Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-03

went to Dresden in June to remain
for the summer and with thousands of
other tourists they sought vainly for
more than a week to get passage to
this country. When a booking was
finally secured they had to content
! themselves with bcrths in the steer
age, along with stranded millionaires
and returning students. Miss Lois
Redmond of Newport, who is also
| teacher at Lyndon institute, is in
| France.
A very pretty wedding took place at
| the residence of Mrs Helen NJ. Parks, 43
Fletcher place. Tuesday evening. when
her daughter Orcla Elizabeth, was united
in marriage to james Campbell of Eu-
faula. Oklahoma. Tho Rev. Rufus c.
Flagg was the officiating clergyman. Only
a few relatives and intimate friends were
present Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell expect
| to make their home in burlington, and for
the present with Mrs Parks. Mrs. Camp
bell is a graduate of the Vermont Bush
ness College of the class of 1912. After
the wedding ceremony n reception was
| held, refreshments were served and the
friends extended to the young couple many
wishes. Valuable presents were left be-
! hind.
| Dr. Fred r. Hadley formerly of Bur
'ington and now professor in the Univer
s,tv of Wisconsin, has just returned from
an extended tour of Europe, having visit
| ed practically all the countries now in
volved in war. Fortunately DR.. Hadey
was able to get to England before COM
munication with the continent was seri-
ously interfered with. He says that tho
| treatment he received in England was in
| marked contrast with that he endured on
| the continent. where the ncarness of the
war zone had already made it uncomfort-
| able for travellers. In England he was
| for time unable to get any money, but
| the hotels there came to the rescue of
many American travellers and kept them
| until the money situation was relieved
| he was fortunate also in getting one of
| the last liners to leave before war tenn
| porarily interrupted the service
| The marriage of Joseph Wilfred Vile
| MARIE of Winooski and Miss Katherine
| Mae SisCo of this city was solemnized
Friday morning at six o'clock at St.
Mary's Cathedral by the Rev Joseph T..
ellis The bride was attended by Miss
lJHolen Lavigne of Wnooski and the
groom by his brother, Charles Vile
MARE. The bride wore a travelling suit
of navy blue, with a black hat, and
carried a prayer book The bridesmaid
wore a suit of blue with a hat to match.
! The bride was the recipient of many
costly presents, Including cut glass silver
and linen Miss Sisco was a popular
pfar ha taln
esteem and goodwill in which she was
| held was manifested by the gifts which
she received from the operators. After
a honeymoon trip among the Thousand
Islands the young couple will reside on
Plat street in Winooski.
| During the process of collecting taxes
| it was discovered that four men had
paid their taxes twice. The errors were
discovered ny City Treasurer Grant be.
fore they were found out by the tax.
payers and yesterday he returned the
amounts. 1t seems almost impossible, ir
View of the extreme reluctance witt
which some people pay taxes and the
fact that some others have to be chased
by the constable for a year after take.
are due, that four citizens could pay
twice and not discover 1t themselves Ii
two of the cases the parties We're out o.
town and so their friends knowing tn,
| circumstances, paid for them Later. thu
parties against whom the taxes Were
assessed appeared and in the rush of thu
final hours of payment they paid thu
original bills that were sent to them
In another case a woman whose hus
band Is a travelling man went in anC
paid his poll tax. He returned just il
time with the original bill and also paid
In another case an employe of a bust
ness man paid the bill which included
the poll tax The business man after
wards thought he had not paid his pol
tax and on the last day of collection h.
showed up and raid again. The duplica
ton was rot noticed in the office becaus
of the rush and because the taxes wer
received by different persons