Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-11-30

BEANS AS LDN T. Ihl lpN.
Not always is it thus, but this couple had !
time for lunch, and took it, tho Young .
woman betraYing no sign. 81 WpatcuCc .
while her future husband deliberately T
devoured two plates OF beans to her one
Once again they appeared. waiting in
the station for the two O'Clock train south
that was 20 bring them home to sur
prised family and checked circle of
friends Doc" George had done the
trick" a. irrcverant Nermonters pat II.
\ thick band Of gold. plain rather than
pure. spanned the proper i:3ger a. she
displayed her unSloved hand against the
wainscoting Of the waiting room, leaning
on it, to gaze entranced through the glass
partition at the operations OF a Sputtcr-
ring machine in the restaurant Her 9TH
err hand bore the tokens of his mcdestH as
a converse tionalist in the shape If one
Metropolitan magazine and one unhlush-
ingly displayed copy of Snappy Stories.
He also leaned YEARLY on the wainscot-
ing and watched the popcorn machine.
Seven minutes later, when the train pail
ed in. she said. There's the train and
they broke thei- vigil.
THE HAPPY ISLAND" OF VERMONT.
In the midst of a sea of inconvenience
and tribulstions resulting from the APP
plication Of the five-dav intentions
throughout New England and New York.
Vermont stands as harry island"
Brattleboro and Bellows Fails get the
business" because they happen to ne on
the coast From HoIyoke, Springfield.
Hartford. New York. even. as one case
proved. from far Havana. Cuba. two can
dash across tho bridge into Brattleboro
and IL minutes later emerge from Town
Clerk Carlos Hopkinss Office one. or
two can dash over - similar bridge lead
ing from the east into Bellows Falls and
emerge one from any one Of half dozen
places in ~ minutes. Brattlehoro has the
lead on the town farther north, so far as
speed is concerned, because Town clerk
Hopkins is also a justice Of the peace
a distinction which Town Clerk Hayes
fatty declines to covet But Fellows
| Falls. being on the direct line 70 Boston
/ and having enioved the advantage OF
J considerable metropolitan publicity. gets
| the lions share of the business After
all. what's II minutes when you've got
! to lay over an hour and ~ minutes for
your train anyway
Coming from Springfield the easiest
junket is on The 900 Boston & Maine
train in the morning It reaches Brat
tleboro at II "a and the next train south
Is al 80 Rings can be bought. half a
dozen ceremonies performed, wedding
lhrealSfasfs orderaJ and dicoatchad in
hos. two hours and y be,f al+borrb 70
,ho laren, OF tho 2ratt,ehoro botel tee,-
i crs and restaurateurs mis- I,st corororv
is usualIv disncnsed with Grotra C,roon-
ers generallv ,retna- creer- tbe noun .,d
tho verh are in nerroctlv rood St,te.Iina
usar.to avoid irst s,,cb ,hi,r
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"HDiE'' ""'''H iOO y" Al l.
From the station an eaCer bride and
groom or normal leg length can walk to
Town Clerk Hopkins's office in five min
utes Granted that on tina, particular
day there are not three or four still more
eager couples ahead in the line of an
plcants. Town clerk Hopkins can turn
ont a license in three minutes. and a man
and wife. properly feicitated upon the
Joyful occasion in another three minutes,
which leaves four out of the * for the
choice of one Of the standard n wedding
rings in the iewelrv store, located with
true Vermont commercial foresight in
the building next door
But what, when the next train doesn't
leave for two hours and half is the
hurry" Perhaps, speed being no object.