Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
CH|TTENDEN COUNTY
ESSEX JUNCTION.

A very pretty wedding was solcmnized
Thursday when Laura Brownell Whit
ney became the bride of George Tapley
Whitney at the home of the BRIDES
parents. Mr.. and Mrs William r. Whit
ney. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Elliott o. Foster. Only the
| members of the Immediate families were
| present The bride was attended by her
! little niece. Carolyn Whitney, who car
| ried the rings. The bride wore a gown
| OF white lace over white satin. She car
! ried brides roses. The decorations were
pink and white sweet peas and pink and
white asters. The groom is from Bethel, a
| graduate of the University Of Vermont
| in the class of 1897. and n classmate Of
! DR.. Charles r. Whitney, brother of the
| bride. He took his degree of doctor Of
philosophy at Cornell and is now teacher
of philosophy at Princeton University.
There were many beautiful wedding
gifts.
Mildred. the seven-year- old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Anderson.
had narrow escape from fatal in
| jury Friday afternoon. She was
| about to cross the road in front Of
her fathers lunch cart when an auto
mobile driven by J. r. Cartmell Of
! Middlebury was passing. The driver
saw her approa ching and veered to
one side. The little girl also stopped
and then both started again and the
| child got in front of the machine.
which knocked her down and passed
over her. She was quite badly cut
and bruised but did not seem to be
seriously hurt. 1t would appear that
neither the driver nor the child could
avoid the accident
| william. the 22-months old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cronin, died Fri
day morning after an illness of
about two weeks with cholera infan-
| tam. The funeral was held Sunday
! afternoon. The child Is survived by
| his parents. a brother and a sister.
The burial Of George Folsom Of Shelf
field took place in the village cemetery
Monday afternoon. His mother. Mrs
William Folsom. and other relatives ac-
companicd tho remains here. Their
pastor from that place officiated. Mr..
Folsom was 33 years old.
| A special village meeting will be
held at Lincoln hall Monday evening
October 4. at 7:30 o'clock to see IL the
village will vote to buy n new engine
and new pump to be used at the
pumping station near the reservoirs
and also to see II vote be taken to
extend the water system.
The following pupils have received
from the A. n. Palmer School of PEN
manship in Boston buttons given for
merit work Edwin Drury Percy
Temple. sherman Williams. Lucie
Brady Florence Nichols. Madeline Bas-
sett. Ruth Mudgett. George Kemp.
Hazel Bartemy. Robert Whitcomb.
Marie Bergeron. George Lavoie. Arnold
Gilbert Charles Mudgett and Leora
Jackson. The class Is composed of
pupils OF the fifth and sixth grades
and was instructed by Miss Bessie
IWolcott, teacher of the fifth grade.
Howard. Tanner and Howard have
sold for c. F.. Kirby his farm in I'm.
derhill with stock and tools to j.. w.
and V. c. Chamberlain of Middlebury,
WINOOSKI.
Arrangements are being made for tho
annual inspection and parade of the fire
department to be held Saturday, Septem
her % There will be a street parade. in
Ispection of the hose houses and equipment
land the company at their respective
Quarters. Following the parade tho
lsports will be run off In front
OF the Winooski block az usual and a
band concert will be given during the
sports and possibly in the evening. The
: companies viii have receptions In their
rooms in the evening. when the officials
and others will be present.
Clinton Humphrey OF the quartermas.
ter's department, Fort Ethan Allen. was
arrested Thursday night and placed in
the lock-dp charged with hitting his wife
with blackjack and fracturing her COL
'arbohe' Humphrey boarded the same car
mat his Wife took to come to the village
from Essex Junction. When near the
screen shops she alighted and he did like
! wise and started In to beat her. Martin,
engineer at the shops and residing near
the traction company's siding. In
teriered and called for the night
J Waterman, Michael Nugent Both held
Humphrey until the arrival Of Chief of
fohce Barber, He was taken to the coun-
ty Jail.
me passing Of Daniel J. Greaney who
uieu SHORTY after five o'clock Sunday
AFTERNOON at the Fanny Allen hospital
Io'ioWihs an operation for appendicitis,
came as a shock tn the community Mr.,
"reaney was taken sick a week ago
TUESDAY end the following Wednes-
oaE afternoon was taken to the
hospital An operation was performed
Immediately and it was found that
hahRrehe mad already set In, which made
serious caae from the start Mr.,
"''ahey was born in this village a years
ago the son Of Dennis and Mary Greaney,
Ills father died when he was quite young
and he always had the care Of his