Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28

the brides aunt, Miss Ada A. Bailey. Of
Bishop etreet at four O'Clock.
Invitations have been recoivod for ,h,
wedding Of Miss Florence Best po,tsr
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs cbar,os =
Potter, and William Edward strait,
which will take place In Chicago on We'd
nesday, June II. Both were former resi-
dents Of this city
Preparations Tor the observance of
Memorial day have practically been COM
pleted by the G. A. r. committee. Mem
bers of a. r. Hurlbut Post, No. 60. G. A.
r., Spanish war Veterans and Sons of
Veterans Will assemble at the post room
at 80 o'clock and march to the city hall.
where the exercises will take place. The
program includes an Invocation by the
Rev. II. /. Thornton, pastor OF the First
Universalist Church; the recitation of Lin
coins Gettysburg address by Paul Doolin .
address by the Hon. +. S. Brigham, State
commissioner of agriculture. and music
by the St Adams orchestra. Following
the exercises at the hall, the procession
will be formed, under the direction of
Acknowledgement i. s. Tillotson. the fol-
lowing bodies participating: St. Adams
Brigade band, Company Il, V. n. c.. Cant.
C. z. Pell, commanding: Canton Franklin.
No 10, Patriarchs Militant, Cant. b II.
Shangraw commanding; Uniformed Rank.
Knights OF Pythias, Capt c. H. Ander-
son, commanding; NJ. w. A., drill team.
Capt. j. A. Evarts commanding; A. r..
Hurlbut Post. No GO. c. A. r.. Major s.
II. Wood commanding The graves will be
tagged and decorated during the morn
Ing hours and the rltualstic exercises car
ried out In the afternoon. It is expected
that the day will be generally observed
throughout the city.
The death Of Mrs. Marshall II. Rowncy
occurred at her home on Messenger street
Tuesday morning at 1870 o'clock of neu-
ragia OF the heart after an illness of less
than two days Mrs. Downey was 60
years old and had always been a resident
of st. Adams, leaving a large acaua int
anCe to mourn her loss Besides her hus-
band, she leaves son, Arthur Downey OF
Swanton; sister, Mrs Nathan Laselle OF
st. Adams point, and a brother Henry
Ashley Of West Chazy, n, Y. The funeral
will be held at the house Thursday after
noon a 2:3o o'clock.
The annual meeting of the St Adams
district of the Woman's Auxiliary was
held here yesterday with Miss Constance
r. Wheeler Of Burlington presiding. The
principal features Of the meeting were
addresses by Miss Wheeler urging more
and better work to arouse missionary
spirit and interest among the young peo-
pie: Mrs Baird 5. Cooper. missionary
to the Wind River district of Wyoming,
on the "Aropohoe Indians" and talks by.
the Rev f. Thornton Turner of Ben
ninGton. the Rev w. G. Bernard Of New
port, the Rcv. L. s Stone of Swanton.
the Rev. Z. r. Holmes of Richford and
the Rev. George w. Smith of this city.
The meeting closed with evensong service
at 4:30 o'clock.
The hearing before the public service
commission in the case Of the Franklin
County Telephone company relating to a
petition regarding Improvement In the
telephone service has been continued
until June H.
The case OF R. n. Farr VS. DR.. j. c.
Parker, alleging misrepresentation in the
sale of horse was tried before Judge
Post by jury yesterday and resulted in
disagreement. The case will probably
be taken to county court.