Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
WASHINGTON COUNTY
NORTHFIELD.

A call has been issued Tor a meeting
of the stockholders Of the Dog River
Valley Fair association to be held at vii
lage hall February to elect a new board
of directors. Several OF the former board
have resigned because Of the selling of
their stock. Funeral services for the in
FAINT child of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Field
were held Saturday.-Mr and Mrs. Frank
y. Carpenter left Sunday for a few weeks
I'm Florida.-A son was born at Spring
field, Mass, Thursday to Mr.. and Mrs.
T.. H. c. william a. Ellis. of
the New York public library. has been
in town on business connected with the
Norwich University history, which he
published last year,. Millin Howe has
been appointed as messenger at the
weather bureau, having been one OF the
three on the eligible list from the re-
cent civil service examination.
Mrs Mary A. Hassett, widow of DAVID
Hassett, died Monday morning after n
brief illness, in the 18th year of her age
Mrs Hassett suffered a severe illness OF
pneumonia twoyears ago and although she
regained a fair measure of strength her
advanced years initiated against com
plete recovery and a weakened heart was
unable to withstand the inroads which
the attack made. Mrs Hassett was born
in Nillston, October :, 1896. but had been
a resident of Mortified for so years. She
was the last survivor of "A family of eight
children and was the younger sister OF the
late Major NJ. Burke of Memphis. Tenn,
a soldier of the confederacy. who was also
prominent in the South as general man
| a ger Of the Mississippi and Tennessee ana
Texas and New Orleans railroads ana as
first president of the board of public works
| in Memphis. where he died some 20 years
| ago. Mrs Hassett was married to the
late David Hassett in Mortified, OCTOBER
| l6, 1860, and began married life in the
house on South Main street, which was
| ever after her home and where with mel
| husband on October f6, 1910, she cele-
hrated the 50th anniversary of their we'd
Iding, Mr. Hassett. who spent many years
| in Mexico having returned from that coun-
try in 1905 He died April II, 1911. Oh
eight children, Frances Blenner, wife OF
Lynn NJ. Hays OF Essex. died in 1908, and
Mary Elizabeth, wife of Judge Elmer r
Juckett Of Hot Springs, South Dakota
died in 1911. Mrs Hassett is survived by
four daughters. Mrs. Charles f. Mack
| Vi
CLARK and Miss katherine Hassett and b!
two sons, Daniel S. and William ID. Has
sett of Washington. d. c.
| The funeral was held at the Church
of St. John the Evangelist yesterday
| morning at ten o'clock.
Local Forecaster W. A Shaw of tn
United States weather bureau reports
mean temperature for January of 10 de
grees, which IS three degrees below tn
normal and IL degrees below the mea
temperature for January of last year.
still greater variation is found in com
pairing the temperature for January O
last year with that of Januar
of 1912, the mean for the two month
being p and six, respectively. The high
est temperature last month was Sc de
grees, on the Goth. and the lowest wa
IS degrees below zero, on the 1+th. BE
low zero temperatures We're recorded o
II days. The precipitation Grain an
melted snow amounted to LIS inches
the normal for the month being 249 in
ches. The precipitation included ii inche
of unmelted snow and there We're 13 in
ches on the ground at the close of tn
month. The prevailing wind was fror
the north, the total movement 1852 mile:
! the average hourly velocity rs miles, an
the maximum velocity 81 miles per houl
from the south on the Goth. The mont
was made up of eight clear two partl
cloudy and Il cloudy days Precipitatio
in quantity sufficient to measure occur
red on Is days. Lunar halos Were note
on the Sd, 9Th. 1lth and 18th, and elee
fell on the 3lst.