Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-03-11
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
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W. l.. Demerritt were in Waterbury
Monday to attend the funeral of Mr..
Demerritt's brother, Frank Demerritt.
Of that place.-Mrs. G. NJ. culver re-
turned Monday from Burlington,
where her daughter, Mrs. Il. c. NILS.
Is recovering from a serious opera
ton. at the Mary Fletcher hospital
Benjamin Robinson. who was call
ed to Burlington FridaN by the
was called to Burlington Friday by the
serious condition of his brother, Don,
at the Mary Fletcher hospital, was
able to return home Monday. as his
brother was much improved. Mrs. c.
r. Robinson, who accompanied her
son. Don. to Burlington, also returned
home Monday.-A neighborhood party
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Perley G.
Adams Saturday evening was attended
by about 80. Cards. dancing and re-
freshments were enjoyed.
4 trade was concluded Monday by
which Thomas c. Camp of Newport pur-
chased of Mr.. and Mrs. O. f. Luce the
Mushkoday farm about two miles south
of the village on the main road to Wat
erbury. The purchase was made through
the agency of c. j. Obin Co. of Newport.
Possession will be given March 10. Mr..
and Mrs. Luce have owned the farm,
which is one of the best in Stowe. for ID
years. purchasing 1t of G. NJ. Watts.-The
condition of Mrs. i. :. Boardman. who
Is at the Fanny Allen hospital, continues
more favorable.-A school entertainment
will he given under the auspices of the
Stowe Teachers club at the Akelcy Me-
mortal building for the benefit of the
state teachers retirement fund FrldaN
evening, March ~. Following is the pro-
gram: Song, high school girls: song
primary school: operetta, The Gypsies
Festival fifth. sixth and seventh grades;
THE Little Suffragettes." seventh grade;
piano duet. Misses Pike ana Smalley;
son. high school girls; topsY- turvey drlli,
sixth and seventh Slad"s; farce, "LucNs
Old Man" eighth grade; scenic reading.
Mrs. Brown Tea Party" fourth grade;
roodniCht drill. third grade.-W. w.
Houston, employed by the Brown iI"lst-
ing company of Cleveland. Ohio. has
been sent from Montreal. where he has
been working for some time. to superin-
tend repairs upon a breakdown FOR the
Electric Reduction company in Bucking-
r3 m, lllp.-Al t1t ItElliI Iltt'lIS VI
Mansfield Mountain Grange Saturday aft
ernoon a short program VIII he carried
ont. Eighteen applications for member
ship will he balloted upon.-Albert LARA
way. who is 66 years Of age, has sowed
C6 cordsof four-foot wood into stovelength
during the winter.-Thc membership of
the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school
has more than doubled in the past few
- 800. ,,.,Ia, III Thnrn wa q
an attendance of 81 last SUNDAY. The in
crease of membership is accompanied by
a correspondents increase in interest and
is due in large measure to the EFFORTS OF
the superintendent. W. r. Collins. Steps
nave been taken to organize companies
of boy scouts and campfire girls, the for
mer to be in charge of X. l.. Ploof, the
latter of Miss Elsie Alger \ hike by
the hoy scouts will soon h" held. 1t is
planned to give an Easter party for the
Sunday school. The pastors class of
Young people has more than doubled and
numbers about so.
f.. s. Boardman returned Wednesday,
leaving Mrs. Boardman improving at the
Fanny Allen hospital. Mrs. Boardman
has been seriously i'll since a serious
operation at the hospital last Saturday,
but is now on the road to recovery.-Mr
and Mrs. l.. II. Straw and children ar
rived Saturday at Franklin. Pa. where
Mr.. Straw has employment on the Glen
May farm.-Hudson Cary is at the home
of his son, W. j.. Cary, at the lower
village, having returned Saturday from
the Fanny Allen hospital, where he re-
Gently underwent an operation Little
Thelma McQuade is doing as well as can
he expected, at the Wesley hospital in
Chicago, where she has had tcndons in
both legs cut and the legs placed in
casts in the hope of relieving lamcness
to which she has always been subject
The annual report of the auditors of the
village of stowe shows that orders We're
drawn by the trustees for s., 6S9.02, by re-
port Of the water commissioners 81 ,GS5. q
has been paid to the treasurer. The
water rent for 1914 was Sl,5Il.l9. esti-
mated rent for 1915 $ 1880. The electric
light account shows that s~9,s49.3O has
1een received by the treasurer. The vii
age liabilities are s3.17.32; assets s2,56l 30
leaving 81 .156,o2 to be provided for. The
water bonded indebtedness is $1,000, the
electric bonded Indebtedness si.NO-Mr
and Mrs. O.. A.. Barrows OF Moscow SCI
an example worthy of being followed
when they carry from 20 to 30 children
to church and Sunday school every sun
day, driving about the neighborhood
with a double team and taking all whc
wish to go.