Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30

mother, Mrs. Newell Bieelow, returned
Monday to West Lebanon, n. H.-Mlss
Ellen Stearns and Miss Minnie straw,
who have spent two weeks in stowe, re-
turned Monday to Burlington Mrs w.
| b. Macutchan was i'm Waterbury MONDAY,
| Miss Grace Bigelow of the Springfield
| (Mass.) high school of commerce Is pass
! ing weeks vacation at her home In
Stowe.-The topic of discussion at the
regular meeting of Mansfield Mountain
| Grange, p. of H. Saturday evening was
dairying. r. NJ. Houston spoke upon the
breeding of dairy cattle; II. G. Fuller
upon the care and feeding of dairy cows;
Emmons Sargent read a paper upon the
| Jersey COW and Victor Houston upon the
Ayrshire COW; j. T.. Campbell gave a reel
taton and IL. NJ Houston sang solo.--ln
the absence of the pasto~ Of the Congrega-
tional Church Sunday morning a sermon
was read by r. Lloyd Chaffee.-W. r.
Collins preached n the Methodist Eplsco-
pal and the West Branch Churches Sun
| day.
The Stowe Teachers club will
hold a regular meeting Thursday
evening. The children have brought
| in 400, 900 nests Of the tent caterpillar
| for which the sum of so was offered
| by DR.. IT, w. Barrows Parl<hurst
Laberdee brought in the largest num-
Der of nests, 21,OOO, and Catherine Lang
the second largest. $4,000. other con-
tributions could be used to great ad-
vantage in this work and should be
left with r. L. Chaffec or any member of
the school board.-Anyone willing to
| To- no u ftvnY
Bank cemetery may notify the pres
dent, Mrs Abbe warren, or the sexton,
George Spaulding.-B. A. Mills of
Essex Junction is in Stowe on account
of the death of his mother, Mrs. Julia
Nils. Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Mills have
been here several weeks assisting in
caring for her.
The funeral Of Mrs. Julia L. Oavis)
wife of William Mills, was held Wednes-
day afternoon, at her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Elenora wilkins, where
she died Monday The service was con-
Quoted by the Rcv. w. f. Douglass Of
! Waterbury. The bearers We're the three
sons, f. f. Mills, B. a. Mills and E. c.
Mills, and D. j. Adams. There We're
beautiful flowers, the gifts of friends and
the family The burial was in the River
Bank cemetery. Among those present
were: T. f. Mills of Somerville, Mass,
| Il. y. Mills and Mr.. and Mrs. +. G. Mills
of Essex Junction; Mr.. and Mrs. d. ].
Adams of Waterbury, Mrs. Oscar Stevens
Of Enosburg, and Mrs. Helen Davis of
| Fort Covinston, n. Y. Although Mr.
and Mrs. Mills had been married 81
years this was the first funeral in the
family.--The young ladies of the X. K
| X. club held a regular meeting with
Miss Ruth Mcmahon Tuesday evening
! A progressive art contest was carried
out prizes being given to those who ex-
celed in sculpture. modelling. water
color painting, portrait painting and
sketching. There was music and refresh
monts were served. The committee in
Charge consisted Of Miss Mcmahon, Mis-,
Ruth Wells and Miss Bernlce Lang
Mrs G. f. Eddy is visiting her dauEh-
Ter, Mrs. c. b. BOYCe, in Montpelier
All interested In the observance of old
home week in Stove in 1914 are requested
to meet in the reading room In the
Akeley Memorial building at eight O'Clock
Thursday evening. Gordon Robinson
found dandelion blossoms April 2S-H
II. Downer is making repairs and i'm
provements on the barn at the straw
stack, which M. DoWner has recently
purchased.-F. s. Boardman visited Mrs
Boardman al he Fanny Allen hospita
Tuesday.