Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-10


furnished to Wissell, was also taken into |
court and her case was continued
Latour, who, it liz alleged, had some
thing to do with escortlng Wissell about |
is held on a charge of adultery. 1t Is
expected that the affair will he thor
oughly sifted in few days
Ladies' Council No Is, L'Union St
Jean Baptistc, held their annual meeting
Wednesday evening at St Johns hall
and elected the following officers to
serve the ensuing year: Spiritual direc-
tor, Monsignor jerome NJ Cloarec; honor
airy president. Mrs. Lconora Bcauregard;
president. Mrs. Mary Pepin; vice-presi
dent Mrs. IIcrmilinc Gravel; trea surcr,
Mrs. Hattie Boucher; secretary, Mrs
Elizabeth Martin assistant secretary.
Miss Evangeline Dubuc; prcccptress Mrs
Mary Duprat; mistress of ceremonies,
Mrs. Malvina Morrisseau; first ordina-
trice. Mrs. Mary Yandow; second ordina-
trice. Mrs. Roslie Yandow; auditors
Mrs Phoebe Luck and Miss Marie raduc:
doyenne, Mrs. Alice Labarge: musician.
Miss Ida Benoit
Camp. No. {? United Spanish War
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the armory Tuesday night and elected the
! following officers to servo tho ensuing
year. Commander. George W Grandy:
senior Nice-comma nder, Charles Rashaw:
Junior vico-commander Clarence r.
Leach; officer of the day George w.
Sharpley; officer of the guard Allen w
Tabor; trustee for three years. T.. W
| Fennell trustee for one year, to ill the
vacancy caused hN tho JontI, of l.
Willard, Charles Bashaw. Two Of the
hppointivc officers were filled last even
ing, that Of adjutant by William II
Hale and that Of chaplain by Harry
Wells. The quartcrmaster and historian
will he appointed later
The annual meeting OF tho &lgonoutr
club was held al the club rooms Tuesday
evening with large attendance of MEM
| hers. Tho annual report of Secretary
charles T.. Allen was read. 1t reviewed
the condition of the club for the past
year and included obituaries and ar
precautions Of character of former Lieu
tenant-Governor Il. M. Nansur. Col.
Henry O. Clark and Henry Greene -Four
new members of the governing board
were then elected to serve for three
years They were Don A. Stone Y. w
Perry, j. j. Flynn and r. j. Newton
The governing board elected the follow
ing officers for the year: President, O.
l. Kinds; vice. president George H.
kinsey; secretary, Charles T.. Allen;
treasurer Walter G. Ishan.
William u. Campbell the travelling
man who had been in Jail for over a
week on the charge of beating the Hotel
Vermont out of $50 board bill. was
taken into CITY court and arraignod on
the charge. lie pleaded guilty and the
court sentenced him to spend % days in
Jail, the sentence to date back to Novcm-
Der a. the day of the arrest. The court
made personal Investigation of the
case before Campbell was arraigned It
was ascertancd that the chief cause OF
the respondents trouble was liquor
When no was first arrested he thought
he could settle the bill and pay a fine
in city court but after various appeals
for assistance ne had to give up and go
/ to jail. He was arrested in Montpcller
on complaint Of the hotel people here.
Charles LaCasse, proprietor OF the
| Wnooski Park Farm. had 10 acres Of
sweet corn this year that brought him
! in $,loo Fart Of the land vas fortified
! with barn manure alone and this aver
AGED So per acre. The laancc was
! f"rtilized, il addition to the barn manure.
In part with air Stacked lime, and in
part with commercial fertilizer This
| averaged S7S per acre. Three acres Of
the corn was of such fine quality that
! the Baxter Brothers had il saved for
seed, for which they paid s. per ton
extra. This averaged $50 per acre. Con-
trarv to the general custom OF large
| farming. Mr.. LaCasse engaged extra
| help. and had this corn all hoed nv
| hand. and the result shows that # pays
| to take good care Of ones crops, as so
per acre for factory sweet corn is called
| a good WELD for this vicinity.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of the
WinoosN Association of Congregations
Ministers was held Monday In the par
lols of the College street church, thu
meeting being called to order at eleven
o'clock in the morning by the moderator,
the Rev. =. G. Woodbridge of Vergennes
| Fifteen members of the association were
present and after the reading Of the
minutes by the scribe. the Rev. c. c,
Adams of Essex Junction, n paper was
read by the Rev. u. H. Strong of Mil
ton on ministerial Infelicites." The
| reading of the paper was followed by
| extended comment and discussion by the
members present, The association dincd
at the Van Ness House at 1870 o'clock
and at the afternoon session the dis
cusslon of Nj Strong's paper was con-
tinued \ second paper entitled Inter
cessory Prayer" was read by the Rev
S. II. Barnum Of Jericho, which WAS also
followed by discussion and comment. hd
tournment was taken at four o'clock.
| An unknown person Gagged the r. & l..
train, Burlington bound, Tuesday morn
ing at Il point about half way between
| Winoosk station and the railroad hrdg"
below Athletic Park. When tho train
men got off and asked tn" man Whist
he meant by stopping the train the me- \
replied that an apparent attempt had
and that he had found two sticks Of the
explosive, crumbcd it up and thrown Il
Off the track. The only evidence of any
thing like what the man described was
some sawdust near the rails. The con-
ductor failed to get the name OF the
lington and Winooski were notified and
/ a search was made yesterday afternoon
for the man. 1t is not believed, however.
that there is any truth to the statement
that somebody tried to wreck the train
and the whole AFFAIR is supposed to have