Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-10
ST. ALBANS.

The Green Mountain Packing company
is in the midst Of one Of the heaviest sea-
sons work yet undertaken, and before
the years work is done will have
canned upwards of two and half mil
lion cans of vegetables. -Four hundred
thousand cans Of string beans have al
ready been put up and the work on corn
is now being rushed. The canning Of
squash will bring the season to close.
The democratic city caucus was held
at the city hall Friday evening when
the following delegates were elected
to the state convention, to be held
in Burlington Wednesday, September
20: John j. Thompson. Charles y. Wat
son, Alvah H. George, c. c. Castonguay,
w. r. Finn, Patrick E. sullivan. j. +.
ONeill, W. II. Gilwee and S. NJ. Dris-
coll. The alternates elected are John
r. Sullivan. John Kearney John j.
Finn, W II. Larry, S. S. Watson, AL
exander Tuscany, Frank w. Bowling,
Archie Charbonneau and Maurice c.
Carey. The delegates to the first dis
trict convention to be hold at Mont
pelier on September %, are ]. T. Sulli-
van, John Kearney, J. j. Finn, w. II.
Larry, S. S. Watson, a. Tu cany Frank
w. Bowling, a. Charb cnncau and
Maurice Carey. The alternates are
j. J. Thompson, c. d Watson. C. c.
Castonguay, A. II. George. w. H
Finn, j. +. O'Neil, W. II. Ciilwee. p L.
sullivan and s. NJ. Driscola
The Swanton delegates to the State
and district conventions an'e p, ]. Au-
dette, Howes Decker, Sum rter w. Bliss
nj n
and Oliver Greenleaf. These dele
gates will choose their own alter
mates.
News has been received of this
death of Daniel +. Sullivan, a former
resident. who passed away recently
at his home in ogden, Utaih Mr., Sui
| livan, who was So years old, was q
native Of Bethel, coming to St Adams
in his youth and attending school, and
later learned the machnn5t trade II
the Central Vermont shoI.s. On &C
count of poor health. he 1T 95 year.
ago for the West. where he became
prominent and prosperous. He is sur
vived by four children.
The death of Charles r. Brooks O
st. Adams town occurred ;st his HON.
Friday night, following n tong illness
Mr., Brooks was 65 years old and
well-known farmer. He is survived b,
two daughters, Miss Frances Brook,
and Miss Pearl Brooks; two sisters
Mrs Oliver Paul of Swantcen and Mrs
Nathan Skinner of this city, and tw,
brothers, Clinton Brooks of SwantoI
and Ralph Brooks of So nth Mail
street Tho funeral was held at hi
late home Sunday afternoon at 2:S
o'clock and the burial was in tn
Point cemetery.
The funeral of Charles n. Brooks
aged Go years, who died at hia home or
St -,lbans Point Friday nigh after
long Illness, was held at his late HON,
Sunday afternoon at 2;3O O'CLOCK. the Rev
f. A. Lendrum, D. D., pastor of tn,
Methodist Episcopal church in this city
officiating, assisted by the Rev. ]. Mel
lor, pastor of the Bay Methodist Church
There was no singing. The bear ers wer'
John II, Button. T. A. Gallaghen Nathan
Laselle and f. 4. Collins. TIE buria
was in the Point cemetery.
George Scully, deputy COLLECTOR o
customs at this port for seve!5ll year
past has rendered his resign ntion I
become effective October /, 'aJhen h
goes to Burlington to be associate
with Arbuckle & Co., the candy manu-
facturers.
| The St Adams Business andt Profe'
sional Mensassociation IL planning; to hol
an agricultural and Industrial IN hbltio