inches of snow, Blu
the close of the month. The prevailin
wind was from the south the total move
ment 62cS miles, the average hourly We
locity sc miles, and the maximum veloc
on the 4th The month was made up o
four clear, seven partly cloudy and
cloudy DAYS. Precipitation in quantit
sufficient TO measure fell on 10 DAYS. Sofa
, halos We're noted on the Bird. Ith and 24th
lunar halo on the 29th and fog on tn
10th Sleet fell on the 3rd and there was
thunderstorm on the 9Th.