Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-02
STOWE.

Mrs Winfred w Houston and chill
dren, Ardys, Gerald and Maurice, OF
Cleveland. Ohio are at the home of Mrs.
Houston's parents Mr.. and Mrs Charles
NJ. watts, for the summer. They were
accompanied to Waterbury by Edwin T.
Houston, who has spent a year in Cali
forna and other western States.-Miss
Vera Pfan is visiting her cousin, Mrs.
Charles T. Burt, on her way from Isles
boro, Me. where she has taught the past
year, to the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Pfaff In Grand Haven,
Mich. Mrs. Praf was formerly Miss
Clara Gale of Stowe.-Mr. and Mrs. Sid
ney r. Bennett of Malone, N. Y, are
visiting their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Bennett on West hill. Mrs
Lavan. who accompanied them, returned
Saturday to Malone.-Mrs. p. e. McSwee-
ney and children. Douglass and Kath-
crime, and nephew, c. Karl Mcmahon,
have returned to Burlington after pass
ing the week with Mrs. McSweeney's
sister and husband, Mr.. and Mrs o. E.
Luce. Mrs. f.uces nephew, Thomas
Doherty. of Cambridge, Mass, is pass
ing this week at her home.-Miss Ahbie
Allen of BROOKLYN, y. y, has arrived in
stowe and opened her residence, Seven
Springs" for the summer.--Mr and Mrs.
e. c. Hllnan of Waterbury have spent
several days with Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Chapin-A copy of the history of the
Thirteenth Vermont regiment has been
presented to the stowe public library by
Eli y. Peck Of Burlington, secretary Of
the Thirteenth Vermont association
I
enlisted from stowe. Among those who
live here now are Amos Town, o. F.
Gerry, Henry \. Sparks Gilman G. Fos-
ter. Among the deceased are Major j.
]. Boynton. Martin +. French, Dorric s.
| Stoddard Albert c, Raymond, Joshua
Luce, Volney c. Babcock, HAL Atkins
/ Samuel Reed, Josiah Frat, Benjamin r.
Wait, Daniel - Watts W. j. Seaver and
Lyman Churchill-The fine car recently
pure hascd by c. e. Burt is y Wylls-
Knight instead of a Wyllis-Overland as
stated
Walter *. Rigelow Of the firm of Amy,
Bigelov' S Washburn or Salem, Mass.
and formerly Of stowe, lost hi. fi1e resi-
donCe on Lafayette street in the Salem
fire He wa a6lc to save a part of the
! FURNISHINGS on the lower floor The family
were at their summer home in Danvers.
| The residence &c Calvin r. WashbIrn of
the firm and also Of the Stowe colony In
Salem, while in the vicinity of the fire,
was not burned. The houses on the street
opposite to that of Wilbur r. Bigelow
were all burned ano Mir. y Gelnw's hous'
caught on the roof several times but his
son, Edwin, was able to put out the
flames Their 1O-Year-old son. Newell,
and Mrs. BiGoow's invalid mother, Mrs
William +. Meade, were taken to the Sa-
lem hospital for safety. When The
hoenital nd to he ahar aOncd thoV wee
taken TO the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
son in Federal street When the fire CT
Mason street broke out threatening thc
Federal street houses they were taken t.
the home of Or. A. T. Newhal!. Thu
Robsons waited in their aut mobile
ready to leave their house but the fire
was controlled before ii was necessary
Mrs. BiCeow and their guests. Mrs. Wal
ter J. Birclow ana daughter, Ruth, of st
Johnshury when the FIRE threatened theii
street the second time went TO the La
fayette Street Church for refuge, and re-
turned to their house at three in tht
morning. The Salem hospital, of which
Mr. BiCelpw was tho superintendent, vii
be reO9cned as soon as arrangements car
he NADIA. A. Royce Is in Mortified
whore he is pressing a large quantity o.
hay. His son, Elton Forbes, went
Mortified Monday, returning with Mr.
RoNce's team.-Edwin l.. Bigelow Wen
Tuesday TO Miadich"ry, where nc vii
take II six weeks GO '"s4 in the Middle
bury College summer school.
The Stowe Old Home Week association
has prepared invitations to send to form
er residents to attend the weeks oh
servance for 1914 The invitations ar
in the form of a pamphlet of eight page
besides the covers, with cuts of MI
Mansfield, Moss Glen Falls and tn
Akeley Memorial building and poems b!
Mrs. Mary a. Jenney and Mrs. Haiti
Waite. The program for Old Home weel
is as follows: August l6, union Sunda,
service; August IS. band concert at tn
Palisades Park ~, picnic and family re
7 unions at Palisades and annual bust
ness meeting 90 chldren's day, ex
hibit of work, sports and parade, oil
home week social at the Akeley Memoria
building at 500 D. m; 81, old home wee
entertainment by local talent folowe
by dancing; 90 Grange day.-Aruch regre
the death OF David f.. Slade Of Fa
River. Mass. He died Sunday Afternoon
d. after a lingering Illness. He was Dor
+ November 8. 1875 in Somerset, Mass II
represented Fall Rive! IN the Massachu
9 sets Legislature from 1854 to 1896 an
WAS a member 81 the governors counc
from 1890 to 1909 lie was an erniner
= Law yer and a nemhe: OF the firm c
Glol A.. A., 10 &c o1i,- ua1 Inv y
' wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Slade have Vste
/ stowe every gear for nearly 20 year.
= making their home for several Years wit
e Mr., and Mrs r. d. Sayton on Wef
= Branch. After Mr.. Slayton's death the
v purchased his farm, which Mrs Slad
r still owns, They have passed the recer
4 summers n Lake Mansfield.-F.
4 Boardman ana daughter, Miss Mldin'
S went Tuesday to Burlington, where
!. daughter, Sylvia Abhe, was born Jur
r % to DR., and Mrs. d. c. Jarvis Of Barr
f Mrs. Jarvis was formerly Mrs Pea
J. Poor Evans Of stowe. The latter unde
r went an operation for Appendicitis at II
2 Fanny Allen hospital Wednesday, She
J. doing week.-Mrs.. T A. Douglass and Sol
It Donald, returned Tuesday from thr'
d weeks visit In Boston, Mrs. Julia Oake
z who accompanied them, Is In Springfield
Il Mass-Mr. and Mrs. l." j. Buron hay
Il returned to Worcester Mass, after visit
= ing their son, +. j. Buron.-Mr and Mr.
lie Hiram Pike of Woodsvile, N H.. wi
n have visited Mr.. Pixies sister and hu
- band, Mr.. and Mrs T.. G, Scribner, al
r, visiting friends in Craftsbury.-M
Is Mary Stone, who was recently graduate
n from Wells College, Aurora. n. Y, Is